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Suns to Play Spurs & Mavericks in Mexico City

Suns to Play Spurs & Mavericks in Mexico City

According to ESPN Reporter Marc Stein, the Phoenix Suns have announced that they will host a pair of regular season games in Mexico City in January. [tweet https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/status/755469821924352000] This will be the second year in a row that the NBA is hosting a regular season game in Mexico City as the Sacramento Kings and the [...]

July 20, 2016 Anou Enright Ryan Bawek 0

Kevin Durant on Lakers Rookie Brandon Ingram: Like Looking in a Mirror

Kevin Durant on Lakers Rookie Brandon Ingram: Like Looking in a Mirror

Congratulations, Los Angeles Lakers fans. Even though Kevin Durant wouldn’t meet with your team during free agency, he is still really, really, ridiculously high on your newest franchise savior, Brandon Ingram. Here’s the catch: He is high on Ingram insofar as he was high on himself as a teenager, per Serena Winters of Lakers Nation: [...]

July 20, 2016 admin Blogs 0

Carmelo Anthony Defends Kevin Durant Joining the Warriors

Carmelo Anthony Defends Kevin Durant Joining the Warriors

Still got a problem with Kevin Durant leaving the Oklahoma City Thunder for the Golden State Warriors? Carmelo Anthony is here to set you straight. From the New York Post‘s Marc Berman: Carmelo Anthony is not resentful Kevin Durant didn’t strongly consider New York, and the Knicks star said fans should lay off Durant for [...]

July 20, 2016 admin Blogs 0

DeMarcus Cousins Still Has No Idea What Sacramento Kings Are Doing, Is Just Like Us

DeMarcus Cousins Still Has No Idea What Sacramento Kings Are Doing, Is Just Like Us

You have more in common with DeMarcus Cousins than you think. He, too, has no idea what the Sacramento Kings are thinking, per ABC 10’s Sean Cunningham: [tweet https://twitter.com/SeanCunningham/status/755182123049287680] Cousins is specifically referring to the Kings drafting two more centers…in the first round: Georgios Papagiannis out of Greece and Skal Labissiere from Kentucky. This is [...]

July 20, 2016 admin Blogs 0

Marc Gasol to Miss Rio Olympics

Marc Gasol to Miss Rio Olympics

Spanish news outlets reported that star center Marc Gasol will not be ready to play for the Spanish National Team in the Rio Olympics. [tweet https://twitter.com/Sportando/status/755385209898594304] Gasol has been recovering from a broken foot suffered in February, it was unlikely that he was going to be ready to go to the games but the national [...]

July 20, 2016 Anou Enright Ryan Bawek 0

Phil Jackson Wants NBA to Introduce 4-Point Line

Phil Jackson Wants NBA to Introduce 4-Point Line

In a recent interview with Today’s Fastbreak, New York Knicks President and NBA championship ring collector Phil Jackson shared his thoughts on how to make the NBA game even better. Unsurprisingly, the zen master presented a few outside of the box ideas while complimenting himself and pointing out the fact that his championship teams in [...]

July 19, 2016 Anou Enright Blogs 0

Celtics Have Better Shot at Trading for Jahlil Okafor Than Blake Griffin, Russell Westbrook

Celtics Have Better Shot at Trading for Jahlil Okafor Than Blake Griffin, Russell Westbrook

Some friendly advice: Don’t go purchasing any custom Blake Griffin and/or Russell Westbrook Boston Celtics jerseys just yet. Jahlil Okafor orders are totally fine, though. According to A. Sherrod Blakely of CSNNE.com, the Celtics are more likely to trade for the Philadelphia 76ers’ sophomore than they are two deal for either of the Oklahoma City [...]

July 19, 2016 admin Blogs 0

Chris Paul Isn’t Surprised Dwyane Wade Left Heat for Bulls

Chris Paul Isn’t Surprised Dwyane Wade Left Heat for Bulls

Chris Paul, unlike Pat Riley, is not surprised that Dwyane Wade left the Miami Heat for the Chicago Bulls. But that’s probably just because Wade informed him, Carmelo Anthony and LeBron James of is decision in their group text. Or something like that. Per the Daily Herald‘s Mike McGraw: “I wasn’t that surprised (about Wade),” [...]

July 19, 2016 admin Blogs 0

LeBron James Confirms He Will Re-Sign With Cleveland Cavaliers…Eventually

LeBron James Confirms He Will Re-Sign With Cleveland Cavaliers…Eventually

LeBron James remains one of the NBA’s many unsigned free agents, but he won’t stay that way for long. Actually, that’s a slight lie. He might. He could stay unsigned for two months, two weeks, two days, two minutes. We don’t really know. When he finally does put pen to paper on a new deal, [...]

July 19, 2016 admin Blogs 0

Oklahoma City Thunder Hoping to Renegotiate Russell Westbrook’s Contract

Oklahoma City Thunder Hoping to Renegotiate Russell Westbrook’s Contract

Trade Russell Westbrook? Just because Kevin Durant up and left for the Golden State Warriors? Puh-lease. The Oklahoma City Thunder have bigger plans, as evidenced by their decision to rescind Dion Waiters’ qualifying offer. They want to renegotiate Westbrook’s now, ahead of 2017 free agency, locking him up long term so that they don’t have [...]

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