Morning shootaround — Aug. 13 - NBA.com (blog)
Our Sekou Smith breaks down the new schedule, which features said new guys in new places as well as some familiar ones — like Kevin Durant and Kobe Bryant — returning to the court: Report: Hawks to hire Rose for front-office job — The Atlanta... From having an ex-Spurs assistant as their coach ( Mike Budenholzer ) to having a roster with seemingly interchangeable players and more, the Hawks were called “Spurs East” by some last season as they rolled to the Eastern Conference’s best record. According to Yahoo Sports’ Marc J. Spears , Atlanta will soon hire Malik Rose to a front-office role: Family, health will determine LeBron’s plans for 2016 Olympics — Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James took part in some drills with Team USA... Our own Steve Aschburner was on hand to watch James and reports that his role in Team USA at large has already paid dividends for the future of the program. As to whether or not James will play in the 2016 Olympic Games, that hinges on several other factor: As far as Colangelo and Krzyzewski are concerned, James, like them, rates as one of the thriving program’s architects. “When we talk about LeBron, we don’t talk about a guy who is playing for USA Basketball,” Krzyzewski said after the squad’s second light workout in as many days. Source: hangtime.blogs.nba.com
