The Sacramento Kings have set to retire the nos. 16 jersey of three-time NBA All-Star and NBA Champion Peja Stojakovic on Dec. 16, 2014, according to league sources. Stojakovic was arguably one of the best shooters that we have seen in the league, and a lot of teams have had their share of his deadly [...]
September 16, 2014
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Benjamin Felix Santos
Ricky Rubio doesn’t hold grudges. After Kevin Love left one year before entering free agency, after he willed his way onto the now superstar-stuffed Cleveland Cavaliers roster, after he abandoned the Minnesota Timberwolves for the comfort that comes with playing beside LeBron James, Rubio could be angry. Infuriated. Outraged. He and Love were supposed to [...]
September 16, 2014
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Darkness, in the form of immense idleness, has set in over the NBA and basketball community at large. Any and all activity is basically suspended. For real. Summer league is long gone, training camps and preseason games remain a ways off and, now, following Team USA’s gold medal at the 2014 World Cup, there isn’t [...]
September 16, 2014
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A few years ago, Mario Chalmers was a fan favorite among Heat fans. He provided solid help for the Heat during their two championship runs in recent years. But last year in particular, not many seem to have use for you. And if Norris Cole played well, people were calling for his job. All of [...]
September 15, 2014
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Rumors
No matter how close two teammates are, when one guy has a difficult decision to make, that teammate can’t do a whole lot. No matter what Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh wanted LeBron to do, he was going to go to Cleveland no matter what. Similarly, in Minnesota, Kevin Love wanted out so Ricky Rubio [...]
September 15, 2014
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Free agent forward Earl Clark accepts a training camp deal with the Memphis Grizzlies, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo!Sports. The 26-year-old product from Louisville was recently under successive 10-day-contracts with the New York Knicks last season, and then was unfortunately dropped by the team after only playing in nine games. [tweet https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/status/511184103732154368] Clark tallied [...]
September 14, 2014
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Benjamin Felix Santos
Yesterday, Team USA destroyed Lithuania in the Semi-Finals of the FIBA World Cup. The team was led by Kyrie Irving, Klay Thompson, Kenneth Faried, and James Harden. That said, a guy with a huge presence and intimidation in the paint thus far is DeMarcus Cousins. Check out this play against Lithuania where the Raptors Jonas [...]
September 12, 2014
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The Atlanta Hawks have re-signed two-time all-star power forward Elton Brand to a one year, $2 million dollar contract, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports. Brand, 35, produced 5.7 points and 4.9 rebounds in an average of 19 minutes per game last season for the Hawks. Despite his growing age, he can still be [...]
September 12, 2014
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Benjamin Felix Santos
Paul George did a dumb thing. Yes, it was dumb. Very dumb. He took to Twitter with his thoughts on the Ray Rice and Janay Palmer situation. It’s a chilling debacle, one which should already know about. Rice punched his then-fiancee, now-wife and knocked her out cold. He was initially suspended two games, but then [...]
September 12, 2014
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