Tim Duncan has yet to decide whether he will return to the San Antonio Spurs in 2016-17 for a 20th season. Because, duh. The Spurs’ Game 6 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder is still fresh. The reality that San Antonio wont get its foregone Western Conference Finals matchup with the Golden State Warriors hasn’t [...]
Mike Fratello, current NBA TV and YES Network analyst, would love a crack at the New York Knicks’ head coaching job. From the New York Post‘s Brian Lewis: Mike Fratello, former Cavaliers and Hawks coach and current analyst for NBA TV and the YES Network, threw his hat in the ring and told WFAN on [...]
As of this writing, the San Antonio Spurs’ season has been over for roughly 12 hours, following their bizarre, and disturbing, Game 6 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder. And they apparently already have a plan to get back on top. No, it’s not Kevin Durant. It’s Mike Conley, according to ESPN.com’s Marc Stein: [tweet [...]
Add the Utah Jazz to the short list of NBA teams undergoing a slight re-branding this offseason. The Jazz unveiled a slight update and tweak to their previous logo set and uniforms and added a new sleeved jersey that is much different than any jersey they have previously had. Here is the updated set of [...]
May 13, 2016
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Ryan Bawek
Steph Curry being named the first ever unanimous MVP of the NBA has people talking aside from just Tracy McGrady. As you can imaging, LeBron was asked about it. He sings Curry’s praises as being deserving of the award, but he cautions us to take a good look at what the award means versus what [...]
May 13, 2016
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According to Orlando Sentinel reporter Josh Robbins, Orlando Magic Head Coach Scott Skiles submitted his resignation and stepped down today after only one season under the helm. [tweet https://twitter.com/NBAcom/status/730796960672849920] This is a pretty shocking and unexpected move as the Magic took a nice step forward, winning 35 games in 2015-16, their most wins in a [...]
May 12, 2016
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Ryan Bawek
There is only one game on the docket in NBA Playoff action tonight and it is the most substantial and intriguing game yet in the 2016 postseason, a game that could effectively end one of the greatest eras for a team in professional sports history or plant the initial seed to send another franchise in [...]
May 12, 2016
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Ryan Bawek
The 2nd round series between the San Antonio Spurs and Oklahoma City Thunder has lived up to its billing through 5 games as we had another nail biter with the Thunder pulling off the upset on the road in Game 5 to take a 3-2 series lead. Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook are showing why [...]
May 12, 2016
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Ryan Bawek
The Miami Heat are limping through the NBA postseason at this point, with all-star forward/center Chris Bosh and double-double machine Hassan Whiteside currently sidelined. Despite all of that and poor shooting as a team they are still tied 2-2 in the eastern conference semi-finals because of the heart and grit of their leader Dwyane Wade. [...]
May 11, 2016
Anou Enright
Ryan Bawek
Dennis Schroder doesn’t want to remain a reserve for much longer. We already knew that, but just in case some of us forgot about it, the 22-year-old served up a reminder, per ESPN.com’s Ohm Youngmisuk: The Atlanta Hawks and Mike Budenholzer have an interesting dilemma this summer: They have two starting-caliber point guards and Budenholzer [...]