Things got weird in the Denver Nuggets’ loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on Tuesday night. Late in the game, Nuggets head coach Mike Malone exchanged verbal jabs with both Blake Griffin and his own rookie, Emmanuel Mudiay. The two incidents kind-of-sort-of happened simultaneously. First, Malone received a technical for getting into it with Griffin [...]
November 25, 2015
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Paul George certainly talks the talk, but can he also walk the walk? Yes. Just ask the Washington Wizards. Ahead of the Indiana Pacers’ Tuesday night’s tilt in Washington, Paul George, now 25 and playing through his 6th NBA season, declared that he’s a better player than he was before he suffered his broken leg [...]
November 25, 2015
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Some NBA players cannot come to grips with their age, let alone the limitations that come as a result of that age. (Shout-out, Kobe Bryant.) LeBron James, though, is not one of those players. As he approaches his 31st birthday (December 30), he has never been more accepting, or more obvious about accepting, that he [...]
November 25, 2015
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Although he’s still just 30 years of age, Cleveland Cavaliers forward Lebron James continues to climb numerous all time NBA lists, this time passing Norm Nixon for 25th in assists. James joined Oscar Robertson as the only players in NBA history to rank in the Top 25 in both points scored and assists, following dishing [...]
November 24, 2015
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Allen Moll
Come one, come all, you’re just in time to take part in the first NBA power rankings of the holiday season! This is big stuff, I know, so we’ll get right to it. A lot is happening now that the 2015-16 season is hitting its stride. The Warriors are still the Warriors; the Pacers are [...]
November 24, 2015
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Although LSU was upset by a previously struggling Marquette team 81-80 in the semifinals of the Legends Classic at the Barclays center Monday night, Ben Simmons had a performance for the ages and showed the nation why some consider him the front runner to be the number one pick of the 2016 NBA Draft. Simmons [...]
November 24, 2015
Anou Enright
NCAA
Another colorway of the Curry Two releases on Wednesday November 25th. Under Armour is calling it ‘Providence Road’. This colorway is inspired by Steph Curry’s upbringing in North Carolina, where there is a very rich basketball heritage. Listen to Curry himself explain the colorway, and then after the jump, peep the images of the Curry [...]
New York City is big enough for more than one star and Carmelo Anthony seems to be embracing that. Rather than becoming jealous of Kristaps Porzingis’ newfound fame in the Big Apple, Melo sounds happy to team up with the rookie. He’s also aware that this will be Porzingis’ team when he decides to hang [...]
November 23, 2015
Anou Enright
Rumors
One of the longest streaks in NBA history came to an end Friday night in the Spurs 104-90 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans. Tim Duncan failed to grab a rebound for the first time in his 19 year career. Before Friday’s game, Duncan had recorded a rebound in 1,342 consecutive games, the third longest [...]
November 23, 2015
Anou Enright
Offbeat