NBA suspends three players for separate incidents
NEW YORK — Brandon Rush of the Indiana Pacers was suspended for five games by the NBA on Friday for violating the league’s drug agreement, while Tyreke Evans of the Sacramento Kings and Kenny Hasbrouck of the Miami Heat drew suspensions for driving offenses.
Rush was suspended without pay for five games for violating the terms of the NBA/NBPA Anti-Drug Program.
Evans, the NBA’s Rookie of the Year, was suspended without pay for one game for pleading no contest to reckless driving in California. He averaged 20.1 points last season.
Hasbrouck, a former Siena guard, was suspended without pay for two games for pleading guilty to driving while intoxicated in New York.
Nuggets hire Ujiri as new GM
DENVER — Former Denver Nuggets international scout Masai Ujiri has been named the team’s new executive vice president of basketball operations. Ujiri, 39, was the Toronto Raptors’ assistant general manager since 2008. The Nuggets had been without a front office leader since the contracts of Mark Warkentien and Rex Chapman expired earlier this month.
Knicks sign Ewing Jr.
NEW YORK — Patrick Ewing Jr. signed with the New York Knicks as a free agent. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Ewing was the 43rd pick of the 2008 draft by Sacramento, but wound up with the Knicks through a series of moves. He missed all of last season because of injuries.
Associated Press
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