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Marc Stein: The Bahamas, I'm told, do hope to have Philadelphia's VJ Edgecombe in the lineup Monday against visiting Panama after a @FIBA win in Uruguay without him last night. Canada also rested Nickeil Alexander-Walker and Lu Dort last night but could bring them back Monday vs. Argentina.
Oh No He Didn't: Klay Thompson on playing closer to family: "Being so close to the Bahamas for the first time in my life is so special. I get to play in front of my cousins and my aunties and I get to just have such a close connection to my family being in South Florida, it's so close to Nassau. So I'm really excited about that and it feels just like a second home in a way. So I'm really just thrilled to be here and then to be a part of a championship organization who's had some of the best moments in NBA history is the cherry on top"
Adam Aaronson: VJ Edgecombe says he does not know where he is spending his summer. He has been “on the road for the past six years.” He thinks he’ll spend time in The Bahamas, New York and Texas, where he can work out with Tyrese Maxey.
Duane Rankin: "And have my 1st drink." Dillon Brooks, with a wink, said he might go to a beach like the Bahamas and relax. #Suns
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Los Angeles Lakers center Deandre Ayton was briefly detained on Tuesday at Lynden Pindling International Airport in the Bahamas on suspicion of being in possession of a small amount of marijuana, his lawyer and two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. The sources said Ayton, a native of the Bahamas, had been arrested and detained after being found with marijuana. But Ayton's lawyer, Devard Francis, told Reuters he was not arrested and only briefly detained before being released.
Three-time NBA champion Rick Fox on Monday said he will run for a seat in the Bahamas' House of Assembly in an election due to be held no later than October. "As a candidate and as a leader for the Bahamas I will demand transparency, honesty, integrity while demanding a level of excellence from all of us," Fox wrote on social media.
Steve Nash on Canada’s chances to win Olympics: It's incredible for me as a guy who came in the league and there was Bill Wennington, who went to high school in New York, but I believe his roots are in Montreal and Rick Fox who was born in Toronto and moved to the Bahamas in like 14 days. So that was it for Canada. Now there's like 24 guys on NBA rosters, the MVP of the league, really really good players. I think for Canada, frankly, the third position at the World Cup was great was a great result for them.
Kelly Iko: Rockets starting point guard Fred VanVleet has suffered a torn right ACL, sources tell @YahooSports. VanVleet, 31, suffered the injury during a team minicamp in the Bahamas — and is scheduled for surgery this week.
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Last dream to make: the Olympics and an NBA title? Eric Gordon: I would’ve loved to take the Bahamas to the Olympics. I would’ve loved that. It’s going to be hard, because that’s in 2028, and as I get older it’s going to be tough. But of course, the dream was always to win a gold medal in the Olympics.
Alessandro Luigi Maggi: 🚨 Virtus Bologna is close to sign Kai Jones, I am told. The Bahamian big man played 12 NBA games with the Mavs and 28 with the Clippers last season. In the G League, he averaged 12.5 points and 7.3 rebounds in 15 games with San Diego.
What about — like, I was telling them — the difference you notice when you make that jump from college to the NBA? The spacing you get, the flow that’s better, the pace is faster. What was that difference like for you? VJ Edgecombe: So, remember I played with the Bahamas team? Yeah — so I was already in some space, kind of playing in professional-type spacing. College though? I hated college basketball, personally. Some people love it — I don’t. Because I was also dealing with two centers — two bigs — sitting in the paint. I’m trying to get to the cup, and it was bad. I’m like, “Bro, I got no space to operate.” And then you can sit in the paint — you know what I’m saying? There’s no three-second rule. Nothing.
I believe that Deandre Ayton was the Lakers' top target among centers from the first minute of free agency. I know it might have looked to some like the Lakers lost out to the Clippers on Brook Lopez and pivoted to Ayton, but that's not how it went down. Ayton and the Trail Blazers came to terms on a buyout agreement on the day before free agency officially began and the 7-foot Bahamian was instantly regarded by numerous interested teams as a virtual lock to land with the Lakers.