In order to get a courtside seat for a Cavaliers-Thunder game you will have to pay a pretty penny, but professional golfer Jason Day’s wife Ellie Day paid for the experience in a different way: getting toppled by a 260 pound LeBron James diving for a basketball. Midway through the fourth quarter of the Cavs-Thunder [...]
December 18, 2015
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Is it true that Dwight Howard is unhappy with his role in Houston? Will he leave in free agency, or will Houston try to trade him first? Will Kobe start in the all-star game and why in the world are the Warriors upset that the Bucks “celebrated” too much after handing Golden State their first [...]
December 18, 2015
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Sorry, Isaiah Thomas. It doesn’t seem you’re cutting the mustard as the Boston Celtics’ go-to scorer. Of course, this is all according to an unknowing Danny Ainge, who by no meant to maliciously insinuate as much. The Celtics have consistently been linked to trades for superstars—specifically DeMarcus Cousins. That’s what happens when you’ve amassed as [...]
December 18, 2015
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The Philadelphia 76ers’ process just got a whole lot more…interesting. Mike D’Antoni is now the associate head coach of the NBA’s worst team, his first official gig since leaving the Los Angeles Lakers at the end of the 2013-14 season. His addition to the staff has been rumor-mill fodder ever since the NBA/Sixers ownership installed [...]
December 18, 2015
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Al Horford is switching agents. Again. According to basketball reporter David Pick, the Atlanta Hawks superstar has decided to part ways with his latest agent, Bill Duffy: Hawks All-Star Al Horford, I've been told, has fired BDA and agent Bill Duffy. — David Pick (@IAmDPick) December 18, 2015 This is kinda-sorta weird. Horford only hired [...]
December 18, 2015
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Every so often, as in a few times per game, Kevin Durant likes to remind us that he is still ridiculous. So, against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday night, the Oklahoma City Thunder superstar reminded us that he was still ridiculous—by hitting a one-handed reverse layup from behind the basket. No, seriously, he did this: [...]
December 18, 2015
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Yes that may be one of the most confusing and ridiculous headlines you’ve read in quite some time, but it is entirely true. According to Iman Shumpert’s fiancée Teyana Taylor, their first born decided she was ready to make her entrance into the world very early and very unbeknownst to Shumpert and Taylor. The baby [...]
December 17, 2015
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Offbeat
Over the years, DeMarcus Cousins to the Boston Celtics has become a popular rumor to recycle. But in order for him to end up in Beantown, the Sacramento Kings and Celtics actually need to hold trade talks. Which, apparently, they have not. Earlier this week, Michael Scotto of Sheridan Hoops reported that the Celtics, Chicago [...]
December 17, 2015
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On Saturday night, when the Milwaukee Bucks ended the Golden State Warriors’ reign of perfection, they were predictably excited. Here was a young Bucks team that had struggled all season overthrowing the best squad in NBA history. That’s quite the accomplishment, even during a regular season in the middle of December. So yes, they were [...]
December 17, 2015
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When the New York Knicks selected Kristaps Porzingis with the fourth-overall pick in the 2015 NBA draft, they were rolling the dice. Here was a talented 7-footer with, at the time, the ceiling of a generational talent and the floor of a bust. It was a risky move and a gutsy, dare-to-be-amazing call by team [...]
December 17, 2015
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