By now, you’ve probably already had a peek at the jerseys NBA players will be wearing on Christmas. Yes, they have sleeves. Now, if Santa leaves one of these under your tree, you may not be so happy. They are clearly not conventional jerseys, which remain incredibly popular. And they are not quite T-shirts, either. They are somewhere in between. The sleeved jerseys are unquestionably a marketing tool. In addition to being a new item that many fans believe they have to have,
Last season, our Rookie Rankings were a Who’s Who. This season, it’s more like a Who’s That? Just two weeks into the season, we are startled by the number of lower picks who have played their way into the rankings – or, more accurately, the number of high picks on the outside looking in. Just to make sure our imagination wasn’t playing tricks on us, we went back to the second week of the 2012-13 rankings to see the breakdown of low picks
The Utah Jazz rallied at home to pick up heir first win of the year against Anthony Davis/NOP and the Pelicans. Dwight Howard/HOU and Jeremy Lin/HOU put up monster fantasy numbers, but their Rockets lost to the Sixers in overtime. Kevin Martin/MIN was a surprise scratch due to flu, but Kevin Love/MIN and Ricky Rubio/MIN led the Timberwolves to an easy win over the Cavaliers. Serge Ibaka/OKC and Matt Barnes/LAC were ejected early and the Clippers overcame a first half
Is Linsanity back? Maybe not, but he’s a legitimate force. The 2013-14 NBA regular season continued on Wednesday, November 13. 24 teams were involved in 12 high-stakes games that offered postseason previews and a glimpse at just how far the young stars of the league have come. Here’s everything you need to know about a night that was highlighted by a series of career-best marks. [Read more…]
There’s nothing like a juicy rumor floating around the league, and there was one worth discussing from Wednesday involving Iman Shumpert and Kenneth Faried. Both are still developing and we still don’t know who they truly are as of yet in terms of potential, but there is no doubt that plenty of teams are interested in obtaining either player. So are the New York Knicks and Denver Nuggets entertaining offers? That is the question, which we have some answers to
Things got tense between the Los Angeles Clippers and Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday when Blake Griffin and Serge Ibaka got tangled up near the end of the second quarter. After getting fouled by Ibaka on a shot attempt near the rim, Griffin got a hold of Ibaka’s arm and held on tight. The natural reaction by Ibaka was to set himself free from the hold, but it appeared as if he had shoved Griffin from the back in the process.
Just weeks into the 2013-14 NBA season and the New York Knicks and the New York media are already embroiled in a swirl of trade rumors. Wednesday, as the Knicks prepare to face off with the Atlanta Hawks in Philips Arena, the New York Daily News’ Frank Isola began reporting that New York was discussing moving guard Iman Shumpert to Denver in exchange for the Nuggets forward Kenneth Faried. [Read more…]
It is never a good thing to have a zero in your record at this point of the NBA season — unless, of course, that zero is in the loss column. For the Utah Jazz, that goose egg is in the win column — and nobody wants to be the first team to lose to them. So as tough as things have already been, they are about to get tougher for Tyrone Corbin’s young team. That topic, and plenty more from around the