David Blatt, apparently, never stood a chance with the Cleveland Cavaliers. Not if the words of Miami Heat minority owner Raanan Katz are true. During an interview on ONE.co.il’s 102FM, an Israeli sports talk radio station, Katz alleged that LeBron tried to have Heat coach Erik Spoelstra fired, and then returned to Cleveland when it [...]
January 27, 2016
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By now, you’ve assuredly heard that Blake Griffin suffered a fractured hand after punching a Los Angeles Clippers assistant equipment manager. But more details have since trickled out. It is now time to pillage through the Twitter feed of ESPN.com’s Arash Markazi: Blake Griffin suffered a spiral fracture of the fourth metacarpal in his right [...]
January 27, 2016
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Gregg Popovich knows how to throw some not-so-subtle shade. On the heels of the San Antonio Spurs’ 30-point loss to the Golden State Warriors Monday night, the veteran sideline-wanderer threw some loosely—OK, not-at-all—veiled shots in the Cleveland Cavaliers’ direction. Per Marc J. Spears of Yahoo Sports: Popovich: "I'm glad my general manager wasn't in my [...]
January 27, 2016
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Remember when Carmelo Anthony wasn’t all about Kristaps Porzingis? I don’t either. That might be because Anthony was never down on him, or it could be because Porzingis won over his superstar teammate by telling him about the cornrows he used to have. Either way, Porzingis used to have cornrows, and he told Anthony about [...]
January 27, 2016
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This week while discussing his son Shareef’s O’Neal’s impending recruitment with Los Angeles Times writer Mike Bresnahan, Shaquille O’Neal admitted openly that he was paid very handsomely to take his talents to Death Valley out of high school. “Yes they paid very well,” Shaq said. “Hey the statue of limitations is up.” Dawg Sports had [...]
January 26, 2016
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Half-Man Half-Amazing, Air Canada, Vinsanity, the one and only Vince Carter turns 39 today (don’t you feel old?) As a basketball obsessed kid who’s formative years were in the late 90s and 2000s there was no better dunk artist than Vince Carter, he could do things in games or in dunk contests that didn’t seem [...]
January 26, 2016
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One game after setting a new career-high with 48 points in a 108-97 win over the Pacers on Saturday, Cousins followed up his record performance with an even better performance Monday night against the Charlotte Hornets. He scored 56 points to go along with 12 rebounds and four assists on 70 percent shooting in a [...]
January 26, 2016
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Cover your ears, Draymond Green! Steve Kerr only just returned to the Golden State Warriors’ sideline and is already setting the stage for an old-school, behind-the-scenes fisticuffs battle between he and Green. Why exactly? Because he thinks Kawhi Leonard, not Green, is the NBA’s best two-way player. From CSNBAyArea.com’s Monte Pool (via Complex Sports): “We [...]
January 26, 2016
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Let’s ask the question that’s been burning a hole in our brains for months. Are the San Antonio Spurs as good, if not better, than the Golden State Warriors? No. No, they are not. Golden State proved as much during its 120-90 romping of San Antonio on Monday night, setting the stage for our power [...]
January 26, 2016
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Yes you read that headline correctly, apparently Blake Griffin’s recent hand injury, the one keeping him out of the Clippers current road trip, is a result of punching a member of the Clippers equipment staff after an argument. According to ESPN Reporter Michael Eaves,”…Griffin and the equipment staffer got into an argument in a restaurant [...]
January 26, 2016
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