The Oklahoma City Thunder have won six of their past 7 playoff games by an average of 15 points per victory. That’s an impressive stat or accomplishment for an NBA team in the increased stakes and high level of competition of the NBA Playoffs. When you consider that run of dominance has come against two [...]
May 26, 2016
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A lot of sports fans use Bleacher Report’s Team Stream app to follow their favorite sports teams and players. But by far and away, the Los Angeles Clippers’ newsfeed has to be running the hottest of anyone else in the league. They’re constantly in the news for one thing or another – whether it be [...]
November 30, 2015
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Golden State Warriors owner Joe Lacob apparently slept with the Larry O’Brien Trophy at some point after his team won the championship. Some other stuff might have been happened, too. We don’t really know. And it seems we’re better off that way. From Kelly E. Carter over at Haute Living: An NBA Championship and a [...]
November 4, 2015
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Nobody panic. While appearing on ABC’s NBA Finals broadcast Tuesday night—the Golden State Warriors are your 2015 champs, by the way—Dwyane Wade said something weird and unsettling. He talked about playing for the Miami Heat in the past tense. Here’s the clip (big h/t to SB Nation): https://vine.co/v/ee9dqYJwd2F “When I was in Miami…” Okay, fine. [...]
June 17, 2015
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You might drive a more expensive car than Matthew Dellavedova. Bask in that preeminent pittance for a second. Okay, the second is over. Dellavedova has taken the NBA Finals by storm. The Cleveland Cavaliers sophomore, who went undrafted in 2013, helped his team jump out to a 2-1 series lead by playing aggressive defense that [...]
June 15, 2015
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LeBron James’ crypticness is winning the NBA Finals. So too are the Cleveland Cavaliers themselves. They lead the Golden State Warriors 2-1 in their best-of-seven set, leaving them two wins away from the first championship in franchise history But, at the risk of being to ridiculous, who cares? LeBron stepped to the podium after Cleveland’s [...]
June 11, 2015
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Draymond Green is not healthy. Doris Burke of ESPN reported early on in the Golden State Warriors’ Game 3 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers that Draymond Green was battling through back pain. And though he was healthy enough to play—even telling Burke he would be fine and good to go—he didn’t sound like someone who [...]
June 10, 2015
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Dwyane Wade still believes in LeBron James. After making four straight NBA Finals appearances himself, Wade now finds himself on the commenter’s side of the championship chase. LeBron left the Miami Heat for the Cleveland Cavaliers, taking South Beach’s title hopes with him. And he’s carried the Cavaliers to a Finals date with the Golden [...]
LeBron James is a good teammate. Yeah, he drops dimes and helps his teammates shoot better off his passes. But that’s not even close to the point. If you’re on his team, and presumably not plotting to ruin his reign, he’s going to buy you presents. From Northeast Ohio Media Group’s Chris Haynes: But before [...]
Alas we are here, the final round of the purely hypothetical 64 player dream tournament to determine the best player to ever grace the NBA hardwood. We have traversed all eras in NBA history from the Russell’s and Wilt’s of the 1960s to the modern era which is dominated by stars such as LeBron and [...]
June 5, 2015
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