The search for the Brooklyn Nets’ next general manager and head coach is ongoing, and while Kentucky’s John Calipari was viewed as a candidate to fill both vacancies, team owner Mikhail Prokhorov and crew are now believed to be looking elsewhere. From Yahoo Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski: Two Western Conference executives have moved into prominent consideration [...]
January 25, 2016
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Rumors
Are you super hyped for the Golden State Warriors’ Monday night matchup against the San Antonio Spurs? Are you positively stoked to see, perhaps, the two best teams in NBA history compete for bragging rights and all-time standing? Have you been waiting for this game, for this moment, since it became clear the only competition [...]
January 25, 2016
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Half of the 2015-16 NBA season is in the books. Pat yourself on the back. You’ve done it. You’ve watched, you’ve cheered, you’ve moaned. You’ve wondered why it’s taken the Suns so damn long to sell off Markieff Morris. You’ve pondered the meaning of life whenever the Spurs or Warriors take the floor. You’ve lamented [...]
January 23, 2016
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Power Rankings
When the Orlando Magic hired head coach Scott Skiles over the summer, it was under the guise that he would try to win as many games as possible, as soon as possible. The Magic have responded by putting themselves on pace to nearly double last season’s win total and flirting with a playoff birth. They [...]
January 22, 2016
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Sweet mother of all that’s ridiculous. Markieff Morris has seemed like a lock to be traded at some point this season for a while. The relationship between himself and the Phoenix Suns imploded once the team dealt his brother, Marcus, to the Detroit Pistons, and the Suns have re-entered NBA purgatory after losing Eric Bledsoe [...]
January 22, 2016
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Carmelo Anthony was named to his ninth NBA All-Star team on Thursday, which is pretty cool. That he’s grabbed this many All-Star selections without ever making an NBA Finals appearance is not. At the same time, the company he joins is pretty damn esteemed, per ESPN.com’s Marc Stein: Melo now tied with Gervin & Nique [...]
January 22, 2016
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It took an 11th hour voting surge, but Kyle Lowry finally did it. He edged out Kyrie Irving for a starter’s spot on the Eastern Conference’s All-Star roster. And Irving is totally cool with that. From Chris Fedor of Cleveland.com: He deserves it, man,” Irving said of Kyle Lowry. “It was going to be either [...]
January 22, 2016
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Mike Conley will have no shortage of suitors when he hits the free agency market in July. And I’m only talking about NBA teams located in New York, not even the Memphis Grizzlies or the rest of the league. Sources told the New York Post‘s Marc Berman and Fred Kerber that both the Brooklyn Nets [...]
January 22, 2016
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Most NBA players don’t sweat it if they’re not named as an All-Star starter. Anthony Davis may be among the select few who strongly lament their fan-vote slight. Here’s Eddie Scarito of Hoops Rumors: Davis needed a starting nod to trigger the Derrick Rose rule, which would have given him a salary of a projected [...]
January 22, 2016
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Please enable Javascript to watch this video The past week was a great week for dunks in the NBA. It’s been quite some time since one of our top 10 dunks of the week videos has highlighted so many big fellas. Between Porzingis, Davis, Williams, Antetokounmpo, and Marjanovic the big men were flying high. [...]