Mike DeCourcy

2 weeks ago | sportingnews.com | Mike DeCourcy

It’s likely Pacers coach Rick Carlisle long ago recognized the opportunity available to his team in the 2024-25 NBA season, but in the immediate aftermath of Indiana’s advancement to a second consecutive conference final, he chose to make it clear that chance is not exclusive. “The league is wide open,” Carlisle said, then paused before adding, “this year.”Could he have stopped with those first five words, though, and still been correct?

3 weeks ago | bvmsports.com | Mike DeCourcy

Perhaps the safest position in all of basketball is that of "anonymous NBA scout." They can say outlandish things in public and, though many hear their words, no one ever finds them out. It has been more than a decade, for instance, since one of them told a writer for Sporting News that Aaron Gordon, then a lottery-pick prospect in his first season of NCAA basketball, should be viewed as nothing more than "a glorified role player" and would struggle to transition to the small forward position.

3 weeks ago | sportingnews.com | Agustín Aboy |Mike DeCourcy

Quizá el puesto de trabajo más seguro en todo el baloncesto sea el de ojeador anónimo de la NBA. Pueden decir cosas extravagantes en público y, aunque muchos oigan sus palabras, nadie los descubre.

3 weeks ago | sportingnews.com | Mike DeCourcy

Perhaps the safest position in all of basketball is that of “anonymous NBA scout.” They can say outlandish things in public and, though many hear their words, no one ever finds them out. It has been more than a decade, for instance, since one of them told a writer for Sporting News that Aaron Gordon, then a lottery-pick prospect in his first season of NCAA basketball, should be viewed as nothing more than “a glorified role player” and would struggle to transition to the small forward position.

1 month ago | sportingnews.com | Mike DeCourcy

The CBS Sports Classic will lose its other important acronym for the 2025 event, with UCLA deciding to withdraw from the annual made-for-TV doubleheader to focus on scheduling games that require less travel. St. John's will replace UCLA, and promoters chose to schedule the Red Storm against Kentucky to match coach Rick Pitino against his former player, Mark Pope. The event, begun in 2014, also includes North Carolina and Ohio State.