Category

On multiple occasions last season, Warriors head coach Steve Kerr went out of his way to publicly lobby for the front office to bring back center Kevon Looney. Kerr got his wish Monday afternoon when Looney agreed to a three-year, $15 million deal with Golden State, league sources confirmed with The Chronicle. Outside of Kevin Durant and Klay Thompson, Looney was the Warriors’ top free-agent priority. In the wake of Sunday’s sign-and-trade that sent Durant to Brooklyn and netted Golden State combo guard D’Angelo Russell, the Warriors faced heavy financial constraints, which raised concerns within the organization that they couldn’t […]

Barcelona have agreed to sign Brazilian goalkeeper Norberto Murara Neto from Valencia for an initial 26 million euros , the La Liga champions said on Thursday. Neto will sign a four-year deal with Barcelona that will keep him at the club until the end of the 2022-23 season and he will replace Dutch goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen who moved the other way on Wednesday. “FC Barcelona and Valencia CF have reached an agreement for the transfer of the player Norberto Murara Neto,” Barcelona said in a statement. “The cost of the transaction will be 26 million euros (23.30 million pounds) plus […]

Despite some serious outside interest, Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri plans to remain in Toronto after constructing the first title team in Raptors history last season.  Earlier this month, it was reported that the Washington Wizards were prepared to offer Ujiri a massive deal worth nearly $10 million annually with an opportunity for ownership equity. “I love it here,” Ujiri said of Toronto, via ESPN. “My family loves it here. My wife loves it here, which is very important. My kids are Canadians. You want to win more. … In my mind, I’m here.”   Ujiri, 48, has two years remaining on his current […]

The Brazil full-back helped the French champions to retain their Ligue 1 title this season but the club have continued to come up short in Europe Dani Alves has announced his departure from Paris Saint-Germain after two seasons with the Ligue 1 giants.  The former Barcelona and Juventus defender revealed the news in an Instagram post, in which he explained that he was closing another chapter of his career. “Today I close another cycle in my life, a cycle of victory, learning and experiences,” Alves wrote in a lengthy statement. “I would like to thank the PSG family for the opportunity to together build a page in the […]

The Detroit Pistons have acquired Tony Snell and the 30th overall pick in the 2019 NBA draft in a trade with the Milwaukee Bucks in exchange for forward Jon Leuer, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported Wednesday night. As Wojnarowski and ESPN colleague Zach Lowe noted, Detroit was willing to absorb salary to gain an extra first-round pick in Thursday’s draft Snell has been a reliable part of the Bucks rotation for the past three years, averaging 7.2 points per game while shooting 40.3 percent from deep. His playing time declined in 2018-19 to 17.6 minutes per game—his fewest since his rookie season—but he still made 74 appearances and […]