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Devin Booker Out 2-3 Weeks

Devin Booker Out 2-3 Weeks

Fans in Phoenix can breath a sigh of relief. Their pride and joy, 21-year-old shooting guard Devin Booker will only miss a few weeks and does not have any damage to the strained abductor injury that he suffered late in the 4th quarter of the Suns 126-113 loss in Toronto on Tuesday night. Here is [...]

December 7, 2017 Anou Enright Ryan Bawek 0

Stephen Curry Has No Structural Damage in Ankle, But Warriors Don’t Have Timetable for His Return

Stephen Curry Has No Structural Damage in Ankle, But Warriors Don’t Have Timetable for His Return

Stephen Curry is going to miss time with a right ankle injury. The Golden State Warriors just aren’t totally sure how long he’ll be out. The two-time MVP rolled his right ankle late in the fourth quarter of the Warriors’ Monday night victory over the New Orleans Pelicans. Neither X-rays nor an MRI revealed anything [...]

December 6, 2017 admin Rumors 0

Hunker Down, Miami: Hassan Whiteside Bracing for Extended Absence from Heat with Left Knee Injury

Hunker Down, Miami: Hassan Whiteside Bracing for Extended Absence from Heat with Left Knee Injury

Hassan Whiteside has missed each of the Miami Heat’s past three games with a bone bruise in his left knee, and he doesn’t sound like someone who’s planning to return in the near future. From the Palm Beach Post‘s Anthony Chiang: Whiteside will not travel for the team’s upcoming three-game trip, which begins Wednesday in San [...]

December 6, 2017 admin Blogs 0

Derrick Rose is Officially Returning to the Cleveland Cavaliers

Derrick Rose is Officially Returning to the Cleveland Cavaliers

After missing the past 12 games and leaving the team to consider whether he even wanted to continue his NBA career, Derrick Rose is officially returning to the Cleveland Cavaliers. Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.com was the first to break the news and noted that the point guard would be meeting with team officials by Monday’s [...]

December 5, 2017 admin Blogs 0

Steph Curry Leaves Warriors Locker Room on Crutches After Suffering Ankle Injury vs. Pelicans

Steph Curry Leaves Warriors Locker Room on Crutches After Suffering Ankle Injury vs. Pelicans

Well, what do ya know: Injuries continue to remain the worst thing ever. Steph Curry rolled his ankle late in the fourth quarter during the Golden State Warriors’ Monday night victory over the New Orleans Pelicans, and the visual wasn’t pretty: [tweet https://twitter.com/loganmmurdock/status/937886646246060033] Curry soon after started limping towards the locker room: Stephen Curry ankle [...]

December 5, 2017 admin Blogs 1

Rudy Gobert Could Return This Week

Rudy Gobert Could Return This Week

After a pretty rough stretch of basketball for the Utah Jazz in recent weeks and a deflating injury to their star center, things have turned around as the Jazz are back over .500 at 12-11 and are winners of five straight games. There is even more good news on the way for Jazz fans though, [...]

December 4, 2017 Anou Enright Ryan Bawek 0

YAY ALERT: MRI on Anthony Davis’ Groin Injury Negative, New Orleans Pelicans Consider Him Day-to-Day

YAY ALERT: MRI on Anthony Davis’ Groin Injury Negative, New Orleans Pelicans Consider Him Day-to-Day

At long last, we have some good news on the NBA’s injury front. Okay, actually, we have kind-of, sort-of good news. Real good news would include the abolition of injuries altogether. But following this season’s spate of onset absences and serious setbacks from marquee names, we’ll take what we can get—especially as it pertains to [...]

December 4, 2017 admin Blogs 0

Welcome to 2017: Los Angeles Lakers Enforcing a ‘LaVar Ball Rule’

Welcome to 2017: Los Angeles Lakers Enforcing a ‘LaVar Ball Rule’

You know how you know we’re int 2017?  Well, in lots of ways. Donald Trump is the goddamn President of the United States, so you know the world is batshit crazy. On the sports front, Colin Kaepernick does’t have a job, but Geno Smith does. People are still uncomfortable calling Stephen Curry a top-five player [...]

December 4, 2017 admin Blogs 1

Kyle Anderson Sprains MCL

Kyle Anderson Sprains MCL

Injuries keep rolling in for the San Antonio Spurs, but in pure Spurs fashion they are 15-8 and on pace for yet another 50 win season in spite of it. The Spurs were already even more short-handed than usual Sunday night in Oklahoma City after choosing to rest LaMarcus Aldridge and Tony Parker during their [...]

December 4, 2017 Anou Enright Ryan Bawek 0

The Latest in ‘Injuries Suck:’ Orlando Magic Lose Terrence Ross Indefinitely with Sprained MCL

The Latest in ‘Injuries Suck:’ Orlando Magic Lose Terrence Ross Indefinitely with Sprained MCL

Just in case you needed a reminder that injuries are, and will forever remain, the absolute worst, the Orlando Magic have now lost Terrence Ross indefinitely to a sprained right MCL. Here’s the details about his forthcoming recovery, per the Magic’s press release:  After further evaluation, including an MRI, Orlando Magic guard/forward Terrence Ross has [...]

December 1, 2017 admin Blogs 0