Hornets trade Howard to Nets
The Charlotte Hornets have agreed to trade eighttime All-Star center Dwight
Howard to the Brooklyn Nets for center Timofey Mozgov and two second-round draft picks, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
The Hornets will get the Nets' second-round pick Thursday night (45th overall) and a second-round pick in 2021, the person said. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the teams have not announced the trade and the league cannot approve the deal until the trade moratorium ends on July 6.
The 32-year-old Howard played only one season for Charlotte, averaging 16.6 points and 12.5 rebounds per game. He is due to make $23.8 million this season, the final year of his contract.
Brooklyn will be Howard's fourth team in as many seasons. He had pushed for a trade from Orlando to the Nets during the 2011-12 season in hopes of joining
Deron Williams, then changed his mind and recommitted the Magic, who instead dealt him to the Lakers that summer.
Wizards-Knicks to play in London
The NBA will return to London next year with a regular-season game between the Washington Wizards and the New York Knicks.
Tickets for the Jan. 17 game at the O2 Arena go on sale in the fall.
It will be the NBA's ninth regular-season game in London, all sellouts. The Knicks have played there twice, facing the Detroit Pistons in 2013 and the Milwaukee Bucks in 2015. This will be the Wizards' debut in London.
International players on the rosters include Wizards center Marcin Gortat of Poland, Knicks forward
Kristaps Porzingis of Latvia and Knicks point guard
Frank Ntilikina, who was born in Belgium to Rwandan parents and grew up in France.
The game will be shown by the NBA's broadcast partners across Europe, the Middle East and Africa and on NBA League Pass International.
Doncic heads list of international players to be drafted
Luka Doncic is about to become an NBA player, though he's unlike the other top prospects who will be drafted.
He's already a pro. He's already a champion.
And he might just be the most accomplished and intriguing player in this class.
After capping his brilliant stay in Spain with another title, the Slovenian guard heads the list of international players expected to be selected Thursday, a teenager whose resume is already more complete than even some of the most season veterans.
"He may be the most accomplished European teenager to ever come into the draft," ESPN draft analyst Jay Bilas said. "You know, there's very little that is unknown about him. He's not some workout wonder that people are projecting. He's accomplished things, and he has been seen in 5-on-5 against high-level competition for a number of years. He's played professional basketball since he was 13."