Russell Westbrook is on record for record three triple-doubles in the last five NBA Playoff games for the Thunder. Even if last night’s triple-double wasn’t authentic Westbrook’s Player Exclusive pair of the Air Jordan XX9 months before the shoe’s release in any color is definitely real. Seen in last night’s Thunder win over the Los [...]
May 8, 2014
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Kicks, PE Corner
The Donald Sterling situation will get a lot worse before it gets better. He’s not going to sell his team without a fight. We haven’t heard the last of this. In an interesting twist, Sterling’s wife seems determined to hold on to the team. Many unanswered questions: Does Sterling own the team outright or does [...]
May 8, 2014
Anou Enright
Rumors
For a team that got better each year that Mark Jackson was the Head Coach there sure was a lot of animosity and weird stuff being leaked from the Warriors camp. Assistant coaches were fired left and right and apparently at some point, according to BleacherReport.com, Head Consultant and Hall of Famer Jerry West was [...]
Yesterday, Kevin Durant was officially introduced as the league’s Most Valuable Player. And in doing so, that also meant it was time for him to give a speech. Durant is an emotional guy and we saw evidence of that when he cried after losing in the Finals to the Heat a few years ago. Well, [...]
May 7, 2014
Anou Enright
Offbeat
Steve Kerr has to be the most sought after head coach who has never once head coached. We’ve known for weeks that the Knicks are in hot pursuit of the unproven Kerr and apparently so are the Jazz and Warriors. Not sure why the sudden interest in Kerr, but more power to him. According to [...]
May 7, 2014
Anou Enright
Rumors
Another NBA team may be trying to pry Mike Krzyzewski from Duke. No, this isn’t a rumor from 2004. Or 1994. According to BasketballInsiders.com’s Steve Kyler, the Los Angeles Lakers reached out to Coach K, among a few other collegiate head honchos, about coming to Hollywood: The Lakers plan to be extremely thorough in their [...]
Not even 48 hours after falling to the San Antonio Spurs and being ousted from the NBA playoffs, the Dallas Mavericks are thinking big. Really big. The goal has been to keep Dirk Nowitzki’s championship window open for as long as possible. He’s a free agent this summer and is expected to accept a rather [...]
Those Heat – Celtics classic playoff series of the past aren’t quite dead yet. Tonight, Miami and Brooklyn begin their 2nd round series which means LeBron, Wade and company will see KG and Paul Pierce again. Given the fact that Brooklyn won all four meetings this year, this will be an interesting series. And if [...]
May 6, 2014
Anou Enright
Rumors
The Toronto Raptors continue their streak of good decisions. Trading Rudy Gay sparked a movement, a playoff berth, a shift in culture. General manager Masai Ujiri and friends have been making awesome decisions—not trading Kyle Lowry, for instance—ever since. According to The Toronto Star‘s Doug Smith, they don’t plan to buck that trend anytime soon, [...]
Hopefully Stephen Curry enjoys surprises. The Los Angeles Clippers outlasted the Golden State Warriors Saturday night, won Game 7 and sent Mark Jackson’s squad home early. It happens. The Warriors advanced through to the second round as a sixth seed last season. They lost to a more talented Clippers faction this year. It just happens. [...]