A wild NBA offseason got a little more wild last night as Oklahoma City traded former MVP Russell Westbrook to Houston to join up with another former MVP James Harden. In return, O-K-C receives Chris Paul and draft picks. The Thunder are expected to trade Paul, possibly to Miami.

The Pelicans next Summer League game is Saturday at 5:30 central time when they take on Miami in the quarterfinals. New Orleans is a four-seed.

Saints rookie defensive end Carl Granderson was sentenced to six months in jail after a judge in Casper, Wyoming rejected a plea agreement in an alleged sexual assault case. Granderson’s attorney and prosecutors agreed that the 22-year-old should receive one year of unsupervised probation and a mental health evaluation. But a district judge said no. Two Wyoming University female students claim Granderson sexually touched them while they slept at this apartment.

Former LSU pitcher Jared Poche has decided to retire from professional baseball. Poche left LSU as the school’s all-time winningest pitcher with 39 victories. The former Lutcher star was having a rough season with the Oakland A’s minor league team in Stockton, California, 0-6 with an 8.53 ERA. In a social media post, Poche said it was an absolute pleasure to play the game as long as he did in front of the greatest fans in the game.

La Tech is losing its hitting coach to Southern Miss. Travis Creel is returning to his alma mater after three seasons with the Bulldogs. This past year, Tech was third in the Conference USA in hitting with a team average of .280.

The second half of the Major League Baseball season got underway last night with the Rangers blanking the Astros five-zip. Houston’s Alex Bregman left in the third inning after taking a nasty hop off the chin.

Nicholls landed 11 players on the preseason All-Southland Conference team, including quarterback Chase Fourcade.