Ignorance is bliss. That’s Kristaps Porzingis’ story, and he’s sticking to it months later. With the New York Knicks set to face the Los Angeles Clippers on Monday, The Big Apple’s superstar is, naturally, being pressed about his run-in with, um, hackers this past May, who tweeted the following from his account: [tweet https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/861011022294925312] Porzingis, [...]
November 20, 2017
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Kevin Durant is really happy the Golden State Warriors didn’t lose to the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday night. He wouldn’t have been able to check Joel Embiid’s Twitter timeline if they didn’t: [tweet https://twitter.com/ESPNNBA/status/932107502275190784] Well, this is just rich. Among every player in the NBA who might, quite possibly, maybe rush to Twitter immediately after [...]
November 20, 2017
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Remember Eric Bledsoe’s very public proclamation on Twitter about wanting to leave the Phoenix Suns? The one that sent the NBA universe into a frenzy? The one that got him exiled from the Suns? The one that eventually got him traded to the Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday, as first reported by ESPN’s Zach Lowe and [...]
November 8, 2017
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A funny thing happened after the Cleveland Cavaliers lost Game 3 of the NBA Finals to the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday: J.R. Smith tweeted “Cavs in 7.” Or rather, Smith’s Twitter account posted “Cavs in 7,” because he says he didn’t do it. The tweet is since deleted, but here’s a screenshot courtesy of [...]
D’Angelo Russell doesn’t seem too excited that the Los Angeles Lakers will have the chance to draft UCLA’s Lonzo Ball with the second overall pick in this year’s draft. And he’s not afraid to show it. Sort of. Russell liked a tweet that said there was “no way in hell” the Lakers should draft Ball: [...]
Literally no one looks at the 2016-17 New York Knicks and says, “Hey! They need more drama!” Except, apparently, team president Phil Jackson. Bleacher Report’s Kevin Ding penned an intriguing piece about how Jackson has failed the Knicks by expected Carmelo Anthony to, essentially, be a player he’s not. The article was more critical of Melo [...]
February 8, 2017
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New York Knicks team president Phil Jackson might want to rethink his attempts to trade Carmelo Anthony. Melo tweeted this on Tuesday ahead of the Knicks’ game with the Washington Wizards: [tweet https://twitter.com/carmeloanthony/status/826483340601548801] There’s no way this doesn’t have anything to do with the recent rumors, right? Especially knowing how many times Jackson, or a friend [...]
February 1, 2017
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The Cleveland Cavaliers signed veteran guard Toney Douglas on Monday and J.R. Smith sent out a subliminal tweet letting us all know his frustration. [tweet https://twitter.com/cavs/status/782971912280563712] Minutes later, Smith tweeted the following: [tweet https://twitter.com/TheRealJRSmith/status/782986717028638721] The NBA season is about to start and the Cavs have yet to sign Smith to a contract. After helping them [...]
October 4, 2016
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Steph Curry’s wife, Ayesha, caused quite a stir during the Finals when she tweeted that the Finals were rigged because her husband’s team didn’t win. This came after game 6, which was a game where the Warriors never led and trailed by double-digits just about the entire game. The tweet came after Curry fouled out, [...]
July 7, 2016
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Carmelo Anthony has this whole subtweeting thing down pat. We think. Former New York Knick Amar’e Stoudemire, now of the Miami Heat, raised eyebrows when discussing Jeremy Lin’s short burst of success in the Big Apple. Here’s what rattled the cages, per ESPN.com’s Ohm Youngmisuk: Amar’e Stoudemire had this interesting comment on Jeremy Lin’s Knicks [...]
March 1, 2016
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