When he was re-hired by the Cavaliers last offseason, I’m not sure many had high expectations of Mike Brown succeeding. I mean, he was fired for a reason, right? After missing the playoffs by 5 games, Brown has been fired by the Cavs once again. It was rumored during the season that Kyrie Irving wasn’t [...]
May 12, 2014
Anou Enright
Rumors
Amar’e Stoudemire may, at some point over his last three decades of life, have stayed at a Holiday Inn one night. But that doesn’t mean he parades around claiming to know things he doesn’t. Because he doesn’t. Speaking on ESPN Radio’s The Herd with Cowerd, the New York Knicks forward was asked if he thought [...]
Scouting combines are a necessary evil. Necessary because it’s a way to see how a guy can perform with no one around. It’s evil because it’s an evalutation of how a guy can perform with no one around. Frankly, it’s only necessary for guys on the fringe. For sure-fire lottery picks like Andrew Wiggins, Joel [...]
May 12, 2014
Anou Enright
Rumors
Everyone has one of those days, when at the end of it, all you want is a nice, tall, cold water. Er, I mean beer. Or bourbon. Or vodka. Any alcohol really. And why the hell not? Consumed in moderation, cocktails can help alleviate stress. I think. Maybe. For some people, most definitely. Los Angeles [...]
During his illustrious NBA career that included 7 All Star appearances, 2 scoring crowns, and 2 All NBA 1st Team nods, Tracy McGrady often gets forgotten about as one of the best players during the 2000’s because injuries cut short what was a surefire Hall of Fame career. Still only 34 years of age, T-Mac [...]
May 11, 2014
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Offbeat
Steve Kerr is the hottest coaching candidate out there, but is there a good reason why? He has never coached in any capacity on the NBA level. And Kevin Durant gave a great MVP acceptance speech, but are we collectively going overboard? Kevin Burke discusses… Please enable Javascript to watch this video If you have a [...]
May 9, 2014
Anou Enright
Podcast
Stop what you’re doing. Stop everything you’re doing. This is important. Before the Portland Trail Blazers tipped off Game 2 of their second-round playoff series against the San Antonio Spurs, sophomore forward Thomas Robinson found an “intruder” in their locker room. It was a rattlesnake. True story. Heather Cox of ESPN elaborated on the situation [...]
Relationships between NBA coaches and players will never be the same. Not in Phoenix at least. During an interview with kosarka.si—the english transcription of which comes courtesy of HoopsHype—Suns point guard Goran Dragic revealed that he has an unconventional relationship with head coach Jeff Hornacek: Goran Dragic: Very special relationship. We spend a lot of [...]
Allow us to start with the truth: Neither Chris Bosh nor LeBron James is going to leave the Miami Heat in free agency. But it’s fun/interesting/perfectly normal/necessary to speculate. And that’s just what we’re doing here. According to FOX Spors’ Sam Amico, Bosh and the Los Angeles Lakers share interest in one another: I do [...]