LeBron doesn’t exactly seem to be jumping for joy over the individual awards for members of the Warriors. He praised Steph Curry for his unanimous MVP, but did so in a back-handed manner. Well, he’s not done there. LeBron doesn’t believe that Steve Kerr was deserving of Coach of the Year. He may have a [...]
May 13, 2016
Anou Enright
Rumors
Steph Curry made history by becoming the very first unanimous MVP in NBA history. He was the scoring champ, shattered his own 3-point records, and led the Warriors to an NBA best 73-win season. But not everyone is impressed. Tracy McGrady was on ESPN’s “The Jump” and wasn’t exactly oozing with praise for Curry. Rather, [...]
May 11, 2016
Anou Enright
Rumors
Before game 3 tipped off in the Air Canada Centre, Dwyane Wade made headlines for all the wrong reasons. While the Canadian national anthem was being sung, Wade was still taking practice shots. Rightfully so, he was criticized for this. At first Wade dismissed the entire ordeal in an interesting fashion. He didn’t exactly apologize, [...]
May 11, 2016
Anou Enright
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After J.B Bickerstaff informed the Rockets that he’s not interested in becoming their permanent head coach, the search has become wide open. We’ve seen jobs, like Sacramento, get filled up, so the number of available gigs is shrinking. But one name that has the Rockets attention is Kenny Smith. I’ve said for years that, on [...]
May 10, 2016
Anou Enright
Rumors
J.B. Bickerstaff took over for Kevin McHale in November after McHale was fired in the first week of the season. Bickerstaff was able to guide the team to a playoff birth despite a tumultuous season. But a first round exit at the hands of the Warriors has the team on summer vacation, and management looking [...]
May 5, 2016
Anou Enright
Rumors
According to former ESPN columnist, Grantland and creator of The Ringer, Bill Simmons has reported that the Lakers will try to package their anticipated top-three pick in the 2016 NBA Draft for Pacers star forward Paul George. Don’t get me wrong this rumor is very juicy and very Lakers as the historically great franchise believes [...]
May 4, 2016
Anou Enright
Rumors
Frank Vogel has had success in Indiana as coach of the Pacers, but every coach has a shelf life with a team. His contract is up at the end of the season, but there haven’t been any talks about a contract extension just yet. Typically, both parties would’ve gotten a new deal out of the [...]
May 2, 2016
Anou Enright
Rumors
The Clippers had championship aspirations this season, but the injury bug bit them in the worst way this season. And that’s too bad, because this was the best this core had ever looked, and that was even without Blake Griffin for much of the season. There have been talks for a few years that the [...]
May 2, 2016
Anou Enright
Rumors
The second round match-up between Kawhi Leonard’s Spurs and Kevin Durant’s Thunder promises to be a good one. The favorites heading in are the Spurs, but don’t tell OKC that. They’re more than capable of advancing past the Spurs. And in all actuality, given Kevin Durant’s pending free agency, this may be the last time [...]
April 30, 2016
Anou Enright
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According to an ESPN.com story Friday afternoon, Deron Williams plans to opt out of the final year of his contract with the Mavericks and become a free agent this summer. Williams is currently 31 and is coming off of a season in which he averaged 14.1 points and 5.8 assists on 41% shooting in 63 [...]
April 29, 2016
Anou Enright
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