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Anthony Davis Will Be Ready to Play in Pelicans’ Season-Opener

Anthony Davis Will Be Ready to Play in Pelicans’ Season-Opener

Anthony Davis’ sprained ankle will not prevent him from playing in the New Orleans Pelicans’ season-opener against the Denver Nuggets next Wednesday. This news comes from ESPN.com’s Marc Stein: [tweet https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/status/788794818822410240] [tweet https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/status/788795142807261184] So not only will Davis be ready in a week, he might get to test his ankle against the Orlando Magic. This [...]

October 20, 2016 admin Blogs 0

Dwyane Wade Won’t Completely Rule Out Returning to the Miami Heat One Day

Dwyane Wade Won’t Completely Rule Out Returning to the Miami Heat One Day

Dwyane Wade is already thinking about reuniting with the Miami Heat. Okay, that’s not entirely true, or even partially true. Rohan Nadkarni of Sports Illustrated asked him a question, and Wade (h/t CBS Sorts) answered: RN: Will you ever play another game for the Miami Heat? Wade: I don’t know. I never thought I would [...]

October 20, 2016 admin Blogs 0

Aldridge’s Personality Doesn’t Seem to be Meshing with Spurs Culture

Aldridge’s Personality Doesn’t Seem to be Meshing with Spurs Culture

Reports have been surfacing lately, although instantly denied by the Spurs organization of course, that 2015 big time free agent acquisition LaMarcus Aldridge is unhappy with his current role and standing with the Spurs. [tweet https://twitter.com/basketballtalk/status/788471139219615745] The report originally surfaced from longtime and well-respected NBA Reporter Jackie MacMullan, who is most well-known for her coverage [...]

October 19, 2016 Anou Enright Ryan Bawek 0

New York Knicks Expect Derrick Rose to Start Season-Opener

New York Knicks Expect Derrick Rose to Start Season-Opener

It doesn’t sound like Brandon Jennings will be the New York Knicks starting point guard on opening night, next Tuesday, against the Cleveland Cavaliers. That honor will belong to Derrick Rose, as planned. His status has been up in the air of late. He hasn’t been with the team; he’s been in Los Angeles, as [...]

October 19, 2016 admin Blogs 0

Carmelo Anthony Wants the Kristaps Porzingis Hype Train to Slow Down

Carmelo Anthony Wants the Kristaps Porzingis Hype Train to Slow Down

Carmelo Anthony isn’t digging the Kristaps Porzingis craze that’s sweeping New York and the rest of the world. Who knew he was such a party pooper? From the New York Post‘s Marc Berman: “There’s still a learning curve for him,” Anthony said. “Last year, nobody knew what to expect — all new to everybody. This [...]

October 18, 2016 admin Blogs 0

Lakers Players Have Told Stephen Curry That They ‘Love’ Head Coach Luke Walton

Lakers Players Have Told Stephen Curry That They ‘Love’ Head Coach Luke Walton

Take it from Stephen Curry: The Los Angeles Lakers’ players love them some Luke Walton. Baxter Holmes wrote a fabulous piece for ESPN.com on Walton’s attempts to bring a little Golden State Warriors culture to Hollywood. There is a long way to go, quite obviously, but the early returns are good. Walton’s players like him [...]

October 17, 2016 admin Blogs 0

Isaiah Thomas Doesn’t Think Triangle Offense Works without ‘Kobe, Shaq or MJ’

Isaiah Thomas Doesn’t Think Triangle Offense Works without ‘Kobe, Shaq or MJ’

When Isaiah Thomas reaches free agency in 2018, the New York Knicks better not come calling. Unless, of course, they’ve ditched all remnants of Phil Jackson’s beloved triangle offense. As Isaiah Thomas made clear to the New York Daily News‘ Stefan Bondy while discussing Knicks head coach Jeff Hornacek, for whom he played while with [...]

October 17, 2016 admin Blogs 0

Kristaps Porzingis’ Individual NBA Goal: Get a Quadruple-Double

Kristaps Porzingis’ Individual NBA Goal: Get a Quadruple-Double

Kristaps Porzingis is the best, which isn’t an offhand distinction we throw around lightly when it comes to players who represent the New York Knicks. In an essay penned for The Players’ Tribune, the 21-year-old skyscraper talks a lot about his playing days prior to joining the Knicks. He touches upon his family, the homesickness/anemia [...]

October 14, 2016 admin Blogs 0

Who From the 2013 Draft Class Will Get Extensions Before the Deadline?

Who From the 2013 Draft Class Will Get Extensions Before the Deadline?

Excitement and hope is in the air this time of year as the NBA has returned and the 82 game marathon that is an NBA season is about to kick off yet again. Along with the start of the season comes another yearly event that can determine the future of many franchises and how committed [...]

October 14, 2016 Anou Enright Ryan Bawek 0

Dwyane Wade Thinks Superteams Are ‘Great’ For the NBA

Dwyane Wade Thinks Superteams Are ‘Great’ For the NBA

Dwyane Wade is totally fine with Kevin Durant joining the Golden State Warriors. “But he’s biased!” you might say, indignantly. And that’s sort of true. His Miami Heat formed a superteam in 2010, when they picked up Chris Bosh and LeBron James in free agency. Wade has two more rings and four more NBA Finals [...]

October 14, 2016 admin Blogs 0