BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Kentucky coach John Calipari came out strongly against the idea that the NBA would consider expanding beyond its current draft format of two rounds.

Speaking at the SEC Tipoff event on Wednesday, Calipari argued that additional rounds wouldn't be for the NBA but rather to stock its developmental arm, the G League.

"If anybody supports more rounds in the draft, those more rounds are to get kids to go to the G League, you do not care about college basketball or you're trying to ruin college basketball," Calipari said.

Calipari's comments come a day after Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski suggested more rounds in the NBA draft were a potential likelihood with the G League's increasing impact on the league.

Calipari, who signed a 10-year, $85 million extension with Kentucky this summer, said he supports players' ability to go directly to the NBA out of high school but is nonetheless wary of the G League. He said the developmental league's current setup helps those who are playing "their way back into the league" as opposed to those who are trying to enter it for the first time.

"After two years they don't perform, what? The NBA is going to take care of them and hire them? No. It's entertainment. You're done," Calipari said.

Calipari stressed college as a more stable option.

"If they're not going to the NBA, if we're really about young people, we should encourage them to go to college," he said. "And the reason is their way out is through education. Their way to break through to the American dream is education."

Calipari also addressed the new California law that will allow college athletes in the state to collect money for endorsements beginning in 2023. He challenged a room full of reporters on whether they'd read the law line by line before saying that he hadn't, either.

"But I do know that now there's a law in New York, there's one in Florida. How about this: Kentucky's going to have a law," he said. "That tells me there's going to be 40 laws in 40 different states. Then the tea leaves tell me there's one place this is going to get solved and it's Congress. It's not by the NCAA and it's not by the states."

While Calipari has long positioned himself as a supporter of college athletes having ownership of their name and likeness, he said he was worried about the next steps.

"There are all kinds of consequences that have to be addressed, and I'm coaching my team," he said. "That's what I'm doing, so I'm not spending much time on it."
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EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- Anthony Davis was cleared and played in the Los Angeles Lakers' preseason game Wednesday night against the Golden State Warriors.

Davis finished with 8 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists in 28 minutes in the Lakers' 126-93 victory.

Davis tested his sprained right thumb in practice Tuesday and said he felt good after the Lakers' morning shootaround Wednesday.

"Thumb feels good," Davis said after shootaround. "We didn't do much contact stuff, but we did enough where I can test it out and see how it feels, and it felt really good."

The Lakers' All-Star big man injured his thumb in Saturday's 91-77 loss to the Brooklyn Nets in Shenzhen, China, and was held out of Monday's 104-98 preseason win over the Warriors.

Davis said he was relieved when an MRI on his thumb came back clean.

"I have had some hairline fractures and stuff like that in my hand before, so I knew that was just a jam," Davis said about the MRI. "Obviously just want to be cautious, but it was relief. Obviously you didn't want anything bad to happen where I miss time. Thank God it's not serious."

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Game 4 of the American League Championship Series between the Houston Astros and New York Yankees has been postponed due to expected inclement weather in New York on Wednesday night.

First pitch for Game 4 will be 8:08 p.m. ET Thursday. Game 5 has been rescheduled for 7:08 p.m. ET Friday, which originally had been tabbed as a travel day, if necessary.

"It gives everybody a day off and an opportunity to collect ourselves," Astros manager A.J. Hinch said. "It changes our pitching a little bit; how beneficial is probably easier to answer after I see how guys perform and how the pitching plays out."

The Yankees -- who were planning a bullpen day for Game 4 -- have announced they will go back to Masahiro Tanaka on regular rest. He blanked the Astros over six innings in Game 1 on Saturday, throwing just 68 pitches during a 7-0 win.

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The Astros will counter with Zack Greinke, also on regular rest. The 2009 Cy Young Award winner, who was acquired from Arizona at the July 31 trade deadline, has struggled through two starts for the Astros this postseason, including the Game 1 loss to the Yankees in which he allowed two homers and three runs in six innings.

In Game 5, the Yankees likely will start James Paxton against the Astros' Justin Verlander.

The Astros have a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series. The winner will face the Washington Nationals in the World Series.

Having Wednesday off will be welcome for New York after manager Aaron Boone used five relievers to cover 4 2/3 innings in Tuesday's 4-1 loss to the Astros. Starter Luis Severino threw 36 pitches in the first inning and was pulled in the fifth. Boone deployed key arms Chad Green, Tommy Kahnle, Adam Ottavino and Zack Britton in the loss, although none threw more than 11 pitches.

Games 6 and 7, if necessary, are not affected by Wednesday's postponement and will be held in Houston on Saturday and Sunday.

Wednesday's matchup is the first postseason game to be postponed since Game 4 of the National League Division Series between the Nationals and the Chicago Cubs in 2017, and the first LCS game to be called off since Game 3 of the Baltimore Orioles-Kansas City Royals series in 2014.
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SEATTLE -- Seattle's expansion NHL franchise has released initial pricing for club seats, with details on general ticket prices coming in 2020.

The team said club seats will each cost between $285 and $355 based on a 44-game season ticket package. The club seats will be on three-, five- or seven-year terms.

The team will have 2,600 club seats in its new arena. Fans who left deposits will begin selecting seats soon.

Aside from club seats, the team said 80% of the suites in the arena already have been sold.

The team said general seats will start at $50 per game and some single-game tickets will start at $20.

Seattle's franchise is slated to begin play in the 2021-22 season.

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