There is no denying the fact that James Harden is a superstar. He has averaged 27-6-5 in four seasons since joining the Rockets and has undoubtedly been the NBA’s best shooting guard (at least offensively) since joining the Rockets and being given the keys to the franchise. His unique ability to utilize his strong frame [...]
July 15, 2016
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All of a sudden, retired NBA players are “considering a comeback.” Unfortunately for most of them, NBA teams aren’t considering their comeback. Most notably, Ray Allen (who teams would want), Stephen Jackson and Jermaine have expressed interest in returning to the league. The next one up is Richard Hamilton. Let’s just hope he’s not interested [...]
July 15, 2016
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If the Boston Celtics do not trade for Blake Griffin, then they’ll target Russell Westbrook. And if they don’t get either one of those two, then they’ll target another big name. Such is life in Beantown, apparently. From the Sporting News’ Sean Deveney: The Celtics are up to something. Talk to any front-office executive here [...]
July 15, 2016
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Most NBA owners probably don’t like that the Golden State Warriors, a 73-win powerhouse, were able to carve out enough cap space to sign Kevin Durant. Mark Cuban, though, is not most owners. He doesn’t really have a huge issue with Durant heading to Oakland. To the contrary, he thinks it’s good for the NBA, [...]
July 15, 2016
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The Magic seemed to have a very clear and measured approach to rebuilding their franchise and restocking their talent from the moment they hit the reset button and dealt Dwight Howard in the summer of 2012. They used the ammo acquired in that blockbuster trade and the resulting bottoming out to build a very talented [...]
July 15, 2016
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Breaking up is hard to do, but the Golden State Warriors made sure their divorce from Andrew Bogut went as amicably as possible. Golden State needed to dump the remaining $12.6 million on his contract to help make room for Kevin Durant. And though there were no shortage of teams who would have absorbed the [...]
July 15, 2016
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Remember the inception of Jeremy Lin’s “Linsanity” movement during the lockout-truncated 2011-12 season? Of course you do. It’s been a big part of his career arc, and it’s still talked about today. Including Wednesday. Houston Rockets head coach Mike D’Antoni, who was head coach of the New York Knicks for the birth of Linsanity, opened [...]
July 15, 2016
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Damian Lillard won’t be following Kevin Durant’s lead and joining the Golden State Warriors anytime soon. Or ever. Lillard was born and attended high school in Oakland, California, so naturally he was asked about playing for Golden State on Twitter. His response was less than encouraging for Warriors fans who are already hoping to pry [...]
July 15, 2016
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Tim Duncan finally commented on his retirement. And his comments were so Tim Duncan. Duncan spoke to ViVid Streaming on Wednesday in the aftermath of the San Antonio Spurs’ Monday announcement that he would be retiring from the NBA after 19 years. As expected. He was nothing if not humble in his send off, which [...]
July 15, 2016
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According to a leaked report from GMs around the NBA, many around the league expect the Thunder to deal 27-year-old superstar point guard Russell Westbrook “very soon” as the team gets the feeling he will not re-sign with them in the offseason. [tweet https://twitter.com/RealGM/status/753274314334416896] This sort of move would mark a complete retool for the [...]
July 14, 2016
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