Golden State Warriors All-Star guard Klay Thompson says he’s the best shooting guard in the NBA today, a drum he’s been beating the last few years, especially since the physical decline of the great Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers. When asked about his starting five at each position today, Klay named Curry at [...]
December 30, 2015
Rob
Lists, R.S. De France
Goodbye, 2015. It’s been real, often fun. Sometimes even real fun. But it’s time we bid you adieu. Just not before we send you off with one last batch of NBA power rankings. The Association is niche-y as ever these days. The championship contender pool contains only Cleveland, Golden State and San Antonio, with Oklahoma [...]
December 29, 2015
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Power Rankings
‘Tis the season for NBA power rankings. Fine, ’tis the day for NBA power rankings. It’s the same day every week, almost irregardless of the season. This day, of this week, is no different—except unlike the previous day, of last week, we’re here to acknowledge, to lament, the utter implosion of the Bulls. Yes, they [...]
December 23, 2015
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Blogs
Quietly, Carlos Boozer is still a free agent, looking for work. Once a premier big man, Booz’s time with the Lakers last year hurt his stock some. It showed just how bad he is on defense and frankly, just how old he has gotten. But you always had the feeling that a team would come [...]
December 18, 2015
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Rumors
On Saturday night, when the Milwaukee Bucks ended the Golden State Warriors’ reign of perfection, they were predictably excited. Here was a young Bucks team that had struggled all season overthrowing the best squad in NBA history. That’s quite the accomplishment, even during a regular season in the middle of December. So yes, they were [...]
December 17, 2015
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Greivis Vasquez may have already played his last game for the Milwaukee Bucks. The 28-year-old point guard, whom the Bucks acquired in an offseason trade with the Toronto Raptors, hasn’t played in a game since late November while nursing an ankle injury that, per Gary Washburn of the Boston Globe, officially required surgery: #Bucks announce [...]
December 17, 2015
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Blogs
Our power rankings introduction is, for one week only, about to change. Most of the time, we wax distasteful snark that recaps all of the NBA’s major happenings over the past week, an approach aimed at teaching a crash course in almost everything you need to know. This week, though, you only need to know one [...]
December 15, 2015
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Power Rankings
I’ve got a secret. Can you keep it? Cool, because here it is: The Warriors are fire. Crazy, right? But not really. Some other crazily un-crazy things to consider: The Spurs have been in “God” mode since 1997; the Cavaliers are the most disappointing title contender at the moment; the Pacers do not miss Roy [...]
December 8, 2015
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The Los Angeles Clippers’ topsy-turvy 2015-16 season has now reached full “Well, jeez” status. Prior to the Clippers’ Wednesday night loss to the Indiana Pacers, coach and president Doc Rivers revealed that the rib injury All-Star point guard Chris Paul suffered against the Portland Trail Blazers two nights before would keep him sidelined for at [...]
December 3, 2015
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More than a month into the 2015-16 NBA regular season, everything is just as we thought it would be. LOL, jk. Much about the league’s landscape does make sense. The Warriors are godlike. The Spurs are right behind them. No one in the Eastern Conference can touch the Cavaliers. Not much else makes sense, though. [...]
December 1, 2015
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Power Rankings