Rumors

While effective, the Hack-a-Shaq strategy can really make ones eyes bleed. It can slow down a game to a screeching hault as we saw in the third quarter of some games in the first round of Clippers-Spurs. Gregg Popovich would sometimes go to that strategy in the third quarter which made the games tough to [...]

Saturday night’s Spurs-Clippers game 7 was an instant classic. It’s a shame that had to be played in the first round, as that had a Conference Finals feel to it. Chris Paul came up huge down the stretch for L.A., despite injuring his hamstring in that game. Following the game, Paul had an MRI on [...]

Next week, we should find out who will be named the 2014-15 NBA’s Most Valuable Player. It seems like forever since there was actually intrigue leading up to the decision as it has often been a foregone conclusion at this point. There are pros and cons for Steph Curry and James Harden but if you [...]

Well, it’s official. Billy Donovan is leaving the University of Florida for the OKC Thunder. Traditionally, college coaches who make the leap to the pros don’t fair too well. But with all of that talent in OKC, Donovan would have to try extremely hard to mess this up for however long he ends up having [...]

While in Minnesota, Kevin Love had been salivating for the opportunity to play in the playoffs. Once he got his shocked, Kelly Olynyk ended all of that. Love underwent shoulder surgery and is expected to miss 4-6 months. So, that brings a bunch of things in to question now. He decision whether or not to [...]

With Scott Brooks out the picture, the OKC Thunder have apparently set their sights on the college ranks for their next head coach. Florida’s Billy Donovan and UConn’s Kevin Ollie top the list. Per ESPN, OKC has engaged in formal talks with Donovan. Of course, this isn’t Donovan’s first go-’round with the NBA. He accepted [...]

Given the Rajon Rondo debacle, the Dallas Mavericks were lucky to salvage a game vs. Houston. But maybe it was a case of addition by subtraction. They are not only without Rondo, however. Chandler Parsons has been sidelined with a bad knee and it may actually be worse than anticipated. Parsons may need the dreaded [...]

In what appeared to be retaliation for Kevin Love’s injury, JR Smith smacked Jae Crowder in the face in the second half of Sunday’s game 4 win. As result Crowder also fell awkwardly and hurt his knee. On the heels of all of this, the league has handed down punishment. The Cavaliers will be without [...]

Several weeks ago, we mentioned that NBPA would be announcing awards that would be given out to players, solely voted on by the players. But up until now, we didn’t know what those awards would be. This is spearheaded by comments Kevin Durant made regarding the media having too much power. However, this will not [...]

Mike Conley took an inadvertent elbow to the face from C.J. McCollum in game 3 and left the game. The elbow was so bad he had to undergo facial surgery. It will be at least 48 hours for Memphis’ medical staff to examine Conley and see how long he’ll be out for. Needless to say, [...]