Steph Curry has recovered from his previous chronic ankle issues in recent years and has established himself as a mega star and quite possibly the best player in the NBA over the past three seasons. He has won two league MVPs and an NBA championship while being the alpha dog for a 73 win team. [...]
September 29, 2016
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The 31-year-old, 14 year NBA veteran and savior of the city of Cleveland, LeBron James is becoming much more introspective as many of us do as we begin to age. LeBron James has seen a lot of miles on his championship winning legs as he will reach the 1,000 regular season games mark within the [...]
September 29, 2016
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Stephen Curry will be a free agent next summer, which, for the purpose of 29 NBA teams, means absolutely nothing. He isn’t leaving the Golden State Warriors. The reigning two-time MVP got ahead of any potential free-agency rumblings on Tuesday, per ESPN.com’s Marc Stein: [tweet https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/status/780872772654276608] Shocker. Curry has become one of the two best [...]
September 28, 2016
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What’s Will Barton worth to the Denver Nuggets? A lot. At least a first-round pick. Probably more, though. As if you needed any other evidence that the Nuggets won the Arron Afflalo trade from 2014-15, here’s Christopher Dempsey of the Denver Post (h/t ProBasketballTalk): Now he’s being praised after a breakout season that landed him [...]
September 28, 2016
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Serge Ibaka is committed to the Orlando Magic. How committed? Really committed, per Josh Robbins of the Orlando Sentinel: The biggest acquisition of the Orlando Magic’s 2016 offseason indicated on Monday that he has no plans to go elsewhere when he becomes an unrestricted free agent in 2017. “I’m looking to stay here to play [...]
September 27, 2016
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The long, unfortunate and bizarre saga between Chris Bosh and the Heat and whether he would be cleared to return to the team has finally come to an end. [tweet https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/780411446719045632] Team president, master recruiter and smooth-talker Pat Riley announced that Bosh was all but done with the organization on Sunday. It appears the Heat [...]
September 26, 2016
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Paul George has not signed his last contract with the Indiana Pacers, apparently. Currently slated for free agency in 2019 (player option), George has already talked shopped with the Pacers about a max extension, a la James Harden with the Houston Rockets and Russell Westbrook of the Oklahoma City Thunder. These types of deals not [...]
September 23, 2016
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Jeff Van Gundy is higher on the new-look New York Knicks than Las Vegas. Currently, the over/under on New York’s win total for this season is 38.5. The Knicks clearly won’t be happy if that proves accurate. Improving by only five or six wins after adding Derrick Rose, whose civil trial for sexual assault begins [...]
September 23, 2016
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If you thought the triumph and jubilation of signing Kevin Durant in free agency would erase the disappointment the Golden State Warriors felt when they lost Game 7 of the NBA Finals, you thought wrong. That loss, that letdown, is still fresh—especially for reigning two-time MVP Stephen Curry. As he told USA Today‘s Sam Amick: [...]
September 21, 2016
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The Westgate SuperBook in Las Vegas posted its annual season win totals on Tuesday, per ESPN.com’s David Purdum, and there weren’t many surprises. The Golden State Warriors are expected to win more games (66.5) than any other team, because duh. The Cleveland Cavaliers and San Antonio Spurs (56.5) are right behind them, because obviously. The [...]
September 21, 2016
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