Blogs

Despite the Warriors recent struggles and losing by an average of 26 points in Games 3 and 4 in Oklahoma City, Draymond Green has complete confidence that the Warriors will respond in Game 5 at home and bring the series back to Oklahoma City for a Game 6. He told The Undefeated’s Marc Spears Thursday [...]

The Oklahoma City Thunder have won six of their past 7 playoff games by an average of 15 points per victory. That’s an impressive stat or accomplishment for an NBA team in the increased stakes and high level of competition of the NBA Playoffs. When you consider that run of dominance has come against two [...]

What, did you think we were done talking about Draymond Green’s kick to Steven Adams’ groin in Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals? That’s cute. While the NBA elected not to suspend Green, and though the Oklahoma City Thunder dismantled the Golden State Warriors in Game 4, the kick is still having a lasting [...]

Two NBA head coaching vacancies remain: the Houston Rockets’ and Memphis Grizzlies’ positions. Soon enough, though, the Rockets may stand alone, as the only team in the league without a head coach. Because the Grizzlies, for their part, seem enamored by Miami Heat assistant David Fizdale, who has been brought back for a second interview, [...]

Draymond Green was not put on this Earth to sugarcoat anything. Following the Golden State Warriors’ Game 4 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Western Conference Finals on Tuesday night, Green didn’t mince words when describing his performance, per ESPN.com’s Ethan Sherwood Strauss: Draymond Green sat at his locker, still in uniform, long [...]

Hey! Remember that one time Dikembe Mutombo loaned Bismack Biyombo the rights to his iconic, post-block finger wag? Mutombo doesn’t, either. From ESPN.com’s Mike Mazzeo: Toronto Raptors center Bismack Biyombo may not have gotten permission from Dikembe Mutombo to use the retired shot-blocking star’s finger-wag celebration, but Mutombo says Biyombo “really doesn’t need it.” “You [...]

Kevin Durant is not immune to doubt and fear. It’s understandable if you thought otherwise, given the way he performs on the basketball court, displaying almost an effortless-looking greatness. But contrary to what his size and length and skill set implies, he is human. And as a human, he was naturally scared for his NBA [...]

Should the Oklahoma City Thunder pull off the unthinkable and squeak past the Golden State Warriors to reach the NBA Finals, their success, while incredibly impressive, might come with an asterisk. Because they’ll have beaten a humanized Stephen Curry. The two-time MVP is playing through this series despite, apparently, favoring the right knee he injured [...]

With the NBA head coaching well drying up, diminishing the likelihood that out-of-work candidates land a prominent gig in time for next season, former Cleveland Cavaliers head coach David Blatt has no plans to take off for the 2016-17 crusade. He will be working somewhere, anywhere, even if it’s not in the NBA. As he [...]

Carmelo Anthony is excited for Jeff Hornacek to start coaching the New York Knicks. We know this. But that doesn’t mean he influenced team president Phil Jackson’s decision. Because he didn’t. As relayed by Keith Schlosser of SNY.TV: Anthony said team president Phil Jackson didn’t speak to him about Hornacek. “Whatever Phil did, he did [...]