Bryant shot a franchise record 61.6 percent from the field this season, beating Gheorghe Muresan’s mark from 1996-97 in which he shot 60.4 percent. Bryant also shot an NBA-leading 68.5 percent from inside the arc, finishing above players such as Rudy Gobert, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Pascal Siakam and Kevin Durant…
Stackhouse attended the University of North Carolina for two years and played under Dean Smith. In his sophomore year, the 6-foot-6 forward averaged 19.2 points and 8.2 rebounds per game on 51.7 percent shooting from the field and 41.1 percent from beyond the arc…
The hopefuls will open training camp on Sept. 6 at UNLV’s Mendenhall Center. The Las Vegas training camp will be used to determine the 12-man team for the USA’s first competition window of FIBA World Cup Qualifying second-round games. The U.S. will square off against Uruguay on Sept. 14 (7 p.m. PDT) at UNLV’s Cox Pavilion, then meet Panama on Sept. 17 in Panama City. The player selections were made by the USA Basketball Men’s World Cup Qualifying Team Committee…
West, who was inducted into the Xavier University Athletic Hall of Fame in 2010, is the most decorated player in Xavier basketball history. West proudly wears an “X” logo tattoo on his left bicep with the words “My Life” and “My Way.” Xavier retired West’s No. 30 jersey at the end of his senior season, the only player in school history to have his jersey retired while still an active player…
Johnson was a two-time First Team All-Big 5 selection for the Explorers, concluding his career at La Salle with 1,070 points to rank in the Top 50 in school history…
They have a coach in Kenny Atkinson that is known for taking on players with multiple flaws in their game and turning a lot of those flaws into strengths. In the past, Atkinson has worked with bigs such as Brook Lopez and Al Horford and helped them gain a reliable 3-point shot…
LeBron has also been on an absolute tear this season, averaging 28.3 points per game on a career-high 58.4 percent shooting from the floor to go along with 8.7 assists per game and 7.9 rebounds per game. The last time LeBron averaged 28+ points per game was the ’09-’10 season…
Former Xavier University guard Edmond Sumner was selected by the New Orleans Pelicans in the second round of the 2017 NBA Draft. Sumner was the 22nd pick of the second round and the 52nd pick overall. New Orleans then traded the draft rights to Sumner to the Indiana Pacers in a draft night trade…
Recent Lehigh men’s basketball graduate Tim Kempton has accepted an opportunity to play for the Milwaukee Bucks’ Summer League team from July 7-17 at the Thomas and Mack Center and Cox Pavilion in Las Vegas, with hopes of earning an NBA contract for the upcoming 2017-18 season…
Butler is a good fit with Karl-Anthony Towns and Andrew Wiggins, as he’ll take a lot of the defensive pressure off of both players and give Minnesota another go-to scorer…