NBA Summer League isn’t the only showcase the NBA and WNBA are bringing to UNLV next month.
Sam Gordon
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Sam Gordon was born and raised in Minneapolis and is back for his second stint with the Review-Journal. He’s covered the NFL, NBA, the Big Ten, the Mountain West and prep sports for various publications during his professional tenure. Gordon, a University of Minnesota graduate, is a basketball junkie who coached high school basketball for three seasons.
A 2020 graduate of Liberty, Gonzaga’s Julian Strawther on Thursday became the seventh native Las Vegan to be a first-round NBA draft pick.
No. 1 overall NBA draft pick Victor Wembanyama and No. 2 pick Brandon Miller will play on the opening day of the NBA Summer League at the Thomas & Mack Center.
Liberty’s Julian Strawther was a first-round pick and one of six players with local ties selected Thursday in the NBA draft.
G League Ignite standout Scoot Henderson is the top NBA draft prospect with local ties. Here are four more who could be selected Thursday in New York.
Bypassing on G League Ignite star Scoot Henderson would be the latest and greatest mistake made by the Charlotte Hornets under outgoing owner Michael Jordan.
Five-star prospect Ron Holland signed with G League Ignite on Tuesday, fortifying one of the best rosters in the Henderson NBA developmental team’s history.
“It is a possibility,” NBA commissioner Adam Silver told to Shaquille O’Neal about the league expanding to Las Vegas. Among the most interested: LeBron James.
Adin Hill isn’t one of the original “Golden Misfits” that he flanked when starting lineups were announced for Game 5. But that doesn’t mean he wasn’t miscast, misevaluated or misfitting.
Mark Stone is the first player since 1922 to record a hat trick in a Stanley Cup clincher — and the first player to captain the Golden Knights to the sacred silver chalice.
Matthew Tkachuk did not skate during the Florida Panthers’ optional practice Monday at T-Mobile Arena, where they will meet the Golden Knights on Tuesday.
The Florida Panthers trailed 3-1 against the Boston Bruins before winning three consecutive games. They will need the same kind of comeback against the Golden Knights.
The Panthers are 7-0 in overtime this postseason and now trail the Golden Knights 2-1. Thursday’s victory is the first for the franchise in a Stanley Cup Final.
Golden Knights forward Jonathan Marchessault has 12 goals in 19 NHL playoff games, making him worthy of the Conn Smythe Trophy if the team wins the Stanley Cup.
Florida Panthers goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky was pulled 7:10 into the second period of Monday’s loss to the Golden Knights after giving up four goals on 13 shots.