Next time you think about tweeting or writing something pertaining to any specific athlete, remember this piece of advice: Some of them are watching, perhaps ready to respond. A select few of those serial watchers are also ready to passive aggressively let you know they’re watching. Which brings us to C.J. McCollum, who recently liked [...]
January 14, 2016
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David Blatt is at it again. No, the Cleveland Cavaliers head honcho isn’t spouting fighter-pilot analogies. He is, however, comparing San Antonio Spurs jack of all tradesman Boris Diaw to English singer and songwriter David Bowie, who just passed away on Jan. 10. From Fran Blinebury of NBA.com: David Blatt just compared Boris Diaw to [...]
January 14, 2016
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Is Tom Thibodeau a glutton for punishment? We’re about to find out. After canning Lionel Hollins and reassigning general manager Billy King, the Brooklyn Nets’ search for replacements are underway. And while Kentucky head coach John Calipari has been haphazardly thrown into the mix by any writer with a platform, the Nets appear to have [...]
January 14, 2016
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With today marking the first official day that football fans in St. Louis do not have a professional football franchise after owner Stan Kroenke was granted his wish by NFL owners yesterday to pick and move his Rams franchise back to LA, I’m sure many basketball fanatics in Seattle can relate to what many Rams [...]
January 14, 2016
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The NBA is going across the pond this afternoon as the 24-15 Toronto Raptors will take on the 20-18 Orlando Magic in London today at 3 p.m. Eastern time. This will be the sixth NBA regular season to be played in London. The Raptors were involved in the first two back in 2011 when they [...]
January 14, 2016
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The Golden State Warriors experienced an unfamiliar feeling Wednesday night in Denver: losing. The Dubs suffered only their 3rd loss in the 2015-16 season with a 112-110 loss to the Nuggets in Denver. Now the Warriors are a measly 36-3 on the season, what a joke (sarcasm). It is clear the Warriors aren’t quite the [...]
January 14, 2016
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January 13, 1999 is a day that will live in infamy for Bulls fans, NBA fans and sports fan alike as Michael Jordan retired from the Chicago Bulls after 13 seasons for the second and what we thought would be the last time. This was during the NBA lockout of 1999 in which the season [...]
January 14, 2016
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According to a recent tweet from Yahoo Sports NBA writer Marc J. Spears, there is a waiting list of more than 20,000 for the opportunity to purchase season tickets for the Warriors: which is more than the 19,596 seating capacity of Oracle Arena. Warriors' season ticket priority wait list, which costs $100 non-refund to join, [...]
January 13, 2016
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It has to suck playing in the NBA’s Western Conference. Unless you’re the Warriors or Spurs. Then it’s probably pretty chill. For those other 13 squads? Yeah, it sucks. Especially for the good-to-great contingents. The Clippers. The Thunder. The Mavericks, too. They scrap and they claw and they win, and yet no matter what they [...]
January 12, 2016
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The New Orleans Pelicans are not actively shopping free-agent-to-be Ryan Anderson. And the team’s head coach, Alvin Gentry, clearly wants us to know that much. After previously saying the Pelicans weren’t making calls to gauge Anderson’s value around the league, Gentry reiterated that any interest in Anderson is coming from potential suitors, not New Orleans’ [...]
January 12, 2016
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