Former NBA guard Yogi Ferrell has left Greece’s Panathinaikos in order to seek a better opportunity, per Stavros Barbarousis of EuroHoops.net. Ferrell was unhappy with his limited role — he was averaging just eight minutes in five EuroLeague games. The 28-year-old point guard was waived by the Clippers in September after spending the last five years in the NBA.
We have more from around the basketball world:
- Fenway Sports Group wants to buy an NBA team once its acquisition of the NHL’s Pittsburgh Penguins is completed, Axios’ Dan Primack reports. FSG has been buying marquee franchises in different geographic markets. It not only owns the Boston Red Sox, it also has also acquired a NASCAR team and the Liverpool F.C. soccer club. Additionally, it has an investment in Spring Hill Group, a content production firm co-founded by LeBron James.
- Cavaliers big man Evan Mobley tops ESPN’s first rookie power rankings this season. Writer Mike Schmitz ranks the Raptors’ Scottie Barnes and the Pistons’ Cade Cunningham second and third, respectively. Mobley is currently out due to an elbow injury.
- Tony Allen has asked the Grizzlies to postpone his jersey retirement until next season, according to Evan Barnes of the Memphis Commercial Appeal. Allen is currently dealing with federal charges for his alleged role in a multi-million dollar health insurance fraud scheme. Allen’s jersey retirement was scheduled for January 28.
Schmidtz video (espn+ article):
7.JGreen, Duarte, Sengun, FWagner, Cunningham, Barnes, 1.Mobley.
CLE’s seven-footers will have Austin Carr saying, “throwing the hammer down” and “get that weak stuff out of here” MUCH. Cavs have been a rollercoasrter ride to MC.
Darn- I was gonna try to go to that jersey retirement of Tony Allen. Oh well- hopefully next season.
Watched the Cavs vs Suns gm. Allen and Garland looked real good. And always liked Mobley coming out. Still see him as future center. I guess there is no rush now. But Rockets gotta be dumbest FO to pass on Allen. He would of been great piece to their rebuild. I can see a contender making a play for Love. Especially by TD. Celtics, Nuggets, Blazers, Sixers, even TWolves could all use him.
I disagree with Mobley being a future center. In the last game he was in, when he got injured, he was playing center and went 0-11 in three quarters and couldn’t operate like he has because he’s guarding the other teams big man all night.
19 yrs olds who need weight. Will do that. Allen was worse his first yr. Mobley’s game is all center. His D positioning and his scoring. He’s a smart player and is fitting in. But in 3-4 yrs he’ll have his real body. A centers body. Today’s game it’s a lot harder to win with twin towers. Like small ball. It is only a weapon and a gm plan.
So now teams do retire the jerseys of not only mediocre players but fraudsters on top of that? SMH!