Rumors

Despite being the top seed in the East for just about the entire season, all is not well in Cleveland. From a fired coach to reported turmoil, the rollercoaster-ish season continues. Reports out of Cleveland now suggest that Cavs players are tired of Kyrie Irving’s selfish play. The gripe is that he shoots too much [...]

As the 2015-16 season continues to wind down and we get closer to the free agency bonanza that will be the summer of 2016, rumors are heating up. Espeically with as many as 25 teams having max cap room as the cap will increase by $35 million, it will be a media firestorm. The big [...]

How far in the playoffs are the Los Angeles Clippers built to go without Blake Griffin? It’s a question head coach and president Doc Rivers may have to start asking. Griffin is out with a fractured right hand he suffered after punching a team equipment manager, and he’ll have to serve a four-game suspension once [...]

Whether or not Phil Jackson will eventually coach the Knicks has been a hot topic ever since he took the job. After he fired Derek Fisher several weeks ago, those rumors surfaced again, but he shot them down. Then, yesterday, it was reported that perhaps Jackson would be interested in coaching only the home games [...]

Nate Robinson’s shelf life in the NBA has apparently run its course. He has been a free agent this year, looking for a team and recently made strides towards trying out for an NFL team, given his collegiate football experience. But it doesn’t look like he’ll be playing in the NFL anytime soon, as he’s [...]

This side of an Achilles injury, Wesley Matthews’ four-year, $70 million deal with the Dallas Mavericks doesn’t look great. It doesn’t look horrible, to be sure. He is moving well on defense, still covering the toughest perimeter assignments. His three-point percentage has dipped, but he’s still hovering around 35 percent efficiency. And, most importantly, one [...]

Finally, some good news for the Chicago Bulls. Jimmy Butler’s ailing left knee is going to be fine, according to CBS Sports’ Ken Berger: Phew. We still don’t know when Butler will officially return to action, and there’s always the chance that Chicago plays the long game here, taking things slow with their 26-year-old cornerstone [...]

The Grizzlies’ Mario Chalmers sustained a leg injury Tuesday night and it turns out that he has suffered a ruptured Achilles and his season is over. To add insult to injury, the Grizzlies followed up that news by waiving the 29 year old PG. What a terrible turn of events for Chalmers who was once [...]

The NBA will never be the same. Longtime referee Joey Crawford is retiring after 39 years, effective immediately. A knee injury is causing him to hang it up right away. He will be missed. Crawford has provided some of the more comical moments in league history from a refereeing standpoint. Everything from him falling while [...]

It turns out Phil Jackson may not have carte blanche with the New York Knicks. That right reportedly belongs to Carmelo Anthony. Here’s The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski talking on the matter, as transcribed by RealGM: “For everyone suggesting New York president Phil Jackson controls the future of the Knicks’ franchise, just remember: when he included [...]