Kyrie Irving hearts LeBron James. Following the Cleveland Cavaliers’ Game 5 and subsequent NBA Finals loss to the Golden State Warriors, the point man sang the praises of his teammate in a way that will give you chills, per SI.com’s Ben Golliver: [tweet https://twitter.com/BenGolliver/status/874489094084075520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fbleacherreport.com%2Farticles%2F2715337-kyrie-irving-praises-lebron-james-as-leader-player-after-finals-loss] Man, Kyrie is going to great lengths to make sure LeBron [...]
June 13, 2017
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Scandal alert! Okay, not really. But we have to find a way to be sensational and drum up some drama with the NBA Finals being so one-sided. And Kevin Durant and Draymond Green have given us this (not-at-all real) drama. ESPN.com’s Zach Lowe previously revealed that Green called Durant almost immediately after Game 7 of [...]
June 12, 2017
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While they may not have won 73 regular season games like last year and they don’t have Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson or Larry Bird on their team, the 2016-17 Golden State Warriors have been the most dominant team in NBA history and tonight they can complete the first perfect postseason in NBA history by sweeping [...]
June 9, 2017
Anou Enright
Ryan Bawek
LeBron James sounds resigned to the Golden State Warriors winning this year’s NBA title. And who can blame him? Golden State grabbed a 3-0 NBA Finals lead over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday night with a thrilling victory on the road. Though the Cavaliers appeared in control for most of the second half, the Warriors [...]
SAP and the NBA have released a video, delivered by the sons of Dwayne Wade and Chris Paul, that spotlights key stats and insights surrounding the NBA Finals. In the video, Zion Wade and Chris Paul II co-host “The Simple Report by SAP” in which the nine and eight year olds provide their own humorous [...]
June 7, 2017
Anou Enright
Offbeat
Despite the fact that the first two games have provided little in the way of intrigue thus far in the 2017 NBA Finals (the first quarter of Game 1 and the first half of Game 2 were amazing though), the trilogy is still alluring to the masses as the first two games of the NBA [...]
June 6, 2017
Anou Enright
Ryan Bawek
On the heels of another blowout loss at the hands of the Golden State Warriors, this one a 132-113 drubbing in Game 2, the Cleveland Cavaliers are thinking about a starting lineup change. According to ESPN.com’s Dave McMenamin, although Iman Shumpert needed intravenous fluids to address cramping in Game 2, the coaching staff is contemplating about [...]
The trilogy, Cavs-Warriors volume three, begins Thursday night as the match-up the basketball and sports world have been anticipating for basically a year now has finally arrived. Finally, both teams appear to be completely healthy and fully equipped for battle on the court, but as we all know that is not the case on the [...]
June 1, 2017
Anou Enright
Ryan Bawek
Plenty of people changed their opinion of JaVale McGee over the past season. His performance with the Golden State Warriors has been that convincing, as has his attitude. Not everyone is sold, though. There is, apparently, at least one player on the Cleveland Cavaliers that doesn’t believe McGee has the mental chops to play in the [...]
If the NBA Finals started today, Steve Kerr still wouldn’t be on the sidelines with the Golden State Warriors. Fortunately, the Finals don’t tip off today. But Cavs-Warriors, Part III does begin on Thursday, a mere two days from now. And based off what Kerr said on Monday, per NBC Sports’ Rosalyn Gold-Onwude?, it doesn’t sound like [...]