{"id":824208,"date":"2011-08-26T11:58:03","date_gmt":"2011-08-26T18:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cowbellkingdom.com\/?p=6022"},"modified":"2011-08-26T11:58:03","modified_gmt":"2011-08-26T18:58:03","slug":"cowbell-kingdom-podcast-ep-17-alex-kennedy-hoopsworld","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/cowbell-kingdom-podcast-ep-17-alex-kennedy-hoopsworld\/","title":{"rendered":"Cowbell Kingdom Podcast Ep 17: Alex Kennedy, Hoopsworld"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\">\n<dl id=\"\" class=\"wp-caption  aligncenter\" style=\"width:235px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><img alt=\"Cowbell Kingdom Podcast Ep 17: Alex Kennedy, Hoopsworld\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hoopsworld.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/magic-fields\/thirdparty\/phpthumb\/phpThumb.php?src=http:\/\/www.hoopsworld.com\/wp-content\/files_mf\/alexkennedychat2.jpg&amp;w=225&amp;h=0\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"296\" \/><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<p>Reports surfaced this week that a number NBA players will descend upon Las Vegas in a few weeks to play in a pro-only summer league.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hoopsworld.com\/author\/akennedy\/\" target=\"_blank\">Alex Kennedy of Hoopsworld<\/a> broke the news first and he joins us on the Cowbell Kingdom podcast today.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\">Highlights<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kennedy says they&#8217;re still assembling the rosters and ironing out some of the final details. \u00a0They&#8217;re not quite sure who will be participating yet. \u00a0But you can expect Kings big man J.J. 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