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Shams Charania: Yaxel Lenderborg, a projected first round pick, will withdraw his name from the 2025 NBA draft and spend his final season in college at the University of Michigan, he told me and @DraftExpress . Agents Qais Haider, Ron Shade and Alex Saratsis informed the program Tuesday.
“It doesn’t ever die,” Joey Skinn, the manager at ABC Vintage, said. “(Vintage clothing) is the one thing in fashion that never goes out of style.” At any given time inside the establishment, which is co-owned by Aaron Cohen and Mike Pang, you’ll find forgotten, lost and unique clothing from Detroit’s four major professional sports teams, as well as the University of Michigan and Michigan State University, other sports teams, musical artists and movies. Every “sports piece,” as vintage heads like to call the clothing, was birthed in the 1970s, ’80s, ’90s or early 2000s by well-known apparel companies like Chalk Line or Starter and by fashion designers like Jeff Hamilton. Others are “bootlegs” from those periods — pieces of clothing, often illegally using sports team logos or variations of them, created by civilians and sold out of the trunks of cars or hung on nearby fences during big sporting events in the city.
Former Lakers and Clippers guard Darius Morris died at age 33 of coronary artery disease, although the “effects of cocaine, hydrocodone and ethanol” played a role, according to a report by the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner. Morris, who played for the Lakers alongside his mentor Kobe Bryant after starring at Windward High in Mar Vista and the University of Michigan, was found dead May 2 by a Los Angeles-area apartment manager doing a welfare check.
Juwan Howard declined overture on Lakers' vacant head coaching job
Adrian Wojnarowski: ESPN Sources: Michigan coach Juwan Howard recently declined a Los Angeles Lakers overture on the franchise’s head coaching job. Howard is coaching his two sons — Jace and Jett — in Ann Arbor.
NBA Hall of Famer Chris Webber’s memoir By God’s Grace is being developed into a TV series by Picturestart ahead of the book’s release November 15. The project is currently being shopped to networks and streamers. The adaptation focuses on Webber’s youth and journey as part of the University of Michigan’s famed “Fab Five.” From amateur athletics to national championships, the series will tackle the triumphs and hardships of a life and career spent chasing basketball greatness while examining many of the most topical issues of equity between schools and players.
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Rose, a member of the University of Michigan’s famed ‘Fab Five’ college basketball team, made approximately $2.2 million in salary during his first two seasons with the Nuggets. Today, he tells CNBC Make It, he doesn’t have a penny of it left. “Your first contract, you spend it all,” Rose, now 48, says. “Almost everyone spends it all.” Rose says he did what most rookies do: He bought “dumb things.” One of his dumbest purchases, he says, was a $15,000 luxury phone for “high-net-worth individuals” called Vertu.
DeVante’ Jones announced on Monday he will withdraw his name from the NBA draft and will transfer to play next season at the University of Michigan.
Steve Kerr envisions Jordan Poole in Sixth Man role next season
He’s visualizing possibilities for the Sixth Man role and is considering Jordan Poole, who on Friday night scored career-high 38 points, including a driving layup for the decisive basket, in a 125-122 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans at Chase Center. “He’s really explosive, as you saw tonight and as you’ve seen over the last couple months,” Kerr said of the second-year guard from the University of Michigan. “As we look ahead, I think he’s going to be a Sixth Man. He’s really capable of getting 20 any night. It’s so great to have scoring off the bench. “As we look to next year and beyond, getting Klay (Thompson) back, Jordan would be a really good candidate for Sixth Man, a guy who can come in and give you points when the starters are on the bench.”
Former University of Michigan star, NBA standout and EPSN analyst Jalen Rose was back home Thursday. He was at his Jalen Rose Leadership Academy for a pop-up vaccination event in Detroit.
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Franz Wagner entering draft
Adrian Wojnarowski: University of Michigan sophomore forward Franz Wagner – the ninth-rated draft prospect in ESPN’s Top 100 – is entering the 2021 NBA Draft, he told ESPN. Wagner was the highest-rated player on ESPN’s board still unannounced for the July draft.
Juwan Howard: There was a report of my name as a potential candidate for nba coaching opportunities. While I am flattered, and know it will more than likely happen again, I am not exploring, seeking or listening. I am the head coach at the university of Michigan! I am blessed to be working at the greatest university in the world. I am blessed to be guiding a group of wonderful young men. We have goals, dreams & championships to win this is where my focus is. Go blue!
On Thursday, the University of Michigan released a study claiming that HGH could aid in the recovery of torn ACLs by preventing the loss of muscle strength in knees. Cuban funded that study, and went on to argue on its behalf on Twitter. "It's time to recognize that HGH (Human Growth Hormone) can positively impact injury recovery," Cuban wrote. "I funded this study so that athletes can get back to full strength and doing what they love."
On an appearance on ESPN's The Jump Friday, Cuban argued that the only reason HGH is banned by the NBA is because the World Anti-Doping Association banned it. "There really was no research or complete logic for doing it," Cuban said. "So a couple of years ago, I said, 'look, if there's no data there to dismiss HGH, let's find out if it can help for injury recovery because it's been discussed as having that ability.' So I worked with the University of Michigan and we put together a study, and as it turned out, comparing athletes vs. a placebo, there was a significant improvement in their recovery time and getting back to full strength. And so now, this is the first step towards offering data and hopefully the NBA, the Olympics and other leagues will look at this and say 'let's do some more studies.’ I'm willing to get involved with more studies financially, but if we can get the leagues to do it, the players I think will all be for it as long as you can prove that it's safe."
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