It’s not unusual for an up-and-coming, former highly touted young baller to make some bold prediction about his future status on the highest level. We’ve seen it in the past as future greats like Allen Iverson and Kobe Bryant once challenged and occasionally got the best of all time superstar Michael Jordan, like most memorably [...]
September 2, 2013
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Like you needed another reason as to why Dwight Howard left the Los Angeles Lakers. In a radio interview on ESPN 710 in Los Angeles transcribed by ESPN Los Angeles’ Ramona Shelburne (h/t ProBasketballTalk), Antawn Jamison, now a member of the Los Angeles Clippers, admitted that Kobe Bryant and Howard never trusted each other: What [...]
September 2, 2013
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Dennis Rodman never ceases to amaze. The Hall of Famer has more or less completely distanced himself from the game of basketball, because every time he’s in the news it has nothing to do with the game. For his next act, Rodman may make a triumphant return to North Korea. You remember the last time [...]
August 30, 2013
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Caron Butler was traded from the Clippers earlier this summer to the Phoenix Suns and he’s on the move again. He was just traded to the Milwaukee Bucks. Once a valuable starter, Butler has quickly become a dreaded NBA journeyman. However, with the Bucks roster in flux, he may serve a focal point on that [...]
August 30, 2013
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Could Lamar Odom find himself donning purple and gold once more? According to Radar online (h/t New York Post) the Los Angeles Lakers have reached out to Odom and told him they’re prepared to sign him if he goes to rehab to kick whatever drug habit he has: The Los Angeles Lakers have told troubled [...]
August 30, 2013
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The only thing worse than having players get in trouble with the law during the off season is to have that happen to the coach. Brand new Hawks head coach Mike Budenholzer was arrested and charged with DUI. We don’t expect him to be fired but he’s surely not high on the list of favorite [...]
August 29, 2013
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We have all been told that the 2014 NBA Draft is so packed with talent that there will potentially be upwards of 8-10 franchise players available, including the unanimous top pick Andrew Wiggins. This is supposed to be the deepest draft since 2003, when Lebron James, Carmelo Anthony, and Dwyane Wade burst onto the NBA [...]
August 29, 2013
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Sometimes we assume that just because a guy plays basketball for a living, that all is well in his life. Actually, sometimes money and fame can bring on more problems. But I know, let’s not feel sympathy for these millionaires. But then, there are also doubts in your abilities. Gary Payton felt these doubts once [...]
August 29, 2013
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For Antawn Jamison, there was only the Los Angeles Clippers. No really, there was no one else. At least that’s what he says. “In my heart I really didn’t want to go anywhere else,” he said, according to Eric Patten of Clippers.com. Hopefully he didn’t say something similar to the Los Angeles Lakers last year [...]
August 29, 2013
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