Dwyane Wade may now be a member of the Cleveland Cavaliers, but he plans on donning a Miami Heat Jersey one more time before he retires, whenever that may be. As he told the Associated Press‘ Tim Reynolds: “Miami, the door’s always unlocked,” Wade told AP. “One day I want to retire in a Miami Heat [...]
September 28, 2017
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Building up self-esteem is part and parcel of mentoring young NBA players. And, well, Ramon Sessions is doing one helluva job boosting the ego of New York Knicks rookie Frank Ntilikina. Although training camp is barely underway, and although Ntilikina is just 19 years old, and although Sessions hasn’t really spent that much time around [...]
September 28, 2017
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The Oklahoma City Thunder have already done what the New York Knicks never could, or never wanted to, or never realized they should have done: officially move Carmelo Anthony to the power forward position. Best of all, the Thunder have the 10-time All-Star’s blessing to do it, per ESPN.com’s Royce Young: “I’ve been playing the [...]
September 28, 2017
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LeBron James is stoked Dwyane Wade chose to sign with the Cleveland Cavaliers. This comes as a surprise to no one. The two are noted bros. They made four trips to the NBA Finals together with the Miami Heat. Everyone had Wade penciled in as a member of the Cavaliers before he ever reached a [...]
September 28, 2017
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JaMychal Green and the Memphis Grizzlies do not appear close to finding common ground. The 27-year-old is the best free agent on the market, someone who many expected to secure a fat offer sheet from aggressive rivals. But the market turned on restricted free agents—just ask Nerlens Noel. And now, he remains unsigned, despite training [...]
September 27, 2017
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The triangle offense is forever in New York. What, you didn’t think the Knicks would just stop running it because the system’s biggest advocate, Phil Jackson, is no longer in charge, did you? Because they haven’t. Kristaps Porzingis made that much clear after Tuesday’s practice, per Newsday‘s Al Iannazzone: [tweet https://twitter.com/Al_Iannazzone/status/912708704277028865] This obviously sounds bad, because [...]
September 27, 2017
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Reunited and it feels so good, reunited like I knew we would… LeBron James and Dwyane Wade are back together on a basketball court once again, if only for a year. After being bought out by the Bulls, Wade didn’t take long to agree to a one-year, $2.3 million deal with the Cavaliers. [tweet https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/912791563490566145] [...]
September 27, 2017
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Gary Harris and the Denver Nuggets seem poised to make their commitment to one another official. According to CBS Sports’ Matt Moore, the two sides are “very close” to hashing out an extension before the Oct. 16 deadline: [tweet https://twitter.com/HPbasketball/status/912748073557938178] Locking up Harris now is a great move for the Nuggets. His asking price clearly [...]
September 27, 2017
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It was all a ruse. Or so Kyrie Irving says. Remember when he stirred up the masses by copping to being a flat-earth truther on the Road Trippin’ podcast? Well, apparently, he was just kidding, as he told The Toucher and Rich Show: [tweet https://twitter.com/Toucherandrich/status/912390637726650368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fftw.usatoday.com%2F2017%2F09%2Fnba-celtics-kyrie-irving-flat-earth-trolling] Jaylen Brown is going to be so upset. He didn’t necessarily commit [...]
September 26, 2017
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T.J. Warren has somewhat of a throwback NBA game, he does most of his damage from mid-range and excels in the open court. He is what I refer to as an “offensive opportunist” as a guy who has a knack for being around the ball and putting himself in positions on the floor that set [...]
September 26, 2017
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