Spurs assistant Ettore Messina and former Grizzlies coach David Fizdale will interview for the Hornets job, league sources told ESPN.
Lakers GM Mitch Kupchak, on a Thursday conference call, said a big free-agent disappointment "wasn't demoralizing," that he thinks the team could contend for the playoffs next season and more.
Coveted free agent LaMarcus Aldridge had a second, 90-minute meeting with the Los Angeles Lakers in which the team focused strictly on basketball after a less-than-impressive first meeting.
Kobe Bryant says he has talked with Larry Nance Jr. about a tweet Nance posted in 2012 that referred to a sexual-assault case involving Bryant.
Lakers GM Mitch Kupchak said the team has spoken to one of its first-round draft picks about a tweet the player sent out in 2012 that referred to a sexual assault case involving Kobe Bryant.
Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak said star guard Kobe Bryant has told the GM that the upcoming season will be Bryant's last with the Lakers.
