Free agent guard Markus Howard has agreed to a two-year contract with Spanish club Baskonia, as relayed by Donatas Urbonis of BasketNews. Howard, 23, is 5-foot-10 and spent each of his first two seasons with the Nuggets, each time on a two-way contract.
While it’s a relief that Howard didn’t sustain a more significant injury, it’s still tough news for the second-year guard, who is playing on a two-way contract with Denver for a second consecutive year.
The Nuggets will need his production as star guard Jamal Murray continues to rehab from a torn ACL he suffered last April.
The Nuggets are in something of a holding pattern until Jamal Murray returns. Without him, Denver is talented enough to make the playoffs in the West, but doesn’t have the pieces to seriously compete for a title.
It is still early in the second round, but it is a crucial juncture for a couple of teams that need some players to step up. We're looking at you, John Collins and Rajon Rondo.
In the NHL playoffs, you often hear about the “hot goalie.” A netminder comes into the postseason playing well, he stands on his head and then suddenly a team surprisingly finds itself in the conference finals.
With the NCAA men's basketball tournament field of 68 set, here are each team's odds of cutting down the nets in Minneapolis.
Here are eight games that could very much produce a first-round upset in the 2019 NCAA Tournament.
As we approach the start of both the women's and men's NCAA Tournaments, it's time to highlight some of the best in the college game. There have been plenty of stellar individual performances this season, mostly from the veterans on the women's side, while some highly touted freshmen have lived up to their preseason billing for the men.
Basketball, more than any other sport, lends itself to star players taking over. An elite basketball player can practically carry a team, especially on the college level.
Last season, Villanova's Jalen Brunson swept all the major college basketball Player of the Year Awards. Will we see another player follow the same path?
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