Given the breakout season he just came off of, John Wall’s exclusion from the Team USA list of invitees for this summer’s World Cup was a bit surprising. Granted, the point guard position in the NBA is stacked these days, but Wall’s game lends itself well to that international style of competition. Wall has now [...]
July 25, 2014
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When the Dallas Mavericks and Houston Rockets meet next season, playing nice is out of the question. Crap is going to get real brutal, real quick. Tensions are going to boil over. They're already boiling over. Since leaving the Rockets for the Mavericks, Chandler Parsons has been vocal about the entire process, commending Dallas and [...]
July 25, 2014
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Rashard Lewis was a free agent before signing a 1-year deal with the Mavs last week. However, Lewis failed his physical because of a bad knee. In fact, he will require surgery to repair that joint. Not wanting to use the money on an aging player who has been a role player for quite some [...]
July 24, 2014
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There’s a chance Ray Allen will have plenty of time to pursue a sequel to He Got Game. The Miami Heat shooting guard, NBA champion and inevitable Hall of Famer has yet to make a decision on his future. Will he retire? Will he come back. WE NEED TO KNOW. This is killing us. We [...]
July 24, 2014
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Someone, anyone, must explain the Chicago Bulls’ sudden infatuation with Kevin Love. After adding Pau Gasol to a frontcourt rotation that already includes Joakim Noah and Taj Gibson, and after basically removing themselves from the Carmelo Anthony sweepstakes by asking him to take a ridiculously large pay cut, the Bulls are apparently making a competitive [...]
July 23, 2014
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During Sterling-related press conferences in last year’s playoffs, Doc Rivers seemed very troubled by the entire situation. You got the feeling that if it were not the playoffs, at the very least, he may have stepped away fro a bit. According to the additional reports, if Sterling is still the owner by the time next [...]
July 23, 2014
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Dwyane Wade doesn’t hold grudges. LeBron James doesn’t forget those who helped him win two NBA championships. The relationship shared between Wade and James—documented friends—has been dissected over and over since the latter left the Miami Heat for the Cleveland Cavaliers. Surely their friendship had to be on life support or entering a free fall. [...]
July 23, 2014
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For the most part, the teams that we’ve heard associated with Kevin Love in a potential trade are the Cavs, Warriors and to a lesser extent, the Celtics. According to Brian Windhorst and Marc Stein of ESPN, the Bulls have emerged as a candidate as well. Right now, T-Wolves GM Flip Saunders has all of [...]
July 22, 2014
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Donald Sterling’s unwillingness to sell the Clippers may drag on all summer and perhaps even in to next season. It’s not a certainty that Adam Silver and the league will be able to force a sale prior to the beginning of next season. But in an interesting turn of events, Sterling may not have a [...]
July 22, 2014
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