Watching the Los Angeles Lakers just became a lot less fun. It’s hard enough to watch them as it is, what with Kobe Bryant’s swan song dictating the ebbs and flow of the NBA’s second-worst offense. But it’s going to be nigh unbearable now without the super explosive Larry Nance Jr. to provide the occasional [...]
February 2, 2016
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Damian Lillard is a veteran at being snubbed from the NBA All-Star Game. In 2013-14, as a sophomore, he was playing with found money. Second-year players are seldom All-Star locks. Last year, he only made the Western Conference All-Star squad as an injury replacement. He didn’t take that too well. He took it personally. But [...]
January 29, 2016
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D’Angelo Russell is not on the Los Angeles Lakers’ list of players to trade. Because, um, duh? Well, maybe not “duh.” According to Hoops Critic’s Brian Geltzeiler, Russell’s name has, in fact, come up in negotiations: In taking to people around the league on who has been made available in trade talks a very surprising [...]
January 29, 2016
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First Dirk Nowitzki, now Derrick Rose. The NBA’s superstars just won’t stop doling out the feel goodz to Kobe Bryant. Ahead of the Chicago Bulls’ thorough drubbing of the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday night, Rose, like Nowitzki before him, showered Kobe with the utmost praise, per Nick Friedell of ESPN.com: “Kobe, he’s someone that [...]
January 29, 2016
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Let’s ask the question that’s been burning a hole in our brains for months. Are the San Antonio Spurs as good, if not better, than the Golden State Warriors? No. No, they are not. Golden State proved as much during its 120-90 romping of San Antonio on Monday night, setting the stage for our power [...]
January 26, 2016
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It has been a very eventful past seven days in “The Land” as the Cavaliers were embarrassed to the tune of 132-98 at home in a finals rematch with the Golden State Warriors on MLK day. After a win over the Los Angeles Clippers on Thursday night, the Cavs decided to fire Head Coach David [...]
January 25, 2016
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Half of the 2015-16 NBA season is in the books. Pat yourself on the back. You’ve done it. You’ve watched, you’ve cheered, you’ve moaned. You’ve wondered why it’s taken the Suns so damn long to sell off Markieff Morris. You’ve pondered the meaning of life whenever the Spurs or Warriors take the floor. You’ve lamented [...]
January 23, 2016
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The reigning NBA champion, historically good Golden State Warriors are back. Because, apparently, they left. Which is effing absurd. Draymond Green offered some pointed words following the Warriors’ shellacking of the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday night that should terrify the rest of the NBA. From the Washington Post‘s Tim Bontemps: “We kind of have that [...]
January 22, 2016
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Mike Conley will have no shortage of suitors when he hits the free agency market in July. And I’m only talking about NBA teams located in New York, not even the Memphis Grizzlies or the rest of the league. Sources told the New York Post‘s Marc Berman and Fred Kerber that both the Brooklyn Nets [...]
January 22, 2016
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Golden State Warriors All-Star guard Klay Thompson says he’s the best shooting guard in the NBA today, a drum he’s been beating the last few years, especially since the physical decline of the great Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers. When asked about his starting five at each position today, Klay named Curry at [...]
December 30, 2015
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