The game has changed for the better over the past decade as the NBA game is more fast-paced and open than ever with teams spacing the floor out and moving the ball like a whirring machine with most seven footers launching three-pointers, something that seemed unimaginable even a decade ago. The league is full of [...]
October 29, 2018
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Joel Embiid has some lofty expectations for how he’d like this season to end. He obviously needs the Philadelphia 76ers to make the playoffs, because that’s who he is. He’d obviously like to win a title as well, because duh. Earning another All-Star bid is probably an afterthought for him, too. He’s moved on to [...]
October 23, 2018
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While most hoops heads wonder whether the Portland Trail Blazers will even be able to secure a playoff berth in the brutal Western Conference, Damian Lillard has set his sights on higher ground. He wants to be this year’s MVP. From Blazers.com’s Casey Holdahl: “If I don’t accomplish it, it don’t change,” said Lillard of [...]
October 18, 2018
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More and more people see a scenario in which Kevin Durant could leave the Golden State Warriors during free agency this summer. Owner Joe Lacob isn’t one of them. From the The Mercury News‘ Mark Medina: “For some reason, everyone thinks this year is different than last,” Warriors majority owner Joe Lacob told Bay Area News [...]
October 16, 2018
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Draymond Green would love to end his career with the best team in NBA history. Go figure, right? Except, there’s more to his loyalty and interest in staying with the Golden State Warriors than tongue-in-cheek formalities. Kevin Durant has a player option for next summer and has been signing a series of one-year deals. Klay [...]
October 12, 2018
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Despite being unsigned as the NBA gears up for the opening of training camps, Jamal Crawford remains a wanted man. During an appearance on The Jump, ESPN.com’s Marc J. Spears that, in addition to the Golden State Warriors, the soon-to-be 19-year-old veteran is drawing interest from the Los Angeles Lakers and Philadelphia 76ers (via Clutch Points’ [...]
September 14, 2018
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The NBA’s 2018 rookie class has spoken, and the consensus is in: LeBron James is their favorite player. Results from the league’s rookie survey were officially released, and LeBron received the largest share in this department, edging out Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant by a wide margin. Here are the results, per NBA.com’s John Schuhmann: [...]
August 21, 2018
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Kawhi Leonard will not be attending the non-mandatory Team USA minicamp following his trade to the Toronto Raptors. This should surprise literally no one. Here’s ESPN.com’s Chris Haynes with the deets: [tweet https://twitter.com/ChrisBHaynes/status/1021949785551470592] Though some thought that Leonard would ultimately show in Las Vegas, this was before the San Antonio Spurs officially shipped him elsewhere. [...]
July 25, 2018
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Give NBA commissioner Adam Silver truth serum, and he’ll probably cop to wishing the Golden State Warriors never signed Kevin Durant. As far as them ruining the league, though? You’ll never get him to admit that. Silver was asked about the potentially adverse impact the Warriors’ dominance is having on the NBA while speaking with [...]
July 11, 2018
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Unlike Kevin Durant before him, and potentially unlike Klay Thompson this summer, Draymond Green has no plans to give the Golden State Warriors a discount. But only because he’s been there, done that. Green is eligible for an extension with the Warriors this summer. As ESPN.com’s Chris Haynes notes, though, he has no plans to [...]
June 13, 2018
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