- Former NBA player Greg Foster will reportedly join the Philadelphia 76ers organization, according to SB Nation: “According to sources close to the program, UTEP assistant coach Greg Foster has reportedly been offered a job by the Philadelphia 76ers, and he has accepted the position. His official title isn’t known at this point, but it is apparently a done deal. Foster played two seasons as a Miner from 1988-1990, and was part of a team that won back to back WAC tournament titles. He was even named the 1990 WAC tournament MVP. Following his days at UTEP, Foster enjoyed a 13 year career in the NBA, playing for nine different teams, reaching the NBA Finals three times, and eventually winning a ring with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2001. Foster came to UTEP with Tim Floyd in the 2010-2011 season, when he served as a graduate assistant. He was then promoted to assistant coach the following year, and has held that position since.”
Jason Terry doesn’t see how J.R. Smith could guarantee a championship for the New York Knicks, from Mike Mazzeo of ESPN NY: “Brooklyn Nets guard Jason Terry doesn’t think much of New York Knicks guard J.R. Smith’s title guarantee, but he likes the Knicks’ chances in streetball. Asked about Smith’s guarantee that the Knicks would win the championship, Terry told Dime Magazine in an interview, “Maybe the Rucker Park Championship. I don’t know, not the NBA championship. I don’t see how they could guarantee that, at all. I’m not buying it, so … I mean, it’s a bitter rivalry, you know it’s going to be intense, and however they feel over there in that locker room they are guaranteed and entitled to feel that way but we don’t want to see that happen on our watch.”
Phil Jackson may be involved in becoming an executive producer for a new drama involving basketball, according to Brian Steinberg of Variety: “Showtime is developing a one-hour scripted series that takes a peek behind the scenes of a professional basketball team, with NBA coaching great Phil Jackson and current Los Angeles Lakers assistant coach Kurt Rambis on board as exec producers. The series will focus on the family that owns the team, according to details provided by the CBS Corp. pay-cable service. Ron Shelton, the creative talent behind such noted sports movies as “Bull Durham,” “Tin Cup” and “White Men Can’t Jump,” will write, direct and exec produce the project. Jeanie Buss, the senior vice president of the Los Angeles Lakers and Linda Rambis will executive produce via production company Street Reason Entertainment. Rambis is married to the Lakers coach. Brett Tomberlin of IDW and Ubiquity Studios will also executive produce, with Brian Gilbert and Andrew Trapani of Nine/8 Entertainment.”
- Stephen Jackson and Steve Francis got into it at a club, with Jackson doing his best impression of The Undertaker on the former point guard. The action starts around the 25:30 mark (via Stiletto Jill):
- Check out Stephen Curry’s “summer legs”:
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