Kobe Bryant can add another groundbreaking accomplishment in a life full of them. Not only did he have a hall of fame basketball career, he also won an Oscar on Sunday night. Bryant’s film, “Dear Basketball” was given the award for Best Animated Short Film at the 90th Academy Awards beating out Negative Space, Lou, [...]
Friday 23rd May 2025,
Blogs
Danilo Gallinari Out a Couple Weeks With Broken Hand
More injury woes for a Clippers team fighting to make the postseason. Starting forward and oft-injured Danilo Gallinari is back on the shelf again for the next few weeks. Gallinari has only appeared in 19 of a possible 61 games this season, averaging 15.9 points per game after signing a three-year, $64 million deal this [...]
Crankiness in Memphis: Marc Gasol Doesn’t Have Patience for Grizzlies’ Tank
Marc Gasol was not a happy camper on Wednesday, with the Memphis Grizzlies entering their tilt against the Phoenix Suns having lost 10 straight. He’s not about to feel any better now, knowing they lost again, to make it 11 straight letdowns. Here’s what Big Spain had to say, per the Commercial Appeal (via Bleacher Report’s Tyler [...]
Some NBA Execs Think Lakers’ Brandon Ingram will be Better Than 76ers’ Ben Simmons
Brandon Ingram has been good lately. How good, you ask? So good, he has certain people around the NBA believing he’ll be better than Rookie of the Year favorite Ben Simmons. From The Ringer’s Kevin O’Connor (h/t Lakers Nation): Brandon Ingram is rolling. A few execs told me at @SloanSportsConf they think Ingram will end [...]
Hassan Whiteside Spoke to Heat Coach Erik Spoelstra About His Unhappiness with Role
Everything is cool between Hassan Whiteside and Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra. Finally. Whiteside and the Heat entered the All-Star break traversing what appeared to be a slippery slope. He was averaging under 25 minutes per game in the nine contests leading into the midseason sabbatical and was, by many appearances, visibly unhappy with [...]
LeBron Averages Triple-Double for Month of February
LeBron James is 33 years, in his 15th season in the NBA and he still is playing at an elite level. He is averaging the most assists of any year of his NBA career with 9.0 and the second most rebounds per game at 8.4. He also just became the 1st member of the 30k-8k-8k [...]
Derrick Rose’s Camp Hopes Thunder will Sign Him—But OKC, Like Rest of NBA, Isn’t Biting
Derrick Rose has yet to find another NBA home after being traded from the Cleveland Cavaliers to the Utah Jazz and getting subsequently waived. And he might not get his next opportunity until 2018-19. Bleacher Report’s Ken Berger staged a fantastic deep dive into Rose’s status within the NBA, both immediately and long term. Among [...]
Harden: This is our Year for Sure
The Houston Rockets are having quite the season thus far, at 47-13 they currently possess the best record in the NBA and have the No. 1 seed in the western conference by way of tiebreaker over the Golden State Warriors. They are also an incredible 30-1 when their three best players, James Harden, Chris Paul [...]
76ers Waive Booker to Sign Illyasova, Pacers to Sign Booker
Trevor Booker never really fit as a member of the Philadelphia 76ers. As the asset returned in the Jahlil Okafor trade with the Brooklyn Nets in December, Booker’s hustle play and inconsistency at being able to stretch the floor at the four position made him a poor fit for a team who already has a [...]
Los Angeles Lakers Rookie Josh Hart Suffered Fracture in Left Hand During Team Practice
Josh Hart’s standout rookie season may have just reached an abrupt end. The 22-year-old newbie suffered a fracture in his left hand during a Los Angeles Lakers team practice on Wednesday. It’s not immediately clear how much time he’ll miss as a result, per ESPN.com’s Ohm Youngmisuk: Los Angeles Lakers rookie Josh Hart suffered a fractured left fourth [...]
