Craig Sager will make his 2014-15 debut on the sidelines of TNT’s broadcast of Oklahoma City-Chicago at 8 p.m. ET. The league hasn’t been the same without Sager and his sartorial splendor, and he gave us a reminder of what we’ve been missing when he interviewed Carmelo Anthony remotely before the All-Star Game.
Sager was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia last April. Since then, he’s gone through a bone marrow transplant, chemotherapy and a bout with pneumonia. He hoped to return in person for All-Star weekend last month, but needed to wait a few more weeks so that his immune system would be strong enough to handle being around a crowd.
Point guard Rajon Rondo did not play the final 20-plus minutes of the Dallas Mavericks‘ 99-92 win over the Toronto Raptors on Tuesday night after a profanity-laced shouting match with coach Rick Carlisle over play-calling responsibilities.
The incident occurred with 8:10 remaining in the third quarter, when Carlisle stormed out on the American Airlines Center court to call a timeout and shouted at Rondo, who appeared to be ignoring a play call from the bench as he brought the ball up the floor.
Rondo responded by shouting back at Carlisle. They exchanged heated words for much of the timeout, with assistant coach Jamahl Mosley at one point stepping in front of Rondo to prevent the point guard and coach from getting in each other’s faces.
With his fifth assist of the game – this behind-the-back beauty to Kevin Love – LeBron James set the record for assists by a forward.
LeBron now has 6,136 career assists, one more than Scottie Pippen. The Cavaliers forward still falls behind 26 guards for career assists.
During All-Star Weekend, Atlanta Hawks guard Jeff Teague announced that he was planning to wear the new adidas Yeezy Boost during a game at some point soon. Today he got beat to the punch. By a mascot.
The Milwaukee Bucks reportedly are ready to move on from their fraught relationship with troubled center Larry Sanders. The two sides are discussing a potential buyout, which could allow Sanders to become a coveted free agent near the trade deadline.
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