James Harden recently made headlines when he professed to being the best player in the league and that he deserved the MVP last year. He may not get many people to buy into that first comments, but he’s not far off with the second one. Naturally, that means Steph Curry didn’t deserve it, according to [...]
October 8, 2015
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Rumors
Yesterday’s news of an altercation between Matt Barnes and Derek Fisher certainly came out of nowhere. Barnes found out his former teammate was dating his estranged wife, and was at his former home, and Barnes reacted. Today, during Grizzlies practice, Barnes addressed the media to give his side of the story. Please enable Javascript to [...]
October 8, 2015
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Hoops TV
It seems like it has become an annual tradition over the past few years when ESPN releases their NBA Player rankings. The ranking of Kobe Bryant is always a topic of much debate. This year Bryant has slid to a new low being ranked by ESPN as 93rd best player in the league. 93rd. Lakers [...]
October 8, 2015
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Offbeat
During the Cavs recent preseason game against the Hawks, Lebron James was having fun with the fans. Preseason games aren’t the most exciting NBA product, but getting to take home a souvenir of being in a selfie shot with one of the greatest players of all time is certainly worth the price of admission. This [...]
October 8, 2015
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Offbeat
We’ve been hearing rumors for a while that Jimmy Butler and Derrick Rose aren’t as close as you’d think. One guy is the face of the franchise, while the other is on the rise. Apparently, Butler isn’t happy with how hard Rose works. Naturally, Butler will likely deny these reports, but where there’s smoke, fire [...]
October 7, 2015
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Rumors
Byron Scott, head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, cannot see Kobe Bryant, a career-long member of the Los Angeles Lakers, playing for another team other than the Los Angeles Lakers. Well, that’s surprising. In absolutely no way. New York Knicks team president Phil Jackson sent Twitter into a miniature tizzy at the start of [...]
October 7, 2015
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Hi, LaMarcus Aldridge. This is your new coach, Gregg Popovich, speaking. Welcome to the San Antonio Spurs. Now, sit down and shut up. Sounds about right, doesn’t it? The Spurs’ newest championship cog missed a training-cap workout on Tuesday with what San Antonio called “leg tightness.” For the record, it was not his decision. He [...]
October 7, 2015
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DeMarcus Cousins is not writing off the Sacramento Kings. Or himself. Through Cousins’ first five NBA seasons, the Kings have not only failed to make a single playoff appearance, they’ve yet to even win 30 games. Despite another offseason infected with rumors and marked by turnover, Cousins thinks that can change. Per Bleacher Report’s Kevin [...]
October 7, 2015
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If you could choose one player on the Cleveland Cavaliers to hit a deep three pointer on your behalf to try and win $30,000, who would it be? My guess is that most Cavs fans would point to JR Smith given his propensity for hitting clutch shots from well-deep of the three point line, in [...]
October 6, 2015
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The Clippers have had the Chris Paul – Blake Griffin – DeAndre Jordan core in tact for a while but haven’t yet sniffed the Finals. At some point, you just have to concede that a particular core will just never get it done. That’s kinda what Doc Rivers implied. It almost sounds like Doc is [...]
October 6, 2015
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Rumors