Another day, another injury—as the New Orleans Pelicans have announced today that their five-year veteran guard Tyreke Evans will be expected to miss 3-5 weeks with a strained right hamstring. He suffered the injury last week while playing pickup basketball somewhere out of town, according to GM Dell Demps New Orleans will definitely need Evans [...]
September 27, 2014
admin
Rumors
Highly-touted point guard Rajon Rondo of the Boston Celtics recently had an accident fell down at his own home which led to a surgery for his broken finger, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports. Most of us expected the Celtics to be better than last season wherein they finished only with 25 wins all [...]
September 27, 2014
admin
Benjamin Felix Santos
With the emergence of Steven Adams in the frontcourt for OKC, many wondered why Kendrick Perkins was continuing to get the starting lineup nod. But certain circumstances may be shaping up to change this. Perk has a strained quad and will miss the start of training camp. Who knows if that will bleed into the [...]
September 26, 2014
Anou Enright
Rumors
Miami Heat fans still seeking comfort after LeBron James’ decision to sign with the Cleveland Cavaliers may find solace in this: Y’all were three victories shy of keeping him. What’s that? It doesn’t help? It actually makes you feel like someone’s throwing lethal-venom-tipped darts at your sternum with Peyton Manning-like accuracy while cackling chaotically in [...]
September 26, 2014
admin
Blogs
Phil Jackson bleeds confidence. Neither you nor me nor James Dolan nor that inebriated guy at the bar undressing himself whilst screaming “Come see my beer muscles bitches!” at the top of his lungs has more confidence than Jackson. It’s been easy to forget that in recent years, mind you. Since Jackson has been out [...]
September 26, 2014
admin
Blogs
Kevin Durant has stated for years that he’s tired of being second. For a while, he has been behind LeBron on whatever list you’d like to assemble. He did, however, break through a bit by winning his first MVP last season. Even so, some think he wants to be LeBron. While on Jimmy Fallon last [...]
September 25, 2014
Anou Enright
Offbeat
Welp. According to NBC Charlotte, Jeff Taylor of the Charlotte Hornets has been arrested on domestic violence charges: A current Charlotte Hornets player was arrested early Thursday morning in Michigan on the charge of domestic assault. Jeffery Matthew Taylor, 25, was arrested at the East Lansing Marriott at University Place around 1 a.m. Thursday. Taylor [...]
September 25, 2014
admin
Blogs
If you didn’t already know the New York Knicks hired Derek Fisher, you’d think Jeff Van Gundy was still angling for their head coaching position. During an interview with Anthony Donahue for his Internet radio show on The Knicks Blog, Van Gundy said some pretty nice things about the Knicks. Like, for instance, he thinks [...]
September 25, 2014
admin
Blogs
With the much awaited 2014-15 season just almost a month away—former Los Angeles Lakers head coach and New York Knicks president Phil Jackson recently talked about the returning Kobe Bryant during his interview New York Post’s Steve Serby. Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan are arguably the best two players who have ever played the game, [...]
September 24, 2014
admin
Benjamin Felix Santos