As the games evolves and players devise new ways to gain an advantage by skirting or stretching the rules, the NBA has an obligation to monitor these things closely and update their rule book accordingly. They are in the process of doing so this off-season to curb tanking and now they are implementing a few [...]
September 22, 2017
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The Golden State Warriors are NBA champions. They won 67 games during the regular season. The went 16-1 through playoffs, mutilating pretty much everyone in their path. They have four All-NBA talents on their roster, all of them in their prime. They might be, and probably are, the best team in NBA history. The thought [...]
September 18, 2017
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Gregg Popovich, as it turns out, won’t be taking the high road in light of Kawhi Leonard’s latest ankle injury. Midway through the third quarter in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals, Zaza Pachulia closed out on a Leonard three-pointer, invariably hopping his way into the All-Star forward’s landing space. Leonard turned his left [...]
The Warriors had to do some re-tooling of their roster this off-season once Kevin Durant broke Twitter by announcing he would sign with the defending western conference champs and 73 win Warriors on Independence Day. After dealing Andrew Bogut to the Mavericks to clear space, the Warriors were in need of a veteran center and [...]
February 8, 2017
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The Golden State Warriors will be seeing less of Zaza Pachulia over the next week, as he recovers from a rotator cuff injury. Per the Association Press (via NBC Sports): Golden State Warriors center Zaza Pachulia has a strained rotator cuff in his right shoulder and will be sidelined for at least a week. He [...]
February 2, 2017
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Let’s play a quick game, which of these names does not belong on this list: Kevin Durant, Zaza Pachulia, Kawhi Leonard, Anthony Davis, Draymond Green, DeMarcus Cousins, Karl-Anthony Towns, LaMarcus Aldridge, Blake Griffin and Marc Gasol? If you follow the NBA in any way and are being serious and honest with yourself, Zaza Pachulia does [...]
January 13, 2017
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Ryan Bawek
Justin Bieber is going to be pissed. Some have complained about the NBA’s All-Star voting process. Giving fans a say is one thing, but entire races have been swayed by social media campaigns, most of which feature public figures—actors, singers, politicians, etc.—voting via Twitter and generating a crap ton of retweets that count as official [...]
January 28, 2016
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Four Western Conference frontcourt players received more votes than Draymond Green and Blake Griffin. Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant, Kawhi Leonard and, naturally, Zaza Pachulia. WUT. It’s true. A late voting push thrust Pachulia ahead of Green and Griffin and almost into the All-Star festivities. He finished a mere 14,227 votes behind Leonard. Yes, this is [...]
January 22, 2016
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Monday night’s Game 2 victory (82-91) wasn’t as easy as the previous one for the Bulls. The Bucks came out with better output and played with a higher level of confidence, which allowed them to stick around for majority of the game. But the Bucks’ valiant effort wasn’t enough to overcome the eruption from Bulls’ [...]
April 21, 2015
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Anything can happen leading into the NBA trade deadline, but that hardly means everything we hear will. As such we must take Alex Kennedy of HOOPWROLD’s latest report that the New York Knicks are targeting Josh Smith with a grain of salt: Every year at the trade deadline, there is at least one move that [...]
February 20, 2013
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