Pau Gasol missed a bunch of games for the Lakers this year due to plantar fasciitis in his foot. But when he was on the court, he struggled to find minutes in D’Antoni’s offense. Needless to say, he wasn’t a good year for Paul. Not to mention the fact that trade rumors were swirling about [...]
May 9, 2013
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Rumors
This morning Russell Westbrook held a press conference to talk about his injury. He has been hounded by reporters since he went down and required season ending surgery. Apparently holding a presser was easier than getting one offed with by dozens of individual interview requests. Westy talks about everything from how he’s coping with watching [...]
Yesterday, Denver’s George Karl was named NBA Coach of the Year as he led a very good Nuggets team to the third best record in the Western Conference. Despite not having a prototypical “go-to-man” in terms of offense, what they do works. And you don’t always need that go-to scorer as evidence by the 2003-04 [...]
May 9, 2013
Anou Enright
Rumors
Granted, this isn’t a fashion blog. It’s an NBA basketball blog. But we just can’t help ourselves here. Russell Westbrook and Dwyane Wade have been making a splash with fashion during NBA playoff post-game pressers for a couple years now. But is this jacket Miami Heat’s Dwyane Wade wore to the post-game presser last night [...]
May 9, 2013
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Offbeat
And you thought Dwight Howard was indecisive. Phil Jackson remains a sought after head coach. How could he not? He’s won 11 titles as a sideline stalker and in 20 years on the job, he’s never once coached a team to a record below .500. Teams want that type of resume in their locker room. [...]
Carmelo Anthony isn’t going to lose sleep over LeBron James not unanimously being voted the NBA’s MVP. Gary Washburn of The Boston Globe has been receiving plenty of criticism for choosing ‘Melo over LeBron as the league’s most valuable player, and Anthony, for the life of him, can’t seem to figure out why (via Matt [...]
Feel free to panic, but Kevin Durant won’t. After the Oklahoma City Thunder lost to the Memphis Grizzlies at home in Game 2 of the second round of the NBA playoffs, some folks were prepared to hit the panic button. To be clear, we’re talking about the same panic button the world was ready to [...]
The Denver Nuggets were one of the surprise stories of the NBA season. Although they are devoid of you would classify as a superstar, they have a bunch of guys that gel on the court and really play well together. In fact, they only lost 3 games at home all season long and earned a [...]
May 8, 2013
Anou Enright
Rumors
On the 18th anniversary of the famous Pacers-Knicks battle where Reggie Miller scored 8 points in 9 seconds to defeat the Knicks and gave the choke sign to Knicks Superfan Spike Lee, Miller was feeling playful on twitter yesterday afternoon: Since its the anniversary of the 8pts, maybe I walk by Spike tonight and give [...]
May 8, 2013
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Throughout the entire month, Deron Williams wore the ‘Memphis’ colorway of the Nike Air Penny V which features a mostly blue upper to show his support for the cause. Teaming up with Autism Speaks on April 6th, Williams hosted the first Autism Awareness Night inside of the Barclays Center the same day he put up [...]
May 8, 2013
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