Jimmy Butler went from practically unknown, to all-star, to Most Improved Player. So the next step in that progressions would be a max player. Right? The Lakers think so, anyway. All it takes is one team to think so before you are regarded as such. L.A. will plan on trying to land the restricted free [...]
May 11, 2015
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LeBron James has veto power over everyone. Even Cleveland Cavaliers head coach David Blatt. And even when Cleveland’s season is basically on the line. Nay, especially when Cleveland’s season is on the line. LeBron drilled a game-winner over the Chicago Bulls as time expired in Game 4 on Sunday evening, ensuring that the Cavaliers wouldn’t [...]
Now that Bugs Bunny has returned to being a icon for Jordan Brand again, it is only fitting to Retro release the Jordan 7 colorway he inspired. Known as the ‘Hare’ Air Jordan VII, this colorway was apart of the original AJ7 release back in 1992. Even though this colorway was available back in 2008 [...]
Aside from closing out the defending champs, arguably the most difficult team in the NBA over the past decade to actually close out, the LA Clippers have also been quietly dismantling the Houston Rockets. The Clippers have a long way to go to close out the Rockets then battle with the winner of the Grizzlies-Warriors, [...]
May 9, 2015
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The writing was probably on the wall for a while, but it’s official: Bill Simmons is leaving ESPN when his contract expires in September, as the two sides could not come to terms on an extension. Simmons is very polarizing and once he became a fixture on the network’s NBA coverage, his popularity grew and [...]
May 8, 2015
Anou Enright
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John Wall is tough. So tough, Washington Wizards head coach Randy Wittman cannot think of another player he’s been around over the last 30 years who has been tougher. But before anything else, some context: The Wizards announced on Thursday that Wall suffered five non-displaced fractures in his left hand. The announcement came one day [...]
Doing things a little differently this NBA Playoff season, Nike is releasing one (1) colorway of the 2015 Elite collection a month in April, May, and June; making this month’s upcoming LeBron 12 Elite the second pair to drop. Officially called the LeBron 12 Elite ‘Elevate’, this latest edition to the LeBron James signature series [...]
John Wall is something of a dinosaur. He’s his team’s best player, a point guard and a willing passer. Nowadays in the NBA, the point guard is largely shoot-first but Wall can take over a game by being a a distributor. Another thing of note about Wall is that he goes full speed at all [...]
May 7, 2015
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Oh yes, Matt Barnes apparently went there. During the Los Angeles Clippers’ Game 2 loss to the Houston Rokcets on Wednesday night, Barnes apparently had some not-so-nice-things to say to James Harden’s mom. Here’s the lowdown, per ESPN.com’s Calvin Watkins (h/t ProBasketballTalk): I've been told Matt Barnes talked smack to James Harden's mom during the [...]
May 7, 2015
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Jimmy Butler came out of nowhere for the Bulls this season. He went from relatively unknown, to all-star and now the league’s Most Improved Player. If now for Butler’s emergence, who knows where the Bulls would’ve been this season. The NBA announced Thursday that Chicago Bulls swingman Jimmy Butler has been named the league’s Most [...]
May 7, 2015
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