Count Stephen Curry among the group of NBA peeps who won’t be giving up on Lonzo Ball just because he’s struggling to leave a dent on the offensive end through the quarterpole of his rookie season. Los Angeles Clippers head coach Doc Rivers most recently spoke up in support of the 20-year-old point guard. And [...]
November 29, 2017
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Marc Gasol won’t be accepting any responsibility for the Memphis Grizzlies firing David Fizdale on Monday. Many are of the mind that his less-than-warm relationship with the head coach contributed to the decision just as much, if not more, than the team’s recent 2-11 stretch. The two have apparently been on rocky terms for quite some [...]
November 29, 2017
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Mike Krzyzewski was not at all surprised when Kyrie Irving requested a trade from the Cleveland Cavaliers over the summer, and he’s most definitely not surprised to see the point guard thriving with the Boston Celtics. Krzyzewski, who coached Irving while he was at Duke, told The Boston Globe he could always sense that there was more [...]
November 29, 2017
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Dwyane Wade isn’t sweating the recent twist and turns his NBA career has taken. With the Cleveland Cavaliers facing off against the Miami Heat on Tuesday night, these past couple days have no doubt incited some level of reflection in the shooting guard. He spent his first 13 years in the NBA with the Heat. [...]
November 29, 2017
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Blood-clot issues prematurely ended Chris Bosh’s NBA career, but his condition won’t keep him away from the game of basketball. It also hasn’t driven him to consider entering the coaching ranks. From the South Florida Sun-Sentinel‘s Ira Winderman (via HoopsHype): Chris Bosh on what’s next: “Probably not coaching. It’s always very interesting. I’m always going to be [...]
November 29, 2017
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The proverbial you-know-what has been hitting the fan in Memphis the past few weeks. The Grizzlies, currently losers of eight straight games, fired their head coach David Fizdale yesterday after he benched Marc Gasol and are now dealing with rumors of blowing the team up. According to Chris Mannix of Yahoo Sports, it appears other [...]
November 29, 2017
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Rudy Gobert has made his feelings be known a few times about his distaste for how former Jazz star and current Boston Celtic Gordon Hayward handled his decision to leave the Jazz in free agency this summer. He has also made a comment in the media and shared a classic petty social media post which [...]
November 29, 2017
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More bad news for Blake Griffin and the struggling and short-handed Los Angeles Clippers: Griffin will miss the next two months while he recovers from a sprained MCL. [tweet https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/935601533021913088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] Griffin suffered the injury in the 4th quarter of the Clippers 120-115 win over the Lakers on Monday night when a tumbling Austin Rivers landed [...]
November 28, 2017
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Marc Gasol might be relieved that the Memphis Grizzlies fired head coach David Fizdale on Monday. But some members of the Cleveland Cavaliers sure as hell aren’t. Dwyane Wade, who played under Fizdale during his time as an assistant with the Miami Heat, was the first to respond: [tweet https://twitter.com/DwyaneWade/status/935263536372174848] LeBron James, who also played [...]
November 28, 2017
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New York Knicks head coach Jeff Hornacek could be content with his team’s .500 start. Few people expected them to contend for 25-plus victories this season, even while factoring in a leap from Kristaps Porzingis. That they’re almost halfway there less than 20 games into the season, with a puncher’s chance of sticking in the [...]
November 28, 2017
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