Hoyas giving back
Georgetown will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for a new athletic building in September. The John R. Thompson Jr. Intercollegiate Athletics Center will be named in honor of the schools long-time former basketball coach. The $62 million dollar facility will be constructed entirely through philanthropy. Patrick Ewing and his agent David Falk contributed $3.3 million to construction of the building. Celtic and ex-Hoya Jeff Green also donated $1 million to the project.

For the second time
The Lakers invited free agent Michael Beasley to town for a work out a few weeks back. Currently there are 13 players on the roster and most likely two more will be added. The Lakers failed to sign Beasley so I concluded they decided against adding him to their roster. My take might not be quite correct; they invited several players to a work out last week including Beasley for the second time. Stand by for further news on Laker roster additions.

He barely saw the floor
Duke basketball last season was all about 5-star prospect Jabari Parker, lost somewhere in the mix was a local area talent. Ottawa Kansas is about 50 miles from downtown Kansas City Missouri, the city is the home to Semi Ojeleye 6-6 215 pound small forward. Ojeleye a 4-star prospect headed off to Duke last summer and got lost somewhere in the crowd, he barely saw the floor his freshman year. Maybe he’s just not as talented as many in the area believed or maybe his timing wasn’t good. Ojeleye signed with Duke in September 2012 while Parker committed three months later, to compound the predicament both played the same position.

We don’t always receive what we want
A great amount of pro/con debate has raged since the Paul George injury. The only owner I’ve heard voicing a negative opinion has been Mark Cuban. I held a conversation with a friend and we came to the same conclusion. Our preference would be a return to the days of collegiate players competing in FIBA/Olympics endeavors. We agreed utilizing NBA players most likely assumes a victory for the USA. John detailed for me the amount of money the Pacers will lose with no George in the lineup. If we looked at this issue strictly on the basis of finance we could conclude no team could afford to lose a star NBA player. On the other hand NBA players routinely play a number of non-FIBA games during the summer. Who know if George might have been severely injured playing in a pick-up game? We don’t always receive what we want, I want a return to collegiate players representing the US but that is highly unlikely.

The uni-brow
We have no idea what the future might hold as I’ve often stated. Baring injury I’d take ½ of 1 percent of Anthony Davis’s salary over the course of his career. The Pelicans made a wise choice drafting the 6-10 power forward from Kentucky. There was no sophomore drop-off for Davis check his numbers. His scoring rose from 13.5 ppg to 20.8, his rebounding numbers went from 8.2 to a significant 10.0 per game. Shooting a sizzling .513 from the floor last season he managed to raise his field goal percentage to .519. There are probably few questions regarding his play the key remaining question can he lead the Pelicans upward and into the playoffs? That question remains unanswered and only time will tell.

After the dust settled
The Kevin Love to Cleveland trade is official, after everything settles what does the future hold? I’ve stated a number of times I an unable to predict the future (I don’t work for ESPN) however lets look at the Wolves. They will be an awfully young team a number unable to legally purchase liquor. On the roster is small forward Shabazz Muhammand (21), they drafted UCLA’s Zach Lavine (19) in the 2014 draft. In the Love trade the team acquired Andrew Wiggins (19) and power forward Anthony Bennett (21) plus small forward Thaddeus Young (26).

Veteran point guard Ricky Rubio is an old man at age 23, the balance of the roster is made up of twenty-something’s. There are three players age 31 and one whose 30 that’s it. We could state the 2014-15 Wolves have a great deal of P-O-T-E-N-T-I-A-L however they are young. It’s going to be difficult for this young team to learn how to win at the NBA level. Be patient Wolves fans I like the future of this this team. In addition I believe in Coach Flip Saunders, given time he should be able to mold these youngsters into a cohesive team.