Scott Davis, provided by Published 11:14 am CDT, Wednesday, July 25, 2018 Tony Dejak/AP After DeMar DeRozan was traded from the Toronto Raptors to the San Antonio Spurs, he went to Drake's house. Drake, a team ambassador for the Raptors, consoled DeRozan and told him how much he meant to the city. DeRozan said he was shocked by the trade because he was told he wouldn't be moved days earlier. In the aftermath of the trade, however, DeRozan found comfort from an unlikely source — Drake. In an interview with ESPN's Chris Haynes, DeRozan opened up about the trade, saying that after the deal went through, he actually went to Drake's house. According to DeRozan, Drake, a team ambassador for the Raptors, consoled DeRozan. "Yeah, day it came out, I went to Drake's house," DeRozan said. "Me and him sat and talked for a couple of hours. Not even on some hoops stuff. Just to hear the words that come from him being the person that he is in this world, especially in Toronto. … [Read more...] about DeMar DeRozan says that Drake consoled him after being suddenly traded from the Raptors
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NFL team tops Forbes most valuable sports team list
The Dallas Cowboys, valued at $4.8 billion, are once again at the top of Forbes’ annual list of the 50 most valuable sports franchises in the world.They may not have made the playoffs in 2017, but the team is still making money hand over fist. According to Forbes, the Cowboys aren’t just the most valuable sports team, they also pull in most revenue of any team. They made $840 million in 2017.Despite sagging ratings and bad press from player protests during the national anthem, the NFL is still enormously popular (37 percent of Americans chose football as their favorite sport in a recent Gallup poll) and enormously profitable.NFL teams dominate list of top 50There are 50 teams on Forbes’ list, and more than half of them are from the NFL. Twenty-nine out of 32 NFL teams made the list, with just the Buffalo Bills, the Cincinnati Bengals and the Detroit Lions missing the cut. (The cutoff for this list was $1.95 billion, and those three teams are worth between $1.6 billion … [Read more...] about NFL team tops Forbes most valuable sports team list
Heat to face Lakers, whose players are excited to play with LeBron James
Workers remove the Nike LeBron James banner from the Sherwin-Williams building near Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland. (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images) SACRAMENTO – The Miami Heat face the Los Angeles Lakers tonight in their second summer league game. No, LeBron James will not be wearing a Lakers uniform, but he will be on their players’ minds. James is taking his talents to Los Angeles after agreeing to a four-year, $154 million deal with the Lakers. The Lakers’ summer league team was in Sacramento when the news broke and it jolted two of LeBron’s future teammates out of bed. Second year guard Josh Hart and first-round draft pick Mortiz Wagner both said they were chillin’ when they heard LeBron was coming to L.A. “I was laying down in my hotel room,,” Hart said. “I really didn’t know it. …. ‘What they say?’ I was just kind of in shock. I was like, ‘Wow!’ This is the best player in the world coming … [Read more...] about Heat to face Lakers, whose players are excited to play with LeBron James
LEBRON JAMES: How the king of the NBA and the new king of Los Angeles spends his millions
Cork Gaines, provided by Published 7:07 pm, Sunday, July 1, 2018 Christian Petersen/Getty Images On the court, LeBron James has won four MVPs, three NBA championships, and is the sixth-highest-paid player in league history. He is also the latest NBA legend to join the Los Angeles Lakers as he has agreed to a four-year, $154 million contract as a free agent. Off the court, James is equally relentless. In late 2015, James signed a lifetime endorsement deal with Nike worth more than $1 billion — a move that was so big it is more like the merger of two corporations. As a result of his success on and off the court, James has amassed amazing cars and houses and still has time for his surprisingly ordinary family. King James is also well on his way toward his goal of becoming a billion-dollar athlete. LATEST BUSINESS VIDEOS Now Playing: Now Playing FOX Business Beat: Alexa for Hotels; Wireless Giants End Sales of Cellphone Location … [Read more...] about LEBRON JAMES: How the king of the NBA and the new king of Los Angeles spends his millions
Bulls Q&A: What value does the No. 22 pick hold? Can Lauri Markkanen be best player on title team?
K.C. Johnson answers your Bulls questions.When the Bulls traded Nikola Mirotic to the Pelicans in order to get a first-round pick, do you think part of the rationale was to package it with their own first-round pick to move up in the draft? I look at this draft and it’s really top-heavy. I just don’t see the value with using and keeping the 22nd pick. — Mark, ChicagoThe Pelicans were 27-23 when the Bulls pulled the trigger on the trade, which, it should be noted, Mirotic requested. The Pelicans held a two-game lead on the Clippers, the 10th-seeded team in the West. Obviously, the ideal scenario would’ve been for the Pelicans to miss the playoffs and give the Bulls another lottery pick as long as it didn’t fall in the protections of Nos. 1-5. To the Pelicans’ credit, they qualified for the postseason, with Mirotic’s strong play a big reason why. The pick still could’ve been as high as No. 20 had random drawings for tiebreakers broken the … [Read more...] about Bulls Q&A: What value does the No. 22 pick hold? Can Lauri Markkanen be best player on title team?