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Injuries Taking its Toll on NBA Playoffs Once Again

Injuries Taking its Toll on NBA Playoffs Once Again

It’s been a rough couple days for elite point guards in the NBA’s postseason, Steph Curry sprained his right MCL and Chris Paul broke his right hand (beware Russell Westbrook and Damian Lillard). It appears the NBA postseason and the chase for the Larry O’Brien trophy will be greatly affected once again by not only [...]

April 26, 2016 Anou Enright Ryan Bawek 0

Sacramento Kings Unveil New Logo, Branding

Sacramento Kings Unveil New Logo, Branding

The Sacramento Kings are moving into a new building for the 2016-17 season and are using that as an opportunity to distance themselves from all of the embarrassment and loss they suffered throughout the past decade, a new start and a slightly re-branded image and look. Behold the new logos and look for the Sacramento [...]

April 26, 2016 Anou Enright Ryan Bawek 0

Steve Kerr Named NBA Coach of the Year

Steve Kerr Named NBA Coach of the Year

News broke Tuesday morning that Golden State Warriors Head Coach Steve Kerr has been voted as the NBA Coach of the Year for the 2015-16 season. [tweet https://twitter.com/CBSSportsNBA/status/725000646730997760] Upon initial review it seems obvious that the head coach of a record-breaking 73 win would have to win the ward, but when you consider Kerr didn’t [...]

April 26, 2016 Anou Enright Ryan Bawek 0

Portland Trail Blazers Using Doubters to Fuel NBA Playoff Push

Portland Trail Blazers Using Doubters to Fuel NBA Playoff Push

No one expected the Portland Trail Blazers to make the NBA playoffs after losing four of last season’s five starters. And yet, here they are, in the postseason, all notched up with the Los Angeles Clippers in their best-of-seven series, at two games apiece, with a real chance to be more than a low-level steppingstone. [...]

April 26, 2016 admin Blogs 0

Thunder Coach Billy Donovan Says He Wouldn’t Trade Russell Westbrook for Anyone

Thunder Coach Billy Donovan Says He Wouldn’t Trade Russell Westbrook for Anyone

Take that, Mark Cuban. Ahead of the Dallas Mavericks’ Game 5 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday night, a letdown that bounced them from the first round of the playoffs, Cuban had a not-so-nice, totally out-of-touch thing to say about Russell Westbrook, per ESPN.com’s Tim MacMahon: [tweet https://twitter.com/espn_macmahon/status/724732258670649345] Westbrook responded with a 36-point, [...]

April 26, 2016 admin Blogs 0

Derek Fisher Interested in Becoming Next Head Coach of Los Angeles Lakers

Derek Fisher Interested in Becoming Next Head Coach of Los Angeles Lakers

Derek Fisher’s disastrous end to his tenure with the New York Knicks has not turned him off from coaching. Or from big markets. Or from the idea that he, not even two years removed from retiring as a player, can coach in big markets. Per Ramona Shelburne of ESPN.com (h/t CBS Sports): Sources indicate Derek [...]

April 26, 2016 admin Blogs 0

Marc Gasol Predicts That Brother Pau Gasol Will Sign with San Antonio Spurs

Marc Gasol Predicts That Brother Pau Gasol Will Sign with San Antonio Spurs

When Pau Gasol exercises his player option and explores free agency this summer, he will have an opportunity to ditch the Chicago Bulls in an effort to latch onto a championship contender. That championship contender could be the San Antonio Spurs. Or so says his brother, Marc Gasol. From John Martin of 92.9 ESPN in [...]

April 26, 2016 admin Blogs 0

Chris Paul Likely Done for Rest of NBA Playoffs With Fractured Hand

Chris Paul Likely Done for Rest of NBA Playoffs With Fractured Hand

The first round of the NBA playoffs has claimed another superstar. During the second half of the Los Angeles Clippers’ Game 4 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers, Chris Paul exited after getting his hand caught in a jersey with what turned out to be a fractured right hand. He will most definitely need to [...]

April 26, 2016 admin Blogs 0

Steph Curry with Grade 1 MCL Sprain: To Be Re-Evaluated in 2 Weeks

Steph Curry with Grade 1 MCL Sprain: To Be Re-Evaluated in 2 Weeks

News came down Monday afternoon about the results of Steph Curry’s MRI on the right MCL sprain he suffered in Sunday’s game 4 victory over the Houston Rockets. The Golden State Warriors franchise and fans, sports books, the basketball world and the sports world in general waited with bated breath and fear that the best [...]

April 26, 2016 Anou Enright Ryan Bawek 0

The Big Fundamental Turns 40 Today

The Big Fundamental Turns 40 Today

On April 25, 1976 a future legend of the game of basketball was born in the small island of St. Croix in the Virgin Islands and his name was Tim Duncan. Many say that this is a rare photo of Duncan’s birth: [tweet https://twitter.com/russbengtson/status/724608590284238849] All joking aside, the five-time NBA Champion, three-time NBA Finals MVP [...]

April 25, 2016 Anou Enright Ryan Bawek 0