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Year of the Triple-Double

Year of the Triple-Double

The triple-double, once a mystique filled achievement that wasn’t seen on a nightly basis has almost become routine business these days as a number of players are messing around and getting a triple-double even more than Ice Cube. As of March 14, there have been an incredible 86 triple-doubles and counting during the 2016-17 season [...]

March 16, 2017 Anou Enright Ryan Bawek 0

Alvin Gentry To Be Fired If Pelicans Don’t Finish Strong

Alvin Gentry To Be Fired If Pelicans Don’t Finish Strong

The experiment in the Big Easy hasn’t been an easy transition for Anthony Davis and Demarcus Cousins thus far. The Pelicans, who were 2.5 games out of the No. 8 seed at the All-Star break when they made the blockbuster deal, are now 5.5 games out and basically eliminated from postseason contention. That does not [...]

March 16, 2017 Anou Enright Ryan Bawek 0

Avery Bradley Says Al Horford ‘Might Be’ Celtics’ Best Passer, and He’s Probably Right

Avery Bradley Says Al Horford ‘Might Be’ Celtics’ Best Passer, and He’s Probably Right

Al Horford has always been among the best passing bigs in the NBA. But he’s taken it to a whole new level this season, his first with the Boston Celtics. While Horford’s scoring and usage are down from last year, his assist percentage has skyrocketed to 24. 2, more than seven point’s higher than his [...]

March 16, 2017 admin Blogs 0

Matt Barnes Will Join Golden State Warriors as Kevin Durant ‘Fill-In’

Matt Barnes Will Join Golden State Warriors as Kevin Durant ‘Fill-In’

Do not fear Kevin Durant’s absence, Golden State Warriors fans. Matt Barnes is here to save the day. According to ESPN.com’s Chris Haynes and Marc Stein, the Warriors plan to sign the 36-year-old Barnes, who was released by the Sacramento Kings following the DeMarcus Cousins trade, as a way of beginning to replace everything they [...]

March 1, 2017 admin Blogs 0

New York Knicks Plan to Chase Jrue Holiday in Free Agency (Poor Jrue Holiday)

New York Knicks Plan to Chase Jrue Holiday in Free Agency (Poor Jrue Holiday)

In the event you thought the New York Knicks doubling down on the triangle, waiving Brandon Jennings and signing Chasson Randle signaled something of a quasi-traditional rebuild, well, LOL. Knicks are forever gonna Knicks, peddling the idea that they’re somehow close to being a good basketball team. Their latest plan to complete an insta-rebuild: chase [...]

February 28, 2017 admin Blogs 0

Doc Rivers: “It’s Tough for me to call a grown man ‘Boogie’

Doc Rivers: “It’s Tough for me to call a grown man ‘Boogie’

While I think Boogie is an apt and wonderful nickname for the supremely gifted, highly mercurial Demarcus Cousins, not everyone agrees. Los Angeles Clippers Head Coach Doc Rivers for instance, is not on the Boogie train one could say. When Rivers was asked about the Pelicans trade for Cousins on Saturday he seemed more interested [...]

February 27, 2017 Anou Enright Offbeat 0

NBA Trade Deadline 2017 Round-Up

NBA Trade Deadline 2017 Round-Up

Weeks and months of intense trade chatter came to ahead Thursday afternoon as the 2017 NBA trade deadline has come and passed. While All-Star weekend had a blockbuster conclusion as the host city acquired one of the 10 most talented and productive players in the game in DeMarcus Cousins, the final two days before the [...]

February 24, 2017 Anou Enright Blogs 0

Should the Pacers Trade Paul George?

Should the Pacers Trade Paul George?

As we rapidly approach the 2017 NBA trade deadline, the rumor mill is starting to intensify by the minute and some real player and draft pick movement is actually happening. Now that one mega deal has already taken place and the go to “star who could be traded” mantle that Demarcus Cousins had held for [...]

February 23, 2017 Anou Enright Ryan Bawek 0

Pistons Coach Stan Van Gundy (Sort of) Quashes Andre Drummond Trade Rumors

Pistons Coach Stan Van Gundy (Sort of) Quashes Andre Drummond Trade Rumors

For the first time in his NBA career, Andre Drummond finds himself immersed in trade rumors. None of which will ever materialize into anything real. This, at least, is the stance Detroit Pistons head coach and president Stan Van Gundy assumed, per Pistons.com’s Keith Langlois: But Van Gundy dispelled any notion that Drummond was being [...]

February 22, 2017 admin Blogs 0

Boston Celtics Remain Fixated on Trading for Jimmy Butler and Paul George

Boston Celtics Remain Fixated on Trading for Jimmy Butler and Paul George

Do you buy into the notion that the Chicago Bulls aren’t shopping Jimmy Butler? Or that the Indiana Pacers won’t even listen to Paul George offers with the possibility of signing him to a designated extension, should he qualify, still in play? The Boston Celtics sure don’t. Or maybe they’re just hoping against hope things [...]

February 22, 2017 admin Blogs 0