Have you heard the one where New York Knicks president Phil Jackson spurns the Big Apple to reunite with the Los Angeles Lakers and his fiance, and team co-owner, Jeanie Buss? Of course you have. Well, Buss wants you to know that this conspiracy theory, sensible thought it sounds at times, is complete crap. As [...]
Jason Kidd and the Milwaukee Bucks apparently won’t be saying goodbye to one another anytime soon. According to Yahoo Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski, Milwaukee is working on a contract extension for Kidd, who is entering the last season of his current deal: Zanik’s hiring is another in a sequence of significant franchise moves that co-owners Wesley [...]
Stephen Curry is tough. He has played through injuries, worked his way back from injuries, withstood blows at the rim and, most notably, reinvented the game of basketball despite constant push-back from old heads who don’t consider him an all-time great. Not everyone thinks Curry is tough, though. And why not? Golden State Warriors head [...]
Viva la Philadelphia 76ers frontcourt logjam. Just kidding. The Sixers need to do something about their overcrowded frontcourt. Joel Embiid, Nerlens Noel and Jahlil Okafor are all best suited center. Playing any one of them at power forward doesn’t make much sense, not even if Embiid, who is expected to make his NBA debut sometime [...]
Markieff Morris is once again making headlines for the wrong reasons. According to Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia’s John Gonzalez, the Washington Wizards forward was detained at Philadelphia International Airport after ‘suspected marijuana’ was apparently uncovered in his bag: [tweet https://twitter.com/gonzoCSN/status/735943108031041537] Here’s Gonzalez with more details: Morris, who was with a party that included his mother, checked [...]
The Houston Rockets’ coaching search is over. After a weeks-long search that spanned numerous candidates and scores of rumors, the Rockets have settled on Mike D’Antoni to be their next head coach, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of The Vertical: The Houston Rockets are finalizing a four-year, $16 million-plus deal to hire Mike D’Antoni as head [...]
After a long drawn out five-week process to name all of the NBA’s awards and honors for the 2015-16 regular season, the All-NBA teams has been announced. The All-NBA 1st Team features league MVP Steph Curry, the guy who is outplaying him in the conference finals in Russell Westbrook, Kawhi Lenoard, LeBron James and DeAndre [...]
May 27, 2016
Anou Enright
Ryan Bawek
What, did you think we were done talking about Draymond Green’s kick to Steven Adams’ groin in Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals? That’s cute. While the NBA elected not to suspend Green, and though the Oklahoma City Thunder dismantled the Golden State Warriors in Game 4, the kick is still having a lasting [...]