Isaiah Thomas has fired his agent. Nobody panic. From AZ Central’s Paul Coro: With news of Thomas firing his agent, Andy Miller, two weeks ago and with him becoming trade-eligible this week, the dot-connectors went to work after Thomas’ comment to cbssports.com last month that the Suns situation “was not what I expected.” Miller negotiated [...]
December 18, 2014
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Rajon Rondo apparently isn’t considered untouchable within the Boston Celtics organization. But you already knew that, of course. He’s been linked to trade rumors for years—since before Anthony Davis had his driver’s permit. Hell, it isn’t a season until Rondo has reportedly been made available. To wit: It’s officially a season. According to ESPN.com’s Marc [...]
December 18, 2014
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Here’s to stability. Never before, in the year-plus since we’ve been doing these power rankings, has there been less movement within a week. Twelve teams are right where they were last week, which is pretty freaking incredible. That’s almost half the Association, and that never happens. And, somewhat surprisingly, it’s the league’s best teams that [...]
December 17, 2014
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This new Nike Air Flight Huarache pays homage to the members of Michigan’s basketball team from the Fab Five era. Officially called the ‘Walk The Talk’ Flight Huarache, this colorway is a Premium release which is said to mean higher quality materials was used in the construction. Written all over the shoe in monochromatic black [...]
Because of the Knicks surprisingly slow start, many players are expressing pity towards Melo. A few weeks ago, LeBron James said he felt sorry for Melo and last night, former teammate Tyson Chandler said the same thing when he was sneakily asked that question by the media. I’m sure Melo isn’t looking for pity from [...]
December 17, 2014
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Rumors
Earlier in the season, there was a report swirling around which suggested that players didn’t want to sign with the Lakers because they didn’t want to play with Kobe Bryant. Kobe seems like he can be a tough teammate at times, so the report didn’t sound too crazy on the surface. But Paul George shot [...]
December 17, 2014
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Rumors
The Sacramento Kings have been unable to make the postseason for almost 8 straight years already, and we wonder if this drought will end anytime soon or hopefully this season. Looking back, the Kings actually had several successive seasons where they played great basketball that led to eight straight playoff appearances (1998-2006), and a former [...]
December 17, 2014
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Highlights
ESPN and the producers of the upcoming film Taken 3 have come up with a pretty clever cross promotional video with Liam Neeson and John Wall. With the upcoming release of Taken 3 (for those that haven’t seen Taken 1 and 2, Neeson is a bad ass father with a ‘particular set of skills’ to [...]
December 17, 2014
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Milwaukee Bucks rookie Jabari Parker suffered a left knee injury during their thrilling 96-94 victory against the Phoenix Suns. He immediately went for an MRI the next day which revealed a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his left knee. The Bucks have announced (via twitter) that Parker is sidelined for the remainder of the [...]
December 17, 2014
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Benjamin Felix Santos
It’s been awhile since we heard the name Gary Payton, undeniably one of the NBA’s all time greatest floor generals and best defensive playmakers at the point guard position. True, he’s made a few media appearances since his rather interesting 2013 Naismith Hall of Fame speech, but he will forever be known affectionately as “The [...]
December 16, 2014
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