Just when you think things with the New York Knicks cannot get any worse, they do. No, I’m not talking about the team having former player and fan favorite Charles Oakley dragged from Madison Square Garden and arrested on Wednesday night. Well, I kind of am. But first there’s the Carmelo Anthony-Phil Jackson business. The [...]
February 9, 2017
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The Milwaukee Bucks just can’t seem to catch a break on the injury front. On a night when they were on a high, having Khris Middleton making his first appearance of the season after injuring his hamstring in the pre-season, the return of one of the better and more underrated young wing players in the [...]
February 9, 2017
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As the Los Angeles Lakers re-usher in the Magic Johnson era, they face some tough questions. Chief among those issues is the future of longtime general manager Mitch Kupchak, who doesn’t seem all that popular outside the organization, according to ESPN.com’s Ramona Shelburne: According to sources close to the situation, Magic has already heard from [...]
February 9, 2017
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Charles Oakley played 19 seasons in the NBA, most notably 10 for the New York Knicks, and was an undersized, bruising, rebounding machine that served as the muscle for the great 1990s Knicks teams. He was infamous for being the resident tough guy and bodyguard of sorts (the sort of thing that is almost non-existent [...]
February 9, 2017
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Ryan Bawek
New York Knicks president Phil Jackson is trying very, very, ridiculously, embarrassingly hard to get Carmelo Anthony to waive his no-trade clause before the Feb. 23 deadline. And he’s failing. Anthony, in fact, seems more motivated than ever to stick with New York, according to The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski: New York Knicks president Phil Jackson’s [...]
February 9, 2017
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Nine games into his tenure with the Portland Trail Blazers’ starting five, Evan Turner suffered a right hand fracture during a Tuesday night win over the Dallas Mavericks. The good news: He doesn’t need surgery. The bad news: He won’t be playing anytime soon, per the Oregonian‘s Joe Freeman: The Portland Trail Blazers will be without their starting [...]
February 9, 2017
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The Minnesota Timberwolves announced Wednesday morning that reserve forward Adreian Payne is out indefinitely with a blood condition. Payne is reportedly suffering from thrombocytopenia or low palet count, according to WebMD it can lead to excessive bleeding and slow blood clotting after an injury. It seems as though the issue isn’t serious and team doctors [...]
February 8, 2017
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Ryan Bawek
In the event you were thinking the Brooklyn Nets would lower their asking price in a Brook Lopez trade as the Feb. 23 deadline inches ever closer, think again. Lopez’s name, as it tends to do, was thrust back into the rumor mill when The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported the New Orleans Pelicans were showing [...]
February 8, 2017
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Although not surprising considering he is the youngest player in the NBA (he turned 19 in November) Suns rookie and No. 4 pick in the 2016 NBA Draft, Dragan Bender has struggled to make his mark on the Suns in his rookie season. Bender has averaged 3.8 points and 2.2 rebounds in 12.7 minutes per [...]
February 8, 2017
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The Dallas Mavericks will remain hobbled. Andrew Bogut hasn’t played since Jan. 29 with a right hamstring injury, while Deron Williams hasn’t taken the court since Jan. 25 as he tends to a left big toe sprain. It doesn’t sound like either of them will play before the NBA’s All-Star break, per the Star-Telegram‘s Dwain Price: [...]
February 8, 2017
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