Detroit made one of the moves of the summer by trading for Brandon Jennings, but will be without his services to start the season. Jennings is being sidelined for about 3 weeeks with a bad…tooth. The PG has bum wisdom tooth that is causing some other issues. The good news is that he won’t miss that [...]
October 15, 2013
Anou Enright
Rumors
Just because Derrick Rose is back in the lineup doesn’t necessarily mean that all is well in Chicago. According to a Yahoo! report, there is a rift going on between Tom Thibodeau and Bulls brass. It has to do with personnel moves that were made that Thibs hasn’t been comfortable with. There will always be [...]
October 15, 2013
Anou Enright
Rumors
This is a normal occurrence in the NFL, but in the NBA? Teammates fighting during practice? What’s this all about? The Nets’ Andray Blatche and Mirza Teletovic got into during a recent Nets practice and had to be separated. With Kevin Garnett now in town and the new vocal leader, I wonder what his message [...]
October 14, 2013
Anou Enright
Rumors
One could argue Andrea Bargnani was the face of the Toronto Raptors for seven years. That’s both good and bad for Raptors fans. While some loved the big man around, others seemed to be done with him. Either way, he was shipped off the New York during the offseason. Raptors coach Dwane Casey doesn’t seem [...]
October 11, 2013
Anou Enright
Rumors
Analyst have projected the Lakers finish towards the bottom half of the Western Conference, and out of the playoff picture. Needless to say, that didn’t sit well with fans and the players. But when you take a look at their roster, age and injuries, is it really far off? Aside from Kobe, another big question [...]
October 11, 2013
Anou Enright
Rumors
The Detroit Pistons will without a doubt be one of the more interesting teams this year. With the moves they made, they’ll be fun to watch and should return to the playoffs in the East. But they’ll have to get going without Rodney Stuckey. Stuckey is out indefinitely after breaking his thumb in a car [...]
October 11, 2013
Anou Enright
Rumors
Earlier today, it was announced that Doris Burke will be joining ESPN’s NBA Countdown studio team. Hours later, Magic Johnson announces he is leaving ESPN. I’m sure the two events are completely unrelated, but it’s interesting that they’d both be announced on the same day. Magic has his hands in just about everything, so it’s a [...]
October 10, 2013
Anou Enright
Rumors
Much was made of Marcus Camby joining the Houston Rockets. His veteran leadership and size was supposed to help make the Houston front line mean. But that experiment didn’t even make it to the preseason. Camby is out indefinitely with a torn plantar fascia. He’s out for a minimum of 2 weeks and as unknown [...]
October 10, 2013
Anou Enright
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Last week, Kobe Bryant decided to head to Germany for one of those super-secret knee procedures. And all this time we thought his Achilles was the problem. An interesting wrinkle in the story is that Mike D’Antoni reportedly didn’t know Bryant was leaving. If true, that really speaks to the control coach has over his [...]
October 9, 2013
Anou Enright
Rumors
Nothing worse than injuries to key players right before the start of a season. Portland is finding that out now. And with the seriousness surrounding head injuries, it will be interesting to see what happens here. Nicolas Batum is out with a concussion he sustained during practice, and there’s no current timetable for his return. However, [...]
October 9, 2013
Anou Enright
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