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Michael Jordan Logoman card fetches $2.928 million at auction​

A 2003-04 Upper Deck Ultimate Collection autographed Michael Jordan Logoman card -- numbered 1-of-1 -- sold for $2.928 million, including buyer's premium, with collectibles marketplace Goldin late Saturday night. It was the most ever paid for a Jordan card. Logoman cards are typically limited to one copy and feature the NBA logo patch cut from, often, a game-used jersey. The lot description notes this is the first Jordan Logoman to feature a Chicago Bulls jersey. The card received an "Authentic" grade from card grader PSA and a perfect 10 on-card autograph.

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Ex-NBA player Chase Budinger makes Olympics in beach volleyball​

Former college basketball standout and seven-year NBA veteran Chase Budinger will head to Paris next month to compete for the United States' beach volleyball team in the 2024 Summer Olympics. Budinger and partner Miles Evans qualified Wednesday for the U.S. men's team. They are tied for 13th in the most recent world rankings and are the No. 2 U.S. team behind Miles Partain and Andy Benesh, ranked No. 5. Budinger, 36, grew up playing basketball and volleyball, starring in both at La Costa Canyon High School in Encinitas, California. A 2006 McDonald's All American in basketball, he also was named Volleyball Magazine's National High School Player of the Year in 2005. The 6-foot-7 athlete played college basketball at Arizona, where he averaged 17.0 points, 5.8 rebounds and 2.8 assists in 100 games (all starts) over three seasons (2006-09).

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Sources: Lakers preparing massive offer to UConn's Dan Hurley​

The Los Angeles Lakers are targeting UConn men's basketball coach Dan Hurley as the franchise's next coach and are preparing a massive, long-term contract offer to bring the back-to-back NCAA national champion to the NBA, sources told ESPN. The Lakers have had preliminary contact with Hurley and the sides are planning to escalate discussions in the coming days, sources told ESPN. Hurley has been at the forefront of the Lakers' search from the beginning of the process, even while the organization has done its due diligence interviewing several other candidates, sources said.

The pursuit of Hurley comes on the 20th anniversary of the Lakers trying to hire then-Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski to a record-breaking contract in 2004. Krzyzewski elected to remain with the Blue Devils, but the climate has dramatically changed in college athletics. The demands of NIL fundraising for non-power-football schools such as UConn are an especially relentless grind -- and are expected to become even more difficult. Part of the allure of Hurley traces back to the changing landscape of NBA roster building under the collective bargaining agreement. After historically dominant back-to-back national title seasons, Hurley has emerged as the most coveted coach in the sport

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nikola jokic on serbia's preliminary roster for paris olympics
The three-time NBA MVP has missed some important international tournaments in the past, citing long NBA seasons. Jokic last played for Serbia's national team in the EuroBasket tournament in 2022. He helped Serbia earn silver at the 2016 Olympics.

 

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Sources: Lakers preparing massive offer to UConn's Dan Hurley​

The Los Angeles Lakers are targeting UConn men's basketball coach Dan Hurley as the franchise's next coach and are preparing a massive, long-term contract offer to bring the back-to-back NCAA national champion to the NBA, sources told ESPN. The Lakers have had preliminary contact with Hurley and the sides are planning to escalate discussions in the coming days, sources told ESPN. Hurley has been at the forefront of the Lakers' search from the beginning of the process, even while the organization has done its due diligence interviewing several other candidates, sources said.

The pursuit of Hurley comes on the 20th anniversary of the Lakers trying to hire then-Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski to a record-breaking contract in 2004. Krzyzewski elected to remain with the Blue Devils, but the climate has dramatically changed in college athletics. The demands of NIL fundraising for non-power-football schools such as UConn are an especially relentless grind -- and are expected to become even more difficult. Part of the allure of Hurley traces back to the changing landscape of NBA roster building under the collective bargaining agreement. After historically dominant back-to-back national title seasons, Hurley has emerged as the most coveted coach in the sport

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Dan hurley rejects lakers' offer, stays at uconn
The Lakers would have made Hurley one of the NBA's six highest-paid coaches. But before opening talks with the Lakers, Hurley already had an offer from UConn to become one of the highest paid NCAA coaches, and those talks will continue, sources told Wojnarowski.

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Hurley signed a six-year, $32.1 million deal with UConn after the 2022-23 season. He had the option of taking over one of the most famed franchises in pro sports and a potential chance to coach NBA all-time scoring leader LeBron James.

 

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