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Eddie Johnson: “Vegas, and obviously Seattle is another team. What are some cities that might be trying to vie for [a NBA team] over those two?” Mark Cuban: “A lot, right? A lot. I'm not in the mix anymore, but I mean, I've heard Nashville, Louisville, Cincinnati, anybody who's got a professional team in another big four sport feels like they deserve a NBA team if they don't have one. But I think, you know Adam hasn't come out and said it, but I think Vegas and Seattle are the front runners. When they do it? I don't know.”

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Jeff Borzello: Cincinnati transfer Dan Skillings is drawing interest from Baylor, Gonzaga, LSU, Alabama and others, source told ESPN. Entered the portal this morning, will also test the NBA draft waters. 6-foot-6 wing averaged 9.2 points this season. Repped by Scott Nichols of Rize Management and Kenny Jackson of Sky Limit Sports.

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Pete Thamel: Sources: Cincinnati has hired Oklahoma City Thunder scout Corey Evans as the school’s new men’s basketball general manager. He’s worked for the Thunder for nearly five years and was part of the draft process for players like Jalen Williams, Aaron Wiggins and Cason Wallace.

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The Kings delighted their fans when they shipped unpopular new mascot Roy Al back to Cincinnati in an amusing skit during Saturday’s win over the Utah Jazz at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento. The Kings introduced Roy Al on Thursday when they unveiled their new City Edition uniform, saying the uniform and the new mascot were an homage to the franchise’s past as the Cincinnati Royals. Roy Al was described as a reinterpretation of the 1950s Royals logo with a basketball-shaped face, a hairline shaped like the state of California and a crown featuring the Sacramento skyline.

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Jon Chepkevich: 2004-born French prospect, Halvine Dzellat, has signed with Cincinnati in the class of 2024, I’m told. The 6’10”, 230+ pound big man served as the team captain and starting center for France during their gold medal run at this summer’s FIBA U20 EuroBasket. pic.x.com/j7kkg8fen4

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LeBron James: "When I was growing up, I wanted to go to Cincinnati because of the uniforms and then I got a little older and I wanted to go to North Carolina because of the uniforms and because you know Ed Cota and his ability to pass the ball (...) F*ck no, man. I never wanted to grow up and go to Duke, I already told you.

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Cincinnati senior center Aziz Bandaogo announced Friday his intentions to test the NBA Draft with plans to finish his collegiate career with the Bearcats next year.

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Jorge Sierra: Cincinnati-born Carlik Jones scored 38 points for South Sudan against Puerto Rico. That’s the best scoring mark EVER for an African National Team at the World Cup. He also had the first game on record with at least 30 points and 10 assists in tournament history 🤯

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Former West Virginia Mountaineer and current New York Knick Miles “Deuce” McBride held basketball camps in his hometown of Cincinnati, Ohio on July 26 and 27, and started off the next leg of his tour in Wheeling on Friday.

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Christian Clark: Landers Nolley II, a 6-foot-6 shooter from Cincinnati, is a camp invite who will play Summer League for Pels. Vandy center Liam Robbins is a camp invite too. He is recovering from a leg injury and won't be back on the floor until August.

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Brad Turner: Here are the players the Lakers are having in for pre-draft workouts today: Ben Sheppard - Belmont Landers Nolley II - Cincinnati Patrick Gardner - Marist Omari Moore - San Jose State Sidy Cissoko - G League Ignite KJ Williams - LSU

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Minnesota Timberwolves PR: The @Timberwolves are hosting a draft workout today with the following prospects: Tosan Evbuomwan (Princeton) Jazian Gortman (Overtime Elite) D'Moi Hodge (Missouri) Gabe Kalscheur (Iowa State) Mojave King (G League Ignite) Jalen Slawson (Furman) Marcus Carr (Texas) Michael Durr (UCF) Landers Nolley (Cincinnati) Markquis Nowell (Kansas State) Drew Peterson (USC) Jake Stephens (Chattanooga)

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Bob Huggins will keep his job as the head men’s basketball coach at West Virginia, the university said Wednesday, but will be suspended for three games and receive a pay cut after he used an anti-gay slur twice and derisively mocked Catholics during an interview with a Cincinnati radio station this week.

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Jake Weingarten: The Atlanta Hawks will host Cincinnati’s Landers Nolley II for a pre-draft workout on Thursday, a source told @Stockrisers. Will be apart of a very talented workout group. The AAC first-teamer has finished workouts with CHA, BOS, & DAL.

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