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 Beginning in 2015 training camps, NBA players will be subject to
three random, unannounced HGH tests each year -- two during the
season and one in the offseason -- and players also will be subject
to reasonable-cause testing, the league and union said.
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Carmelo Anthony said Thursday that he briefly second-guessed
returning to the New York Knicks in free agency last July, when he
signed a five-year, $124 million deal, shunning offers from the
Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers in the process.
Anthony said he is expected to be full strength for training camp in
September. He missed the second half of the season following
persistent knee issues he said began in the first or second game.
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Florida coach Billy Donovan made his interest in NBA positions known
at the end of the college basketball season, and a good friend might
just make room for him in Oklahoma City as the Thunder sit out the
postseason.
Yahoo Sports first reported mutual interest existed between the two
sides.
Donovan, 50, who signed a contract extension with the Gators in
March, has only a $500,000 buyout clause and is a longtime friend of
Thunder general manager Sam Presti.
Scott Brooks, current coach of the Thunder, just missed the playoffs
for the first time in six seasons -- most of which the team played
without forward Kevin Durant -- and has a guaranteed contract for
next season with a team option for 2016-17.
"I expect to be the coach next season," Brooks said Thursday.
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Nebraska guard Terran Petteway declared for the NBA draft, joining
teammate Walter Pitchford and ending an emotion-filled week for one
of the Big Ten's top scorers the past two seasons.
A two-time All-Big Ten selection, Petteway started every game the
past two seasons and averaged 18.1 points per game, second all-time
at Nebraska, during his career with the Cornhuskers.
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The Minnesota Timberwolves were the worst team in the NBA in
2014-15, but the franchise has only a one in four chance of winding
up with the No. 1 pick in the 2015 draft.
Minnesota nudged ahead of the New York Knicks, who won two of their
final three games and now have less than a 20 percent chance of
getting the No. 1 pick. (Editing by Frank Pingue)
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