More bad news for Blake Griffin and the struggling and short-handed Los Angeles Clippers: Griffin will miss the next two months while he recovers from a sprained MCL. Griffin suffered the injury in the 4th quarter of the Clippers 120-115 win over the Lakers on Monday night when a tumbling Austin Rivers landed on him [...]
November 28, 2017
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Marc Gasol might be relieved that the Memphis Grizzlies fired head coach David Fizdale on Monday. But some members of the Cleveland Cavaliers sure as hell aren’t. Dwyane Wade, who played under Fizdale during his time as an assistant with the Miami Heat, was the first to respond: LeBron James, who also played under Fizdale [...]
November 28, 2017
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New York Knicks head coach Jeff Hornacek could be content with his team’s .500 start. Few people expected them to contend for 25-plus victories this season, even while factoring in a leap from Kristaps Porzingis. That they’re almost halfway there less than 20 games into the season, with a puncher’s chance of sticking in the [...]
November 28, 2017
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Isaiah Thomas is oh-so-very close to making his Cleveland Cavaliers debut. Sort of. Kind of. Whatever that means. The point guard caused quite a stir on Sunday night with a cryptic tweet that suggested he was on the brink of returning from a hip injury that’s sidelined him since last season’s Eastern Conference Finals and [...]
November 28, 2017
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Tony Parker returned to the San Antonio Spurs on Monday night after missing the start of the season with a torn quad he suffered near the end of last year—and he came bearing more than the six points and four assists he dropped in the team’s victory over the Dallas Mavericks. To hear the 35-year-old [...]
November 28, 2017
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Lonzo Ball has a fan in head coach Doc Rivers. In advance of his team’s victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday, the Los Angeles Clippers’ head coach told reporters he has extremely high hopes for Hollywood’s headlining rookie, per Lakers.com’s Mike Trudell: Doc Rivers says he’s very high on @ZO2_: “He’s not (just) [...]
November 28, 2017
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Compare Philadelphia 76ers rookie Ben Simmons to LeBron James if you must. Just don’t expect the four-time MVP to board that bandwagon. This has nothing to do with James’ view of Simmons, the odds-on Rookie of the Year favorite, and someone who has a legitimate shot at becoming the first rookie since Blake Griffin to [...]
November 28, 2017
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Derrick Rose’s career has seemingly been in peril for years now after his hall of fame caliber first few seasons as he has dealt with a slew of injuries and a seemingly never-ending series of trips to the physical trainer and injured reserve. Rose still only 29, has missed 12 games already for the Cavaliers [...]
November 27, 2017
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The Chicago Bulls selected University of Oregon standout and elite shot blocker and rebounder for his size, Jordan Bell with the No. 38 pick of the 2017 NBA Draft. I, along with many others, thought it was a genius move for the Bulls as Bell slipped. Then we found out that the pick was really [...]
November 27, 2017
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The Cavaliers took a shot to the gut this off-season when their 25-year-old superstar point guard Kyrie Irving, made known his request to be traded. After losing all leverage when the report became public and scrambling to make a deal happen before training to prevent any disruption to the team harmony entering the 2017-18 season, [...]
November 27, 2017
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Ryan Bawek