Corey Brewer has found his next stop.
The former NBA lottery pick, who spent 13 years in the league before joining New Orleans’ coaching staff in 2020, was one of several Pelicans employees not brought back after the season ended in April. Now, according to Jeff Goodman of The Field of 68, Brewer has landed at Arkansas State as an assistant coach under Ryan Pannone.
Pannone is a familiar name around New Orleans circles. He coached the Pelicans’ G League affiliate in 2021/22 and then served as an assistant in New Orleans the following season. Brewer, 40, had been on the Pelicans’ bench for the past two years after four seasons in a player development role.
Elsewhere in the basketball world, Sekou Doumbouya is headed back to Spain. San Pablo Burgos announced that the Guinean forward has signed for the 2026/27 season.
Doumbouya, still only 25, was the No. 15 pick in 2019 and appeared in parts of three NBA seasons with the Pistons and Lakers. Over the last three years, he has played in France, Spain and Japan.
Burgos will play in the Liga ACB and the EuroCup this season.
NBA TV also got its full schedule on Thursday, with the league announcing that the network will carry 60 games next season. The slate opens with a doubleheader on Oct. 24 and runs through Apr. 4.
And former G League Ignite forward Babacar Sane is taking his fight to court. Zach Braziller of The New York Post reports that Sane is suing the NCAA after being ruled ineligible to play for St.
John’s in 2026/27. Sane, who turns 23 later this month, went undrafted in 2024 and signed an Exhibit 10 deal with Utah that offseason.
His attorneys argue that the relatively small bonus he earned while playing for the Salt Lake City Stars “had no meaningful impact” on his career. The lawsuit reportedly includes nearly 100 players with similar professional backgrounds - among them Sane’s former G League Ignite teammates London Johnson and Thierry Darlan - who have been cleared by the NCAA in recent years.
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