Juan Carlos Navarro News

World champions and hosts Spain will play Russia in Today's European championship final after both won their respective semi-finals yesterday.

Posted by John Paulsen Matt Moore of Hardwood Paroxysm wrote a nice piece about how Navarro relates to Rubio's decision to stay in Spain for two more seasons.

The Navarro Corollary Written by Matt Moore on Friday, September 18, 2009 The functions of thought around Rubio are intensely complicated.

Movements in the world of basketball Thursday: National Basketball Association MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES-Signed G Allen Iverson.

Allen Iverson has something to prove. Although the 10-time all-star and 2001 league MVP has scored more than 23,000 points in his NBA career, he was not a highly sought-after free agent.

Allen Iverson has something to prove. Though the 10-time All-Star and former league MVP has scored more than 23,000 points in his NBA career, he wasn't a highly sought-after free agent.

Michael Jordan will be enshrined today in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass.

The Memphis Grizzlies have withdrawn their qualifying offer to guard Juan Carlos Navarro, making him an unrestricted free agent.

Griz owner Michael Heisley, general manager Chris Wallace and head coach Lionel Hollins are scheduled to have dinner with Iverson in Atlanta, according to a source with knowledge of the negotiations.

Iverson's agent, Leon Rose, informed the Grizzlies earlier this week that a decision would come before the weekend.

By Ronald Tillery , Memphis Commercial Appeal Tuesday, June 30, 2009 Their stated goals are to secure a player that puts big-time power in one of the forward positions, and to land a backup point guard.

The Memphis Grizzlies have made qualifying offers to restricted free agents Hakim Warrick and Juan Carlos Navarro, club General Manager and Vice President of Basketball Operations Chris Wallace announced today.

The Griz are just as likely to trade the pick -- and it appears that is their preference.

Doesn't anybody want to play in Memphis? "That's like my second home the city is a great place to play.

Mock drafts are a joke. They're interesting until the draft actually starts, at which point they lapse into laughable inaccuracy.

Although the Griz have until June 30th to make a decision, expect them to extend a qualifying offer to forward Hakim Warrick and Spanish guard Juan Carlos Navarro any day.

This isn't a mock draft. Aside from only covering the first 4 picks, this is a rambling flow of ideas around each team's pick.

Some new stuff to mull over on the ever-evolving Ricky Rubio front: ESPN.com's Chad Ford picks up on a story that emerged last weekend about Rubio challenging the sizable buyout with his current team.

In the week since we debuted our first full mock draft of 2009, I've gotten a lot of feedback from NBA scouts and executives around the league.

Often youngest on court, Ricky Rubio boasts polish, experience Scott Cacciola of the Memphis Commercial Appeal pens an excellent introductory piece about potential Grizzlies target Ricky Rubio , with quotes from the likes of Tony Barone Sr, Pau Gasol , Fran Fraschilla, Chris Collins, Lang Whitaker and yours truly.