The Dallas Mavericks are owners of the NBA’s fourth-worst record, but head coach Rick Carlisle doesn’t care. Okay, fine. He cares. But he still loves this team more than most of his other squads, per Mavs.com’s Earl K. Sneed: [tweet https://twitter.com/EarlKSneed/status/821504321787490304] We’ll go ahead and assume the title-winning group from 2011 is higher up there than the [...]
January 18, 2017
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Why yes, Carmelo Anthony and Phil Jackson are still making headlines. Anthony got his long-awaited meeting with the New York Knicks president on Tuesday, and the returns weren’t great. ESPN.com’s Ramona Shelburne has the deets: [tweet https://twitter.com/ramonashelburne/status/821445802979532801] [tweet https://twitter.com/ramonashelburne/status/821452476360470528] [tweet https://twitter.com/ramonashelburne/status/821452583776624640] [tweet https://twitter.com/ramonashelburne/status/821461837522685953] The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski confirmed Shelburne’s findings, though he painted a more [...]
January 18, 2017
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Isaiah Thomas is truly having a magical season for the Boston Celtics. He is the go-to player and closer for one of the better teams in the NBA. We have already broken down the historical ramifications of his performance this season when compared to other NBA players of his size (he is 5’8″) and how [...]
January 18, 2017
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The Golden State Warriors broke ground on the construction of their new arena on Tuesday, which presented a chance for people to both lament the team’s relocation and ask owner Joe Lacob about the future. Kevin Durant’s future was among the topics presented, and Lacob made it perfectly clear that he doesn’t envision the 2013-14 MVP [...]
January 18, 2017
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For those Los Angeles Clippers fans who assumed the worst after Chris Paul left the team’s victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder with a left thumb injury on Monday, your fears have been confirmed. According to Dan Woike of the Orange County Register, Paul will miss the next six to eight weeks with a torn ligament in [...]
January 18, 2017
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The Los Angeles Clippers are holding their breath, sort of. Chris Paul left late in the second quarter of the Los Angeles Clippers’ Tuesday night victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder with a sprained right thumb. He did not return, and though X-rays came back negative, the team is awaiting further news, per ESPN.com’s Andrew Han: [...]
January 17, 2017
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The Carmelo Anthony-Phil Jackson saga is soldiering on. In the aftermath of a scathing column written by Jackson confidant Charley Rosen, the prevailing sentiments call for Anthony to waive his no-trade clause so that the New York Knicks can begin rebuilding around Kristaps Porzingis without him. Though Jackson has yet to confirm Rosen is not an [...]
January 17, 2017
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Rajon Rondo doesn’t think highly of last season’s Sacramento Kings. But he still has complete faith in himself. Some don’t think a player of Rondo’s ilk can be valuable in today’s NBA. He needs the ball in his hands to be effective, doesn’t shoot threes, can eat up the shot clock by over-dribbling, and no longer [...]
January 17, 2017
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Anthony Davis has only missed four games this season, but it feels like so much more—perhaps because he keeps being forced out of contests early with various injuries. During the New Orleans Pelicans’ loss to the Indiana Pacers, for instance, Davis left the floor in the third quarter following a scary fall and didn’t return [...]
January 17, 2017
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There has been a trend in recent seasons of the NBA for the most outstanding performers in their role to be voted on and chosen by their peers. In recent years the NBA Executive of the Year has been voted on and decided by NBA executives and the players have staged their own awards show [...]
January 16, 2017
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