Today’s Headlines The most important news stories of the day, curated by Post editors and delivered every morning. By signing up you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy<doc-sep>Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Click to share on Flipboard (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) The Wizards played well when a pair of combo forwards, Otto Porter and Kelly Oubre, shared the court last season. Washington can use those versatile lineups more often next year with another combo forward – Jeff Green – replacing Mike Scott, who’s more just a power forward. David Aldridge of NBA.com: Wizards reach deal with @unclejeffgreen on a one-year minimum deal, per source. Will add depth after @mikescott departure to Clippers. — David Aldridge (@daldridgetnt) July 3, 2018 This is a homecoming for Green, who grew up in Maryland and played collegiately at Georgetown. The 31-year-old Green is coming off arguably the best season of his career. With the Cavaliers, he established value with his ability to defend multiple positions. When his 3-pointers are falling, he looks good. When they aren’t, he’s useful only when the matchup calls for switching defense. And we know how much John Wall and the Wizards like to switch on defense.<doc-sep>The Telegraph Two of the surprise packages of this clay-court season have been British – initially Dan Evans, who made a deep run in Monte Carlo, and more lately Cameron Norrie, who played his second final in three weeks on Sunday. Unfortunately, Norrie wasn’t able to land a maiden ATP title in Lyon. But then he was up against Stefanos Tsitsipas, who has been the dominant force of 2021 outside the slams, and now stands at No 1 in the table of most rankings points gained since January 1. Nevertheless, it had been a hugely creditable effort for Norrie to go this far, especially when you consider that he took out top seed Dominic Thiem on Thursday, and then trounced big-hitting Russian Karen Khachanov in Saturday’s semi-final, losing only two games in the process. Norrie has come to clay late in his career, but it feels like this is developing into his favourite surface. He has one of the heaviest left-handed forehands in the game, loaded with top-spin, and uses it like a miniature version of Rafael Nadal. The result has been a tally of 14 wins and only four losses since he began his European clay-court swing in Barcelona. So while the French Open, which starts next Sunday, has traditionally been a graveyard of British hopes, there are reasons to hope that this year’s event could deliver some more positive results. Norrie’s previous final in Estoril had been a nervewracking affair which he eventually lost on a deciding-set tie-break to the more experienced Spaniard Albert Ramos-Vinolas. Sunday was more straightforward for Tsitsipas, who needed only 69 minutes to hammer home a 6-3, 6-3 victory. It was Tsitsipas’ second title of the clay-court sequence, after he won Monte Carlo in mid-April, taking out Evans in the semi-final along the way. He has become a serious contender to upset the establishment – specifically Nadal and Novak Djokovic – at Roland Garros over the next few weeks. “I felt in good shape from the beginning of the tournament,” said Tsitsipas afterwards. “I am proud of today’s match, I knew it would be a difficult one against Cameron, who has been showing great tennis this week. He has been winning against good players and showing what the left hand can do on clay. “It was not an easy match today. I had to handle the nerves and I am proud of my performance and the way I stayed focused towards my goal.” On this year’s results, meanwhile, both Evans and Norrie stand among the world’s 20 most successful men. Evans is at No 16 and Norrie No 14. The next challenge for them both is to convert that ATP Tour form into a deep run at a major.<doc-sep>
The NBA free agent market continues to provide a number of well-known names with the opportunity to find a new home within the league and, now former, Cleveland Cavaliers forward Jeff Green has elected to do just that. According to a report from David Aldridge of NBA.com and Turner Sports, the former Georgetown Hoyas standout has elected to come home and to the D.C. area in order to sign a one-year deal with the Washington Wizards. While Aldridge was the first to report an agreement had been made, Shams Charania of Yahoo! Sports' The Vertical was the first to provide the full details on the contract as Green will earn a total of $2.5 million over the course of the 2018-19 campaign. After being selected by the Boston Celtics with the fifth overall pick in the 2007 NBA Draft, he was immediately packaged as part of a trade to the Seattle SuperSonics which brought Ray Allen and the draft rights to Glen Davis back to Boston as part of the deal. Green wen ton to receive NBA All-Rookie First Team honors during his first year as a professional. Following a four-year stint with the SuperSonics and the Oklahoma City Thunder, Green went on to play for the Celtics, the Memphis Grizzlies, the Los Angeles Clippers, the Orlando Magic and, most recently, the Cavaliers. By choosing the Wizards, Green will serve as an immediate upgrade to the loss of veteran forward Mike Scott who elected to leave Washington in order to agree to a contract with the Clippers earlier in the week. Over the course of his professional career, Green has made 783 regular season appearances, 497 of which featured him as a member of the starting lineup, and he owns averages of 13.2 points to go along with 4.6 rebounds and 1.6 assists in just over 30.3 minutes per game.