After dominating the Miami Heat in their first meeting in December, Stephen Curry showed once again on Wednesday that he is a rising superstar in the league. With the game on the line and his team down by a point with just 23 seconds left on the clock, the point guard drove past his defender for a layup and drew the foul for a 3-point play early in the clock. With the Golden State Warriors up 110-108, it appeared to be
I was a guest on Sirius XM’s NBA show today, which was co-hosted by former Memphis Grizzlies coach Lionel Hollins. Turning the tables, I opened the segment — even though I was the interviewee — by asking Hollins why he wasn’t in Detroit taking command of the Pistons after the firing of Maurice Cheeks. Hollins came right out and said he is interested in the job, but that nobody from Detroit had reached out to contact him. [Read more…]
It is time to ask the rhetorical question: Is the MVP race over? Has Kevin Durant wrapped this thing up already by guiding the Oklahoma City Thunder to the highest win total in the NBA (30 games over .500) despite the absence of Russell Westbrook? It was about this time a year ago that LeBron James started creating the separation that would ultimately make him the near-unanimous choice (Gary Washburn of the Boston Globe was the only voter who cast a ballot
Chris Kaman/LAL confirmed that he is capable of putting up big fantasy numbers against the right opponents in the Lakers’ system. Unfortunately, the Lakers lost again and look headed for a bottom five win-loss record this season. It wasn’t Kevin Durant’s/OKC finest hour (eight turnovers), but his 36 points was enough to lead the Thunder to an important psychological win over Portland. LeBron/MIA picked up extra work in the absence of Dwayne Wade/MIA, as the Heat cooled off the Suns.
Sources told Yahoo! Sports on Monday that there is “no chance” the Knicks trade free agent-to-be Carmelo Anthony by the Feb. 20 deadline. Let’s face the facts: even with Anthony, the Knicks are a mediocre basketball team in a horrendous Atlantic Division. [Read more…]
For Anthony Bennett, the No. 1 overall pick in last year’s draft, his first season in the league has mostly been one big nightmare to forget. He came in behind schedule due to shoulder surgery recovery, and was clearly not in game shape. He didn’t score his first field goal until the fifth game of the season, is shooting 31.9 percent from the field and has generally looked lost all season in an offense that has seen just about every relevant
Tuesday, February 11, 2014 was all about elevating success to new levels. The NBA came through with a number of different feats worth marveling, including a team re-defining quality ball movement and a star sophomore coming through with his best performance yet. Here’s everything that you need to know about last night’s games. [Read more…]
As the February 21st NBA trade deadline looms over All-Star weekend, there is no shortage of news and rumors around the league. We’ll take a look at which teams have the ammunition to make major moves before next weeks deadline, which players can be on the move, and everything else happening in the league today. [Read more…]