Mark Cuban seems determined to upgrade his frontcourt. Even it that means giving a big man with limited offensive skillys way too much money. He’s determined to overpay for one. He nearly did so last year with DeAndre Jordan and it looks like he may with Hassan Whiteside. Whiteside came out of nowhere to have [...]
July 1, 2016
Anou Enright
Rumors
The pain of losing in the Finals to the Cavs still has be very fresh for the Warriors. Especially given they were up 3-1, lost game 7 on their home court, and won 73 regular season games. To make it worse for some of their players, they’ll have to see at least one member of [...]
June 30, 2016
Anou Enright
Rumors
All season long, rumors swirled around Chicago that Jimmy Butler and Derrick Rose weren’t exactly seeing eye to eye. Butler entered the league when Rose was the MVP, but of course, Derrick hasn’t seen much of the court since. In his time out, Butler has somewhat emerged as the face of the franchise. Perhaps that’s [...]
June 30, 2016
Anou Enright
Rumors
The Serge Ibaka for Victor Oladipo deal with a head-scratcher for many reasons. It was said that Ibaka was unhappy with his role and this move was made with the intentions of retaining Kevin Durant’s services. But there’s one problem: this deal doesn’t exactly make the Thunder better. You can argue it makes them worse. [...]
June 30, 2016
Anou Enright
Rumors
When we were first introduced to Erik Spoelstra on a grand stage, during the LeBron era in Miami, he was soundly criticized. The knocks against Spo was that he was just coasting by because he had a great team. The unfortunate consequence of having a great team is that the coach will be accused of [...]
June 30, 2016
Anou Enright
Rumors
Stephen Jackson has been out of basketball for a few years, but has been making his rounds on ESPN. He’s interesting to listen to and probably has a strong TV career looking at him if it’s something he wants to pursue full-time. But maybe that’s not quite on his mind yet, as the 38 year [...]
June 29, 2016
Anou Enright
Rumors
It’s no secret that DeMarcus Cousins appears to be unhappy in Sacramento. He continues to post gaudy numbers and make all-star games, but his team isn’t really showing much improvement. They are a perennial lottery team and last night, the Kings were the owners of the 13th pick. They decided to roll the dice on [...]
June 24, 2016
Anou Enright
Rumors
At some point, Allen Iverson has become incapable of not crying when talking about his Hall of Fame career. It’s great to see. In fact, he gets emotional thinking about how emotional he’ll be when he is actually giving his speech once he’s actually inducted into the Hall in a few months. He has rounded [...]
June 24, 2016
Anou Enright
Rumors
According to a report Thursday morning many NBA teams have taken Thon Maker off of their draft board entirely due to fears that he may actually be older than 19. Thon Maker is a native of the Sudan in Africa and moved to Australia as a refugee from the Civil War in his home country [...]
June 23, 2016
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Rumors
It’s been two full seasons since the Philadelphia 76ers drafted Joel Embiid second overall, but they’re yet to see what type of player he’ll be. Leg injuries have claimed what should’ve been his first two years in the league and the team is no doubt getting anxious. GM Bryan Colangelo is surely interested in seeing [...]
June 22, 2016
Anou Enright
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