Former William & Mary guard Daniel Dixon has retired from professional basketball and will join the Hornets as a video coordinator and basketball operations assistant this season, he told Hoops Rumors.
Dixon holds NBA G League experience with Maine (Celtics), Northern Arizona (Suns) and Windy City (Bulls), spending four years in college before going undrafted in 2017. He also signed a contract in France during the summer of 2018.
At just 26 years old, Dixon joins a revamped Hornets franchise for the 2020/21 season. Charlotte drafted LaMelo Ball at No. 3 overall and signed Gordon Hayward to a four-year, $120MM deal this offseason, working to become competitive in the Eastern Conference. The team last made the postseason in 2016.
Here are some other odds and ends from around the basketball world:
- ESPN’s Jonathan Givony and Mike Schmitz obtained footage of both G League Ignite scrimmages from last week, dissecting how each player performed against the veterans and what’s ahead for the team. The decision-makers within the G League curiously opted not to publicly live-stream the games or release any footage, though the pair of ESPN scribes managed to examine the pros and cons for top 2021 prospects such as Jalen Green, Jonathan Kuminga and Isaiah Todd.
- Mike Vorkunov of The Athletic explores which team owners are the NBA’s best and worst, tallying opinions from various league insiders. Steve Ballmer (Clippers), Micky Arison (Heat) and Mark Cuban (Mavericks) ranked in the top three, while Vivek Ranadive (Kings), Robert Sarver (Suns) and James Dolan (Knicks) finished in the bottom three. Among the league insiders polled were front office members and agents from around the league.
- Ben Pickman of Sports Illustrated takes a deep dive into the NBA’s rookie transition program, which, like many other things, has been complicated by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. “Things are all moving parts right now, but you just gotta kinda go on the fly and that’s all us rookies have been used to the whole time,” Kings rookie Tyrese Haliburton explained. “We’ve been going on the fly since March. It’s just kinda a part of it.”
No Lacob at #1 then its fake news
I don’t understand. Marty McRae is bashing the owner of the Golden State Warriors and claiming that he spread fake news. Of course the article has nothing to do with Golden State Warriors. But, Marty McRae gets a pass.
Think you misinterpreted his comment. He’s saying the poll on team owners mentioned in the post is “fake news” because Lacob didn’t win it.
You are probably right. So much stuff is hyper-political these days that my blood easily boils. I need to learn to stay away from the comment sections of sites.
So, Marty McRae what is your real problem with Joe Lacob? You expressed this belief that that he is expressing fake news. I think you need to fully explain your accusations.
Dixon is the missing piece to get the Hornets into the playoffs.
Dan Gilbert made both the best and worst lists. Arguments followed and it was confusing.
Many commenters criticised the quality of journalism… because their own team owner did not get placed where they thought, or not at all. Can anyone say peeved?— No, it was the article quality. Dweebs.
Agents were polled so money spent mattered… Ballmer #1 yuck.
Possibly the biggest item… TA used term “owners” not “governers”.
Ballmer is great! What could possibly be wrong with choosing him?
That may be sarcastic… as the middle of my post was.
I meant, It’s bad form to blast the writer’s writing ability for not doing what was never intended, nor should be intended. Not every article can be about your team!
Still no rule in place for GM’s to be accountable if they fail to be competitive within 4 years???