The Memphis Grizzlies will waive Derrick Rose.
Rose appeared in just 24 games last season with the Grizzlies, averaging 8.0 points, 1.9 rebounds and 3.3 assists in 16.6 minutes. Rose and the Grizzlies agreed to a two-year, $6.5 million deal during the 2023 offseason.
Andy Katz ranked the top 12 freshmen hoopers ahead of the 2024-25 season that included big names like Duke's Cooper Flagg and Rutgers' Ace Bailey.Mitchell Robinson will not be ready for the start of the 24-25 season as he is not yet fully recovered from his May foot surgery. Robinson and the Knicks are targeting a return in either December or January.
The Knicks maintain that they are confident in their existing depth at center and don’t want to rush Robinson back. The Knicks lost Isaiah Hartenstein to the Oklahoma City Thunder in free agency. Tom Thibodeau plans to increase Julius Randle’s minutes at center this season and there is an expectation that OG Anunoby will be able to give the Knicks minutes defending opposing centers.
Robinson suffered a stress injury in his left foot during the playoffs. Robinson also had surgery on the foot in December.
Warner Bros. Discovery filed a 33-page memorandum on September 20th that aims to convince New York Judge Joel M. Cohen to deny the NBA’s motion to dismiss their breach of contract lawsuit.
The case centers on whether the NBA failed to honor WBD’s match rights as the league moved forward with their media rights deal with Amazon. WBD contends they matched Amazon’s offer.
Signed by attorney David L. Yohai on behalf of himself and other attorneys from the law firms Weil, Gotshal & Manges and Hausfeld, the memo focuses on why a dismissal of “multi-billion-dollar issues” is allegedly unwarranted.
The goal of the memo is to get the case past a motion to dismiss, which would mean parties would share evidence and provide sworn testimony as part of discovery.
TBS and WBD maintain there is a disagreement over the facts of match rights. They also maintain questions about whether the NBA “acted in bad faith to circumvent TBS’s matching rights” warrant a closer look.
If the case advances, court records indicate a trial is expected to be held sometime in April 2025. TNT will continue broadcasting the NBA during the 24-25 season.
