Blogs

Native American themed mascots, logos and team names are pervasive all over the professional and collegiate sports scene, but rarely do they truly pay homage. The alternate uniforms that the Thunder unveiled on Monday do seem to be the rare instance where the culture is being honored and not parodied or done in a disrespectful [...]

Tom Thibodeau is basically Uncle Rico from Napoleon Dynamite at this point. Trying to rekindle the golden days he had as the coach of the Chicago Bulls by signing and giving a role to any one of the major pieces of that era of Bulls basketball that he can get his hands on. Much like [...]

The Phoenix Suns added a lot of talent this off-season and a solid veteran wing player in Trevor Ariza in free agency, but they still have one massive need though, a point guard. The current list of point guards on the Suns roster is Elie Okobo, Shaq Harrison, Isaiah Canaan and DeAnthony Melton…yikes. The Suns [...]

Restricted free agency has not been quite to many young players in recent years. After entering this past season as a guy who many thought could garner $10 million or more per year from the Jazz or elsewhere and then struggling with the Jazz before being traded to the Cavaliers and struggling to find a [...]

Basketball never sleeps, which unfortunately means injuries don’t either. As first reported by 98.7 FM Arizona’s John Gambadoro, Devin Booker needs to have surgery to repair an injured right hand and will be out indefinitely (via 98.7 FM Arizona’s Kellan Olson): Phoenix Suns shooting guard Devin Booker will undergo hand surgery on Monday and is [...]

Kevin Garnett has made a good living from the game of basketball, according to Business Insider. At the moment Garnett has more career earnings at $326 million than any other player in NBA history. Unfortunately, that doesn’t mean that he has seen all $326 million of those earnings, as $77 million was allegedly stolen from [...]

In a somewhat surprising move, the Clippers decided to match the Pelicans offer sheet for free agent forward Tyrone Wallace. The reason this is of interest is because that now gives the Clippers 17 guaranteed contracts for the 2018-19 NBA season which screams two words: trade coming. Here is their roster at the moment: When [...]

Udonis Haslem has been a member of the Miami Heat since LeBron James rookie year in the NBA, before social media was a thing and when the concept of TiVo was relatively new. He has agreed to a one-year, $2.4 million deal to play his 16th season as a member of the Heat. [tweet https://twitter.com/ByTimReynolds/status/1037690156826931200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] [...]

The Lakers quickly went from Lonzo and LaVar’s (let’s be honest) to LeBron James’s organization this summer. Ball flashed some of the all around ability and court vision that made him the No.2 pick last season, but his putrid shooting percentages and inability to be an offensive threat make him a big work in progress [...]

You knew this was coming. On the heels of Luol Deng agreeing to a buyout with the Los Angeles Lakers, he’s found himself a primary suitor for his services. And surprise-surprise, it’s the Minnesota Timberwolves. Per The New York Times‘ Marc Stein, the Timberwolves have officially ‘launched’ their recruitment of another one of coach-president Tom Thibodeau’s [...]