The Morris brothers, Marcus and Markieff, and the Washington Wizards and Boston Celtics organizations will not have to worry about any fallout from the assault charges filed against them stemming from an incident in Phoenix in 2015 as they were acquitted of all charges according to a Maricopa County Superior Court. [tweet https://twitter.com/courtpio/status/915346657054662656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] As alluded [...]
October 4, 2017
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The 2017-18 Boston Celtics will look a lot different than the 2016-17 Boston Celtics that were the No. 1 seed in the eastern conference and made the eastern conference finals. 11 of the 15 players on the Celtics roster will be new, including four of their five starters. One of the few players that was [...]
October 4, 2017
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At 21 years old (soon to be 22) Karl Anthony Towns is already one of the top 20 players in the NBA and shows all of the ability, work ethic and mentality to be one of the truly special players in this league. He was the player that received the most All-NBA votes last season [...]
October 4, 2017
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As the No.1 pick in what was, one would project, a very deep NBA Draft class, the 76ers have invested a lot in Markelle Fultz and are counting on him to be a cornerstone of their franchise. Fultz is known for his effortless ability to score in a variety of ways including from deep as [...]
October 3, 2017
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The NBA All-Star has grown very stale in recent years as players and fans seem uninterested and the game has not been the exciting culmination of a fun weekend that it used to be. The NBA is about to change that and is completely switching the manner in which teams will be made for the [...]
October 3, 2017
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Chris Paul is probably disappointed Carmelo Anthony didn’t end up on the Houston Rockets, but he seems more annoyed that his friend isn’t viewed more favorably outside immediate NBA circles. Paul was asked about Anthony ahead of the Rockets’ matchup with the Oklahoma City Thunder, because, obviously. And, naturally, he jumped to Melo’s defense, per [...]
October 3, 2017
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By the time Klay Thompson signs his next contract, he may be ready to follow Kevin Durant’s lead. Durant, last season’s NBA Finals MVP, accepted almost $10 million less than he was eligible to earn in 2017-18 so that the Golden State Warriors wouldn’t blink at bringing back their entire core. And it seems Thompson, [...]
October 3, 2017
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Tristan Thompson appears to be taking the news that Kevin Love will replace him as the Cleveland Cavaliers’ starting center really well. Like, really, really, really ridiculously well. His response to the move, per ESPN.com’s Dave McMenamin: “I’m going to go for Sixth Man of the Year, put myself in position to do that,” Thompson [...]
October 3, 2017
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Everyone entered the NBA preseason wondering how the league’s teams and players would handle the national anthem. The Association is explicitly against kneeling or sitting during it, but the NBA is the most progressive professional sporting entity in North America. Surely its players would do something. And some did. The Denver Nuggets, for instance, locked [...]
October 2, 2017
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The New York Knicks’ $71 million man has high hopes for this season. And he might be the only one. From the New York Daily News‘ Justin Tasch: Returning Knick Tim Hardaway Jr.’s intentions are pure, but this comment immediately conjures up images of former Indianapolis Colts coach Jim Mora’s famous playoffs rant from 2001. “My [...]
October 2, 2017
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