Giannis Antetokounmpo didn’t want to let the Milwaukee Bucks fire Jason Kidd without a fight. As first reported by ESPN.com’s Adrian Wojnarowski, the Bucks elected to part ways with their head coach on Monday, a decision that was surprising only because most expected any major changes to take place over the summer. A few hours [...]
January 22, 2018
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Enes Kanter is a very passionate,outspoken and loyal person. He takes the “us vs them” mentality to the extreme and does not back down from letting those he is in opposition know it. From his disapproval of the government in his home country of Turkey (he has a point) and his run-ins with opposing players [...]
January 22, 2018
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This feels pretty bizarre to type, but Tony Parker is no longer the starting point guard for the San Antonio Spurs. Parker, 35, is in his 17th season with the Spurs and has essentially been the starting point guard the entirety of his career, but due to his decline as a player and his drop [...]
January 22, 2018
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It is no secret things aren’t going too well in Cleveland as of late, the Cavaliers are 3-9 in their last 12 games since losing to the Golden State Warriors on Christmas Day. Their already leaky defense has been borderline historically bad over the past few weeks, and the Cavaliers were embarrased on national TV [...]
January 22, 2018
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The Charlotte Hornets find themselves in the position no NBA franchise wants to find themselves in, an NBA purgatory of sorts, with a capped out roster that is not good enough to contend or even make the playoffs and not (quite) bad enough to bottom out. So what is an NBA team to do in [...]
January 22, 2018
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Ryan Bawek
With one of the league’s seven highest payrolls, yet only the 12th-best record, the Portland Trail Blazers find themselves in a weird spot as they barrel toward the NBA’s Feb. 8 trade deadline. Some will argue they should begin a quasi-teardown, dealing away some of their larger salaries in favor of cap relief and, if [...]
January 19, 2018
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Despite leading by as many as 23 points, the Cleveland Cavaliers needed all 48 minutes to put away the Orlando Magic on Thursday night. And afterward, LeBron James wasn’t so much relieved as exasperated. As he told reporters, per Cleveland.com’s Joe Vardon: “We want to play better and we know we have the ability to [...]
January 19, 2018
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In spite of their somewhat bizarre decision to load up on veterans in the off-season, the Kings are still sitting at 13-31 and in last place of the western conference standings. Also, by the numbers, the Kings are technically the worst team in the NBA as they are currently last in the NBA in offense [...]
January 19, 2018
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Great news for a Jazz team in desperate need of some. Their star center and the best rim protector in the league, the Stifle Tower himself, Rudy Gobert is likely to return for the Jazz this weekend. He could suit up for the Jazz home game against the Knicks on Friday night or their home [...]
January 19, 2018
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Welp, that didn’t last long. Less than a week removed from NBA Hallwaygate 2018, the beef festering between the Los Angeles Clippers and Houston Rockets appears to be quashed. Or rather, at the very least, whatever tensions exist between Trevor Ariza and Austin Rivers are a thing of the past. Both Ariza and Gerald Green [...]
January 19, 2018
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