The fallout from Bryan Colangelo’s alleged involvement with burner Twitter accounts is raging on—just not in the way you might have thought. Despite contemplating his dismissal as the result of an explosive report from The Ringer’s Ben Detrick, the Philadelphia 76ers’ now apparently believe their team president had no prior knowledge of social media aliases he [...]
LeBron James holds the Golden State Warriors in high regard—so much so, he compared them to the New England Patriots following their Game 3 victory over his Cleveland Cavaliers. Here’s his postgame clip, via NBA TV: LeBron has a point here—a salient one. Yes, the Warriors got 43 points on hyper-efficient shooting from Kevin Durant. [...]
The Dallas Mavericks apparently don’t have any interest in trying to sign DeAndre Jordan this summer if he opts out of the final year of his contract with the Los Angeles Clippers. I wonder why. From the Dallas Morning News‘ Eddie Sefko: What do you make of this DeAndre Jordan chatter? Would the Mavs seriously be [...]
LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers find themselves back in the position they have been the last 3 years in the NBA Finals against the Golden State Warriors: down 0-2 after two losses in Oakland. In 2017 they ended up losing the series in 5, while in 2016, they miraculously came back from a 2-0 [...]
June 5, 2018
Anou Enright
Ryan Bawek
LeBron James continues to elevate his legacy at the pinnacle of his sport, even though it is looking more likely than not that he may fall to the juggernaut Warriors once again in the 2018 NBA Finals. After one of the greatest NBA Finals and NBA Playoffs performances in league history in Game 1 as [...]
June 4, 2018
Anou Enright
Ryan Bawek
It’s starting to seem like Bryan Colangelo has no hope of keeping his job with the Philadelphia 76ers. On the heels of an explosive report from The Ringer’s Ben Detrick, the team commissioned an outside firm to investigate claims that its franchise president used a handful of burner accounts to execute self-serving agendas that included [...]
Klay Thompson won’t let his left leg injury prevent him from playing in Game 2 of the NBA Finals. This news comes after he and the Golden State Warriors were thrown for a bit of scare in Game 1. Midway through the first quarter, J.R. Smith collided with Thompson’s left leg. Thompson immediately fell to [...]
Well, that didn’t take a long. The Houston Rockets aren’t yet a full five days into their offseason, and Chris Paul is already thinking about next year. More specifically, he’s already thinking about playing with LeBron James. And his recruitment process is officially underway, according to The New York Times‘ Marc Stein: Don’t get me wrong: [...]
The Cleveland Cavaliers are the largest NBA Finals underdog since the 2001 Philadelphia 76ers. The year that Philadelphia made the NBA Finals was my first year with the team, I went from intern to Scouting Coordinator that season. One question that was, and still is, often asked of me – “Did you guys really believe [...]
June 1, 2018
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Brad Leinbach
Though the Houston Rockets have been mentioned as contenders in this summer’s LeBron James sweepstakes, he’s not the only superstar for which they have eyes. Add Paul George to their list. From Rockets Wire’s Kelly Iko: In addition to the Rockets’ longstanding interest in free agent-to-be LeBron James, another noteworthy longtime target of general manager [...]