Stephen Curry is the NBA’s foremost pioneer. He is changing the way the game is played, impacting the on-court virtues and skill sets coaches and teams and analysts and fans value in a superstar. You might say he’s the Steve Jobs or Bill Gates of the Association. And if you won’t say that, Dallas Mavericks [...]
December 30, 2015
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New York Knicks sophomore Cleanthony Early was shot in the right knee and robbed in the early-morning hours of Wednesday. He is expected to be OK. Thomas Tracy of the New York Daily News broke the story and offered the following details: New York Knicks forward Cleanthony Early was shot in the right knee in [...]
December 30, 2015
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Golden State Warriors All-Star guard Klay Thompson says he’s the best shooting guard in the NBA today, a drum he’s been beating the last few years, especially since the physical decline of the great Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers. When asked about his starting five at each position today, Klay named Curry at [...]
December 30, 2015
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Lists, R.S. De France
Goodbye, 2015. It’s been real, often fun. Sometimes even real fun. But it’s time we bid you adieu. Just not before we send you off with one last batch of NBA power rankings. The Association is niche-y as ever these days. The championship contender pool contains only Cleveland, Golden State and San Antonio, with Oklahoma [...]
December 29, 2015
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John Wall is having the best December of just about any player in the NBA. His Wizards are 14-14, but he has 15 double-doubles so far on the season. He’s has truly played as one of the league’s best PGs so far this season. But, of course, that doesn’t always translate into all-star love. A [...]
December 29, 2015
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Rumors
Harrison Barnes is just about ready to play. But not quite. The Golden State Warriors combo forward has missed the last 13 games, including Monday night’s blowout win over the Sacramento Kings, as he tends to an ankle injury. Some speculated that he might return for the team’s Christmas Day square dance with the Cleveland [...]
December 29, 2015
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Markieff Morris may just net the Phoenix Suns something in a trade after all. Things between the combo forward and his team aren’t good. We know this. Morris’ play has arguably been just as bad, seemingly torpedoing his trade value. His effective field-goal percentage has never been lower, he just wrapped a two-game, team-sanctioned suspension [...]
December 29, 2015
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Back in October, the NBA world got a quick chuckle when rumors broke of a physical altercation between Knicks coach Derek Fisher and Matt Barnes of the Grizzlies. The recently-separated Fisher was reportedly at the home of Barnes, seeing his estranged wife. When Barnes learned of this, it didn’t sit well with him and he [...]
December 28, 2015
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Rumors