Oden's felony offense carries a penalty of one to six years
behind bars.
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Cleveland Cavaliers guard/forward Andrew Wiggins told Kansas
coach Bill Self that he welcomes a trade that will send him to
the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Wiggins, the No. 1 pick in this year's draft, is a key piece in
the proposed Kevin Love deal.
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The Cleveland Cavaliers signed free agent center Alex Kirk.
Kirk, 7-feet and 245 pounds, went undrafted this year out of New
Mexico. He averaged 10.0 points on 48.8 percent shooting, 6.8
rebounds and 1.7 blocks in 25.3 minutes per game over his
collegiate career.
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The NBA fined the Toronto Raptors $25,000 for comments that
rapper and team ambassador Drake made at a recent concert about
Oklahoma City Thunder star Kevin Durant that were deemed as
tampering, ESPN.com reported.
According to the report, Drake made what the NBA considered to
be a public pitch to Durant, who was in attendance at the
Toronto concert. The league considered Drake's comments a
violation of its anti-tampering rules.
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Golden State Warriors guard Nemanja Nedovic's foot injury is
reportedly not as serious as initially believed and he hopes to
represent his native Serbia in the upcoming FIBA World Cup.
Nedovic, a point guard, is waiting for the Warriors to give him
permission to play in the tournament in Spain later this month.
(Editing by Frank Pingue)
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