Kentucky boasts a total of 27 players on NBA opening-day rosters, more than any other college program in the country.
Kentucky Wildcats Lead Nation with 27 Players on NBA Opening-Day Rosters
Anthony Davis and Terrence Jones selected to 2014 NBA Rising Stars Challenge
The NBA announced today that Anthony Davis and Terrence Jones will participate in the 2014 BBVA Compass Rising Stars Challenge.
Josh Harrellson has been traded to the Houston Rockets
The New York Knicks will acquire unrestricted free agent center Marcus Camby in a sign-and-trade with the Houston Rockets, according to a source close to Camby. Camby’s contract will be for $13.2 million over three years. According to the New York Daily News, the Rockets will receive Toney Douglas, Jerome Jordan, Josh Harrellson and second-round picks in 2014 and ’15, though no deals can…
Record-setting six Cats selected in NBA Draft, including top two picks
Record-setting six Cats selected in NBA Draft, including top two picks
Former Cat Chuck Hayes sets arena record for offensive rebounds
Antawn Jamison, J.J. Hickson, Ryan Hollins and Samardo Samuels played a total of 96 minutes Wednesday night and combined for nine rebounds. Chuck Hayes had that many offensive rebounds in the first quarter alone. It’s no wonder the Houston Rockets beat the Cavaliers, 124-119, at Quicken Loans Arena in the first game following the All-Star break. The Cavs were demolished on the glass 57-37. A big part of that was Hayes, whose 17 rebounds were a season high and whose 12 offensive rebounds were both a career high and an arena record.
Houston Rockets get back the Chuck Hayes of old
Chuck Hayes played every game last season. He started nearly as many (82) as in his previous four seasons combined (88). He was a frequent topic of conversation, lauded as a symbol of the Rockets’ overachieving mentality but also held up as a 6-6 example of the “short”-comings. Yet as much as he did last season, the Rockets missed Chuck Hayes.
Former Cat Chuck Hayes is the shortest center in NBA history
Just call him the Muggsy Bogues of the pivot. The NBA has been in business since 1946-47. But never in league history has there ever been a regular starting center as short as Houston’s 6-foot-6 Chuck Hayes. Read article.
The ways of Chuck Hayes
Chuck Hayes is the kind of tough, scrappy guy Houstonians love to cheer. By most people’s standards the 26-year-old California native is a tall, brawny guy. But by NBA standards he’s on the small side: 6-6 and 230 or so pounds. So he trains to be strong and fast, and he plays with heart and…
Three-fourths of the world is covered by water, the rest is covered by Chuck Hayes
Quote from video interview of Houston Rocket’s Shane Battier on the Phoenix Suns and Chuck Hayes.