This new age of the NBA is one where former players have been mentoring the young bucks. Hakeem Olajuwon has been working on low post moves with current players so much that the Rockets officially hired him to do so with Dwight Howard. John Wall, fresh off of a max contract extension with the Wizards, [...]
August 6, 2013
Anou Enright
Rumors
Just because the Detroit Pistons acquired Brandon Jennings last week, that doesn’t mean they’ve lost interest in Rajon Rondo. Previously, the Pistons were rumored to be interested in both young PGs, but ended up with Jennings. According to reports, Detroit still has their eye on Rondo and could use Jennings as a chip to land [...]
August 5, 2013
Anou Enright
Rumors
Ever since being traded to the Hornets as part of the Chris Paul deal, Eric Gordon has never been the same. He was one of the promising young rising stars, but the injury bug has taken a toll on him. The Pelicans have an excited young roster on paper, if everyone can stay healthy. In [...]
August 5, 2013
Anou Enright
Rumors
Yesterday, the Washington Wizards held a press conference to discuss John Wall’s new max contract extension. Wall is everything to the franchise right now so they did what they had to do. Wall is usually a dry interview and doesn’t typically give you much. But that wasn’t the case here. While talking about his family, [...]
August 2, 2013
Anou Enright
Rumors
Frankly, the only reason Craig Ehlo is top of mind among basketball fans is because he was the lowly individual in the video when Michael Jordan hit “the shot”, and also been the subject of some pretty amazing dunk posters by Jordan and others. But, now Ehlo has much more to think about than that. [...]
August 2, 2013
Anou Enright
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People with a lot of money do boneheaded things, but the Rockets’ Terrence Jones may have raised the bar. This also brings light to a relatively quiet offseason for the NBA, in terms of guys getting in trouble. Jones was recently arrested for allegedly kicking a homeless man sleeping on the street. Why? Just because [...]
August 1, 2013
Anou Enright
Rumors
At this point, LeBron James can do no wrong. He has silenced many of his critics by doing what they said he couldn’t. So what does he have up his sleeve for an encore? A run at president of the National Basketball Player’s Association, of course. According to ESPN, that’s exactly what LeBron is mulling [...]
August 1, 2013
Anou Enright
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Often times in the NBA, players aren’t worth the contracts they are given, but based on the current situation of the team, it becomes necessary. That may be the case with John Wall of the Wizards. Washington officially inked their point man to a max deal of $80 million over 5-years. Wall hasn’t exactly lived [...]
August 1, 2013
Anou Enright
Rumors
For a couple of years now, the growing feeling has been that Brandon Jennings was unhappy in Milwaukee. Primarily because he wanted to play in a major market. In fact, he has said as much. He also felt as if he should be a max player. While Jennings isn’t going to a major market, nor [...]
July 31, 2013
Anou Enright
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It’s easy to criticize TV analysts, but being comfortable in front of the camera on live television is much tougher than it looks. And when guys can make that transition from being an athlete, it’s pretty impressive. Throughout his career, Grant Hill has made various random stints as a guest broadcaster. In fact, he announced [...]
July 30, 2013
Anou Enright
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