Kevin Durant wants y’all to know he left Team USA this past summer for the reason y’all already think he left Team USA this past summer. Paul George’s injury spooked him. During an hour-long HBO Sports documentary entitled “The Offseason: Kevin Durant,” the now-injured Oklahoma City Thunder superstar basically admits that he left Team USA’s [...]
November 4, 2014
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Thaddeus Young believes in the Minnesota Timberwolves. It’s been forever since the Timberwolves made the playoffs (i.e. 10 years). Not even Kevin Love was enough to slingshot them up the Western Conference standings and into the postseason. That’s one of the many reasons why dealing him was so painful: He’s a superstar, and superstars help [...]
November 4, 2014
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In their match against the Charlotte Hornets last night, the New York Knicks superstar Carmelo Anthony nailed a three-pointer at exactly the 7:41 mark of the first quarter which made him the newest member to join the 20,000-point club. He’s also the 6th youngest player to ever reach the milestone in NBA history. The Knicks [...]
November 3, 2014
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Kobe Bryant remains loyal to the Los Angeles Lakers. Many are waiting for all hell to break loose in Los Angeles, where the Lakers are 0-4 and continuing their downward spiral. Kobe doesn’t like losing. There will come a point when he explodes, making waves in all the wrong ways, feeding a rumor mill that [...]
November 3, 2014
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There is no denying it, the Oklahoma City Thunder are in deep trouble. With the injury to Westbrook Thursday night against the Clippers, the Thunder will now be without their top two superstars for the next 20 games more than likely. Immediate Impact: Losing your top two players is extremely difficult for any franchise to [...]
October 31, 2014
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If at some point a 39-year-old Ray Allen decides he wants to play, Mark Cuban’s Dallas Mavericks will take notice. Although it’s been widely assumed that Allen would follow LeBron James to the Cleveland Cavaliers, his continued absence from the basketball court is ominous—at least on that front. Perhaps he understands that the Miami Heat [...]
October 31, 2014
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Get your custom-made Marc Gasol New York Knicks jerseys now. Or, you know, do the smart thing and wait eight to nine months, when you’ll actually know where Gasol is playing. Impending cap space has the Knicks all aflutter about their future prospects. Not just in 2015, but 2016, when they will (probably) join the [...]
October 31, 2014
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Isaiah Thomas loves playing for the Phoenix Suns. But he would have loved playing for the Los Angeles Lakers, too. During a wide-ranging interview with Grantland’s Zach Lowe, Thomas touched upon his free-agent exploits from this past summer. When asked about the Lakers’ interest, he was candid and insightful, and said just enough to make [...]
October 30, 2014
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Great news, Cleveland Cavaliers fans. LeBron James and Dan Gilbert are still cool. No, seriously. They’re fine. Playing nice and everything. By LeBron’s standards, they’re doing incredible, per ESPN.com’s Dave McMenamin: “I think it’s really good,” James said when asked about his rapport with the Cavs’ owner. “We had one bad moment, and it just [...]
October 30, 2014
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Well, this rumor had to be started at some point. Who put money on it beginning before the season was even underway? Because you won. According to Ronald Tillery of The Commerical Appeal (via Pro Basketball Talk), the New York Knicks have eyes for Marc Gasol: The New York Knicks don’t appear positioned to be [...]
October 29, 2014
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