Memphis coach willing to spend up to $2.6M of own money to pay for roster

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis men’s basketball coach Penny Hardaway says he’s willing to pay up to $2.6 million this year toward the program’s revenue-sharing total in order to field a competitive team. The Commercial Appeal in Memphis, Tennessee, initially reported on Monday that Hardaway had written a $2.6 million check that helped land Serbian big man Nemanja Popovic and Florida Atlantic transfer Maxim Logue. READ: LeBron James knows how to handle a star-studded roster like what the 76ers built Ed Scott, the school’s athletic director, clarified on Tuesday during an interview with Gary Parrish of Grind City Media that Hardaway had […]...

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