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Messi joins Inter Miami
Lionel Messi is set to sign with Major League Soccer’s Inter Miami, according to a report from Guillem Balague.
$200M for four years, include a Apple TV residual and Adidas.
With the signing of Messi, inter Miami’s valuation expected to be near 1 billion
Was in between Saudi Arabia and Barcelona.
The 35-year-old superstar officially leaves PSG this month when his contract expires after two seasons with the French giants. After spending his entire career with Barcelona, he made the jump to France after his beloved team could no longer afford him under La Liga’s financial rules, seeing an end to an iconic era at the club with diminutive Argentina as the face, winning every prize imaginable more than once.
Messi, fresh off winning the World Cup with Argentina in December to likely cement his legacy as the greatest ever, would now gets his wish of playing in the United States with the possibility of former Barcelona teammates joining him in South Florida.
Kyrie contacted LeBron in hopes to reunite with Mavericks
Dallas Mavericks guard Kyrie Irving has reached out to Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James to see if he would reunite with him in Dallas, sources told The Athletic’s Shams Charania.
Irving is set to hit free agency, and hopes to create a Big 3 alongside him, James, and superstar Luka Doncic, according to Bleacher Report’s Chris Haynes.
Brooklyn Nets Bolster Coaching Staff with Addition of Kevin Ollie as Assistant Coach
The Brooklyn Nets are hiring Kevin Ollie as an assistant coach, sources told ESPN on Saturday.
Ollie, who won an NCAA championship as Connecticut’s coach in 2014, had been a finalist for the Detroit Pistons head coaching job this spring.
Ollie joins a reshaped coaching staff for Jacque Vaughn’s first full season as the Nets coach. Ollie spent the past two years as general manager and coach of the Overtime Elite program in Atlanta that has become a premier feeder program for professional basketball.
SAM CASSELL joins Boston Celtics
Joe Mazzulla vs Ime Udoka
Former Duke Star Steve Wojciechowski Takes Helm of Jazz G League Squad as Head Coach
Suns hire former Lakers coach Frank Vogel
Pistons hiring Monty Williams as head coach with 6-year, $72M deal
76ers hiring Nick Nurse as new head coach
Bucks hiring Raptors assistant Adrian Griffin as head coach
Preview: Nuggets at Heat Game 3
PREDICTIONS
Nuggets at Heat – Game 3
HP: Miami
RC: Nuggets
Knights at Panthers Game 3 (2-0)
RC: Knights
Man City vs Inter Milan in Instabul, Turkey
HP: Man City
RC: Man City
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RC: Mint Chocolate Chip
Santiago Leon is the Founder and CEO of the Sports Cast. He covers NFL, NBA, and world soccer. He’s also founder of sleon productions, which he specializes in technology and serves clients with solutions to make their business grow.
