James Harden has asked Kobe Bryant for a favor. Following the Houston Rockets’ 130-110 shellacking of the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday, Harden and Kobe shared a private a moment, per Mark Berman of Fox 26 in Houston: [tweet https://twitter.com/MarkBermanFox26/status/719301215532613632] All of us are always wondering what happens during these postgame confabs between stars, especially [...]
April 11, 2016
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With the New York Knicks’ 2015-16 regular season winding down, Carmelo Anthony has been given many opportunities to distance himself from the organization’s rebuilding process—to provide a shadow of a doubt that he wishes to remain in the Big Apple. He hasn’t seized any of those opportunities. And that didn’t change following the Knicks’ loss [...]
April 11, 2016
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The last night of the NBA season can either be an extreme bore, if all playoff berths and seedings are locked up and the majority of teams decided to rest their players, or the final night can be special. Usually a special closing night of the regular season is a result of a division crown [...]
April 11, 2016
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Think Michael Jordan would be salty about the idea of the Golden State Warriors tying and then breaking the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls’ record of 72 regular season victories? Think again. On the heels of Golden State’s Sunday night win over the San Antonio Spurs, Draymond Green revealed that Michael Jordan, now the owner of the [...]
April 11, 2016
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Pau Gasol’s roller coaster relationship with the Chicago Bulls is intact. First, he was trade fodder at the deadline. Then, he was a pivotal part of this team’s immediate future. Now, he’s not sure what he is to the Bulls, or what the Bulls are to him. From ESPN.com’s Nick Friedell: After the Bulls’ 106-98 [...]
April 8, 2016
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Devin Booker is not afraid to give Devin Booker a piece of Devin Booker’s mind when Devin Booker isn’t playing as well as Devin Booker should. Still with me? The Phoenix Suns’ rookie sensation, all of 19 years old, spoke about being the youngest player in the NBA, per Paul Coro of AZ Central Sports. [...]
April 8, 2016
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That didn’t last long. The internet had some fun with what Kendrick Perkins said about Kevin Durant’s impending free agency. Now a member of the Cleveland Cavaliers, Perkins spent parts of five seasons playing beside Durant with the Oklahoma City Thunder. Recently, he was asked about the 2013-14 MVP’s free-agency thought process, and his answer [...]
April 8, 2016
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Sam Hinkie’s departure from the Philadelphia 76ers was…unconventional. It was a slow, painful, gradual grind to the end, with the Sixers ostensibly stripping Sam Hinkie of his absolute power by installing Jerry Colangelo in the front office to help oversee the rebuild. After months of working under those conditions, Hinkie walked, leaving behind a 13-page [...]
April 8, 2016
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If it were up to Steve Kerr, the Golden State Warriors wouldn’t be chasing the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls record of 72 victories. Not anymore, at least. Following a thorough drubbing of the San Antonio Spurs on Thursday night, the Warriors have now locked up first place in the Western Conference, clinching home-court advantage through the [...]
April 8, 2016
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4, that is the number of games left in the legendary career of Kobe Bryant. Kobe has been a mainstay and possibly the most divisive player in the NBA almost since his arrival in 1996. You either love him or hate him. These last few seasons haven’t been the “riding off into the sunset” that [...]
April 8, 2016
Anou Enright
Ryan Bawek