Kyrie Irving is almost back, which is not to be confused with him actually being back. Because he’s not back. Only almost back, sans a concrete return date. We apparently needed that explanation, because no one can quite get a hold of when the Cleveland Cavaliers All-Star is returning. Irving has spouted off all the [...]
December 16, 2015
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According to Dwight Howard, Dwight Howard isn’t looking to move on from the Houston Rockets. You read that right. Rumors have started to surface that he isn’t entirely happy playing second fiddle to James Harden. This scuttlebutt sounds all too familiar to the hearsay emanating out of Staples Center back in 2012-13, when Howard was [...]
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If you have taken a look at the eastern conference standings lately you will notice 10 of the 6 teams in the conference are over .500 at this point which is a marked improvement from recent years as more than half of the conference has finished over 500. once since 2000. More than half of [...]
December 16, 2015
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Jerry Colangelo isn’t wasting any time in his attempt to reinvent the Philadelphia 76ers’ rebuild. Though some, including general manager Sam Hinkie, have acted like Jerry Colangelo’s installment is but a small piece to a bigger puzzle still being put together by Hinkie, it doesn’t take a recognized genius to see that substantial changes are [...]
December 16, 2015
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A word of advice to Uber drivers working in the Bay Area: Transport Andre Iguodala, Golden State Warriors swingman and last year’s NBA Finals MVP with care. If you don’t, your car is about to smell real bad real quick. Iguodala apparently had a less-than-flattering experience during an Uber ride of some sort. It’s not [...]
December 16, 2015
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Brandon Jennings is not for sale. Well, no more so than anyone else on the Detroit Pistons roster. Marc Berman of the New York Post posited that Jennings was “available now,” a development that Pistons coach and president Stan Van Gundy has since denied, per MLive.Com’s Aaron McMann: The New York Post on Sunday identified [...]
December 16, 2015
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Feel that? It’s the sensation of the NBA’s trade season taking over. Most of the league’s trade restrictions were lifted on Tuesday, increasing the pool of movable talent by a considerable margin. The rumor mill is already alive with speculation and reports, officially beginning the pre-February 18 deadline frenzy. But the New Orleans Pelicans and [...]
December 16, 2015
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Steve Kerr is nearing a return to the Golden State Warriors’ sidelines—insofar as “sometime this season” is considered an acceptable and imminent timetable for his return. Golden State has been without its coach all season as he recovers from complications that arose after having back surgery. His absence, by all appearances, hasn’t affected the team [...]
December 16, 2015
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And now for a live look inside the New York Knicks locker room. Carmelo Anthony: “Yo, ‘Zaps. I got you something.” [Melo hands Kristaps Porzingis a gold-gilded Alex and Ani bangle with an oversized charm of Toy Story‘s Buzz Lightyear and Woody bumping fists and winking at one another.] Porzingis: “What is this?” Melo: “It’s [...]
December 16, 2015
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DeMarcus Cousins is back in the rumor mill—this time without the usual accompanying anecdote detailing an irreparable rift between he and Sacramento Kings head coach George Karl. Sources told Sheridan Hoops’ Michael Scotto that the Boston Celtics, Chicago Bulls and Miami Heat are all trying their hand at prying Cousins out of Sacramento: Sacramento Kings [...]
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