Kevin Love has easily been having his best season since joining the Cavaliers in 2014, he has found a way to maximize his skill set to fit in seamlessly with LeBron and Kyrie Irving and is back to his 20 and 11 ways without having to be the focal point or even the second option [...]
February 14, 2017
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The already faltering Los Angeles Clippers got some unfortunate news Monday morning as their star forward Blake Griffin will undergo a minor knee procedure and miss several weeks. [tweet https://twitter.com/TheVertical/status/810722784934555649] According to The Vertical, the Clippers expect Griffin to return at some point in January. This is a huge blow to a 20-8 Clippers team. [...]
December 19, 2016
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Breathe Memphis Grizzlies fans. Something is finally going right. Sort of. If everything were actually going right, Chandler Parsons, the team’s $94 million investment, would be fully healthy and on the court contributing. But he has appeared in just six games this season and been on the sidelines since Nov. 18 tending to a left [...]
December 6, 2016
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When the Portland Trail Blazers signed Festus Ezeli to a two-year, $15.1 million deal over the summer, they were clearly taking a shot in the dark. As of now, that shot has yet to hit anything. Per the Portland Tribune‘s Kerry Eggers, Ezeli, who is dealing with a left knee injury, still isn’t closing in [...]
October 18, 2016
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Ben Simmons has undergone successful surgery to repair an acute Jones fracture in his right foot. No timetable has been given for his return to the court. Simmons suffered the injury when he landed on another player’s foot during a September 30th scrimmage. The 76ers’ said that his recovery timetable would be “provided as available [...]
October 4, 2016
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Back in May, the Washington Wizards announced that All-Star point guard John Wall underwent a pair of procedures on both his left and right knees. It was weird and unsettling. But, fortunately for Wizards fans, they needn’t worry anymore. Well, they needn’t worry as much. Owner Ted Leonsis says that Washington’s floor general will be [...]
The Boston Celtics bowed out of their first-round playoff matchup with the Atlanta Hawks for many reasons. And the status of Kelly Olynyk was among the biggest ones. Yes, Jae Crowder wasn’t 100 percent. And sure, Avery Bradley’s absence killed the Celtics’ spacing. But Olynyk, when healthy, is Boston’s second-best two-way player, someone who stretches [...]
Anthony Davis will be back to playing basketball for the New Orleans Pelicans soon. So long as you consider three to four months “soon.” Davis is guaranteed to miss the rest of the New Orleans Pelicans’ dumpster fire of a season after undergoing surgery on his left knee. He is also dealing with a torn [...]
March 25, 2016
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Let the healing process began. Philadelphia 76ers rookie Jahlil Okafor has been sidelined since February 28 with a torn meniscus in his right knee. Now, more than three weeks later, he has officially underwent surgery, per RealGM: Jahlil Okafor underwent a successful arthroscopic procedure on Tuesday to address a slight tear of the meniscus in [...]
March 23, 2016
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Injury bugs just won’t leave the Miami Heat alone. Tyler Johnson is probably done for the year, Dwyane Wade is, as per usual, banged up, and Chris Bosh is coping with another blood cot issue that has him on the sidelines. And now Beno Udrih is gone. Per a team press release: The HEAT announced [...]
February 24, 2016
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