Milwaukee Bucks rookie Jabari Parker suffered a left knee injury during their thrilling 96-94 victory against the Phoenix Suns. He immediately went for an MRI the next day which revealed a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his left knee. The Bucks have announced (via twitter) that Parker is sidelined for the remainder of the [...]
December 17, 2014
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Excuse Jabari Parker while he removes his foot from the throes of his mouth. After being selected by the Milwaukee Bucks with the No. 2 pick in the 2014 NBA draft, Parker was naturally excited. How could he not be? He just made it to the NBA! He’s a millionaire! Larry Sanders can hook him [...]
June 27, 2014
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The search is on. Less than two days after stunning the NBA by winning the draft lottery, despite a paltry 1.7 percent chance of doing so, the Cleveland Cavaliers have turned their attentions to finding someone to replace the departed Mike Brown. And according to ESPN’s Brian Windhorst, their search has led them to Florida’s [...]
Damn. What’s a four-letter word for “this totally sucks, but it wouldn’t have sucked if it had happened a tad sooner?” Yeah, let’s stick with damn while really thinking about dropping F-Bombs. In untimely fashion, the New Orleans Pelicans announced Thursday that Anthony Davis and Eric Gordon will miss the remainder of this season: The [...]
April 11, 2014
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Tanking is done for a reason in the NBA. Remember that. Never forget it. Deliberate losing is not supposed to be done in vain. A light is supposed to exist at the end of the tunnel, in the NBA draft, where a future superstar theoretically waits. That’s why teams tank. That’s why they lose, why [...]
April 10, 2014
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Let’s call last year’s NBA trade deadline what it was: Awful and boring. Next, let’s guess what this year’s NBA trade deadline will be like: Potentially awful and boring. The current collective bargaining agreement has made it so NBA teams aren’t as frivolous with their spending and willingness to assume long-term contracts. Punitive luxury-tax penalties [...]
February 11, 2014
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Well, duh. The 2014 NBA draft class is expected to be the deepest pool of talent seen since 2003, when players like LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony and Dwyane Wade each made jumps to the Association. Naturally, teams holding first-round picks—and multiple first-rounders—are taking a long hard look at the most highly touted targets. Especially the [...]
January 23, 2014
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It’s all about the future for the Toronto Raptors, and Rudy Gay won’t be a part of it. According to Yahoo! Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski and Marc J. Spears, the Raptors agreed to trade Rudy Gay to the Sacramento Kings: The Toronto Raptors have reached an agreement in principle to send Rudy Gay to the Sacramento [...]
December 9, 2013
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July 25, 2012 – Allen Moll With the 2013 HS recruiting class’ top prospect Jabari Parker out of action this Summer, nursing an injury, the attention this offseason has focused on the “other” top tier prep prospects that will soon be household names in college like Andrew Wiggins and Julius Randle. [...]
July 25, 2012
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May 31, 2012 – Allen Moll It’s not often, if ever that a baller from 8th grade gets his game compared to that of future NBA Hall of Famer and 5 time NBA Champion Kobe Bryant. After all, the “Black Mamba” is only known as arguably the 2nd best shooting guard in league history behind [...]
May 31, 2012
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Allen Moll, Blogs