For the first time in Carmelo Anthony’s illustrious 11 year NBA career, he will be watching the postseason rather than participating. Following the Atlanta Hawks’ big win over the Miami Heat Saturday night, the Hawks clinched the 8th and final Playoff spot in the Eastern Conference, officially putting an end to a disappointing Knicks season. [...]
April 13, 2014
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Allen Moll
The Washington Wizards clinched a playoff spot a few weeks ago, but they’re still battling for key playoff positioning. They’re likely to finish 6th, 7th or 8th. The best shot for them to advance past the first round is to finish 6th and face Toronto (assuming they finish 3rd), but even that’s not a given. [...]
April 11, 2014
Anou Enright
Rumors
Drake and Jimmy Kimmel wanted to know what people really thought about him and his ESPY hosting gig, so they put Drake in disguise and sent him to the streets. Check out ‘fake drake’ and his hilarious interviews: Please enable Javascript to watch this video [...]
April 11, 2014
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Offbeat
Phil Jackson is giving New York Knicks head coach Mike Woodson autonomy. For now. Speaking with reporters after practice on Wednesday, ahead of the Knicks’ Friday night about against the Toronto Raptors, Woodson revealed that Jackson hasn’t been as “hands on” with the team and is instead letting them do their thing, according to ESPN [...]
April 11, 2014
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Damn. What’s a four-letter word for “this totally sucks, but it wouldn’t have sucked if it had happened a tad sooner?” Yeah, let’s stick with damn while really thinking about dropping F-Bombs. In untimely fashion, the New Orleans Pelicans announced Thursday that Anthony Davis and Eric Gordon will miss the remainder of this season: The [...]
April 11, 2014
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Organizational stability in an NBA team starts with a constant figure as the head coach. It does nobody any good if the coach constantly changes. But on the heels of losing, teams aren’t really left with much choice. That’s what the Knicks are facing. This is Mike Woodson’s second year as coach, but he may [...]
April 10, 2014
Anou Enright
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The NBA’s MVP race has been a 2-man race for a few years now, with LeBron edging Durnt. But this year seems different. All the signs so far point towards Kevin Durant winning his first MVP award this year. LeBron James probably realizes that it’s Durant’s year for this award and has conceded a bit. [...]
April 10, 2014
Anou Enright
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Tanking is done for a reason in the NBA. Remember that. Never forget it. Deliberate losing is not supposed to be done in vain. A light is supposed to exist at the end of the tunnel, in the NBA draft, where a future superstar theoretically waits. That’s why teams tank. That’s why they lose, why [...]
April 10, 2014
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As much as he’d like to think, Kobe Bryant doesn’t run the Lakers and they’re making that pretty obvious. Granted, he’s been the face of the franchise forever, but not everything should runs through him. Reports have been wishy-washy in terms of what the Lakers will do with D’Antoni. REgardless of what the decision is, [...]
April 10, 2014
Anou Enright
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We’re only a year or so removed from Jason Collins’ revelation and already doesn’t seem like a big deal. This morning, there was another such story, as UMass guard Derrick Gordon comes out as well. If not for Collins, Gordon may not have done this. You can expect such news to be happening more frequently [...]
April 9, 2014
Anou Enright
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