At 5-15, owners of the NBA’s third-worst record, the Dallas Mavericks could just roll over and steer into the season-long tank. Catching up with the league-low Chicago Bulls for top lottery odds will be a challenge, but a mere game separates the two right now. Play their cards right, and the Mavericks could enter this [...]
November 27, 2017
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One benefit to Kyrie Irving’s departure from the Cleveland Cavaliers: We get to see a more aggressive LeBron James down the stretch. Not that James has been particularly passive late in games through years past. He’s always struck a nice balance. His first inclination is too pass, so he often does, and he’s spent the [...]
November 27, 2017
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John Wall is a member of the top five point guards in the NBA (in my opinion) that gets talked about the least. He is a lightning quick guard with elite athleticism who pushes the paces and does almost everything at a high level at the position, averaging about 20 points, 10 assists and four [...]
November 27, 2017
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Giannis Antetokounmpo has a mean streak…apparently. The Milwaukee Bucks fell to the shorthanded Utah Jazz on Saturday night, 121-108, and their early MVP candidate wasn’t happy. At one point, he took out his frustrations on a little old, unsuspecting chair: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WX_GUhoENmk That’s not all he did, though. He also starting yelling at Bucks assistant coach [...]
November 27, 2017
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There are three things that are absolute certainties in life: death, taxes and the San Antonio Spurs making the playoffs. That is of course a play off of the quote by current Washington Wizards Head Coach Scott Brooks, who said a version of that a few years back, which is a play on the quote [...]
November 27, 2017
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Joel Embiid is a man of many words, talents and tweets. He is one of the most mesmerizing talents and personalities the NBA has seen in some time and has led the 76ers to a surprising 11-7 start to the season by averaging 22.4 points, 11.2 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.8 blocks per game. He [...]
November 27, 2017
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The Knicks seemed to finally be turning the corner this off-season, they decided to move on from Phil Jackson and they drafted a great defensive point guard of the future in Frank Ntilkina, they even traded Carmelo Anthony and got some value in return. But they also did one very Knicks thing: sign Tim Hardaway [...]
November 27, 2017
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The Nuggets chances to return to the playoffs in 2018 just took a big hit. According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, the Nuggets veteran power forward and big-time free agency acquisition is expected to miss 3 months of actions after undergoing surgery on his injured wrist. [tweet https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/933124886742134784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] Paul Millsap suffered the injury in the 2nd [...]
November 22, 2017
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Hassan Whiteside doesn’t agree with Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra. Or Dion Waiters. Or Goran Dragic. Sensing a pattern here? Coach Spo and Waiters recently riffed on the Heat’s screen-setting issues, a direct form of commentary on Whiteside’s play. And now Dragic has come out with similar sentiments, per the Palm Peach Post‘s Anthony Chiang: [...]
November 22, 2017
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Ready for the non-surprise of the year? Okay, here it goes: LaVar Ball isn’t happy with how the Los Angeles Lakers are coaching his son, Lonzo Ball. Totally shocking, I know. Like, completely out of left field. No one saw this coming. (Note: Everyone saw this coming.) Consider what Papa Ball said, per Bleacher Report’s [...]
November 22, 2017
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