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Lakers Longshot to Sign LeBron

Lakers Longshot to Sign LeBron

The 2018 NBA off-season is always only a rumor away and that is especially true with the league’s premier talent being on the market: LeBron James. LeBron was essentially labeled as a goner this past off-season after all of the drama surrounding the Cavaliers and the Kyrie Irving trade saga and LeBron’s noticeable disappearance during [...]

December 15, 2017 Anou Enright Ryan Bawek 0

New York Knicks Still Don’t Have Timetable for Tim Hardaway Jr.’s Return from Leg Injury

New York Knicks Still Don’t Have Timetable for Tim Hardaway Jr.’s Return from Leg Injury

Hopefully none of you New York Knicks fans out there are expecting to see Tim Hardaway Jr. suit up anytime soon. Because it doesn’t sound like it’s happening. As relayed to us courtesy of Newsday‘s Barbara Barker, neither the Knicks nor Hardaway himself have a timetable for his return from a left leg injury: This sounds [...]

December 15, 2017 admin Blogs 0

Dirk Nowitzki Says He Still Plans to Play for Dallas Mavericks Next Season

Dirk Nowitzki Says He Still Plans to Play for Dallas Mavericks Next Season

Ready for some good news? Nay, ready for some great news? If the NBA season ended today, Dirk Nowitzki would return to play his 21st year with the Dallas Mavericks. As he told reporters, per the Dallas Morning News‘ Eddie Sefko: “I’m not going to say 100 percent I’ll be back — but it’s looking like [...]

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Pippen Says LeBron Has “Probably Passed” Jordan

Pippen Says LeBron Has “Probably Passed” Jordan

Ah yes, feels like a bit of deja vu with Scottie Pippen commenting on the debate between King James and Air Jordan. In an appearance on ESPN’s First Take (the perfect sort of show for this sort of headline grabbing material), Pippen explained how he would statistically put LeBron over Jordan. See the quote here: [...]

December 15, 2017 Anou Enright Ryan Bawek 0

Nerlens Noel Isn’t Worried About NBA Future Despite Falling Out of Dallas Mavericks’ Rotation

Nerlens Noel Isn’t Worried About NBA Future Despite Falling Out of Dallas Mavericks’ Rotation

Nerlens Noel’s situation with the Dallas Mavericks continues to rank among the NBA’s most wild roller coaster rides in recent memory. First he excelled after being shipped to Big D from the Philadelphia 76ers—particularly when slotted alongside Dirk Nowitzki, according to NBA.com. Then, in restricted free agency, the Mavericks offered him life-changing money: roughly $70 [...]

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Nikola Jokic Medically Cleared to Rejoin Nuggets, But Mike Malone Doesn’t Think He’s Mentally Ready

Nikola Jokic Medically Cleared to Rejoin Nuggets, But Mike Malone Doesn’t Think He’s Mentally Ready

After missing the past six games with a left ankle sprain, Nikola Jokic was medially cleared to rejoin the Denver Nuggets for their Wednesday night bout with the Boston Celtics. But that wasn’t good enough for Mike Malone. As Denver’s head honcho told reporters following the 124-118 loss, he remains concerned that Jokic isn’t mentally [...]

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Clint Capela on Warriors: I Expect to Beat Them

Clint Capela on Warriors: I Expect to Beat Them

The Houston Rockets have been the best team in the NBA thus far this season. James Harden is playing at an MVP level once again and Chris Paul adds another layer of intensity and play-making to a team rife with shooters and guys who can fill up a stat sheet. As good as the Rockets [...]

December 14, 2017 Anou Enright Ryan Bawek 0

Gordon Hayward Already Out of Walking Boot, But Celtics Still Don’t Expect Him to Return in 2017-18

Gordon Hayward Already Out of Walking Boot, But Celtics Still Don’t Expect Him to Return in 2017-18

Gordon Hayward continues to make progress in his recovery from a dislocated left ankle and fractured tibia—loads of progress, actually. Most recently, on Wednesday, Hayward divulged that doctors have cleared him to move around without his walking boot on a (hopefully) indefinite basis. As he told reporters, per ESPN.com’s Chris Forsberg: “The process is always [...]

December 14, 2017 admin Blogs 0

Marc Gasol Won’t Demand, But Would Potentially Accept a Trade

Marc Gasol Won’t Demand, But Would Potentially Accept a Trade

Things have gone downhill in a hurry for the Memphis Grizzlies. They have lost 16 of their last 17 games and have gone from 7-4 to last place in the western conference at 8-20. One of their stars is out recovering from Achilles and heel soreness, but the other has been slogging away with the [...]

December 14, 2017 Anou Enright Ryan Bawek 0

Rival Executives Still Expect George to Leave Thunder for Lakers

Rival Executives Still Expect George to Leave Thunder for Lakers

Paul George has been way more open than most NBA players about his desires in his upcoming free agency and his dream to play for his hometown team: the Los Angeles Lakers. George made this abundantly clear to the Indiana Pacers, but at least did so with enough time for the Pacers to deal George [...]

December 14, 2017 Anou Enright Ryan Bawek 0