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Lakers May Be An Option for Chris Bosh in Free Agency

Lakers May Be An Option for Chris Bosh in Free Agency

Allow us to start with the truth: Neither Chris Bosh nor LeBron James is going to leave the Miami Heat in free agency. But it’s fun/interesting/perfectly normal/necessary to speculate. And that’s just what we’re doing here. According to FOX Spors’ Sam Amico, Bosh and the Los Angeles Lakers share interest in one another: I do [...]

May 8, 2014 admin Blogs 0

Melo and Phil Jackson Discuss Future Over Dinner

Melo and Phil Jackson Discuss Future Over Dinner

Sometimes, dinner can be the most important meal of the day. That’s how it was for the New York Knicks on Tuesday night, when team president Phil Jackson and star free-agent-to-be Carmelo Anthony discussed the latter’s future while breaking bread, according to ESPN New York’s Ian Begley: New York Knicks president Phil Jackson met with [...]

May 1, 2014 admin Blogs 0

Lance Stephenson’s Free Agency Stock Is Reportedly Declining

Lance Stephenson’s Free Agency Stock Is Reportedly Declining

Life is about to get good for Lance Stephenson…just not as good as we thought. The Indiana Pacers have been awful. Seriously, they’re bad. A stumbling, bumbling mess of absolute crap on the offensive end. They trail the eighth-seeded Atlanta Hawks 2-1 in their first-round playoff series, Paul George is rapidly becoming one of the [...]

April 25, 2014 admin Blogs 1

Pau Would Stay With Lakers For Kobe

Pau Would Stay With Lakers For Kobe

Take that, Dwight Howard. Of the many, many mysteries and questions that exist between Kobe Bryant and his previous and current Los Angeles Lakers teammates, the bond shared by Pau Gasol and himself is not one of them. The two are friends. Close friends. From what they’ve both said about each other over the last [...]

April 23, 2014 admin Blogs 0

Cavs Still Plan On Offering Kyrie Irving Max Deal

Cavs Still Plan On Offering Kyrie Irving Max Deal

Sit tight. I’m about to answer all the questions you really shouldn’t have anymore. The Cleveland Cavaliers are going to offer Kyrie Irving a max contract extension, according to Bob Finnan of The News-Herald: The Cavs are expected to make a maximum contract extension offer to guard Kyrie Irving. “Those discussions are set to take [...]

April 22, 2014 admin Blogs 0

Carmelo Looking For ‘Dwight Howard Treatment’ In Free Agency

Carmelo Looking For ‘Dwight Howard Treatment’ In Free Agency

Mike Woodson is history, Phil Jackson has a lot of work to do and Carmelo Anthony—well, he wants to be Dwight Howard. Okay, then. On the same day the New York Knicks parted ways with their embattled head coach, Sporting News’ Sean Deveney (h/t Bleacher Report) brought word that Anthony is looking for a free-agency [...]

April 21, 2014 admin Blogs 0

Pau Gasol Open to Reunion With Phil Jackson

Pau Gasol Open to Reunion With Phil Jackson

Well, that didn’t take long. Every summer, come hell or high water, the New York Knicks are linked to free agents they cannot afford. Not even a full day into their 2014 offseason, they were linked to Los Angeles Lakers free agent Pau Gasol. According to Yahoo! Sports’ Marc J. Spears, Gasol is interested in [...]

April 18, 2014 admin Blogs 0

Melo and Jackson Haven’t Talked Knicks Future Yet

Melo and Jackson Haven’t Talked Knicks Future Yet

Why do now what you can put off until later? That’s the mantra Phil Jackson and Carmelo Anthony are apparently parroting at this point. Though the two have held dialogues, they’ve yet to talk about the free-agent-to-be’s future with the New York Knicks. Here’s what Jackson had to say on their contact, per ESPN New [...]

April 3, 2014 admin Blogs 0

Kyrie Irving Won’t Think About Being Traded By Cavs

Kyrie Irving Won’t Think About Being Traded By Cavs

In an effort to quell speculation about his future with the Cleveland Cavaliers, Kyrie Iriving has gone all Stephen A. Smith on us. Correct, that does, in fact, mean the word “blasphemy” is involved. During a video interview with USA Today, Irving dished on what it’s like being at the mercy of the media and [...]

March 31, 2014 admin Blogs 0

Miami Heat May Pursue Kyle Lowry This Summer

Miami Heat May Pursue Kyle Lowry This Summer

Kyle Lowry is having one helluva season. And he’s about to have one helluva summer. After assuming inconsistent roles with the Memphis Grizzlies and Houston Rockets through the first six seasons of his career, Lowry has found a home with the Toronto Raptors. He’s averaging 17.3 points and 7.8 assists per game this season, making [...]

March 21, 2014 admin Blogs 0