Holy crap, the Warriors are good. I could stop there, because that’s all you need to know. They’re taking over the NBA one game at a time, and assuming health, won’t be stopping anytime soon. Nor will I, because you deserve more than some pre-rankings Warriors-loving. So with that in mind, here’s a choppy portrait [...]
November 19, 2014
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Power Rankings
Prior to LeBron James ultimately deciding to return to Cleveland, Chris Bosh’s fate was up in the air. Houston made a strong push and all signs pointed to Bosh heading there if LeBron bolted. LeBron left, but wasting no time, the Heat offered Bosh a very tempting max offer, that coupled with the “pressure” of [...]
November 18, 2014
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Rumors
Kenneth Faried is a fresh off a great showing for Team USA in the FIBA World Cup, and was welcomed back by a brand-new contract extension with the Denver Nuggets. So that would lead you to believe the organization is fond of the front court star. Per ESPN, that’s not the case. Faried is apparently [...]
November 18, 2014
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Rumors
Nice calves. Dude, where’s your pogo-sticking vampire squid? The Spurs are interested in making a free-agency splash. Those are all things you don’t hear everyday. Lucky for you, today is not everyday. No, you don’t have nice calves. Get over it. And if you have a pogo-sticking vampire squid, hit me up on Twitter or [...]
November 18, 2014
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Blogs
In the Dallas Mavericks’ 107-80 Monday victory over the Charlotte Hornets, their 7-foot center from Germany—Dirk Nowitzki—reached an impressive milestone on being the fourth player in NBA history to tally 27,000 career points with a single team. With exactly 6:07 remaining in the third quarter, Nowitzki hit a jumper to clinch the 27,000 point mark [...]
November 18, 2014
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Benjamin Felix Santos
Metta World Peace’s exit from the NBA was rather quiet and unceremonious. Without much fanfare, he’s no longer in the league, but is doing his think overseas. Just because he’s not visible on a daily basis doesn’t mean he still isn’t interesting. World Peace recently gave some accounts of his brief tenure with the Knicks. [...]
November 17, 2014
Anou Enright
Rumors
The NBA has announced today that the Sacramento Kings have filed a protest regarding their controversial 111-110 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies on November 13 at the FedEx forum. With 0.3 seconds left in the game, Vince Carter through the inbound pass to Courtney Lee, which led to a buzzer-beating layup that sealed the game [...]
November 17, 2014
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Benjamin Felix Santos
This nightmarish start to the season has only gotten worse for the Orlando Magic. Channing Frye and Victor Oladipo suffered early season injuries and Aaron Gordon, selected 4th overall in June’s draft, has suffered a broken foot and is out indefinitely. The injury came Saturday night in a win over Atlanta. The 6-foot-9, 220-pound rookie [...]
November 17, 2014
Anou Enright
Rumors
We all know the Los Angeles Lakers are in a grim situation right now—having only won 1 out of their first 10 games of the season. I guess the best thing for them to do now is to look towards the future already—specifically finding help for Kobe Bryant next season. But, it looks like Oklahoma [...]
November 17, 2014
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Rumors
Jordan Brand Players Carmelo Anthony and Chris Paul are getting the first PE’s of the Air Jordan 1 High, and they are set to hit the market fairly soon. The ‘Melo PE is black and gold with a jumpman logo on the heel, and ‘Melo gets his logo on the tongue of the shoe. The [...]