Free agent center Mason Plumlee is signing a 10-day contract with the San Antonio Spurs, his representative Mark Bartelstein of Priority Sports told ESPN's Shams Charania on Tuesday. Plumlee, in his 13th NBA season, was traded by the Hornets to the Thunder in a three-team deal ahead of the trade deadline and he was subsequently waived by Oklahoma City. Plumlee appeared in just 14 games for the Hornets, starting two, and averaged just under nine minutes per game.
The Women's National Basketball Players' Association submitted a counterproposal to the WNBA on Tuesday that included some concessions on revenue share and housing, sources told ESPN. According to a source familiar with the proposal, the players' union is now asking for an average of 27.5% of gross revenue, defined as revenue before deducting expenses, over the course of the agreement, including 25% -- and less than a $9.5 million salary cap -- in year one.
Mike Conley is returning to the Minnesota Timberwolves two weeks after he was traded away in a deadline move, the team announced Tuesday. The Wolves traded Conley to the Chicago Bulls in a three-team deal as a way to shed the remaining amount of the veteran point guard's $10 million salary for this season. The Bulls subsequently moved Conley to the Charlotte Hornets, who eventually waived him. Because he was traded a second time before being waived, Conley was free to sign back with Minnesota.
St. John's will look to extend its winning streak to an even dozen when the 17th-ranked Red Storm travels to face Marquette on Wednesday in Milwaukee. St. John's (20-5, 13-1 Big East) is coming off a 79-69 win at Providence on Saturday in game that featured a brawl and seven ejections. Dylan Darling had 18 of his season-high 23 points in the second half and the Red Storm had a 31-3 advantage in points off the bench.
Alas, Gottlieb put his ass hat back on and returned to the spotlight following his team's 75-72 home loss. Gottlieb, whose team blew a six-point second-half lead, spent the postgame press conference profanely whining about officiating, conference leadership, and even schedulers. The peeved coach climaxed his tirade by attacking the table on the dais with the same venom he'd shown the chair in December. Why do you hate furniture, Doug?
Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Jose Alvarado is back home to help the New York Knicks compete for an NBA championship. Ahead of the NBA trade deadline, the Knicks traded Dalen Terry, who was acquired from the Chicago Bulls in the Guerschon Yabusele deal, along with two second-round picks for Alvarado. New York also sent out cash considerations. That is an incredibly low price for a 3-and-D guard, and New York made it happen.
It's been just over a month since the Washington Wizards made the blockbuster trade to acquire four-time All-Star Trae Young. Landing the star guard offered the Wizards a much-needed answer in their backcourt after years of failing to land a guard the team felt was capable enough to lead the charge and help the team get to the next level of their rebuild.
One foe already engaged in a heated Valentine's Day moment with St. John's in Providence. Ejections were made including multiple on the side of the Red Storm. Pitino still saw a team that played hard despite the sudden scrapper fest. That Feb. 14 moment now paints the picture of how much harder repeating will become for the reigning Big East champs.
"Not much," Michigan coach Dusty May said when asked by the AP after Saturday's rout of UCLA about the significance of potentially topping the poll. "It means we haven't drank our own Kool-Aid. We've put ourselves in a position to be playing the types of games in mid-February that we want to be in, but we've got to continue to improve."
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Free agent Haywood Highsmith has agreed to a multiyear deal with the Phoenix Suns, his agent Jerry Dianis told ESPN on Saturday. Highsmith considered multiple playoff teams before reaching an agreement with the Suns, sources said. Highsmith was acquired by the Brooklyn Nets in a trade with the Miami Heat last offseason and then was waived at this month's trade deadline to become a free agent.
Boucher didn't see game action in the final 23 games in his last season with Toronto, and it wasn't because of poor play. The 33-year-old was Toronto's leading bench scorer at 10.0 points per game while chipping in 4.5 rebounds, and was having one of his best shooting seasons, converting at 36.3 per cent from three-point range (3.9 attempts) while hitting at a 63.3 per cent clip from inside the arc. Among Raptors regulars, his +4.9 net rating was second.
