From winning an Eastern Conference best 60 games last season, to considering a miniature teardown this season, the Atlanta Hawks have come a long way. The wrong way. According to ESPN.com’s Kevin Arnovitz and Brian Windhorst, the Hawks are weighing whether they should sell off three of last year’s four All-Stars: The Atlanta Hawks are [...]
February 10, 2016
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Jimmy Butler left Friday’s game vs. the Nuggets after an apparent knee injury. It didn’t look good, as he needed help exiting the court. Today, the Bulls received terrible news in that they will need to be without him for about a month. Butler is also an all-star reserve and his teammate, Pau Gasol, will [...]
February 10, 2016
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Rumors
Shaquille O’Neal didn’t quite play four full seasons in Miami as a member of the Heat, but some people within the organization think he did enough to have his number 32 jersey retired by the organization. Sure, Shaq played a key role in the Heat winning the 2006 NBA Finals, but make no mistake, that [...]
February 9, 2016
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According to rumors that surfaced just over a week ago, the Hawks seem to be willing to move their longest tenured player and leader Al Horford if the right deal presents itself. [tweet https://twitter.com/CBSSportsNBA/status/694392460080844800] According to other reports, the Celtics have been aggressive in pursuing Horford and have inquired about point guard Jeff Teague as [...]
February 9, 2016
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Kevin Durant signing with the New York Knicks in 2016 free agency is a pipe dream. Russell Westbrook joining New York as a free agent in 2017? Now that’s possible. Supposedly. Here’s Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports: The Knicks have a real chance to sell Oklahoma City’s Russell Westbrook in 2017 – New York and [...]
February 9, 2016
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What, you didn’t think the Sacramento Kings were going to let the New York Knicks have all the fun, did you? Head coach George Karl has been on the hot seat for a while and, apparently, won’t have to wait much longer for a decision to be made on his future. The Kings have already [...]
February 9, 2016
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Dennis Rodman is a colorful character to say the least. We all know about his struggles with addiction, money, and celebrity since his playing days in the NBA. With that said, we also know about Rodman’s hall of fame success on the basketball court, and many players citing Rodman as a rebounding ‘genius’ and others [...]
February 8, 2016
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Oh, Knicks. The New York Knicks fired Derek Fisher on Monday, which came as a fairly big surprise considering his ties to team president Phil Jackson. But he’s gone. And while Luke Rambis, one of the worst head coaches I’ve personally ever seen, will be taking over in the interim, the Knicks have their wish [...]
February 8, 2016
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When Phil Jackson hired Derek Fisher as head coach, he had to have realized that the roster was a mess and that Fisher had zero coaching experience. Right? Given all of that, you’d like Jackson would allow the roster to take shape a little more before doing something irrational like removing Fisher. But, no. Jackson [...]
February 8, 2016
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Rumors
The Orlando Magic, who were at one point this season the surprise team in the NBA, and were as high as the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference, have now gone 3-15 thus far in 2016 and appear to be headed back to the lottery once again. As such, the Magic are very open to [...]
February 8, 2016
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