Before entering the NBA, New York Knicks rookie Kristaps Porzingis attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. OK, no he didn’t. But you get the point. Porzingis has endeared himself to fans and pundits, even those outside of New York. Deemed a years-long project on draft night, the 20-year-old Latvian product is far more polished [...]
December 3, 2015
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It has not been a good week for Philadelphia 76ers rookie Jahlil Okafor. And, in the most affectionate way possible, Duke head honcho Mike Krzyzewski doesn’t care. The Sixers suspended Okafor on Wednesday for two games after TMZ posted yet another video of him fighting with alleged hecklers in Boston. Here’s the statement they released, [...]
December 3, 2015
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Ben Simmons accomplished a feat that hasn’t been accomplished in major college basketball in over 20 seasons Wednesday night against North Florida: a 40 point, 10 rebound, five assist game. Simmons finished the night with 43 points, 14 rebounds, seven assists, five steals and three blocks in a extremely high scoring affair with the North [...]
December 3, 2015
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Brandon Jennings is making progress toward a return from the Achilles tear he suffered last season. His return just isn’t imminent. Detroit Pistons head coach and president Stan Van Gundy offered up the following cryptic timeline for Jennings’ ongoing recovery, per USA Today‘s Jeff Zillgitt: Return for Pistons G Brandon Jennings not imminent, Stan Van [...]
December 3, 2015
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The Los Angeles Clippers’ topsy-turvy 2015-16 season has now reached full “Well, jeez” status. Prior to the Clippers’ Wednesday night loss to the Indiana Pacers, coach and president Doc Rivers revealed that the rib injury All-Star point guard Chris Paul suffered against the Portland Trail Blazers two nights before would keep him sidelined for at [...]
December 3, 2015
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Rudy Gobert won’t be swallowing shots at the rim for the Utah Jazz for a while. Make the appropriate sad faces whenever you please. The news came swiftly and unexpected Wednesday night, with the Jazz releasing a statement that outlined the indeterminable terms of Gobert’s absence: After sustaining a left knee injury during today’s practice [...]
December 3, 2015
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Recently, Sports Illustrated ran a story discussing how difficult it is for media members covering the 76ers to come up with new angles regarding a team that’s so consistently miserable. The article pointed out that heading into a December 1 contest with the Lakers (incidentally, a winnable game for Philadelphia), the franchise had already set [...]
December 2, 2015
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Through 19 games in the 2015-16 NBA season Steph Curry has made 94 three point field goals (good for just under five a game) while shooting an otherworldly 45% from downtown. Here are some crazy numbers to put his torrid pace from downtown in perspective: The number two player on the list for most three [...]
December 2, 2015
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If Kobe Bryant had gotten his way in 2011, Carmelo Anthony would now be a member of the Los Angeles Lakers, not the New York Knicks. This, of course, assumes that the two stars would have coexisted together this long. There’s only one ball allowed on the floor at a time, you know. The offensive [...]
December 2, 2015
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All is not well with the Sacramento Kings. Things are just better than we thought. At 7-12, with one of the five worst records in the Western Conference, the Kings don’t have any reason to celebrate. They’re on pace to win 30 games for the first time during the DeMarcus Cousins era. That’s it, and [...]
December 2, 2015
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