Additional offensive help is not on the way for the Chicago Bulls. Already bogged down by subpar play at the point guard position (sup, Derrick Rose) and in the frontcourt (sup, Pau Gasol, Taj Gibson and Joakim Noah), the Bulls definitely need an offensive boost. Though they rank as one of the league’s best three-point [...]
December 4, 2015
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Randy Wittman must be an avid fan of Forgetting Sarah Marshall. The Washington Wizards are floundering as a team. At 7-9, they’re owners of the fourth-worst record in the Eastern Conference. Their offense isn’t nearly as potent as it was during the playoffs, and their defense, relative to this season’s field of points-prevention units, has [...]
December 3, 2015
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Bryon Scott’s job is safe. For now. Not 20 games into his second season as head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, it already looks like Scott will have played babysitter for the two worst teams in franchise history. That’s not the kind of resume that will help you keep your job—especially when you entered [...]
December 3, 2015
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Dirk has quietly been putting together a renaissance season at the age of 37 and like a fine wine he shot seems to get better with age (unlike another certain NBA superstar of Dirk’s era who is nicknamed Vino…). Through 19 games of the 2015-16 NBA season, Dirk is shooting 50.4% from the field, 44.6% [...]
December 3, 2015
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Back in 2007, two years removed from his divorce with Shaquille O’Neal, Kobe Bryant wasn’t happy with the Los Angeles Lakers and demanded a trade. That much is common knowledge. It’s been talked about and re-spun three times over for nearly a decade, and it’s bound to be rehashed now that the Black Mamba plans [...]
December 3, 2015
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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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