News Bits
PD Web: "⭐️⭐️⭐️ 2026 Elias Obenyah (6’4 G) of Salesian (CA) & Team Lillard has earned an offer from San Jose State."
Obenyeh may just stay in the Bay area considering this Spartan offer plus an earlier offer from California."
* Kudos to PD Web for the thoroughness in this post, providing Obenyah's eligibility year, size and both his high school and AAU squad. Too may posts omit this information.
Patrick O'Brien/Phenom Hoops Report with a recent Obenyah interview.
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"‘Hard not to cry’: For coach Kyle Smith and son with autism, Stanford could be life changing"
Just when you think your troubles are insurmountable, consider the entire Smith family, especially Bo. A big thank you to Ron Kroichick.
Do let me know if this link doesn't work and I'll get you the article somehow, someway.
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Shams Sharania: "Denver Nuggets forward Aaron Gordon has agreed to a four-year, $133 million contract extension with the franchise, with a player option in 2028-29 and a trade kicker, Klutch Sports’ Calvin Andrews and Rich Paul, and Elise Gordon told ESPN."
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File this under That Didn't Take Long. $30+ million dollars a year ain't insult money. Gordon's sister, Elise, is an Archbishop Mitty and Harvard grad in government and played there, as well as her brother's manager. I'm going to borrow her the next time my review comes up. 'Course, that may be on my deathbed.
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In a recent article, Al Pacino said he went broke until he reigned in his spending by 'laying off' family members (and firing his shady accountant):
"In his memoir, Pacino shares that he was paying $400,000 a year to maintain a home he didn’t live in and paid for 16 cars and 23 cellphones.
“The kind of money I was spending and where it was going was just a crazy montage of loss,” he writes in the book. “The door was wide open and people who I didn’t know were living off me.”
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"Warriors remain 'far apart' in Jonathan Kuminga's contract negotiations"
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Transfer Portal for Playing Times: "Latest: Starting in 2025-26, teams will be allowed to offer a mix of partial and full scholarships as NCAA D1 basketball shifts from a headcount to an equivalency model. Programs can also choose to operate with fewer players or scholarships."
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Verbal Commits: "UCLA and USC offered 2027 Prolific Prep (CA) F/C Obinna Ekezie, Jr."
The power programs are more than taking notice.
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Congrats to Moreau Catholic High Coach Frank Knight:
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