New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony has been playing through a sore left knee throughout almost all their games this season. He’s been enduring this pain since their 95-90 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Oct. 30. But last Tuesday night, in their 117-113 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks, things got a little worse as [...]
November 19, 2014
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Benjamin Felix Santos
In their 114-109 victory against the Atlanta Hawks Tuesday night, Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant just broke another milestone once again as he officially became the fourth player in league history to reach 32,000 career points, joining Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Moses Malone, and Michael Jordan. With exactly 1:10 remaining in the game, Bryant scored his [...]
November 19, 2014
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Ah, what could have been. Isaiah Thomas was apparently a wanted man during the 2014 NBA free-agency period. Well, not by the Kings. But the Lakers and (obviously) the Suns were both interested. And so, too, were the Celtics. Here’s Green Street’s Ben Rohrbach with more: Other than the late addition of Evan Turner at [...]
November 18, 2014
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Nice calves. Dude, where’s your pogo-sticking vampire squid? The Spurs are interested in making a free-agency splash. Those are all things you don’t hear everyday. Lucky for you, today is not everyday. No, you don’t have nice calves. Get over it. And if you have a pogo-sticking vampire squid, hit me up on Twitter or [...]
November 18, 2014
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In the Dallas Mavericks’ 107-80 Monday victory over the Charlotte Hornets, their 7-foot center from Germany—Dirk Nowitzki—reached an impressive milestone on being the fourth player in NBA history to tally 27,000 career points with a single team. With exactly 6:07 remaining in the third quarter, Nowitzki hit a jumper to clinch the 27,000 point mark [...]
November 18, 2014
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The NBA has announced today that the Sacramento Kings have filed a protest regarding their controversial 111-110 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies on November 13 at the FedEx forum. With 0.3 seconds left in the game, Vince Carter through the inbound pass to Courtney Lee, which led to a buzzer-beating layup that sealed the game [...]
November 17, 2014
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Not even playing alongside LeBron James safeguards Kevin Love against Lakers rumors. The free-agent-to-be has been heavily linked to the Lakers since last season. He was born in Santa Monica (raised in Oregon), attended UCLA, unhappy in Minnesota and barreling towards the open market. It was only a matter of time before Love put on [...]
November 17, 2014
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As the 2014-2015 NBA season gets underway, everyone already wants to know how it will end. Will the San Antonio Spurs repeat? Will Cleveland finally win one? When will big market franchises in the basement (Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Lakers, New York Knicks, and the Philadelphia 76ers) return to contention? Back on top, the Spurs [...]
November 15, 2014
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It’s not what the Chicago Bulls -or their fan base- wanted to hear after Thursday nights 100-93 victory over the Toronto Raptors, but it seems to be the harsh reality facing this team. Star point guard Derrick Rose is injured again. He suffered a left hamstring injury with less than two minutes remaining in the [...]
November 14, 2014
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NBA owners ’round the Association: Duck! Michele Roberts, the NBA Players Association’s Director, has her guns out…and she’s firing away. Since making history in July by becoming the first female union chief in major North American sports history, Roberts has been making waves. She’s been speaking out in favor of players and against a salary [...]
November 14, 2014
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