BATON ROUGE – For LSU Basketball’s associate head coach David Patrick, it was a successful trip to serve as assistant coach as the Australia Boomers won the Gold Medal in the FIBA Asia Cup for a third straight time with a nail-biting 90-89 win over the People’s Republic of China on Sunday in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
The Sydney Kings are a powerhouse this season. Jaylen Adams, Xavier Cooks, Bul Kuol, Alex Toohey, and Keli Leaupepe were their starting lineup in their NBL season opener against the Adelaide 36ers and they still got 29 points from their bench.
Xavier Cooks most recently played in the NBA during the 2022-23 season when he appeared in ten games for the Washington Wizards. That season, he averaged 3.8 points and 3.8 rebounds per contest while shooting 60.7% from the field in ten games (one start).
DeMarcus Cousins‘ contract with the Taiwan Beer Leopards, slated to begin in mid-April, will cover a month-and-a-half, sources inform Marc Stein (Twitter link).
Who is the best player in the history of every NBA franchise? That’s a tough question. Who is the most iconic player in the history of every NBA franchise?
When it comes to the NCAA Tournament, think of top seeds like the upper class and the lower seeds like the working class. When the two get together, the higher ranked teams would love nothing more than for those lower ranked to teams to just lay down and give them an easy route to the Final Four.