Lamar Odom’s life and career has taken a very tragic and sad turn. Once seen as one of the most exciting young prospects in the NBA, an NBA Sixth Man of the Year and a huge contributor for an NBA championship team Los Angeles Lakers team, Odom has sinced flamed out of the league, dealt [...]
August 30, 2017
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Kobe Bryant has appeared to transition into post NBA life well as he has appeared to focus his maniacal level of drive and determination to other facets of his life such as business, family, Musecage and other things one would imagine. That doesn’t mean his love for the game of basketball has completely left him [...]
August 28, 2017
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The trade saga between the Cavaliers and Celtics has become more and more cloudy and complex as the clock is ticking for them to finalize the mega blockbuster deal that is set to send Kyrie Irving to the Celtics in exchange for Isaiah Thomas, Jae Crowder, Ante Zizic and Brooklyn’s Unprotected 2018 1st Round Pick. [...]
August 28, 2017
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Ryan Bawek
The New York Knicks and Houston Rockets have reached a silent impasse in Carmelo Anthony trade negotiations. Again. As pointed out to us by NBA Reddit, ESPN.com’s Adrian Wojnarowski said that talks between both sides have gone “dormant” recently: Like Woj points out, the Rockets have been unable to find a third and fourth team [...]
August 25, 2017
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The NBA season doesn’t start for nearly two months, and LeBron James is already locked in. The rest of the NBA might want to watch out. ESPN.com’s Dave McMenamin relayed this tidbit about James’ offseason workouts: [tweet https://twitter.com/mcten/status/900345378981126145?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fbleacherreport.com%2Ffront-page] There’s an element of training camp talk here. Everyone is optimistic and in the best shape of [...]
August 23, 2017
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Kyrie Irving got his wish, and now he’s happy. Nay, thrilled. The four-time All-Star requested a trade from the Cleveland Cavaliers in late July, and roughly one month later, he’s headed to the Boston Celtics, as first reported by The Vertical’s Shams Charania, in exchange for Jae Crowder, Isaiah Thomas, Ante Zizic and the Brooklyn [...]
August 23, 2017
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The NBA never ceases to provide jaw dropping or Twitter breaking news even in the month of August. In one of the most blockbuster trades in recent memory, the top teams and rivals in the eastern conference have agreed to a trade this afternoon as the Cavaliers are sending Kyrie Irving to the Celtics for [...]
August 22, 2017
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Ryan Bawek
Steve Kerr is not worried about missing any time on the sidelines next season. Back issues forced him out of action at different points of the 2015-16 and 2016-17 campaigns, but the Golden State Warriors’ head coach doesn’t anticipate any issues leading into 2017-18. As he told the San Francisco Chronicle‘s Scott Ostler (h/t CBS Sports’ Chris [...]
August 22, 2017
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The Toyota Center, the home of the Houston Rockets, may soon be known as the house of Mutombo as former Rocket and hall of famer Dikembe Mutombo is putting together a group to purchase the team from Leslie Alexander. [tweet https://twitter.com/NBCSports/status/898329139148595202] Mutombo played the final five seasons of his 19 season NBA career as a [...]
August 18, 2017
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Ryan Bawek
Deep breaths, New York Knicks fans. Your notoriously inept team has no plans to dangle Kristaps Porzingis in a deal for Kyrie Irving. From Newsday‘s Steven Marcus and Mike Rose: The Knicks don’t appear interested in trading Kristaps Porzingis, including a possible deal for Cavaliers All-Star point guard Kyrie Irving, according to a league source. . . [...]
August 17, 2017
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