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Kyrie Irving Says He ‘Couldn’t Be More Proud’ of LeBron James After Cavs’ Game 5 Letdown

Kyrie Irving Says He ‘Couldn’t Be More Proud’ of LeBron James After Cavs’ Game 5 Letdown

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 admin Blogs 0

Kevin Durant Denies Draymond Green Calling Him Right After Game 7 of 2016 NBA Finals

Kevin Durant Denies Draymond Green Calling Him Right After Game 7 of 2016 NBA Finals

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 admin Blogs 0

Tonight the 2016-17 Warriors Can Establish Themselves as Greatest Team of All-Time

Tonight the 2016-17 Warriors Can Establish Themselves as Greatest Team of All-Time

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 0

LeBron James After Game 3 Loss: Warriors Have ‘Most Firepower’ I’ve Ever Played

LeBron James After Game 3 Loss: Warriors Have ‘Most Firepower’ I’ve Ever Played

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 [...]

June 8, 2017 admin Blogs 0

Chris Paul and Dwyane Wade’s Sons Deliver Simple NBA Playoff Stats

Chris Paul and Dwyane Wade’s Sons Deliver Simple NBA Playoff Stats

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 0

2017 NBA Finals Most Watched Since 1998

2017 NBA Finals Most Watched Since 1998

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 0

Cavaliers May Start Iman Shumpert Instead of J.R. Smith in Game 3 of NBA Finals

Cavaliers May Start Iman Shumpert Instead of J.R. Smith in Game 3 of NBA Finals

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 [...]

June 5, 2017 admin Blogs 1

Kerr Could Actually Come Back to Coach in NBA Finals After All

Kerr Could Actually Come Back to Coach in NBA Finals After All

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 0

Unnamed Cleveland Cavaliers Player Doesn’t Think JaVale McGee is ‘Smart Enough’ to Play in NBA Finals

Unnamed Cleveland Cavaliers Player Doesn’t Think JaVale McGee is ‘Smart Enough’ to Play in NBA Finals

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 [...]

May 31, 2017 admin Blogs 0

Steve Kerr Still Not Feeling Well Enough to Coach Warriors in NBA Finals

Steve Kerr Still Not Feeling Well Enough to Coach Warriors in NBA Finals

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 [...]

May 30, 2017 admin Blogs 0