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[April 03, 2018]
The Charlotte Hornets have
offered Mitch Kupchak their general manager position, the New York
Times' Marc Stein reported Monday morning.
Starting in 1986, Kupchak worked in the Los Angeles Lakers' front
office under Hall of Fame player and then-Lakers general manager
Jerry West. Kupchak gained the powers of a traditional GM in 2000
upon West's departure and ultimately oversaw five championship
teams. The Lakers fired Kupchak in February 2017 amid a front-office
shakeup.
In February 2018, the Hornets announced they were parting ways with
GM Rich Cho at the end of the season. The club made the playoffs two
seasons ago but won 36 games last season and is on pace to win the
same number of games this season.
--Boston Celtics forward Gordon Hayward has taken yet another step
forward in his recovery from a fractured ankle sustained in the
season opener, but coach Brad Stevens maintains that Hayward will
but out the rest of this season and the postseason.
Hayward has begun light on-court jogging. The Players' Tribune
shared a video of the 28-year-old as he made his way down the court
alongside trainer Jason Smeathers at Boston's practice facility.
Hayward also tweeted the video, noting it was his first time running
without assistance.
"I saw that video. It's pretty slow running," Stevens said. "I was
up there watching it the other morning when they (filmed) that. The
next step of his progression is once every three days he gets on the
court and does that. So as you can see it was about 20 percent
speed, nothing lateral, no jumping. So a long, long way away."
--Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said the team is "moving on" from
Hassan Whiteside's rant about his playing time, which the center
said he regrets.
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Whiteside played just 20 minutes against the Brooklyn Nets in a
110-109 loss Saturday and was not on the court at all during the
fourth quarter or overtime. He voiced his displeasure toward the
team's late-game strategy with an expletive-filled rant to reporters
afterward, in which he said, "We've got one of the best centers in
the league. Why are we matching up?"
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"I talked to him," Spoelstra told reporters. "We're moving on. It's
behind us. You can tell right now by the mood of the gym that's long
gone."
--LeBron James' multimedia platform "Uninterrupted" would like a
word with the Alabama Crimson Tide.
His company sent a letter to the school over copyright concerns with
a new show that Alabama's official Twitter account released a
preview of last week, according to ESPN. "Shop Talk," featuring
former Tide star wide receiver Julio Jones, too closely resembles a
show James has already done on his platform, the letter contends.
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"Your continued exploitation of 'Shop Talk' infringes
'Uninterrupted's' copyright, trademark rights and other valuable
intellectual property rights in 'The Shop' and significantly damages
'Uninterrupted's' commercial prospects for 'The Shop,'" an excerpt
from the letter reads, per ESPN.
--Philadelphia 76ers forward Dario Saric won't play against the
Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday because of cellulitis in his right elbow,
the Sixers announced.
Saric was receiving treatment intravenously on Monday and will be
re-evaluated on Tuesday.
Saric got cellulitis as the result of a cut sustained diving for a
loose ball last Wednesday against the New York Knicks, according to
ESPN. The 23-year-old missed the team's game Sunday as the elbow got
infected over the course of a few days.
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