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Second-round pick Koby Brea joins Suns on a two-way contract
Michael Scotto: The Phoenix Suns and No. 41 pick Koby Brea have agreed to a two-way deal, league sources told @hoopshype. Brea averaged 11.6 points and shot 43.5 percent from 3-point range for Kentucky last season.
Ross then asked Herro if he thought Chamberlain “dropped 100” while playing for the Philadelphia Warriors in a game against the New York Knicks in March 1962. “Yeah,” the Kentucky alumni muttered, before questioning the popular streamer if he believed in history. “You think history is a real thing?” Herro asked, to which Ross replied with a confident “yeah.” “Nah, I don’t believe in history,” the NBA star said, shaking his head and leaning back in his chair. “No, I’m deadass.”
“I didn’t start in the first four to five games (at Kentucky). And I called him in and said, ‘Look, Shai, I know you should be starting or could be starting, but I kind of like this rotation,'” John Calipari said. “He looked at me and said, ‘Coach, I trust you. I’m fine. I’ll see you at practice.’ Well, game nine and 10, I started him. And from there, he was a lottery pick. “He made himself a lottery pick to the point that Cleveland wanted to draft him, and he said, ‘No, I’m not going to Cleveland.’ I was at the table. I’m like, ‘What are you doing?’ And he ends up going to the Clips. I watched him in a playoff game. That’s when I knew he was going to be in this league a long time.”
Dalton Johnson: The Warriors are hosting these three players tomorrow as part of a pre-draft workout: Caleb Grill (Guard, Missouri) Amari Williams (Center, Kentucky) Brice Williams (SG/SF, Nebraska)
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On a Friday afternoon in November, Junior Bridgeman is reminiscing about his time in the NBA. Once traded to the Milwaukee Bucks for the great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bridgeman, now 71, scans his Louisville, Kentucky office filled with photographs, art and memorabilia from his playing days as one of the most dominant NBA sixth men of his era. He leans back in his chair, allowing the emotions to set in. He knows the moment to retire is once again approaching. “It’s probably time,” Bridgeman tells Forbes. Glancing at the replica Super Bowl ring he was given by the Kansas City Chiefs in 2020. “Time catches up. You look around and realize that your time, and the time when you have influence and you’re really involved and have the energy, is gone.”
Kentucky-based Maker’s Mark has a new collaboration with Heat C Bam Adebayo to launch his custom blend “Bam & Marilyn's 1 of 1,” which will be available at select retailers in Miami beginning today. Adebayo is the first NBA player to have a limited-edition bottle with the brand. The name of the blend pays tribute to Adebayo’s mom, who helped him create the blend.
Across the board, Nike will typically cast the widest net each year. This year, the Swoosh landed over a dozen players through a mix of cash offers and merch deals. Namely, shifty guards Reed Sheppard and Rob Dillingham were early targets. The respective No. 3 and No. 8 picks shared the backcourt last season at Kentucky and have each begun their rookie seasons in a rotation of Kobe 5 and 6 sneakers. Additional players repping the Swoosh throughout October include No. 1 pick Zaccharie Risacher of the Hawks, Grizzlies big Zach Edey, and of course, Bronny James of the Lakers.
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Karl-Anthony Towns was born in New Jersey, went to college in Kentucky and has spent the entirety of his NBA career in Minnesota. His roots, however, are in the Dominican Republic. To continue paying homage to his late mother's homeland, Towns announced plans Thursday to help build a state-of-the-art basketball training facility in the country, one where children will get top-notch coaching and access to physical therapy, classroom space, meeting space and more. Groundbreaking in Santiago, Dominican Republic, is set for next year, with plans calling for completion in 2026.
DeMarcus Cousins: 'If I had NIL deals back in my day, I would have stayed four years at Kentucky'
DeMarcus Cousins: "If I had NIL deals back in my day, I would have stayed four years at Kentucky, no doubt. Man, we brought Kentucky back from the shadows, and the timing of it would have been perfect. I’d have made five million easy. I would have made more than my rookie contract in the NBA, so why not stay?"
DeMarcus Cousins: "Cal told me, ‘If you want to take care of my family, you can stay. If you want to take care of yours, you’re out of here.’ That’s real. And it took a coach like him to understand both sides. We’ve all heard the horror stories of coaches holding guys back, and they miss their shot. Cal understood it was bigger than basketball—it was about life."
"What was it like getting going to an organization like that and then having to navigate all of those things with the coaching changes, the front office? Then there was an ownership change while you were there." DeMarcus Cousins: "It was tough and it was confusing, and um I was coming from a situation at Kentucky where, you know, Cal treated us like pros, but I remember in my rookie season it was a simple task and I remember (Francisco Garcia) saying something like, 'Yo, you really were spoiled at Kentucky,' like, and in my head, I'm like, 'Damn, maybe I was.' So long story short, Cisco ended up getting traded to the Houston Rockets, and I remember when he went there, he ended up tapping in with me like a little later, and he was like, 'Man, I remember that day I called you spoiled.' He was like, 'I was wrong, like we were in a s**thole.' Like, you know, I'm not here to, like, [trash] on the Kings or anything like that. That's just, you know, in sports you have up and down years, you know, I just so happen to come in at a point where it was down here."
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