Goran Dragic does not miss playing for the Phoenix Suns. Amazing how far we’ve come, isn’t it? Dragic sort of revived his career in Phoenix, permanently establishing himself as a star talent at the point guard position during the Suns’ surprising 48-win 2013-14 campaign. But then that season ended. The Suns not only re-signed Eric [...]
January 6, 2016
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Stephen Curry is a warrior. He’s also a Golden State Warrior. Curry re-aggravated a left knee injury against the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night that’s been giving him problems over the last two weeks. He missed games against the Dallas Mavericks and Houston Rockets and was limited to just 14 minutes against the Denver [...]
January 6, 2016
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Chandler Parsons just cannot seem to get right. The Dallas Mavericks swingman has struggled at points this season as he continues to work his way back from arthroscopic surgery. His minutes and appearances have been closely monitored, and his effective field-goal percentage is the lowest of his career. The Mavericks’ starting lineup has also fared [...]
January 6, 2016
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With the Sacramento Kings 116-114 win over the Thunder in Oklahoma City Monday night, George Karl acquired his 1,156th career coaching victory. This put him ahead of the Zen Master himself, Phil Jackson, for 5th on the all-time list. Here is the updated list of the ten coaches with the most regular season victories in [...]
January 6, 2016
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Gregg Popovich doesn’t care that he was named NBA’s Coach of the Month for the Western Conference. And if the league wants him to care, it better break open its piggy bank. Because coach Pop won’t give a crap about monthly awards of any kind until they come accompanied with a car or yacht or [...]
January 5, 2016
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Oh, hello there, 2016. We almost didn’t see you come in, not with the 2015-16 NBA season unfolding exactly how it wasn’t supposed to. Sure, we knew the Spurs would be really good, even if we didn’t know they’d be historically awesome. We knew the Warriors would be great. We knew the Cavaliers would be, too. [...]
January 5, 2016
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If Markieff Morris’ implosion with the Phoenix Suns won’t prevent the Houston Rockets from trading Terrence Jones for him, Donatas Motiejunas’ latest injury should. Motiejunas is once again sidelined with back issues, and according to the Houston Chronicle‘s Jonathan Feigen, while there is technically no new injury to report, Houston’s stretch forward-center is expected to [...]
January 5, 2016
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Mike D’Antoni is already back on an NBA sideline, this time with the Philadelphia 76ers. This time next year, he could be back with the Phoenix Suns. Relations between current Suns coach Jeff Hornacek and team ownership isn’t great. The peeps upstairs canned half of his coaching staff, and the roster has imploded amid injuries, [...]
January 4, 2016
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Sound the Derrick Rose alarm. The oft-injured Chicago Bulls point guard, who has missed each of the team’s last three games, all of which were victories, is slated to undergo an MRI on his sore right knee, according to ESPN.com’s Nick Friedell: Chicago Bulls point guard Derrick Rose will undergo an MRI on Monday on [...]
January 4, 2016
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With the Spurs 112-79 trouncing of the quickly fading Phoenix Suns last night, the Spurs with a December net rating of 20.4, which is the greatest for one month by far since the NBA first tracked the stat in the 1995-96 season. Net rating is the estimated point differential per 100 possessions with opponent strength [...]
January 1, 2016
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