Duke’s first year student Kon Knueppel, announced Wednesday In social networks which will enter the NBA Draft of 2025 and give up its remaining university eligibility.
Knueppel, the number 8 prospect in the Draft projections of the NBA of ESPN, was Duke’s second top scorer this season behind Cooper Flagg, with an average of 14.4 points, 4.0 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game while fired 40.6% from the range of 3 points.
He was named for the ACC All-Freshman team and the second ACO team and helped take the Blue Devils to the Final Four, where they lost in the semifinals against Houston.
Knueppel took a step forward in the ACC Tournament when Flagg fell early in the quarterfinals with an ankle injury, publishing 63 points, 17 rebounds and 14 assists in three games to help Duke win the title, being appointed MVP of the tournament.
He played an essential role in Duke’s 35-4 season, assuming important duties to create shooting while spaced the floor effectively and maintains his own defensive. It is an exceptional pin and saw a little offensive operating from pick-And-volin. He formed a unique tandem with the center of Duke Khaman Maluach, finding it 24 times this season for Lob Dunks. Knueppel provides a combination of competitiveness, feeling of the game and versatility that will probably make a perfect adjustment on any list of the NBA.
Coming from Milwaukee, Knueppel was not named in the McDonald’s All American game last year despite leading the Nike Eybl base circuit in annotations for three consecutive years at the levels of 15U, 16U and 17U with the University of Phenom. He was appointed player of the Wisconsin year in his last year.
His mother, Chari, is still the top scorer of all time in the Bay of the University of Wisconsin-Green, while his father, also called Kon, scored more than 2,000 points in division III Wisconsin Lutheran College.
The NBA Draft Combine will take place from May 11 to 18 in Chicago, and the Draft will be from June 25 to 26 in New York.
Jonathan Givony is an expert in NBA draft and founder and co -owner of Draftexpress.com, a private exploration and analysis service used by NBA, NCAA and international teams.
The kings of Sacrament Sam A amletic. McNair joined the Kings in 2020, after having previously worked for Houston Rockets under Daryl Morey.
The news appeared shortly after the Kings season ended with a 120-106 house defeat against Dallas Mavericks in the game tournament.
The McNair era represents the most successful section that the Kings have had since its infamous drought of 16 -year -old playoffs began in 2006, although that does not say much. As soon as McNair took over, he put his seal on the team writing Tyrese Haliburton and then exchanged for Sabonis domages on the 2022 exchange deadline. That movement prepared the Kings to reach the postseason in 2023, the first time they did since 2006.
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But things began to fray from there. The Kings did not worsen much immediately, since they fell from 48 victories in 2023 to 46 in 2024. However, because the west conference was so narrow and so competitive, that decrease was the difference between a seed No. 3 in 2023 and a seed No. 9 in 2024. The Kings were eliminated in the game tour Mike Brown before they finally extended it.
However, Brown ended up being only 31 games. Brown was fired after a start of 13-18, and despite the acquisition of DeMar Derozan by McNair during the summer, things did not improve with Doug Christie as an interim coach. A few months later, De’aaron Fox forced an exchange to San Antonio and the team walked to finish the ninth regular season at the West Conference with a 40-42 record before Wednesday elimination in the game tournament for Dallas.
Amick’s reports in the past suggested that other voices had begun to gain influence in Sacramento when McNair era ended. One of Those voices It is Vlade Divac, its former general manager who was widely considered among the NBA The worst executive, and another is Jeremy Lamb, a former player who went out with Anjali Rabadivé, daughter of the owner of the Vive Ranadivé team. It is not clear for now if the Kings will seek outside the organization for a new basketball executive or promote internally, but who leads them in the future, will not be McNair, the Executive of the year 2023.
The corner of the Detroit Lions, Terrion, Arnold, says that he made the change of Jersey No. 0 to No. 6 in honor of his late friend and teammate of Alabama, Khyree Jackson.
Jackson, who at that time was a rookie corner for the Minnesota Vikings, died on July 6 of last year after a three -car accident in Prince George County, Maryland, who also killed two of his high school soccer teammates. A driver involved in the accident was accused of 13 positions, including DUI and criminally negligent vehicular homicide.
Arnold, 22, also briefly used No. 6 at the John Paul II Catholic High School in Tallahassee, Florida, where he played open receiver and security, but will return to the number in the NFL for a larger message.
“We all know what happened to my friend Khyree and we feel that he only to be able to honor his legacy and then the impact he even had on me,” Arnold told the “Podcast New Wave” with Ryan Williams and Jaylen Mbakwe. “Simply come here and then just be able to play with someone … Khyree when he appeared here, it was really as dead moments when it came to football.
“The guy was a competitor, the best competitor and is a kind of additional motivation when you look down and you say: ‘Dang man, I had that 6 and my brother living through me at the same time,'” he said.
After the death of Jackson, the security of Williams and the Lions Brian Branch, another former Alabama star, both lost practice of the training camp to attend the funeral service of Jackson on July 26 in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. Branch described the moment as bigger than football while Jackson’s legacy continues to live through his teammates.
“It is as if they had those sayings in which football is bigger than you, so you only look at him how to talk to his little brother. He can look at the screen and look in the camera and say: ‘He carries the number 6 for my older brother,” Arnold told the podcast.
“That is incredible and then just being able to talk to his family, talk to his father or mother and let them know: ‘At the end of the day, Terrion has not forgotten Khyree.”
Arnold was not the only lion player to change his uniform number this low season. The Jahmyr Gibbs corridor changed from No. 26 to NO.
Owings Mills, Md. – The general manager of the Baltimore Ravens, Eric Decosta, was not commitment on Tuesday when he was asked if he expected the wing closed to Mark Andrews remained with the team.
“I never know what is going to happen,” Decosta said at the Ravens press conference. “And I would never mean this or that. But I can tell you this: Mark Andrews is a warrior. He has played his butt for us.”
Andrews, 29, is entering the last year of his four -year contract and $ 56 million and comes from one of the most frustrating seasons of his career. He averaged 39.6 yards of game reception last season, which was the worst since his rookie season 2018.
The low point for Andrews occurred during the loss of playoffs of the Buffalo 27-25 of Baltimore in Buffalo, where he dropped a conversion of 2 points that would have tied the game with remaining 1:33. All this has led to the speculation of whether Baltimore would be open to Andrews trade during the draft.
But Andrews is a closed wing of three times PRO Bowl that has been Lamar Jackson’s favorite objective. After seven seasons, Andrews occupies the third place in the history of the franchise with 436 receptions (36 less than the Ravens record) and the second with 5,530 yards receiving (248 less than the team’s brand). Last season, Andrews surpassed Jamal Lewis as a touchdown leader of all Ravens and has totaled 51 for his career.
“His competitiveness, his talent, his attitude, his leadership is so valued here,” Decosta said. “He is a great player. And I think we are in the business of keeping as many great players as we can. Therefore, there is always a lot of unpredictability with the Draft. You just know.”
The Ravens collected the bonus of the list of $ 4 million of Andrews on March 17. Its salary top number is $ 16.9 million, which occupies third place in the team. Baltimore would earn $ 11 million in capitalization space by separating from Andrews.
The Ravens have a lot of depth in the wing closed with the increase in the support of Isaiah probably, who established career maximums last season at receptions (42), Yardas (477) and trapped by TouchDown (six). Upon entering the last year of his rookie agreement, he has probably intensified repeatedly when Andrews has been injured and could be a main candidate to receive an extension of the contract.
But the Ravens coach John Harbaugh provided a vote of confidence for Andrews at the annual league meeting last month.
“I completely hope that I play for us next year,” said Harbaugh on March 31. “He is a player too good. Mark would be one of the few guys who would expect to be here, so we will see what happens. My plans are that we have Mark, we have Isaiah, we have Charlie. [Kolar, and] We have Pat Ricard in his place doing all those works. ”
Decosta also refused to go into details about a possible extension of the contract with the Derrick Henry corridor. In his first season in Baltimore, Henry ran for 1,921 yards, the 11th more in an individual NFL season. His 18 touchdowns established a new record of a single franchise season.
Henry, 31, is scheduled to win $ 6 million in the last year of his contract, which occupies the fifth place among the runners in 2025. Last month, Saquon Barkley signed an extension of two years and $ 41.2 million with the Philadelphia Eagles to become the best paid corridor in the league.
“So we have many different balls in the air at this time,” Decosta said. “That is probably what I would say about it. I will not talk about what we are doing, what we are not doing behind the scene in terms of these guys. I don’t think it’s good for me to do that.”
2025 NBA The postseason began this week, and the Warriors and magic are now officially in the playoffs. Golden State and Orlando obtained the seeds No. 7 in the west and east, respectively, since they were victorious in the game tournament on Tuesday night. The postseason schedule He continued with the game games on Wednesday when the Heat eliminated the Bulls. The first round of 2025 NBA The playoffs begin on Saturday.
The Warriors will face the Rockets in the first round, and the magic will face the current Celtics champion in a series of the best of seven. We will know the eight first round clashes for Friday night, and four of them settled at the end of the regular season: Knicks vs. Pistons and Pacers vs. Bucks in the East, Lakers vs. Timberwolves and Nuggets vs. Clopers in the west.
The eight first round series will begin this weekend, and the first round could run until May 4. The NBA finals will begin on June 5.
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East first round clashes
No. 1 Cavaliers vs. No. 8 Hawks/Heat No. 2 Celtics vs. No. 7 Magic No. 3 Knicks vs. No. 6 pistons No. 4 Pacers vs. No. 5 Bucks
First Round Confrontations of the West
No. 1 Thunder vs. No. 8 Grizzlies/Kings/Mavericks No. 2 Rockets vs. No. 7 warriors No. 3 Lakers vs. No. 6 Timberwolves No. 4 Nuggets vs. No. 5 clippers
Wednesday April 16 Heat 109, Bulls 90 Kings vs. Mavericks, 10 pm et, ESPN/FUBO
Friday April 18 Hawks vs. Heat, Time Tbd, ESPN/FUBO Grizzlies vs. West Tbd, Time TBD, TNT
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In all Eastern times
Saturday April 19 Game 1: Pacers vs. Bucks, 1 PM, ESPN/FUBO Game 1: Nuggets vs. Clippers, 3:30 pm, ESPN/FUBO Game 1: Knicks vs. Pistons, 6 PM, ESPN/FUBO Game 1: Lakers vs. Timberwolves, 8:30 pm, ABC/FUBO
Sunday April 20 Game 1: Cavaliers vs. TBD, Time/TB Channel Game 1: Celtics vs. Magic, Time/Channel TBD Game 1: Thunder vs. TBD, Time/TB Channel Game 1: Rockets vs. Warriors, Time/Channel TBD
Monday April 21 Game 2: Knicks vs. Pistons, 7:30 PM, TNT/MAX Game 2: Nuggets vs. Clippers, 10 pm, tnt/max
Tuesday, April 22 Game 2: Pacers vs. Bucks, 7 PM, NBA TV/FUBO Game 2: Thunder vs. TBD, 7:30 PM, TNT/MAX Game 2: Lakers vs. Timberwolves, 10 PM, TNT/Max
Wednesday April 23 Game 2: Celtics vs. Magic, 7 PM, TNT/MAX Game 2: Cavaliers vs. TBD, 7:30 PM, NBA TV/FUBO Game 2: Rockets vs. Warriors, 9:30 pm, TNT/Max
Thursday April 24 Game 3: Pistons vs. Knicks, Time/TV Channel TBD Game 3: TBD vs. Thunder, Time/TV Channel TBD Game 3: Clippers vs. Nuggets, Time/TV Channel TBD
Friday April 25 Game 3: Magic vs. Celtics, 7 pm, ESPN/FUBO Game 3: Bucks vs. PACERS, 8 PM, ESPNU/NBA TV/FUBO Game 3: Timberwolves vs. Lakers, 9:30 pm, ESPN/FUBO
Saturday April 26 Game 3: TBD vs. Cavaliers, 1 PM, ABC/FUBO Game 4: TBD vs. Thunder, 3:30 pm, TNT/Max Game 4: Clippers vs. Nuggets, 6 PM, TNT/Max Game 3: Warriors vs. Rockets, 8:30 PM, TV TBD
Sunday April 27 Game 4: Pistons vs. Knicks, 1 pm, ABC/FUBO Game 4: Timberwolves vs. Lakers, 3:30 pm, ABC/FUBO Game 4: Magic vs. Celtics, 7 pm, tnt/max Game 4: Bucks vs. PACERS, 9:30 PM, TNT/MAX
Monday April 28 Game 4: TBD vs. Cavaliers, Time/TV TB *Game 5: Thunder vs. TBD, Time/TV TB Game 4: Warriors vs. Rockets, 10 PM, TNT/Max
Tuesday, April 29 *Game 5: Celtics vs. Magic, Time/TV TB *Game 5: Knicks vs. Pistons, Time/TV TB *Game 5: Pacers vs. BUCKS, TIME/TV TB *Game 5: Nuggets vs. Clippers, Time/TV TB
Wednesday April 30 *Game 5: Cavaliers vs. TBD, Time/TV TB *Game 5: Rockets vs. Warriors, Time/TV TB *Game 5: Lakers vs. Timberwolves, Time/TV TB
Thursday May 1 *Game 6: Magic vs. Celtics, Time/TV TB *Game 6: Pistons vs. Knicks, Time/TV TB *Game 6: TBD vs. Thunder, Time/TV TB *Game 6: Clippers vs. Nuggets, Time/TV TB
Friday, May 2 *Game 6: TBD vs. Cavaliers, Time/TV TB *Game 6: Bucks vs. PACERS, TIME/TV TB *Game 6: Warriors vs. Rockets, Time/TV TB *Game 6: Timberwolves vs. Lakers, Time/TV TB
Saturday May 3 *Game 7: Celtics vs. Magic, Time/TV TB *Game 7: Knicks vs. Pistons, Time/TV TB *Game 7: Thunder vs. TBD, Time/TV TB *Game 7: Nuggets vs. Clippers, Time/TV TB
Sunday May 4 *Game 7: Cavaliers vs. TBD, Time/TV TB *Game 7: Pacers vs. BUCKS, TIME/TV TB *Game 7: Rockets vs. Warriors, Time/TV TB *Game 7: Lakers vs. Timberwolves, Time/TV TB
He Finals of the Champions League are established As the last four teams standing are Arsenal, Inter, Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain. This may not have been how things would have been elaborated after the end of the League phase where the PSG finished 15, but outside them, the best teams of that phase are the last standing teams. One of the two teams that have never won a Champions League title on PSG and Arsenal will have guaranteed a place in the final, while two parts that seek to recover their glory in Barcelona and Inter will face.
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But with the remaining teams, now it is time to classify the final contestants for the Crown of UCL. Can Arsenal compare against the fire power of a team like Barcelona or PSG, and is this inmate better than the one that Manchester City faced in the last last seasons of the UCL?
4. Inter
This is almost a 3A and 3B situation between Arsenal and Inter because they are quite difficult to divide. Lautaro Martínez has used this campaign of the Champions League as a presentation party, scoring eight goals and contributing more as Inter has deepened the competition. The Inter has also maintained eight clean leaves, since the rotating cast of Simone Inzaghi players has been drilled to do its job if it is a defensive confrontation or a shooting. The problem is that after Martínez and Marcus Thuram, it is difficult to know if Inter can win against a team that can do the entire attack.
Defeating Bayern Munich is a great performance, but that is a team that still tries to find its way back to the top of Europe and is realistically looking for to get to where Inter is currently. They will have the opportunity to demonstrate that they can handle that when facing Barcelona, but overcoming Hansi Flick’s men will be a great challenge.
3. Arsenal
Real Madrid has been out of place, but being able to neutralize all its attack is something special. Even more when he plays a third-option center at Jakub Kiwior and an 18-year-old boy on the left in Myles Lewis-Skellly. “If you are good enough, you are greater enough” is something that Matt Busby has said in the past and is true for the Arsenal defender, since they could force Real Madrid to take shots from poor areas while limiting the dangerous possibilities. Even a lost penalty Bukayo Saka could not stop the Gunners.
While Saka and Martin Odeegaard are healthy, Arsenal can win this tournament, but facing a more balanced side than Real Madrid, Mikel Arteta will need to ensure that their side is not however.
2. PSG
The most dangerous team in world football since the change of New Year, there is not much that Luis Enrique’s team cannot do. The exchanges of Oussman Dembele and Khvicha Kvarathskhelia are magical, and when the PSG flows forward, there is not much that anyone can do to stop them, except the hope that they will sail a high and wide opportunity. Even their fullbacks, Nuno Mendes and Achraf Hakimi, are having fun while the center of the field remains incredibly balanced.
The greatest drawback for the PSG is that they do not play with a true number nine, and being a team that does not feel, it is so likely to win a 5-0 game as falling 6-4. There are not many teams in the world that can keep up with their two -legged attack production, but that is where facing arsenal could become a war of wear.
1. Barcelona
Just like separating Inter and Arsenal, it feels like a situation of 1st and 1b with these teams, but that is the difference that Robert Lewandowski and Raphinha can make. Barcelona and the PSG are similar sides where they will attack until the work is done, they have excellent young players who contribute to the fold as Lamine Yamal and can end a game in a given way. It would be a final Ucl dream To see them gather, but there is also a lot of work if that will happen.
A striker like Martínez can take advantage of Barcelona’s off -game trap, giving Flick’s defense some things to think about, but how Inter Defiese will be critical. It has to be a team effort to stop the attack in Barcelona because even if the three main attackers are contained, then Pedri can come from the center of the field. It seems that Barcelona has an answer to each question, so they exceed PSG.
TJ Edwards stays in Chicago. The Chicago Bears and the veteran supporter agreed an extension of two years and $ 20 million with $ 16.6 million fully guaranteed, according to NFL Network.
Before the 2023 season, the Bears signed Edwards with a three -year contract and $ 19.5 million and they liked what they have seen of him the last two seasons. He was entering the last year of the agreement and was ready to make a base salary of $ 5.4 million in 2025.
Edwards has started each game the last two seasons, combining for 284 total cups, including 170 alone, 14 quartback hits, 10 passes defended, 6.5 catches and four interceptions. The 28 -year -old ended last season with 129 tacle in total, including 79 alone, along with six quartback hits, a large looting, two recovered and one forced loose balls.
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Before joining the Bears, Edwards spent four years with the Philadelphia Eagles after leaving Wisconsin in 2019. Edwards emerged as a starter at the end of his rookie season in Philadelphia and charged signing with the Bears as a free agent.
This low season, the Bears have made a point to ensure some key defense pieces and this is another example. The team also signed corner Kyler Gordon for an extension of three years and corner Jaylon Johnson to an extension of four years.
After leaving 5-12 last season, the Bears fired coach Matt Eberflus and hired the offensive coordinator of Detroit Lions Ben Johnson.
However, the night could have been very different from RICE after they judged him for having knocked Kylian Mbappe in the penalty area with the game without goals, which also earned him a reserve that would have ruled him out of the first stage of the semifinal.
However, the decision was revoked by an intervention of a video assistant referee (VAR) and, rather the scare affected it negatively, Rice gave the referee an approval and continued as if it had never happened.
“What two games to consolidate itself as one of the best midfielders on the planet,” said arsenal center Matthew Upson in BBC Radio 5 Live.
“Declan Rice is doing it in these two games.”
The former defender of England, Rio Ferdinand, added in TNT Sports: “You need games like this in your career. You need to reach places like this to be properly tried.
“He has faced the headlines of this trophy and is not only competed, but directs the program, directs the program in both games. He has put himself in another support.”
Rice’s five interceptions on the two legs were most of the players involved, while also had the most joint shots in the target (four).
He has seven goals in all competitions this season, matching his best campaign in a single campaign.
Any list of the world’s most complete midfielders must now include rice and has deserved applause.
“It’s such a special night for this club, a historic night for this club. We had a goal in this competition: we want to win this competition,” he told TNT Sports.
Achieving that goal and this performance could be remembered in the same way that Roy Keane in Turin 2005 in Istanbul.
But, with the PSG of the French champions below, arsenal and rice still have work to be done.
The former NFL closed wing Don Hasselbeck, who won a Super Bowl in his nine years of career and was the father of two NFL field marshal, died on Monday. He was 70 years old.
Matt Hasselbeck said his father died after entering a cardiac arrest in his house.
“He was a great husband, father, grandfather, friend, coach, player, co -worker, artist, mentor and storyteller,” wrote Matt Hasselbeck on social networks. “Despite being an All-American in Colorado and a Super Bowl champion with the Raiders, of what we are most proud of is the leader who was for our family.”
The old Hasselbeck was recruited in the second round by the New England patriots in 1977 after an outstanding university career in Colorado. He spent six seasons with the Patriots and led the team trapped in 1981 with 46, along with 808 yards receiving and six touchdowns.
He was changed to Los Angeles Raiders at the beginning of the 1983 season and helped the team win the Super Bowl. He had two TD captures in the regular season for the Raiders, and the Hasselbeck of 6 feet 7 blocked an extra point attempt in his 38-9 victory in the Super Bowl against Washington.
Hasselbeck spent the following season with the New York giants and had a TD capture in a playoff victory over the San Francisco 49ers, and finished his career with the Minnesota Vikings in 1985.
Hasselbeck had 107 trapped for 1,542 yards and 18 touchdowns in 123 regular race games.
Two of Hasselbeck’s children played as a field marshal in the NFL, with Matt doing three Pro Bowls and starting at the Super Bowl for the Seattle Seahawks after the 2005 and Tim season, now ESPN analyst, which plays mainly as backup.
Aaron Boupendza, a former MLS player, died at the age of 28 after falling from the eleventh story of a building in China. Gabon’s national team announced the news of Boupendza’s approval on Wednesday.
At the time of his death, Boupendza was playing for the Chinese Club of the Super League Zheijang FC. In an Instagram post in honor of Boupendza, Zhejiang said he died in his residence. An investigation is ongoing, and the club said it is cooperating with the authorities.
Boupendza passed parts of two seasons with FC Cincinnati in the MLS. In 2023, Boupendza spent 10 games with the club, scoring six goals. Next season, he achieved two goals in 14 appearances. His contract was ended in August 2024.
FC Cincinnati issued a statement about Boupendza’s death on social networks.
“We are sad to hear the tragic death of the former eave of FC Cincinnati, Aaron Boupendza, today at his home in China,” the team wrote in his statement. “Our hearts are with his family, friends and loved ones. He was a beloved member of the FC Cincinnati family, and we offer our condolences to all who knew him.”
Boupendza also represented his country of origin as Gabon in 35 international games, scoring eight goals in those appearances. One of them arrived in the 2016 African Nations Championship.
