Paul George is the Los Angeles Lakers’ best free-agent recruiter. And he’s not even a Laker. While appearing on 95.7 The Game, NBC Sports Bay Area analyst and former NBA player Kelenna Azubuike said George has “definitely” started recruiting Klay Thompson on behalf of the team he doesn’t yet play for: [tweet https://twitter.com/957thegame/status/879721276742316032] I mean, [...]
June 28, 2017
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The Brooklyn Nets may finally be back on the way up after putting themselves in possibly the worst position imaginable for a franchise with their questionable decisions in their pursuit to be a contender. Now that they have cleared out all of their large or bad contracts and obtained oodles of cap flexibility to take [...]
June 26, 2017
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The Boston Celtics selected Jayson Tatum with the No. 3 overall pick on Thursday night, a decision they may have made out of pure respect for Tatum’s game and fit. Or because Josh Jackson blew them off. The Kansas stud, who ended up going at No. 4 to the Phoenix Suns, cancelled his workout with [...]
June 23, 2017
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The rumor mill keeps churning as we are now less than 48 hours from the 2017 NBA Draft. One of the biggest players in the draft rumor game this year is the Los Angeles Lakers who hold the No. 2 pick and are currently trying to balance their desires in this year’s draft with their [...]
June 20, 2017
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The New York Knicks draft selection is always a huge deal as the draft is held in the Big Apple each year and the long-suffering and passionate New York Knicks fans have no problem giving their instant reaction to the selection. The Knicks find themselves with the No. 8 pick in the 2017 NBA Draft [...]
June 19, 2017
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The July madness that is the NBA free agency is almost here, as NBA junkies like ourselves (I am assuming you are if you follow our site) are gearing up to check Hoopshype and other other free agency rumors around the clock for a few weeks. The absolute best player that seems to be somewhat [...]
June 16, 2017
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While the rumor mill has been churning for sometime now about Gordon Hayward reuniting with his college coach Brad Stevens and bolting Utah to become the newest member of the Boston Celtics, one other free agent target of the Celtics has taken a back seat: Blake Griffin. Intrepid reporter from The Vertical Adrian Wojnarowski reported [...]
June 14, 2017
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Apparently the Boston Celtics aren’t the only team that poses a serious threat to poaching Gordon Hayward from the Utah Jazz. The Miami Heat have joined the party as well. In the aftermath of the Golden State Warriors’ latest title, ESPN.com’s Zach Lowe talked about how the rest of the NBA will respond. Though the jury [...]
June 13, 2017
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Because of his loud mouth, gregarious, offensive and in your face father, Lavar, Lonzo Ball is probably the most recognized name in the 2017 NBA Draft. As a 6’6″ point guard and a local Los Angeles kid who played for his hometown school in college, the UCLA Bruins, and a player with potentially special play [...]
June 12, 2017
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With the NBA season potentially over in the next 24 hours and the NBA Draft less than two weeks away, the insanity that is the month of July and NBA free agency is right around the corner. While this off-season won’t have a LeBron James or Kevin Durant on the market, there will be a [...]
June 9, 2017
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