Now that every team has unveiled their normal home and away uniforms for the 2017-18 season with the transition to Nike as the official apparel sponsor of the NBA, many teams alternate uniforms (every team will have four) are set to be unveiled around the NBA in the next few weeks, or so we thought… [...]
September 14, 2017
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Jabari Parker, the former No. 2 pick of the 2014 NBA Draft, has blossomed in his third season with the Milwaukee Bucks and was averaging 20.1 points, 6.2 rebounds, 2.8 assists on 49% shooting and 36.5% shooting from three before tearing his ACL for the second time this February. Parker is one of a slew [...]
September 11, 2017
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The New Orleans Pelicans have a gaping hole on their roster currently on the wing as a team that was already thin at the shooting guard and small forward position became even thinner with the hamstring injury to Solomon Hill that will keep him out much of the season. With the acquisition of DeMarcus Cousins [...]
September 6, 2017
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Longtime Spurs point guard and future hall of famer Tony Parker is rehabbing his torn left quadriceps this off-season, an injury he suffered against the Rockets in the western conference semi-finals last season. While initial prognosis for the injury was for Parker to return around or even after the all-star break, Parker has said numerous [...]
September 5, 2017
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Whether or not talks have officially started or gotten serious, it is pretty obvious that the Bulls and Dwyane Wade will agree to a buy out for the final year and $24 million of his contract. It makes little sense for a 35-year-old Wade to be playing for a team trying to reach the top [...]
September 5, 2017
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While Isaiah Thomas (if and when he is truly healthy) and Jae Crowder are the major pieces to help the Cavaliers reach their fourth straight NBA Finals next season, the crown jewel of their trade with the Celtics for Kyrie Irving is Brooklyn’s unprotected 1st round pick in 2018. If LeBron James does leave in [...]
September 5, 2017
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As we all know and have for over a year now at least, the Boston Celtics have been in the perfect position to utilize their treasure chest of assets and their status as a fringe contender to make a big splash or two and acquire at least one of the many stars that have been [...]
August 31, 2017
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While the trade that did occur between the Cavaliers and Celtics was as blockbuster as it gets and unprecedented in some ways, there was one other trade offer that was on the table that would have been exponentially more insane: Kyrie Irving for Klay Thompson. [tweet https://twitter.com/LegionHoops/status/900414858989936640] This was first reported by ESPN’s Marc J. [...]
August 24, 2017
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There was a time not long ago that Josh Smith was a max contract player and seen as one of the most exciting young talents at the forward position in the NBA. Fast forward to the 2016-17 NBA season and Smith is nowhere to be seen, relegated to playing in China at the age of [...]
August 21, 2017
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As we all know by now, Chris Sheridan of Sheridan Hoops reported Wednesday morning that the relationship between LeBron James and Cavaliers Owner Dan Gilbert is “beyond repair” and there is a “100 percent” chance he is leaving Cleveland next summer. While it still may be true or close to true, and you can’t really [...]
August 17, 2017
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