Rudy Gobert was initially supposed to miss between four and six weeks with a bone bruise in his right knee. So, naturally, he returned to the Utah Jazz in less than four. Gobert made his season debut on Monday night, helping the Jazz pull off a 116-69 drubbing of the Washington Wizards. He even logged [...]
December 6, 2017
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The Washington Wizards are surprising many with their solid play with star point guard John Wall sidelined. They have gone 3-3 without Wall, including a 106-92 win in Portland on Tuesday night. So what was the biggest reason they pulled off the upset on Tuesday night you say? Two words: Bradley Beal. Beal set a [...]
December 6, 2017
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It has been a rough season for the Los Angeles Clippers and we are only in December. They are currently 8-14 and are without Blake Griffin, Danilo Gallinari and Patrick Beverley, three of their starters. While Gallinari could return in the next few days and Griffin will return in a few months, Patrick Beverley is [...]
December 6, 2017
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The Suns are once again near the bottom of the NBA standings at 9-17 and the youth movement is in full effect more than ever after the trade of Eric Bledsoe. The one true bright spot that they possess looks to be a future NBA superstar, 21-year-old shooting guard Devin Booker. Booker has been balling [...]
December 6, 2017
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LaVar Ball has some thoughtz and feelz about Lonzo Ball’s thoughtz and feelz about the Los Angeles Lakers’ recent five-game losing streak. Shocking, I know. Here’s what LaVar said, courtesy of SiriusXM NBA Radio: “He’s disgusted, he’s not used to losing like this. The #Lakers should build around Lonzo. Why are they sitting him down [...]
December 6, 2017
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Hassan Whiteside has missed each of the Miami Heat’s past three games with a bone bruise in his left knee, and he doesn’t sound like someone who’s planning to return in the near future. From the Palm Beach Post‘s Anthony Chiang: Whiteside will not travel for the team’s upcoming three-game trip, which begins Wednesday in San [...]
December 6, 2017
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DeMarcus Cousins doesn’t feel totally responsible for his dustup with Kevin Durant during the New Orleans Pelicans’ Monday night loss to the Golden State Warriors. Both players were ejected after exchanging words and having to be restrained by teammates late in the fourth quarter. They also continued jawing at each other after being thrown out. [...]
December 6, 2017
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Add Tim Hardaway Jr. to the list of injured New York Knicks players who don’t have a timeline for return. Kristaps Porzingis is currently on the shelf with an ankle injury, and the team isn’t quite sure how much time he’ll miss. The same can now be said for Hardaway, who has missed the Knicks’ [...]
December 5, 2017
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The NBA is in a very good place right now and the numbers back it up. According to a piece from Michael Singer of USA Today, NBA national broadcast ratings are up 32% this season and are at their highest point since 2010-11, the season after the “The Decision”. “Between ESPN, TNT and NBA TV, [...]
December 5, 2017
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Nikola Jokic has missed each of the Denver Nuggets ‘past two games after spraining his left ankle during a Nov. 30 victory over the Chicago Bulls. If Monday’s drubbing at the hands of the Dallas Mavericks is any indication, they cannot afford to play without him for much longer. And yet, if Jokic’s own comments [...]
December 5, 2017
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