How annoying is it when you use your Apple TV, computer, or tablet to view shows or games from a streaming service only to be asked for your TV provider login credentials. That sort of defeats the purpose. Aside from the mobility of streaming, many people these days see the point as being able to [...]
October 6, 2014
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Offbeat
Kenneth Faried has 60 million more reasons to smile now. Denver Nuggets fans have 60 million reasons to scratch their heads. According to Yahoo Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski, Faried has agreed to a contract extension with the Nuggets that’s worth $60 million: Denver Nuggets forward Kenneth Faried has reached agreement on a five-year, $60 million contract [...]
October 6, 2014
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Mikhail Prokhorov purchased the Nets in 2010 for $200 million. Form the onset, he has always seemed to be about business more so than basketball. After seeing the Clippers sold for $2 billion recently, Prokhorov may be thinking it’s time to cash out. If he’s truly a business man through and through, then there’s probably [...]
October 3, 2014
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Rumors
Three cheers for backtracking! Or rather, context! Yay, context! Carmelo Anthony created quite a stir at Knicks media day when he apparently said the following to ESPN.com’s Chris Broussard: [tweet https://twitter.com/Chris_Broussard/status/516643510192439296] For shame, Melo! For shame! How dare ye incite such bedlam weeks before the regular season, and mere weeks after the New York Knicks [...]
October 2, 2014
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Oklahoma City Thunder head coach Scott Brooks has been having a great run in the city, having been able to appear in the conference finals three times in four seasons. These achievements would not have been possible without his best players—and one of them is named Russell Westbrook. During the team’s media day, Brooks made [...]
October 2, 2014
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Benjamin Felix Santos
Lebron James is not only a gym rat that has tremendous physical abilities, but its been widely accepted that he has one of the best mental capacities for the game of basketball. Some even think he’s got a photographic memory or is a savant for ‘systems’, that can even apply to memorizing video game manipulations. [...]
October 1, 2014
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Quietly, David West is 34 years old. While that’s young enough to play a few more years, West have been thinking about retirement for quite some time now. In fact, a 33 year old West was ready to walk away if the Pacers won the 2012-13 championship. During media day, West sounded very down and [...]
October 1, 2014
Anou Enright
Rumors
Kobe Bryant doesn’t handle rejection well. That, or he handles it really well. It depends how you look at it. Someone asked Kobe about Kevin Love being traded to Cleveland Cavaliers, presumably mentioning the many ties to the Los Angeles Lakers he had via the ever-churning rumor mill last season. Kobe responded in kind. Per [...]
October 1, 2014
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Paul George has been cleared to put weight on his injured leg and return to the weight room. That’s a remarkable feat considering what he went through not that long ago. He’s expected to make a full recovery and as gruesome as this injury was, it was probably better than an ACL tear which sometimes [...]
October 1, 2014
Anou Enright
Rumors