A ruptured right Achilles tendon could keep him out the entire next season, and whenever he returns it will be in the Brooklyn black.
Basketball
A’ja Wilson scored a career-high 39 points to lead the Aces to a 102-97 overtime victory over Indiana. Teammate Liz Cambage scored 12 points in the extra period.
On Friday, the Westgate sportsbook adjusted the Lakers’ 2020 NBA title odds to +120 based on a report that Leonard would take a meeting with L.A.
The NBA Summer League in Las Vegas turns 15, and the event has grown in stature locally and nationally. Here are 15 events that helped shape the Summer League.
The Aces average 16.8 turnovers a game, second worst in the WNBA, and opponents have scored 18.2 points per game off giveaways, the highest average in the league.
The NBA told teams on Friday that coaches may challenge one call per game next season, provided the measure gets expected approval from the board of governors.
The Aces committed 19 turnovers Thursday night and stumbled to a sloppy 86-74 road loss to the Los Angeles Sparks at Staples Center.
The Lakers will send Moritz Wagner, Issac Bonga, Jemerrio Jones and a future second-round pick to the Washington Wizards.
City staff in Toronto will no longer take down public basketball hoops at the end of the day. Mayor John Tory says the city should be encouraging kids to play basketball.
The Summer League will be July 5 to 15 at the Thomas Mack Center and Cox Pavilion. All 30 NBA teams plus the China and Croatia national squads will compete.
The Aces turned in their worst offensive performance of the season Tuesday but still defeated the defending WNBA champion Seattle Storm, 60-56.
Isaac Lindsey, a guard from Mineral Point (Wisconsin) High School, committed to play basketball for UNLV. He is the second member of the Rebels’ 2020 class.
University President Susan Herbst signed a contract, and the teams are expected to begin play in the conference in the 2020-21 academic year.
The move comes 14 months after the NCAA changed the waiver process to clear the way for immediate eligibility for all approved requests.
Nearly half in a recent survey said their schools were not following NCAA-directed guidance that calls for medical staff to make decisions independent of coaches and administrators.