Last year, Denver’s Danilo Gallinari tore his ACL shortly before the playoffs began. It was tragic in that he was critical in making their offense flow and who knows how far Denver would’ve gotten with him. In fact, Gallo only had surgery for a torn meniscus, but did not have ACL surgery. It was purposely [...]
January 22, 2014
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Rumors
Location, location, location. That applies to real estate, the value of sports franchises and just about everything, really. Regarding sports franchises, the team doesn’t even need be that good for the value to be great, as location will supercede most. Look no further than the New York Knicks. Last season marked the first time the [...]
January 22, 2014
Anou Enright
Rumors
Judgment day has arrived. Kind of. Halfway through the 2013-14 NBA season, most of us feel like geniuses. We know stuff now, you see. Real stuff. Important stuff. Which teams will make the playoffs for sure? We know that. Which teams are absolutely terrible? We know that, too. Why exactly is the Eastern Conference reaching [...]
January 22, 2014
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Power Rankings
It’s been quite some time since we have had the opportunity to showcase Greg Oden play highlights. Now that he’s getting a bit of burn for the Heat in his latest NBA comeback attempt we had a chance to show you his first regular season dunk in years, and now a pretty sweet block of [...]
January 21, 2014
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Highlights
Beno Udrih was initially thought to be a very smart acquisition by the Knicks in the offseason, but the marriage hasn’t quite worked out the way all anticipated. Losing leads to frustration and that apparently has taken over Udrih. The PG has reportedly requested a trade from New York. After a mini hot-streak a week [...]
January 21, 2014
Anou Enright
Rumors
Scary thought: Playing the Heat. Scarier thought: Playing a better version of the Heat. Despite spending much of the 2013-14 regular season in cruise control, the Heat are still scary good. Naked-pictures-of-Robin-Williams scary; any-movie-starring-Jason-Bateman good. And according to NBA.com’s David Aldridge, they’re hoping to get even better: With Oden looking like he can be a [...]
January 21, 2014
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Blogs
The Celtics – Heat playoff series are no longer now that Boston’s core has broken up. When those two teams were meeting up in the playoffs, they provided classic matchups, as those two teams didn’t care for one another. One player at the heart of that was Rajon Rondo. Even though it’s no longer a [...]
January 21, 2014
Anou Enright
Rumors
Let’s all just agree we have no idea what Celtics and general manager Danny Ainge are doing. One day, Boston is expected to trade Rajon Rondo; the next they plan to keep him. Today is one of those latter days. According to NBA.com’s Sam Smith, the Celtics, after naming Rondo the 15th captain in franchise [...]
January 21, 2014
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Blogs
And the feelgood hoops story of the year has to go to Lt. Cotina Sellers-Jenkins, who decided to give the ultimate surprise to her 13 year old son Derrick Jenkins just after Christmas. It was a rough holiday season for little Derrick as he hadn’t seen his mother for approximately 8 months as she was [...]
January 21, 2014
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Offbeat