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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Cooper Flagg strolled into UNLV’s Thomas and Mack Center at 4:17 p.m. on Thursday, wearing Dallas Mavericks gear, bright white New Balance shoes, and an emotionless look on his face as he passed through security.
League tips off Thursday. Which team will win the tournament, and which player goes home with MVP honors? Here are the odds.
However, the saga won't come to a close without one more eyebrow raising bit of news, courtesy of ESPN's Tim MacMahon, who reported the Jazz planned on having Cooper's son, Omar Cooper Jr., serve as a guest coach on the Jazz's Summer League staff until the NBA stepped in and had Utah scrap those plans.
The son of Ace Bailey's manager won't get to be a guest coach for the Jazz's Summer League team after the NBA raised some concerns with the idea.
Florida Gators guard Walter Clayton Jr. (1) talks to the crowd during the National Championship celebration at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. “Tonight, we had to take him out of the game in the first half because he was a little too nonchalant,” Jazz Summer League coach Scott Morrison said of Clayton (via Ben Anderson of KSL Sports ).
Coleman played only six years in the NBA, spending three of those with the Jazz when they were based in New Orleans. Coleman’s calling card was his defense as a two-time All-Defense honoree (First team in 1977, 2nd team in 1978). His best all-around season came in 1977 when he averaged a career-high 8.6 points and 7.1 rebounds per game.
The Miami Heat have acquired Norman Powell, while John Collins is going to the Los Angeles Clippers and Kevin Love and Kyle Anderson are headed to the Utah Jazz as parts of a three-team trade