I will be the first to admit, I thought Kyrie Irving was in for a rude awakening in his post-LeBron world after his divorce with the Cavaliers this summer. As of November 21, I couldn’t be more wrong. Irving looks every bit the role of mega star that can carry a team to championship contention [...]
November 21, 2017
Anou Enright
Ryan Bawek
Carmelo Anthony has the solution to the Oklahoma City Thunder’s crunch-time struggles on the offensive end: Paul George, Russell Westbrook and himself need to be more selfish. He expanded upon these sentiments, per the Norman Transcript‘s Fred Katz: “Too timid, we’re thinking too much,” he said. “Russ, PG, myself, we have to do a better job [...]
November 21, 2017
admin
Blogs
The New York Knicks have finally moved beyond the cloud that had been hanging over their organization with Carmelo Anthony and Phil Jackson and appear to be a playoff contender in the eastern conference with a team led by young superstar Kristaps Porzingis. They seem to be bonding more and having a lot more fun [...]
November 21, 2017
Anou Enright
Ryan Bawek
Kyrie Irving and Boston Celtics head coach Brad Stevens aren’t having any problems adjusting to one another. On the contrary, when asked about his relationship with the clipboard sage, specifically in late-game situations, Irving could only talk about how easy it has been for the two of them to forge chemistry, per the Boston Globe (via [...]
November 20, 2017
admin
Blogs
The Cavaliers seem to be pulling out of their early season swoon as winners of four straight games to improve their record to 9-7 on the season. They are in dire need of a point guard though as with Kyrie Irving leading the NBA’s premier team in Boston at the moment, Isaiah Thomas recovering from [...]
November 20, 2017
Anou Enright
Ryan Bawek
The bizarre Markelle Fultz saga in Philadelphia continues. The No. 1 pick of the 2017 NBA Draft has averaged 6.0 points, 2.3 rebounds and 1.8 assists in four appearances this season, and has been out for the past month because of soreness in his right shoulder. By now you know the story, he apparently changed [...]
November 20, 2017
Anou Enright
Ryan Bawek
Like in many other areas of his professional and personal life, LeBron James may be at the forefront of a new era of professional athletes who are outspoken about their beliefs and willing to add their commentary on controversial issues that are facing the country. The issue that has seemingly caused the most controversy and [...]
November 20, 2017
Anou Enright
Ryan Bawek
Do not try blaming head coach Terry Stotts for the Portland Trail Blazers’ unimpressive 9-7 start. Damian Lillard isn’t having it. Some fans tried to do as much within the comments section of an Instagram post promoting the team’s Saturday night date with the Sacramento Kings, which ended up being another notch in the win [...]
November 20, 2017
admin
Blogs
The Los Angeles Lakers won’t stop riding with Lonzo Ball. While the rookie point guard created waves when he didn’t join a scuffle during the Lakers’ loss to the Phoenix Suns, the team isn’t sweating it. Someone has already spoken with Ball about the situation, and head coach Luke Walton reiterated, per ESPN.com’s Ohm Youngmisuk, [...]
November 20, 2017
admin
Blogs
Kevin Durant is really happy the Golden State Warriors didn’t lose to the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday night. He wouldn’t have been able to check Joel Embiid’s Twitter timeline if they didn’t: [tweet https://twitter.com/ESPNNBA/status/932107502275190784] Well, this is just rich. Among every player in the NBA who might, quite possibly, maybe rush to Twitter immediately after [...]
November 20, 2017
admin
Blogs