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World's tallest basketball player, 7-foot-9 Olivier Rioux, is transferring from Florida

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The world's tallest college basketball player is on the move. Florida's Olivier Rioux, a 7-foot-9 center from Canada and the most popular athlete on campus, announced Tuesday he is entering the transfer portal. Rioux played sparingly in two years with the Gators, redshirting as a true freshman during the team's national championship season and then getting on the court in mop-up duty this past season.

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Nets remain shorthanded for Hornets matchup after snapping 10-game skid

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The Brooklyn Nets will attempt to win back-to-back games for the first time in nearly a month when they host the Charlotte Hornets on Tuesday. They’ll be shorthanded as they attempt to do so. With Michael Porter Jr., Egor Demin, and Day’Ron Sharpe sidelined indefinitely, the Nets ruled out Terance Mann (left Achilles soreness) and […] The post Nets remain shorthanded for Hornets matchup after snapping 10-game skid appeared first on ClutchPoints.

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Ettore Messina: I’m hoping for an NBA-EuroLeague agreement. We need some logic in the schedules - Sportando

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Ettore Messina was honored this morning at the Regional Council during an event marking the 100th anniversary of the Italian national basketball team’s first game L'articolo Ettore Messina: I’m hoping for an NBA-EuroLeague agreement. We need some logic in the schedules proviene da Sportando.

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Boston's Joe Mazzulla has a strong case for Coach of the Year. Don't tell him that

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The NBA has started the process of lining up voters for postseason awards, and if form holds from recent years the ballots will be due shortly after the end of the regular season. Defensive Player of the Year might not take voters very long (spoiler alert, it’ll be San Antonio's Victor Wembanyama) and Rookie of the Year is basically going to be a two-contender race (a Duke guy will win; it’s TBD if it’ll be Charlotte's Kon Knueppel or Dallas' Cooper Flagg). When talking MVP, for example, logi...

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