Manu Ginboili has veto power over San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich. Well, not really. But he has the ability to change Coach Pop’s mind. Popovich apparently had plans to sit Manu Ginobili against the New York Knicks on Monday night, a move he thought that Ginobili agreed to. As it turns out, Coach [...]
November 3, 2015
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Kristaps Porzingis is hurt. Again. But his injury isn’t believed to be serious. Again. Late in the fourth quarter of the New York Knicks’ 94-84 loss to the San Antonio Spurs, Porzingis and Carmelo Anthony were involved in a chaotic scrum for an offensive rebound; Anthony came up with it and either fell or stepped [...]
November 3, 2015
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The Washington Wizards would be smart to offer a contract extension to starting shooting guard Bradley Beal, but they made an ever wiser decision to delay the negotiations. Although Beal deserves a new deal and the Wizards are almost certainly going to pay the Florida product whatever he wants, the front office properly exploited the [...]
November 2, 2015
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The Charlotte Hornets are really buying into that Jeremy Lamb hype that existed in 2012 and has since petered out. After a relatively unsuccessful three years with the Oklahoma City Thunder, Lamb now finds himself in a situation with the Hornets where, at some point, he should be able to make real contributions. And Charlotte [...]
November 2, 2015
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When new Chicago Bulls head coach Fred Hoiberg relegated Joakim Noah to bench duty, one of two things happened. Some brushed it off. Noah has always been a team player, and the Bulls are stacked with frontcourt talent. He would understand. Others began to panic, or at least wonder if there would be any repercussions, [...]
October 30, 2015
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Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban won’t be befriending the members of the Los Angles Clippers anytime soon. Or ever. The fates of the Clippers and Mavs intertwined over the offseason, when the latter tried, and for a second succeeded in, poaching DeAndre Jordan in free agency. But then Jordan started to waver on his decision [...]
October 30, 2015
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Dion Waiters doesn’t need a four-year commitment from the Oklahoma City Thunder to feel good about his place on the team. Though, of course, that would certainly help. Dion Waiters is eligible to sign an extension, but if he and the Thunder cannot reach an agreement by Monday’s deadline, he will enter restricted free agency [...]
October 30, 2015
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As the NBA’s salary cap increases, so too will the use of the stretch provision. In a nutshell, the stretch provision allows teams to part ways with bad investments and ill-fit partnerships while easing the financial burden of dissolution. It works like this: Teams can waive a player and then spread the remaining value of [...]
October 30, 2015
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