On Thursday night, the New York Knicks got blasted by the Washington Wizards, who have arguably been the NBA’s worst team, relative to summer expectations, this season. Then, afterward, they were blasted by one of their own: Brandon Jennings. From the New York Post‘s Marc Berman: “We haven’t been locking in well on the road,” [...]
November 18, 2016
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Uh-oh. The last thing the New Orleans Pelicans need is to experience life without Anthony Davis long term. Short term will suck, too. But they can deal with a few automatic losses that become blowouts that (probably) become 40-point drubbings. They cannot survive the season with him missing extensive time. They’re borderline unwatchable with him; [...]
November 17, 2016
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Nerlens Noel is set to make his regular-season debut for the Philadelphia 76ers later this week. Which means the Sixers’ epically clunky frontcourt logjam is inching closer and closer toward full strength. Woooooooooot. From Philly Mag’s Derek Bodner: Sixers center Nerlens Noel, who underwent surgery to repair an inflamed plica in his left knee on [...]
November 17, 2016
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Congratulations to the Dallas Mavericks, Memphis Grizzlies and Milwaukee Bucks for being absolutely awesome. According to Zach Lowe and Marc Stein of ESPN.com, none of these teams are expected to stay in Trump-brand hotels, the commercial child of president-elect Donald Trump, when they play in Chicago and New York: At least three NBA teams have [...]
November 17, 2016
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Given how thin the Dallas Mavericks are on proven NBA contributors, they really can’t afford to lose any of their most dependable names. Which is why J.J. Barea’s calf injury sucks. Losing him would have always sucked, make no mistake. But it especially sucks now, with the Mavericks sitting at 2-8, their postseason hopes fading [...]
November 17, 2016
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The Toronto Raptors had another “Drake Night” at Air Canada Centre on Wednesday, and it just so happened that they were playing host to the Golden State Warriors, the new home of Kevin Durant, a noted Drake friend and fan. But Durant was no friend or fan or groupie of Drake’s on Wednesday. He dropped [...]
November 17, 2016
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The San Antonio Spurs are now 11 games into the post Tim Duncan era, a world in which they had not known since the 1996-97 season. They are 8-3 and mostly doing Spursian things but it still doesn’t feel right to not have Number 21 patrolling the middle and showing very little emotion outside of [...]
November 16, 2016
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You know what the Denver Nuggets’ bottom-eight offense could really use? A healthy Gary Harris. Too bad the Nuggets won’t be getting a healthy Harris for around four weeks, per The Denver Post‘s Christopher Dempsey: [tweet https://twitter.com/chrisadempsey/status/798615857731485696] Harris already missed time this season with a partially torn groin muscle. His shooting percentages and scoring averages [...]
November 16, 2016
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Vince Carter is the oldest player in the NBA at 39 years old (he will turn 40 in January) and is experiencing what many consider his swan song in his 19th season in the league. A likely hall of fame player as a member of the prestigious 24,000 point club and quite possibly the best [...]
November 16, 2016
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Independence Day 2016 will always live in infamy for the NBA and especially the Oklahoma City Thunder. That’s the day their leader, hero and face of their franchise exercised his independence as a free agent to join the rival Golden State Warriors, leaving his partner in crime Russell Westbrook and the organization he had called [...]
November 16, 2016
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