2015-16 Around the NBA

[Ronin]

Report: Kevin Garnett to retire
The Timberwolves were working toward a buyout with Kevin Garnett with theexpectation he'd retire.

It appears both will happen.

Kent Youngblood of the Star Tribune:

Garnett and the Timberwolves came to an agreement Friday and a retirement announcement from Garnett is expected shortly, according to league source.

http://nba.nbcsports.com/2016/09/23/report-kevin-garnett-to-retire/

 

[Ronin]

Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor: Nikola Pekovic out for season, might be bought out
Pekovic is due $23.7 million over the next two seasons. I’m not sure why he’d give any of that up in a buyout. It seems unlikely the 30-year-old center who has missed 205 games – including 70 last season – in his six-year NBA could recoup it elsewhere. His body appears to just be breaking down due to injury.

http://nba.nbcsports.com/2016/09/23...a-pekovic-out-for-season-might-be-bought-out/

 

[Ronin]

Royce Young ‏@royceyoung 20m20 minutes ago
Cameron Payne suffered an "acute fracture" to his fifth metatarsal in his right foot, the same one he had surgery on this summer.

 

[Ronin]

Ben Simmons To Have Precautionary X-Rays After Rolling Ankle

http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2016/09/30/ben-simmons-x-rays-rolling-ankle/

 

[Chaplin]

So Joachim Noah skipped a lunch at West Point because he "doesn't agree with war."

Sounds like he doesn't agree with intelligence either. What a buffoon.

https://t.co/Uhlwd5V2xf

 

[Ronin]

Derek Bodner ‏@DerekBodnerNBA 5m5 minutes ago
#sixers head coach Brett Brown announced that he plans to start Joel Embiid in Tuesday's preseason opener:

 

[Ronin]

Bob Cooney‏@BobCooney76
Ben Simmons has fracture in his right foot. Further details coming.

 

[JCSunsfan]

I think ist about time to start a 16-17 version of this thread.