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Karl-Anthony Towns Deservedly, and Unanimously, Wins 2016 NBA Rookie of the Year

Karl-Anthony Towns Deservedly, and Unanimously, Wins 2016 NBA Rookie of the Year

Karl-Anthony Towns just followed in Stephen Curry’s footsteps. Sort of. Just like the Golden State Warriors point guard unanimously won the NBA’s 2016 MVP award, the Minnesota Timberwolves neophyte wrapped up 2016 NBA Rookie of the Year honors without facing any real challenger: Marc J. Spears of The Undefeated provided a snapshot of the voting [...]

May 16, 2016 admin Blogs 0

Blazers’ C.J. McCollum Receives Invite to USA Select Team

Blazers’ C.J. McCollum Receives Invite to USA Select Team

C.J. McCollum is officially big time. According to Cleveland.com’s Chris Haynes, the Portland Trail Blazers combo guard has a received an invitation to join the USA Select Team: #Blazers C.J. McCollum to be invited to USA Select Team, league source tells @clevelanddotcom. Canton native won Most Improved Player honor. — Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) May 10, [...]

May 11, 2016 admin Blogs 0

San Antonio Spurs Serious About Pursuing Kevin Durant in Free Agency

San Antonio Spurs Serious About Pursuing Kevin Durant in Free Agency

The San Antonio Spurs’ interest in signing Kevin Durant this summer is a thing. Apparently a real thing. We’ve thought about it. Read about it. Heard about it. Wondered whether it’s true. Talked ourselves out of it. Then back into it. Then out of it again. Would the Spurs really swing for the fences in [...]

May 6, 2016 admin Blogs 0

Blake Griffin Knew He Was In Danger of Re-Injuring Himself During NBA Playoffs

Blake Griffin Knew He Was In Danger of Re-Injuring Himself During NBA Playoffs

Blake Griffin is done for the rest of the NBA playoffs after re-aggravating a left quadriceps injury that kept him sidelined for much of the regular season. And he’s apparently not surprised. From Bleacher Report’s Kevin Ding: Griffin knew, according to league sources, there was a strong possibility he would re-tear his left quadriceps tendon [...]

April 28, 2016 admin Blogs 0

Jason Terry Promises That the Rockets Will Beat the Warriors in Game 5

Jason Terry Promises That the Rockets Will Beat the Warriors in Game 5

Jason Terry has never wanted for confidence. The Houston Rockets are down 3-1 in their first-round series against the Golden State Warriors, so they enter Wednesday’s Game 5, at Oracle Arena, in win-or-go-home-for-good mode. Terry, per Calvin Watkins, has guaranteed a win: Okay then. All NBA players are this confident—or close to it. That’s why [...]

April 27, 2016 admin Blogs 0

Celtics, Spurs, Warriors Considered Favorites to Land Kevin Durant If He Leaves OKC

Celtics, Spurs, Warriors Considered Favorites to Land Kevin Durant If He Leaves OKC

Hello again, from the Kevin Durant free-agency rumor mill! Though the Oklahoma City Thunder have yet to be eliminated from the postseason, speculation on Durant’s free agency won’t wait for the offseason. Apparently, if he leaves the Oklahoma City Thunder, he already has a few other places in mind, according to Frank Isola of the [...]

April 27, 2016 admin Blogs 0

Portland Trail Blazers Using Doubters to Fuel NBA Playoff Push

Portland Trail Blazers Using Doubters to Fuel NBA Playoff Push

No one expected the Portland Trail Blazers to make the NBA playoffs after losing four of last season’s five starters. And yet, here they are, in the postseason, all notched up with the Los Angeles Clippers in their best-of-seven series, at two games apiece, with a real chance to be more than a low-level steppingstone. [...]

April 26, 2016 admin Blogs 0

Chris Paul Likely Done for Rest of NBA Playoffs With Fractured Hand

Chris Paul Likely Done for Rest of NBA Playoffs With Fractured Hand

The first round of the NBA playoffs has claimed another superstar. During the second half of the Los Angeles Clippers’ Game 4 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers, Chris Paul exited after getting his hand caught in a jersey with what turned out to be a fractured right hand. He will most definitely need to [...]

April 26, 2016 admin Blogs 0

Dwight Howard Plans on Rockets Winning Game 5 Against Warriors

Dwight Howard Plans on Rockets Winning Game 5 Against Warriors

Dwight Howard has no plans to call it a season just yet. Following a Game 4 loss to the Golden State Warriors, the Houston Rockets are now on the brink, trailing the best regular season team in NBA history 3-1, a grave from which very few squads have ever escaped. But Howard doesn’t care. He [...]

April 25, 2016 admin Blogs 0

Shaun Livingston Hopes to Stay With Warriors ‘As Long As I Can’

Shaun Livingston Hopes to Stay With Warriors ‘As Long As I Can’

If Shaun Livingston gets his way, he’ll be with the Golden State Warriors next season. And beyond. From Diamond Leung of the Bay Area News Group: “I want to stay here as long as I can,” Livingston said. “It’s a unique and special situation. A lot of guys including myself, I want to here for [...]

April 22, 2016 admin Blogs 0