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The league announced the 74-year-old Bavetta's retirement on
Tuesday. He worked his first NBA game on Dec. 2, 1975, in
Madison Square Garden in New York.
The New York native will be best known for his streak of working
2,635 consecutive regular-season games. He never missed an
assignment during his long career, which included 270 playoff
games and 27 in the NBA Finals.
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DeMarcus Cousins puts the probability of playing in Team USA's
exhibition game on Wednesday night at 50-50.
Cousins, the Sacramento Kings center who banged knees with
Kenneth Faried in a Team USA practice last week and sat out
Saturday's exhibition against Brazil in Chicago, was back at
full speed on Tuesday in New York. Doctors found no structural
damage in the knee.
Cousins is competing for a roster spot with Mason Plumlee of the
Brooklyn Nets and Andre Drummond of the Detroit Pistons to back
up New Orleans Pelicans center Anthony Davis. Final cuts could
come as early as Tuesday.
Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose sat out Tuesday's practice as a
precaution. He is coming back from a torn meniscus suffered last
season.
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New Cleveland Cavaliers coach David Blatt added NBA head
coaching experience to his staff on Tuesday with the hiring of
Larry Drew.
Drew was let go after one season as coach in Milwaukee when
Jason Kidd left the Brooklyn Nets for the Bucks, who were 15-67
under Drew in 2013-14.
Drew also coached Atlanta Hawks for three seasons before going
to Milwaukee. The Hawks reached the playoffs in each of Drew's
three years on the bench. (Editing by Gene Cherry)
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