The Cleveland Cavaliers and guard Ricky Rubio have agreed to a contract buyout. Rubio has been away from the team this season while addressing his mental health.
It’s likely this buyout ends Rubio’s NBA career. If he returns to play, it will likely be in his home country of Spain.
The veteran point guard contract was for $6.1 million this season. Rubio had $4.3 million of his $6.4 million contract guaranteed for next season, as well.
The Los Angeles Lakers dropped below .500 on the season, following a home loss to the Miami Heat on Wednesday. That’s the least of the Lakers problems, as there is a growing disconnect between head coach Darvin Ham and his players, sources told The Athletic.
Six sources said the disconnect is driven by Ham’s regular starting lineup and rotation adjustments. That’s led to the Lakers having struggles finding a rhythm.
Approximately two weeks ago, Ham chose to bench D’Angelo Russell to start a bigger lineup featuring LeBron James, Anthony Davis, Taurean Prince and Jarred Vanderbilt. That decision left multiple within the Los Angeles organization as puzzled, as it left James as the Lakers’ lone ballhandler.
Florida Southern men’s basketball downed Nova Southeastern on Wednesday, Jan. 3, shattering a 62-regular season game win streak and 46 consecutive win streak, the longest winning in any division of college basketball.The Los Angeles Lakers lost at home to the Miami Heat on Wednesday night. That loss dropped the Lakers under .500 on the season at 17-18. The poor play is something that Los Angeles head coach Darvin Ham knows can’t continue.
“It’s a little bit of everything right now,” Darvin Ham said. “We’re not executing. That team played harder than us tonight, executed better than us tonight, more physical than us tonight. We got outworked tonight, so it’s a bit of everything right now.
“If we keep on this train, it’s not going to be good for us.”
Anthony Davis added that he knows how a season go sideways if the Lakers don’t get things corrected.
“We just got to compete, play hard and go out with a mindset of a must-win mentality, and hopefully that can propel us over to get back to .500 on Friday and then kind of put a streak together at home,” he said. “I mean, we’ve been a really good home team thus far, and we got an opportunity to continue to build on that.
“But if we play how we played tonight, then it’s going to go south for us really bad.”
