Rajon Rondo? On the Cleveland Cavaliers? Playing with LeBron James? No. Surely not. No, no, no, no, no. Hell no. Okay, maybe. From Cleveland.com’s Joe Vardon: Seated on the Bulls’ bench for the third consecutive game was Rajon Rondo, a former All-Star who signed a two-year, $27 million deal in the offseason to come to [...]
January 6, 2017
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Just when you think the Brook Lopez rumor mill has ground down to a slow, agreeable halt, here comes another stance pulling us in a different direction. From the Sporting News’ Sean Deveney: The Nets have been willing to trade Lopez all season, but interest has been limited so far. His numbers are typical of [...]
January 6, 2017
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When Andrew Bogut became a member of the Dallas Mavericks, by way of a trade from the Golden State Warriors, you always kind of knew the marriage would be temporary. Bogut turned 32 in November and is a free agent after this season. Though the Mavericks are forever obsessed with making the most of Dirk [...]
January 5, 2017
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Believe it or not we are already approaching the mid-way point of the NBA season and All-Star weekend is right around the corner. This year’s game is returning to New Orleans for the third time since 2008 after it was moved from its original location of Charlotte after the controversial HB2 law or “Bathroom Bill” [...]
January 5, 2017
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It has been a very up and down second season for the former No. 10 pick of the 2015 NBA Draft and collegiate national champion, Justise Winslow. He has at times looked like he was making the second-year leap into being a dependable starter. He had the best game of his young career on December [...]
January 5, 2017
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Pistons Head Coach has never been one to shy away from sharing his unfiltered opinion whether it is concerning his team, opposing teams, the officials or even on political matters. To no one’s surprise he has no problem sharing his frustration with the Pistons defensive woes over the past month or so. Here is him [...]
January 5, 2017
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Marquesse Chriss is going to be one of those rookies from this class who will be forgotten about this season (unless you watch the Sportscenter Top 10 plays on a nightly basis). He is a player who falls in and out of regular playing time for a young Suns team that is not bad enough [...]
January 5, 2017
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Seemingly every year when the NBA Draft rolls around there is at least one unknown international player with little tape to analyze and almost no exposure to many American basketball fans and in some cases even professional scouts. NBA teams must decide whether or not to take a chance on them during the first few [...]
January 5, 2017
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Jeremy Lin had some good news about the state of his left hamstring ahead of the Brooklyn Nets’ Monday night loss to the Utah Jazz: This injury isn’t as severe as his previous hamstring issue that sidelined him for 17 games earlier in the season. He also had some bad news: He doesn’t know when [...]
January 4, 2017
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Now that the Joel Embiid-Jahlil Okafor frontcourt is a tried-and-true statistical disaster, you can expect to see more Embiid-Nerlens Noel partnerships. We think. We hope. Per Tom Moore of Calkins Media: While Brown said he’s probably not going to use big men Embiid and Jahlil Okafor together as much as he did during the recent [...]
January 4, 2017
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