Tuesday, August 10, 2010

News & Notes

(Chris Jent & Lebron James)

- Some quick news items -

-Jent will contine with the Cavs: New Cleveland Cavaliers Head Coach Byron Scott announced four coaching additions on 7.29.2010. The lone returnee of the group was former Buckeye & current NBA Assistant Coach Chris Jent (1988-1992). Jent wil l return for his second season as an official Cav's Assistant Coach. His personal monitoring of Lebron James' shooting stroke was an integral part in the MVP's development.

There was some speculation that Jent would follow James to Miami. But with the recent announcement coach can kind of separate himself from being known as 'Lebron's Shooting Coach' to being an all around up and coming NBA Assistant Coach.

--Article-- New Jersey Herald - Sparta Legend Jent Prepares for Life After Lebron in Cleveland -- 8.10.2010

-The Road from Player to Coach - As reported earlier in the summer, former Buckeye player Danny Peters, son of of former Buckeye Assistant Coach Dan Peters will join the staff of Sean Miller at Arizona as a Graduate Assistant.

--PointGuardU.com -- Miller Hires Graduate Assistant

-- Hoops & Scoops -- Peters Branching Out on the Matta Tree

-U Mad Taurasi? --


WNBA hoopster Jessica Davenport will wear a protective mask for the rest of the season as a result of a broken nose at the hands of poor sport Diana Taurasi. In a rematch of last seasons WNBA finals, the Eastern Conference leading Indiana Fever went into Phoenix on August 8th and damaged the Mercury by a score of 102-84.

Taurasi apparently could not handle being humiliated & punked in her own house..3 mins into the 4th quarter, a frustrated Taurasi gave a blatant intentional elbow to a defending Jess Davenport who attempt to reach in (and of course they called Jessica for the foul! you kiddin' me!?) The punk move was allegedly in retaliation for an inadvertent elbow by the Fever's Shavonte Zellous that knocked out Phoenix's Dewanna Bonner.

The WNBA ended up fining Taurasi, but she should have been suspended. The Fever & Mercury play again in Indianapolis on Friday August 13th..that is a guaranteed blowout.
-Wish there was tape of this - Former Buckeyes Brent Darby, Matt Terwilliger, & Shun Jenkins took part in an exhibition game on 8.7.2010 pitting local all-stars vs popular ESPN streetballers as a part of the "Hoops No Harm" Streetball tour. Some of the streetballers included known guys from the And1 Mix-tape tour like AO, Spyda, & Helicipoter.

--Former OSU Stars to take on Streetballers--

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