Rejoice Toronto Raptors fans, because it seems Kawhi Leonard is approaching his time in Canada with an open mind. Now that doesn’t mean that NBA Sports Books think he will yet. In fact, according to TopBet sportsbook, he’s still not likely to re-sign in Toronto. But one thing that could make the odds a bit [...]
August 23, 2018
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The Los Angeles Lakers were apparently ticked off that Paul George didn’t grant them a meeting in free agency—and this revelation comes from PG13 himself. Speaking Chris Pfaff’s Short Story Long podcast, George indicated that Lakers president Magic Johnson and Co. were not especially pleased with him rejoining the Oklahoma City Thunder before giving them face-time (h/t The [...]
August 23, 2018
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Kobe Bryant’s return to the hardwood will have to wait—assuming, of course, it ever comes. Oh, no, he isn’t rejoining the Los Angeles Lakers or playing in the NBA again. Get that conspiracy theory out of your pretty little head. But there has been hope that he might possibly lace them up to play in [...]
August 22, 2018
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With LeBron James out of the Eastern Conference, the Philadelphia 76ers have their sights set on the Boston Celtics. Ben Simmons says so. From Sporting News’ James McKern: “We’ve got to get past Boston, those are the guys at the top right now. Beating them, that’s our next goal,” Simmons said. “Obviously getting further than the [...]
August 21, 2018
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The NBA’s 2018 rookie class has spoken, and the consensus is in: LeBron James is their favorite player. Results from the league’s rookie survey were officially released, and LeBron received the largest share in this department, edging out Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant by a wide margin. Here are the results, per NBA.com’s John Schuhmann: [...]
August 21, 2018
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The 2019 NBA off-season projects to be even more wild than the 2018 off-season as a third of the league will have max cap space and multiple stars will be available including Kawhi Leonard and Klay Thompson. The rumor mill has already started where these high caliber players could/should choose to take their talents elsewhere, [...]
August 20, 2018
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Kemba Walker is entering the final year of his very affordable four-year, $48 million contract with the Hornets. The Hornets have been stuck in NBA purgatory in recent years without enough talent to make the playoffs in the weaker eastern conference, but too many veterans on big contracts to be bad enough to tank or [...]
August 17, 2018
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If the Bovada oddsmakers are correct this early into the process, then LeBron James is in line to win his fifth MVP award next season. Here’s how the odds for the NBA’s MVP race in 2018-19 are shaking out at the moment: [tweet https://twitter.com/highkin/status/1029779630817861632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1029779630817861632&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fbleacherreport.com%2Farticles%2F2791145-2018-19-nba-mvp-odds-lines-for-lebron-james-kevin-durant-lonzo-ball-revealed] There aren’t any real surprises on this list. Joel Embiid feels [...]
August 16, 2018
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Golden State Warriors general manager Bob Myers might not have landed DeMarcus Cousins if the big man’s agent took his first response at face value. True story. Speaking on 95.7 The Game’s The Greg Papa Show with Bonta Hill, Myers recounted how he at first basically said the Warriors couldn’t afford the All-Star center (h/t NBC [...]
August 15, 2018
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Sorry, Toronto Raptors fans. Kawhi Leonard still has his sights set on landing with the Los Angeles Lakers or Los Angeles Clippers in free agency. From ESPN.com’s Adrian Wojnarowski: Before the Toronto Raptors traded with San Antonio for Leonard in July, the Clippers tried to acquire him and plan to be aggressive suitors for Leonard in 2019 [...]
August 14, 2018
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