It has been a long, frustrating journey through the NBA abyss for “Born Ready” Lance Stephenson ever since he decided to leave the Indiana Pacers and sign a three-year, $27 million contract with the Charlotte Hornets in the summer of 2014. After being a breakout star and valuable play maker for a Pacers team that [...]
March 30, 2017
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Carmelo Anthony was super cryptic following the New York Knicks’ Wednesday night loss to the Miami Heat. He referenced “seeing the writing on the wall,” being “at peace” with how the team is finishing and all that good stuff. Here’s the skinny, per ESPN.com’s Ian Begley: “I see the writing on the wall. I see [...]
March 30, 2017
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The Golden State Warriors have an update on Kevin Durant’s recovery from a sprained MCL he suffered against the Washington Wizards in February. He’s going to be okay. Fine, here’s the actual update: [tweet https://twitter.com/WarriorsPR/status/847161447125864449] Clips of Durant getting shots up have surfaced on Twitter, so this was inevitable. Still, for the Warriors, it’s good [...]
March 30, 2017
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2017 has been very good to the Washington Wizards. The Wiz have been 30-12 since the new year began, and have undergone a complete transformation from being a huge disappointment rife with chemistry issues that started 2-8, to a 46-28 division-winner and possible No. 1 seed in the eastern conference. [tweet https://twitter.com/WashWizards/status/846947487910957057] Pretty incredible this [...]
March 30, 2017
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Selecting the NBA’s Coach of the Year is always tough, but it’s going to be particularly hard this year. Three main candidates have emerged from the thicket of sideline-stalkers: Mike D’Antoni of the Houston Rockets; Erik Spoelstra of the Miami Heat; and Gregg Popovich of the San Antonio Spurs. For his money, Golden State Warriors [...]
March 29, 2017
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NBA commissioner Adam Silver is committed to having a female head coach in the Association in the near future. He made that much clear while talking about the league’s “LeanIn.org” campaign, per ESPN.com’s Ohm Youngmisuk: NBA commissioner Adam Silver told ESPN he believes there will be a female head coach in his league, and he wants [...]
March 29, 2017
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Jimmy Butler knows how the media game is played. We ask him a non-inflammatory question. He gives a seemingly innocuous answer. But if either the question or answer (or both) is centered around a big name, his response has the potential to go viral and come back to hurt him on the court. Exhibit A, [...]
March 29, 2017
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James Harden, by his own admittance, is in pain. He’s dealing with a left wrist injury, one that visibly factored into his 5-of-20 shooting performance during the Houston Rockets’ Tuesday night loss to the Golden State Warriors. Perhaps it’s a good time for him to take a few games off and get right for the playoffs. [...]
March 29, 2017
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Paul George wasn’t happy following the Indiana Pacers’ Tuesday night loss, at home, to the Minnesota Timberwolves. He was mad. Upset. Straight pissed off. And he was even more frustrated that the rest of his team wasn’t matching his anger. Per the Indianapolis Star‘s Nate Taylor and Nuvo.net’s Jon R. LaFollette: [tweet https://twitter.com/JonFilet/status/846906520050774016] [tweet https://twitter.com/ByNateTaylor/status/846909815964286976] Good thing [...]
March 29, 2017
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In a league where healthy star players occasionally rest, causing league commissioner Adam Silver to send a memo to teams, we do have some key guys who are always out there. Ironically, the two guys who are leading the MVP race have played in every game this season. That’s right, James Harden and Russell Westbrook [...]
March 29, 2017
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