While it doesn’t really show up in the box score, Luc Richard Mbah A Moute is a very useful NBA player that provides value to the Houston Rockets. Mbah a Moute averages 6.8 points and 3.4 rebounds in 25 minutes per game for the Rockets on 45% shooting, but the skill he provides the Rockets [...]
December 15, 2017
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Ryan Bawek
As you know, the NBA switched to Nike as its major apparel sponsor this past off-season and a series of new uniforms have been unveiled for all 30 NBA teams, there are four jerseys for each franchise: Swingman, Association, Statement and Icon. These include the normal home white and team color away jerseys, along with [...]
December 15, 2017
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It has been a rough few months for Mirza Teletovic and it just got worse. While team doctors were examining Teletovic during his recovery from arthroscopic surgery to repair cartilage in his knee, pulmonary embolisms were discovered in both of Teletovic’s lungs. This essentially is a result a blood clotting, usually from the legs and [...]
December 15, 2017
Anou Enright
Ryan Bawek
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
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Ryan Bawek
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
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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 [...]
December 15, 2017
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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
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Ryan Bawek
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 [...]
December 15, 2017
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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 [...]
December 15, 2017
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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