Briefly: Seimone Augustus says she had hoped to stay with Lynx

Augustus says she had hoped to stay with Lynx

Seimone Augustus, speaking to media for the first time since leaving the Lynx for the Los Angeles Sparks, said she was frustrated she couldn't work out a deal to stay.

"I understand where they are as an organization and where I am as a player," Augustus, who will turn 36 this week, said on a conference call Friday from her home in Louisiana. "It's hard to try to rebuild but also honor and do the right things by a player who's been there so long. I just wanted to go out with a bang. Unfortunately, we couldn't come to an agreement on that."

Augustus, who played 14 years with the Lynx, said she had planned to play one more season and retire. That has changed.

"My mind is kind of open to coming back," Augustus "A lot of that is if we do have a season, how well I play, how my body feels, how my mind feels. But I'm not closed to maybe playing another season if possible."

Where allowed, facilities to open

NBA players will be allowed to return to team training facilities starting Friday, provided that their local governments do not have a stay-at-home order prohibiting such movement still in place as part of the response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Georgia and Oklahoma are among states that have allowed businesses like gyms to reopen. Some cities in Florida are expected to loosen stay-at-home policies in the coming days.

This move does not mean that a resumption of games is imminent. Still, the decision to let teams back into facilities is a significant step.

Wake Forest fires Manning

Wake Forest fired men's coach Danny Manning on Saturday after losing seasons in five of his six years and only one NCAA tournament appearance. Manning, a former No. 1 overall NBA draft pick, went 78-111 at Wake Forest, including 30-80 in ACC regular-season games. He went 6-49 in league road games and 1-6 in the ACC tournament.

Associate head coach Randolph Childress will lead the program in the interim.

Announcement is delayed

The expected announcement from four-star Hopkins senior guard Kerwin Walton to reveal his college decision had not come late Saturday.

Walton is choosing from among six finalists, including the Gophers and North Carolina.

Dances 3 and 4

"The Last Dance," the documentary about Michael Jordan's last championship, opened to record TV ratings for its first two episodes. Episodes 3 and 4 will run Sunday and will spotlight the rivalry between Jordan's Chicago Bulls and the "Bad Boys" Detroit Pistons.