Never say Mike D’Antoni doesn’t have faith in his players. Nick Young has been everything the Los Angeles Lakers expected him to be. Or rather, what they should have expected him to be. Inconsistent, deadly, maddening—he’s been Nick Young, the player you can never quite comprehend. Magic Mike, however, is trying to put a label [...]
December 2, 2013
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This was never going to work. When the Houston Rockets signed Dwight Howard, Omer Asik’s days as a starter were numbered. More likely, his days in Houston were numbered. Despite what coach Kevin McHale repeatedly indicated, Asik and Howard could not share the floor together. Doing so would dictate that Howard play power forward. Or, [...]
November 15, 2013
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Before there was James Harden, there was Jeremy Lin. Remember that. Lin himself sure does. While at the “Dream Big, Be Yourself” youth conference in Taipei, Taiwan, Lin admitted that he believed he was going to be tasked with saving the Houston Rockets, according to The Gospel Herald’s Lauren Leigh Noske: I was ready to [...]
August 21, 2013
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Oh what almost could have been for the Houston Rockets. Not that pairing Dwight Howard with James Harden wasn’t enough. For now—the Rockets still need one more star if they wish to contend for a championship—it is. But it could have been even better. According to ESPN Grantland’s Bill Simmons, Chris Paul threatened to leave [...]
August 1, 2013
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Because the Houston Rockets can never have enough superstars, right? Daryl Morey and company’s two-year long pursuit of Dwight Howard is well known and has been well documented. The Rockets want him. Badly. Even after retooling their roster with Omer Asik, who turned into a double-double machine, they want Dwight. And we’re not about to [...]
Pretty much everything we know about the Los Angeles Lakers’ Metta World Peace defies sheer logic, so it should come as no surprise that he’s planning on returning to the court soon. Really soon. Like now. Okay, it’s still surprising. Per Sam Amick of USA Today,World Peace plans to suit up and ultimately play in [...]
April 9, 2013
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As MSG completes a $1 billion dollar renovation, it seems odd that only 1 NBA All-Star Game ever took place there (in 1998), while the New York Knicks have made 5 NBA Finals. Honorable Mention: Bernard King’s 60, Amar’e Stoudemire’s 41, Carmelo Anthony’s 41, Kyrie Irving’s 41, Jeremy Lin’s 38 [...]
What’s ailing Carmelo Anthony? That’s the eight-figure question currently plaguing the New York Knicks. We know it has something to do with his knees and fluid, but how serious is it? Should he even have returned against the Golden State Warriors? Is there something else at play here? We can’t answer any of those questions. [...]
March 12, 2013
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The Houston Rockets are going places and it seems they might be prepared to take Andrew Bynum with them. Per Howard Eskin of Fox 29 TV in Philadelphia, the Rockets are prepared to offer the still injured Bynum a contract this summer. I’m being told by sources the #houstonrockets are ready to offer #sixers C [...]
February 27, 2013
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Jeremy Lin and James Harden need a versatile power forward to run with, and the Houston Rockets need look no further than Paul Millsap of the Utah Jazz. According to Chad Ford of ESPN.com, Houston is likely to be active near the trade deadline as they continue their pursuit of an additional forward: Hearing yes [...]
January 10, 2013
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