Orlando acquired the guard in a trade for Aaron Gordon.
The Magic announced they waived guard RJ Hampton.
Hampton was initially the No. 24 pick in the 2020 NBA draft by the Nuggets after he played for the New Zealand Breakers instead of attending college. Hampton played in 25 games for Denver in his rookie season before the Nuggets traded him to Orlando as part of the Aaron Gordon trade in ’21.
In the second half of his rookie season, Hampton averaged over 11 points in 25 minutes per game for the Magic. Last year, he played in 64 total games for Orlando, starting 14 and averaging 7.
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Louisiana State University wide receiver Malik Nabers was arrested in New Orleans on Monday evening. OutKick was able to confirm his arrest through the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office.
Nabers, 19, was arrested around 9:00 p.m. CST on Monday evening, but he was not booked until just before 2:00 a.m. CST on Tuesday. He is charged with Illegal Carrying of a Weapon and released on late Tuesday morning on his own recognizance.
The arrest came on the eve of Fat Tuesday, as New Orleans continues to celebrate Mardi Gras all across the city.
Victor Wembanyama, the potential No. 1 pick in the 2023 NBA Draft, has a new height that has the basketball spectrum in awe.
Dan Wetzel and SI’s Pat Forde & Ross Dellenger kick off the podcast discussing the latest college football proposal to shorten the duration of games after NCAA officials met earlier this week on the topic.
Jimmy Winkfield is just one of five men to win the prestigious race back-to-back in 1901 and ’02, but shortly after his triumph, U.S. horse racing turned its back him—and everyone who looked like him.
Kendrick Carmouche grew up the son of a jockey deep in Cajun country, in south Louisiana, where kids climbed on racehorses at an early age to find out whether they had what it takes to be a rider.
His first time on a fast horse, Kendrick was about 8 years old. His father, Sylvester, tied a rope around Kendrick’s thighs and around the horse’s underbelly to keep the kid onboard.
Do the New York Mets hate old people?
That’s what former player-turned-pitching coach Phil Regan thinks as the 85-year-old is suing the team for alleged age discrimination.
According to TMZ, Regan’s lawsuit claims that the Mets let go of him after the 2019 season because of his age, despite Regan saying that he delivered when it came to his job performance.
Phil Regan is claiming the Mets fired him because he was getting too old.
Brandon Miller, the leading scorer for Alabama basketball, brought the gun used in the murder of 23-year-old Jamea Jonae Harris in Tuscaloosa earlier this year, according to police testimony on Tuesday.
Miller’s former teammate, Darius Miles, and Michael ‘Buzz’ Davis are facing capital murder charges over their alleged involvement in the killing.
When Miller got to the scene, Miles told Davis, “The heat is in the hat,” according to police testimony. Det. Branden Culpepper said that meant a gun was present, according to AL.com.
Miles added, “There’s one in the head.
The title of “biggest underachiever” is now held solely by North Carolina. The Tar Heels carry the burden of an 0-9 Quadrant 1 record.
Howdy, y’all.
If you’re anything like me, you are extremely ready for the NBA season to resume. But if I’m being real, I’m not sure if that’s because the All-Star Game felt so uncompetitive that I really just need something else to erase it from my mind, or that I’m just that hungry for basketball.
Either way: I was prepared to write something on the most noteworthy story lines throughout the entire league for the final two months of play. Then I realized: Just about all the stuff I’m most curious to watch stems from Western Conference clubs.
Georgia defensive lineman Jalen Carter has the opportunity to be selected in the top five of the 2023 NFL Draft. But it was recently discussed by Todd McShay that Carter might have a few “character issues” that could turn off NFL teams. Well, according to a new report this certainly doesn’t seem to be the case.
I know you all remember when Todd McShay made it a point to say that Jalen Carter would have some hurdles to get past before the draft. The main problem that McShay mentioned was perceived character issues while at Georgia.