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Other players who have worked out with the Jazz over the last few weeks includeb Hansen Yang (Qingdao), Yaxel Lendeborg (UAB — withdrawn from draft consideration), Milos Uzan (Houston — withdrawn from draft consideration), Tamar Bates (Missouri), Ethan Taylor (Air Force), Samson Johnson (UConn), Trey Galloway (Indiana), RJ Davis (North Carolina), Sean Pedulla (Ole Miss), RJ Felton (East Carolina), Ian Martinez (Utah St), Deivon Smith (St. John’s), Matthew Murrell (Ole Miss), and Will Richard (Florida).
Dan Hurley on interest in Knicks coaching vacancy: 'Not another summer of that'
The mere mention of the large, gray, trunked mammoth that wandered into the banquet room was enough for Dan Hurley to cringe. Addressed more directly, he just waved it off. “Not another summer of that,” he said, as the dais was breaking up. That should be enough to calm any fears that Hurley would entertain the possibility of leaving UConn and coaching the Knicks, who fired coach Tom Thibodeau a few hours before Hurley arrived at the Aqua Turf Club, where his wife, Andrea, received the St. Clare Award at the Franciscan Sports Banquet in recognition of her community service.
It appears that time has arrived, with NJ Advance Media’s Adam Zagoria reporting that Hurley is set to release a “tell-all book” this fall. Taking to X, the 52-year-old head coach made his own announcement regarding the book, which will be titled Never Stop: Life, Leadership and What it Takes to Be Great and written in the first-person alongside author Ian O’Connor. “I’ve confronted a lot of adversity on my life’s journey and I’m proud to share those stories–along with my leadership philosophies in building championship teams at UConn–in my book ‘Never Stop,'” Hurley wrote. “I’m writing this to help people overcome & succeed.”
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Rudy Gay retires from basketball
Shams Charania: After 17 NBA seasons, Rudy Gay is retiring. Gay, the No. 8 pick in the 2006 Draft out of UConn, averaged 15.8 points and 5.6 rebounds across 1,120 career games for the Grizzlies, Raptors, Kings, Spurs and Jazz.
Drummond and former NBA rookie-of-the-year Michael Carter-Williams are listed as "founding players" on the website. Roth told CT Insider on Thursday the group was put together through his connection to a UConn friend, who in turn knew Aiken.
Jeff McDonald: Stephon Castle said while at UConn he would occasionally daydream about what it might be like to play with Victor Wembanyama: "Of course it circulates in your mind," Castle said, "but it really doesn't feel real until it becomes reality."
Among the prospects who have either already worked out or are scheduled to work out for the Heat in Miami are Providence guard Devin Carter, Purdue center Zach Edey, G League Ignite forward Ron Holland, Indiana center Kel’el Ware, Southern Cal guard Isaiah Collier, Arizona forward Keshad Johnson and UConn guard Tristen Newton, according to league sources. Carter, Edey, Holland, Ware and Collier are among the potential first-round options for the Heat at pick No. 15, and Johnson and Newton are among the potential second-round options for the Heat at pick No. 43
In the latest episode of his podcast, The Hoop Collective, Windhorst reported on a conversation with an NBA source who believes that between Redick’s company, ThreeFourTwo Productions, and his salary at ESPN as a top NBA game analyst and talent on First Take and NBA Today, Redick was making more than the $5-plus million Hurley makes at UConn annually.
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Ky Carlin: UConn’s Tristen Newton posted this on his IG story. It looks like he may have finished up a workout with the team. #Sixers pic.twitter.com/cQ8vHSvAQF
On Thursday, Hurley offered even more context for his UCONN situation. I've had a contract in place here for a couple of weeks. And the final part, in terms of salary, has been done for a while. There are some other parts, like NIL and staff salary and some different things, that I want adjusted and I'm not comfortable with. But the sense of the idea that this was some conspiracy to get me a sweeter deal at UConn is just, it's lazy.
Hurley told Le Batard that he struggled with the decision throughout the weekend but set a deadline to make up his mind by bedtime Sunday night, ahead of a Connecticut team practice already scheduled for the following day. ”You have two incredible opportunities and it tears you up inside,” Hurley said. “From when we landed and started spending time with Rob and Jeanie and spent time around the facility, and then knowing what you’d be leaving at UConn and trying to imagine what it would be like walking into the locker room and telling your team, ‘I’m not with you guys anymore.’
“[Dan Hurley] was not the #1 candidate to go and pursue from the start… At the end of the day - he chose to stay for $20M less at UConn”@ShamsCharania on the #Lakers head coaching search 👀 pic.twitter.com/WLYBVVQi6u
— Run It Back (@RunItBackFDTV) June 11, 2024
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