Newsmakers

Tue., May 25, 2010

From Staff And Wire Reports

Transferred Former Washington reserve basketball guard Elston Turner Jr. says he’ll transfer to Texas A&M. The son of Houston Rockets assistant Elston Turner announced plans to leave the Huskies last month. Turner was a big factor as a sophomore in the Huskies’ surge to the Pac-10 tournament crown and the NCAA tournament round of 16.

Out The Indiana Pacers say guard A.J. Price will need 4 to 6 months to heal from a knee injury he suffered while playing in a charity basketball game. Price was injured in New York on Saturday night. He was examined by team doctors Monday and will undergo surgery today in Indianapolis to repair a fractured left patella. Price, heading into his second year out of Connecticut, averaged 7.3 points, 1.9 assists and 1.6 rebounds in 56 games as a rookie.

Ordered New York Knicks center Eddy Curry defaulted on a $570,000 personal loan while keeping up a lifestyle that included a suburban New York home costing $17,000 a month, a $6,000-a-month personal chef and a dozen cars he’d bought for himself and relatives, a judge said. On Friday, a Manhattan court ordered Curry to pay $75,000 a month to lender Allstar Capital Inc. to resolve a debt that swelled to $1.2 million with interest. The court also has issued an order letting Las Vegas-based Allstar seize three of the cars.

Signed The Phoenix Coyotes have signed defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson, a first-round pick in the 2009 draft. Ekman-Larsson, who was taken sixth overall, had nine goals, 27 points and 98 penalty minutes in 42 games this season with Leksand, a professional team in Sweden.

Leading A person familiar with the process says Tom Thibodeau is the leading candidate to fill the New Orleans Hornets’ coaching vacancy and the team could offer him the job this week. The Hornets also interviewed Portland assistant Monty Williams, former Dallas coach Avery Johnson, Mavericks assistant Dwane Casey, former NBA coach Mike Fratello, former New Jersey coach Lawrence Frank, former NBA player Mark Jackson and Utah assistant Tyrone Corbin.

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