At his first Big 12 football media days as UCF's coach, Scott Frost addressed his failed tenure at Nebraska on Tuesday, telling reporters, "I got tugged in a direction to try to help my alma mater and didn't really want to do it. It wasn't a good move."
The second unit is also going to have new makeup, after the free agent signings of high-scoring guard Jordan Clarkson (Jazz) and high-upside forward Guerschon Yabusele (76ers).
Kodai Senga is expected to return from the injured list on Friday to face the Royals, according to manager Carlos Mendoza, with Sean Manaea two days behind him.
Kevin Durant will play for his fifth NBA team later this year. The 2014 league MVP officially became a member of the Houston Rockets over the weekend when the NBA's first seven-team trade was completed.
On Sunday, Durant took a moment to look back on his time with the Suns, while also looking ahead to his new chapter in Houston. "Much love to Arizona. Houston, Can’t Wait!" concluded a post on X over the weekend.
However, during a recent candid discussion with his former coach Steve Nash, Durant looked even further back as he discussed some of the highs and lows of his stint with the Brooklyn Nets.
"We had this conversation in Portland, I think, right before a game, and I’m like, ‘Who am I spending my next five years with?’" Durant said during a recent edition of the LeBron James and Nash co-hosted "Mind the Game" podcast.
"I had just signed that deal. You (Steve Nash) had just signed a deal. But I feel like we were secure, but everything else around us was going to s---. Not in a bad way. We got GMs going to other teams. We got coaches going to other teams. We got players forcing trades. We bring in Ben Simmons. He's back. Like, it was just so much stuff going on. A lot of bulls--- around us."
Durant added that while he was on the same page with Nash, there were other factors that contributed to an atmosphere of dysfunction.
"I feel like we were locked in on the same page and understand like, well we trying to do something special here," Durant said. "But I felt like your hands were tied a lot because you had to — as a coach you got to deal with so much."
Nash acknowledged Durant's point by admitting, "I didn't get to coach as much as I wanted to."
Durant responded by suggesting he was robbed of the best version of Nash as a coach.
"That’s what it was. I think we didn’t get the full Steve Nash like I wanted… like you probably wanted. I just felt like it was just too many distractions in the way, and you know, you can’t win that way," Durant noted.
While Durant summarized his stint with the Nets as "weird," he did speak glowingly of his experience playing for the franchise.
"That first year, man, the most fun ball I had. Some of the most fun ball I had playing my whole life," he said. "I enjoyed it. I enjoyed Brooklyn a lot. I loved playing for Brooklyn, but it’s just so much around the guys committed to the situation and felt like we were committed, but everybody else wasn’t. It just was weird."
Durant signed with the Nets in 2019 after three seasons with the Golden State Warriors. He was part of two NBA Finals-winning teams during his time with Golden State, but he suffered an Achilles injury in what became his final season with the team.
Durant ultimately appeared in 129 games during his three-year tenure with the Nets.
More than seven years after being drafted ahead of Luka Doncic, 2018 No. 1 pick Deandre Ayton was amazed on Tuesday when considering the chance to team up with the superstar on the Los Angeles Lakers, telling reporters "this feels like a video game."
The death toll reached 109 on Tuesday, days after torrential rain pounded the central Texas region. The flash flooding began in the early morning hours on the Fourth of July.
Several people remain missing. Gov. Greg Abbott said Texas "will not stop until every missing person is found."
Cooper Flagg spent his college basketball career in North Carolina playing for Duke. But he is a new resident of Texas and will begin his NBA career with the Dallas Mavericks. The rookie is currently in Las Vegas for the NBA Summer League, but he took a moment to send a heartfelt message to those back in his new home state who have been impacted by the devastating floods.
"First, I just want to say that my thoughts and prayers are with the families that were affected in this situation this past weekend out here," Flagg opened his media session at NBA Summer League, per The Dallas Morning News.
On Monday, Camp Mystic in Hunt, Texas — an all-girls Christian camp — said it's grieving after the loss of 27 campers and counselors. Five campers and one counselor there remain missing as of Tuesday.
"Our hearts are broken alongside our families that are enduring this unimaginable tragedy," the camp said in a statement. "We are praying for them constantly."
On Tuesday, the National Weather Service in San Antonio, Texas said "additional showers and thunderstorms are possible, but are expected to be low in coverage."
Last month, and to hardly anyone's surprise, the Mavericks selected Flagg with the top pick in the 2025 NBA Draft.
Flagg, 18, became one of the youngest basketball stars taken at No. 1. LeBron James retains the distinction of being the youngest player in league history to be taken with the top overall pick.
Flagg described the moment he heard his name called by the NBA commissioner as "a dream come true."
Flagg is expected to make his debut at the NBA Summer League on July 10 against the Los Angeles Lakers. Mavericks head coach Jason Kidd recently revealed he wants to see Flagg in action at the point guard position.
"I want to put him at point guard. I want to make him uncomfortable and see how he reacts. Be able to run the show. Be able to play (shooting guard). Play (small forward). He’s comfortable playing that. We want to push. I think he’s going to respond in a positive way."
Fox News' Julia Bonavita contributed to this report.
