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Michael Scotto: The Minnesota Timberwolves and Norchad Omier have agreed to a two-way deal, league sources told @hoopshype . Omier averaged 18.3 points on 59.2% shooting from the field, 11.4 rebounds, and 2.5 assists in the G League last season.
I wanted to ask you about the current Knicks’ imbroglio. Spike Lee: Not going to the White House. Yeah. Apparently, the team owner, James Dolan, who we know is a Donald Trump pal, is trying to force them to visit the White House but the team doesn’t want to. Spike Lee: He can’t force them! It’s been years since the last NBA team has gone. They’re not going. I hope they don’t go! I hope they don’t go.
How do you, as a Knicks superfan, reconcile having James Dolan as the owner of the Knicks? So, not to cut you off, but here’s the thing: There were a lot of Yankees fans that didn’t like George Steinbrenner and his politics. But Steinbrenner wasn’t bringing the president to crucial Knicks games, taking shots at the mayor by questioning his fandom, etc. Spike Lee: He wasn’t. But he was a Republican.
How did Ben Stiller get to make the documentary on the Knicks’ championship run and not you? Spike Lee: It was Dolan. Dolan gave it to him. Look, it’s his team, he can do what he wants to do. Coulda woulda, but it’s his team. He also wants his team to go to the White House, too.
Gayle Benson—owner of both the New Orleans Saints and New Orleans Pelicans—has acquired the Windsor Court hotel in New Orleans. The acquisition brings the 42-year-old hotel under 100 percent local ownership for the first time, with the Berger family retaining a minority ownership interest.
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New York Knicks star Josh Hart addressed the subject during an interview with Valeria Rubino for Vsport TV. “Me, an adviser or investor in Napoli Basket? I didn't want to say anything about it. I've visited Naples and the Amalfi Coast several times. They're fantastic places. You learn so much about the culture and the people who live there. This summer, I became a little more involved with the organization. I'll let Matt Rizzetta talk about it when the time is right, once everything has been finalized and completed. We'll talk about it later.” “I have a lot of affection for them and for what they're building there. The team, the new arena — there are a lot of important things coming, and I'm excited about it,” Hart concluded.
The Thunder also agreed to a two-year non-guaranteed deal with wing Dalen Terry, according to a league source who was granted anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly. The second year is a team option.
The Knicks are in contract limbo with three key players, after tabling all contract extension talks on Oct. 9. Owner James Dolan said this summer that New York wouldn't dip into the punitive second apron to keep the team together. Hart has a team option and on media day said there hadn't been any discussions on a new deal. Towns is eligible for a four-year, $276 million deal. Before talks were halted, the Knicks' offer was at $200 million, which represents a pay cut from his current salary (four years, $220.4 million). Towns hoped for a contract extension at the start of last season and didn't get it. The disappointment was quiet, but he played through an up-and-down regular season as he and Brown struggled to get on the same page; then it clicked in the postseason.
Mike Brown has pointed to on-ball defense, indecision on offense and his players standing around when plays break down as culprits for the slow start. According to NBA.com, the Knicks trail only the Houston Rockets and Charlotte Hornets in frequency of shots late in the shot clock (four seconds or less), and shooting 28.8% in those situations ranks them behind only the Portland Trail Blazers in efficiency -- they were best in the league last season. Usually, that's Jalen Brunson time, as he did so often in the playoffs. But the magic hasn't been there to start the season.
For the first time this season, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored more than 40 points (43, actually) and carried the Thunder to a much-needed 117-112 win over Cleveland. It snapped a two-game slide in which OKC had been blown out twice, and it was the Thunder’s second win in four tries since it felt like the bottom may have dropped out of their whole season back on Oct. 25. “I am just trying to figure out what winning will look like for this team, with this group,” Gilgeous-Alexander said after the game. “Myself and the rest of the group had become so accustomed to what winning looked like with the whole group that we had.
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Monday’s two technicals gave Draymond Green three for the season and 182 for his career, according to Elias Sports Bureau. This was Green’s first ejection of the season and the 23rd of his career. He had two ejections last season.
The two Alphas of the Blazers — Damian Lillard and Ja Morant — essentially handed the reins of the team to Deni Avdija. “Coming in, I told him: ‘I want you to be the horse,’” Lillard said. “Ja said the same thing: ‘You be the horse.’ I think him knowing for sure that we are encouraging that … you be the horse … you be on go … you get downhill … you attack. I think that is good for our team.”
Alex Caruso is traveling with the Thunder; his ankle sprain is not believed to be serious. But even with Caruso in the fold, the Thunder will be relying on unproven younger players for big minutes.
In its 2023-24 schedule release, the NBA noted that it “will continue to encourage fans and the broader NBA community to make a plan to vote and participate in the civic process.” On Nov. 7, 2023, no games were scheduled, and in 2024, there were no games on the night of the presidential election. In its schedule release this year, the league said that it “will encourage fans and the broader NBA community to make a plan to vote and to participate in the civic process. All 30 teams will be in action on the day before Election Day.”