Benjamin Felix Santos

It seems like injuries continue to love Brooklyn Nets center, Brook Lopez as he has been diagnosed with a mild right foot sprain and will be out approximately 10-14 days, according to league sources. He suffered the injury in the first quarter of the Net’s preseason match versus the Sacramento Kings, and went straight to [...]

Just when we all thought we’ll be seeing a healthy Steve Nash this upcoming season—the two-time MVP recently hurt his back as he reportedly heard a “tweak” while carrying his bags, according to league sources. From Mike Bresnahan of the LA Times: Nash,40, has been dealing with back issues throughout his seasons with the Los [...]

Reigning MVP Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder has been diagnosed with a Jones fracture in his right foot, according to league sources. This injury will require surgery and will take about 6-8 weeks of recovery time. Thunder GM Sam Presti released the following statement regarding Durant’s injury: “After practice yesterday, Kevin made us [...]

The New York Knicks have signed former Lakers center Didier “DJ” Mbenga, who played for Phil Jackson and with Derek Fisher for a couple of seasons, according to Marc J Spears of Yahoo! Sports. Mbenga, 33, won two titles (2009 and 2010) with the Lakers, but barely received playing time as their reserve center. In [...]

Indiana Pacers’ head coach Frank Vogel has signed a multi-year extension to remain with the team, according to league sources. Vogel has led the Pacers to two consecutive appearances in the conference finals and has eventually developed a good relationship with the city. After falling short once again versus the Miami Heat in the conference [...]

Initially, the Denver Nuggets offered a five-year, $60 million contract with their rising superstar Kenneth Faried a few days ago. But now, both parties have reworked this agreement and has resulted to the finalizing of a four-year, $50 million deal, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports. Wojnarwoski further explains about this new agreement: After [...]

Oklahoma City Thunder head coach Scott Brooks has been having a great run in the city, having been able to appear in the conference finals three times in four seasons. These achievements would not have been possible without his best players—and one of them is named Russell Westbrook. During the team’s media day, Brooks made [...]

Throughout his entire career—Steve Nash is undoubtedly one of the greatest players to have ever played the game and will eventually end up in the Hall of Fame as he approaches his final season in the league. When the Los Angeles Lakers acquired the two-time MVP a couple of seasons ago, we all thought that [...]

The Boston Celtics have announced today the signing of free agent swing man Evan Turner to a two-year 6.7 million dollar contract, according to ESPN.com’s Marc Stein. Turner, the former second overall pick in 2010 initially agreed to terms with the Celtics back in July. However, the signing was delayed to allow the team to [...]

Five-time NBA champion Derek Fisher is about to embark on a whole new journey next season—as a head coach for the New York Knicks. Phil Jackson, president of the Knicks’ basketball operations definitely has a good relationship with Fisher especially in their times together back in Los Angeles. Together with Kobe Bryant, they both thrived [...]