The Sacramento Kings and the NBA will join forces to investigate the sexual assault allegations against Luke Walton. LeBron James and Stephen Curry lead NBA jersey sales, while D’Angelo Russell wants to stay with Brooklyn Nets.
Sacramento Kings, NBA to launch a joint investigation into sexual assault allegations against Luke Walton | ABC7
The Sacramento Kings announced that both they and the National Basketball Association hired investigation teams to look at sexual assault allegations against the Kings’ head coach Luke Walton.
“The Kings and the NBA take these allegations very seriously and will collaborate to conduct a complete and thorough investigation,” the statement said in part.
The Kings and the NBA will jointly investigate the claims made in the civil suit against coach Luke Walton pic.twitter.com/LGWj2Lp4Cu
— Ramona Shelburne (@ramonashelburne) April 25, 2019
LeBron James, Stephen Curry Top NBA Jersey Sales | NBA.com
Los Angeles Lakers’ superstar LeBron James holds the top spot in jersey sales, the National Basketball Association and National Basketball Players Association announced.
Stephen Curry is in second place, Giannis Antetokounmpo is third, while Kyrie Irving and Joel Embiid are also in top five. When it comes to team merchandise, the Los Angeles Lakers are in the first position, the Golden State Warriors are behind them, while the Boston Celtics, Philadelphia 76ers, and Milwaukee Bucks follow.
Top 5 NBA Jersey Sales 2018-19:
1. LeBron James, Lakers
2. Stephen Curry, Warriors
3. GIANNIS ANTETOKOUNMPO
4. Kyrie Irving, Celtics
5. Joel Embiid, 76ers #FearTheDeer pic.twitter.com/JrGpCwSkh3— Milwaukee Bucks (@Bucks) April 25, 2019
Russell ‘definitely’ wants to return to Nets | ESPN
D’Angelo Russell exploded for the Brooklyn Nets this season and even made it to the All-Star game for the first time in his career as he led the team in points and assists, leading them to the playoffs. Russell will become a restricted free agent this summer and he stated that he definitely wants to stay at Barclays Center.
“I definitely want to be here. But I also know it’s a business, too. So I’m not going to play that role like I don’t know what could possibly happen,” Russell said. “Say somebody comes here that I have to be a part of (a transaction to acquire them), I know that could be a possibility. So I just want to stay in this moment and not speak too soon about anything.”
“You say we’ll have our decisions [to make], D’Angelo will have his own decisions.”
– Sean Marks on D’Angelo Russell
— Anthony Puccio (@APOOCH) April 25, 2019
NBA Playoffs: Stephen Curry says Warriors must ‘erase’ Game 5 loss | Sporting News
The Los Angeles Clippers upset the reigning champion Golden State Warriors in Game 5 at Oracle Arena and Stephen Curry wants his team to bounce back in Game 6 and erase this defeat. The Warriors failed to deal with Lou Williams, who ended the tilt with a double-double of 33 points and 10 assists and Curry wasn’t happy how they defended Sweet Lou.
“Numbers don’t lie,” Curry said on how Golden State had dealt with Williams. “The matter of our intensity or our lack of intensity to start the game kind of came back to bite us. They had confidence all throughout their rotation early. And they fed off that in the second half. [Williams is] obviously an X-factor for them and the main catalyst in terms of momentum swings because he can get going really quick.” Curry added: “It’s one of those nights that we’ve got to erase from our memory quick.”
Curry on defending Lou Williams pic.twitter.com/xNNsBp4YQl
— Ryan Gorcey (@RyanGorcey) April 25, 2019
Griffin has knee surgery, will be ready for camp | ESPN
Detroit Pistons power forward Blake Griffin underwent successful arthroscopic surgery on his left knee and will be ready for summer camp, the team announced.
Griffin averaged a career-high 24.5 points per game, along with 7.5 boards and 5.4 assists as he appeared in 72 games but he missed some key games late in the regular season and first two of four meetings with Milwaukee Bucks in the opening round of the playoffs.
Pistons announce that Blake Griffin underwent arthroscopic surgery today on his left knee … pic.twitter.com/RXXS28BaCp
— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) April 25, 2019
