Ben Simmons has made it official: He no longer wants to subject himself to subpar coaching while playing for free. This is to say, LSU’s freshman forward has declared for the NBA draft, per Jeff Goodman of ESPN.com: LSU freshman Ben Simmons told ESPN that he will hire an agent and declare for the NBA [...]
March 21, 2016
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Giannis Antetokounmpo is on the verge of NBA stardom. According to Milwaukee Bucks general manager John Hammond. As well as anyone else who has watched basketball within the last year. Here’s Milwaukee’s GM talking to EuroHoops.net about the future of the Greek Freak and what he must do to climb over the hump and reach [...]
March 21, 2016
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Anthony Davis has plenty of reasons to make an All-NBA team this season, 24 million to be exact. Due to the “Rose Rule” which is in effect for players who meet certain markers such as making an All-NBA team or winning the MVP award as Rose did in 2010 during the duration of their rookie [...]
March 19, 2016
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Blogs, Ryan Bawek
After building some defensive momentum for the month of March, the Houston Rockets laid an egg against the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday. Naturally, that prompted another team meeting. From Jonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle: [tweet https://twitter.com/Jonathan_Feigen/status/710533362104950785] Donatas Motiejunas feels a little differently about the situation: [tweet https://twitter.com/Jonathan_Feigen/status/710535782797148160] Solid evaluation, D-Mo. Finally, Feigen brought [...]
March 18, 2016
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Are the Sacramento Kings the most dysfunctional team in NBA history? I’m not prepared to say no. DeMarcus Cousins and head coach George Karl haven’t been besties since the latter’s arrival. Tensions reached a new high after Cousins received a one-game suspension for conduct detrimental to the team, a punishment that, according to Cousins, was [...]
March 18, 2016
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As the 2015-16 season continues to wind down and we get closer to the free agency bonanza that will be the summer of 2016, rumors are heating up. Espeically with as many as 25 teams having max cap room as the cap will increase by $35 million, it will be a media firestorm. The big [...]
March 17, 2016
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Rumors
Unsurprisingly, the Golden State Warriors absolutely trounced the New York Knicks in Oakland Wednesday night to the tune of 121-85. They are now an incredible 61-6 on the season and are a 12-3 finish away from having the greatest regular season in NBA history. [tweet https://twitter.com/warriors/status/710327382024925184] They also reached another milestone last night that has [...]
March 17, 2016
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Blogs, Ryan Bawek
How far in the playoffs are the Los Angeles Clippers built to go without Blake Griffin? It’s a question head coach and president Doc Rivers may have to start asking. Griffin is out with a fractured right hand he suffered after punching a team equipment manager, and he’ll have to serve a four-game suspension once [...]
March 17, 2016
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Jay Williams, the former Duke University standout and Chicago Bull, thinks a lot of NBA players smoke marijuana. Like, a whole lot. As in most. Here’s what the now college basketball analyst said of the issue, per Jade Scipioni of Fox Business (h/t ProBasketballTalk): Former Chicago Bulls guard and three-time Duke All-American Jay Williams says [...]
March 17, 2016
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Statisticians have been working overtime in the 2015-16 season as the stat sheet has been stuffed to a level the NBA hasn’t seen in quite some time. With about a month left in the NBA season and most NBA teams having 15 or so games remaining, there have already been more triple-doubles in the league [...]
March 16, 2016
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Blogs, Ryan Bawek