Aaron Gordon shared his incredible athleticism and world-class dunking prowess in the dunk contest a few weeks back and the basketball world still hasn’t quite recovered from the performance he and Zach LaVine put on that night. Gordon has been getting a lot more opportunity to flash his high energy and freakish athletic ability on [...]
February 24, 2016
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Offbeat
Smell that? It’s the scent of the NBA’s stretch run. Urgency is officially overtaking the Association. Teams still have more than one-quarter of their schedule left to play, but the ramifications of early-season happenings are becoming real. The Portland Trail Blazers are rising; the Houston Rockets are falling; the Chicago Bulls are standing steady after [...]
February 24, 2016
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Power Rankings
Like many backup PGs, Atlanta’s Dennis Schroder is on record as wanting to be a starting in this league. Unfortunately for him, he’s stuck behind Jeff Teague. But in Dennis’ defense, he’s probably talented enough to start for some NBA team. Might that team be the Sixers? Philly is reportedly prepared to offer Schroder the [...]
February 24, 2016
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Rumors
Less than two years into his 5-year pact to serve as Knicks boss, you get the sense that Phil Jackson is growing antsy. His ousting of Derek Fisher would lead you to believe so. Will he eventually want to step down if things don’t turn around soon? Not much happened with the team at the [...]
February 23, 2016
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Rumors
News came down Tuesday that Marc Gasol will undergo season-ending surgery for his fractured foot. Although the Grizzlies are currently sitting at 32-23 and in fifth place in the Western Conference, not having their anchor in the middle means the Grizzlies have zero chance to win a postseason series. That’s if they are even able [...]
February 23, 2016
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Blogs, Ryan Bawek
The Golden State Warriors made history once again last night in what is quickly becoming the most memorable season in NBA history. With their 102-92 win over the Hawks in Atlanta, they became the fastest team to reach 50 Wins in a season. The Warriors are now 50-5 on the season (a 91% winning percentage) [...]
February 23, 2016
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Blogs, Ryan Bawek
It’s almost a shame that Kyrie Irving played against the Oklahoma City Thunder at all. Let me explain. Irving logged just nine minutes in the Cleveland Cavaliers’ 115-92 victory over the Thunder on Sunday night. He was supposedly out with flu-like symptoms. I say “supposedly” because he wasn’t actually out with flu-like symptoms. From Dave [...]
February 23, 2016
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Blogs
The Cleveland Cavaliers’ collateral damage is the Golden State Warriors’ savvy midseason pickup. Golden State announced on Monday that it officially signed Anderson Varejao: The 2015 NBA Champion Golden State Warriors have signed free agent center Anderson Varejao to a contract, the team announced today. Per team policy, terms of the agreement were not released. [...]
February 23, 2016
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Blogs
Dirk Nowitzki has had an incredible career, a league MVP, Finals MVP and NBA champion, Dirk has been the heart and soul of the Dallas Mavericks for the past 16 years and become the standard bearer to which all foreign skilled big men are measured against. He reached another career milestone Sunday in the Mavericks [...]
February 22, 2016
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Blogs, Ryan Bawek
Tim Duncan is not here for your feelings and emotions. He’s here to win games for the San Antonio Spurs. That was never more evident to his response to whether or not he got emotional when he faced Kobe Bryant for the final time. Spurs center Tim Duncan isn’t sad he played Kobe Bryant for [...]
February 22, 2016
Anou Enright
Rumors