Some might be ready to give up on Paul George and the Oklahoma City Thunder. But, according to George, they aren’t ready to give up on themselves—not even after falling to the slumping Charlotte Hornets on Monday night. From ESPN.com’s Royce Young: “For the talent that we have, obviously this is not where we want [...]
December 12, 2017
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Dion Waiters has never been one to lack confidence or hold his tongue for that matter. Waiters’ efficiency is down a little bit this season after career-highs in a contract year for the Heat in 2016-17 (shocker) and there is some chatter whether the team would be better suited bringing him off the bench. Waiters [...]
December 12, 2017
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Matt Barnes has been controversial his entire NBA career. The classic guy that you loved to play with but hated to play against. Barnes played for nine different teams in 14 NBA seasons. Because of his inability to catch on with an NBA roster thus far this season, Barnes announced his retirement from the NBA [...]
December 12, 2017
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The Los Angeles Clippers got a much needed home win over the Washington Wizards on Saturday night, 113-112. Not without some controversy though. The Wizards got the ball trailing by one with 1.2 seconds left and inbounded the ball to Bradley Beal, who made what appeared to be a game-winning shot, but after the buzzer [...]
December 11, 2017
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In case you were unaware, Kevin Garnett doesn’t have the best relationship with Minnesota Timberwolves Owner Glen Taylor and the organization these days. Garnett has a rift with Taylor because when he was traded back to the T’Wolves in 2015 he was promised a role with Flip Saunders in the front office upon his retirement [...]
December 11, 2017
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Michael Beasley doesn’t have a very large role for the Knicks and as such he doesn’t get many opportunities for minutes on most nights. He decided to make the very most (or least depending on how you view it) of his limited time on Sunday by fouling out as soon as possible. He picked up [...]
December 11, 2017
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Ryan Bawek
The NBA’s push to become a more global product continues as some big news broke on the day that the 2017 Mexico games began with the match-up of the Oklahoma City Thunder and Brooklyn Nets. There will be an NBA G-League team in Mexico City. Here is a quote from Marc Stein of the New [...]
December 8, 2017
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Ryan Bawek
It has been a rough few days for the Charlotte Hornets. After learning that their head coach and leader Steve Clifford will be taking a leave of absence for personal health reasons and being manhandled at home by a very lethal Kevin Durant at his most dangerous, they will now be without their highly underrated [...]
December 8, 2017
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The Utah Jazz need to thank someone other than the members of the Denver Nuggets’ front office for Donovan Mitchell’s arrival. Sure, the Nuggets made what now looks like an inexplicable draft-day trade, accepting Trey Lyles and Tyler Lydon, two power forwards, for the 21-year-old swingman. But, as it turns out, he might not have [...]
December 8, 2017
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No one on the New York Knicks is happier the triangle offense has met its doom than…Courtney Lee’s stat sheet. The 32-year-old swingman is having one helluva year, averaging 13.1 points, 3.6 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1.4 steals on 49.8 percent shooting, including a 46.5 percent three-point clip—all of which are career highs. In an [...]
December 8, 2017
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