While all but two other high-profile NBA draft prospects run drills in Chicago for the 2014 NBA Draft Combine, Kansas Jayhawks freshman phenom Andrew Wiggins has found his own way of creating buzz heading into this year’s draft. The internet. Doing standard fitness drills for P3 Applied Sports Science, Wiggins vertical leap results were quite impressive. A photo, posted to Instagram, has since drawn all sorts of reactions on the social media sphere. [Read more…]
Archives for May 2014
NBA Doubles Down, Fines Rivers $25,000
The NBA doubled down Thursday on the controversial ending of Game 5 of Clippers-Thunder, fining coach Doc Rivers $25,000 for blasting the officials afterward. The fine was announced by NBA president of basketball operations Rod Thorn and came one day after the league came to defense of the officiating crew, whose replay ruling left most fans baffled by their decision. [Read more…]
VIDEO: IS There a Way to Beat The Miami Heat?
Danny Schayes explores the question everyone in the NBA and around the world wants answered. [Read more…]
Schayes: Hunter played race card as head of Players Association
Sports generally and the NBA specifically have always been pioneers, years ahead of society when it comes to racial issues. Black players entered the NFL in 1946, MLB in 1947 and the NBA in 1951, all more before Brown vs. Board of Education in 1954 and over a decade ahead of the pivotal civil rights events of the 1960s. The NBA has continued to be a leader with more African-American players, coaches, GMs and owners than any other league. Even the fans
5 Fast Facts from Last Night’s Games — Heat and Spurs Reach Conference Finals, Tony Parker Leaves with Injury
The 2014 NBA Playoffs continued on Wednesday, May 14 with two teams fighting to continue their seasons. The task at hand was surviving road games against the defending champions of the Eastern and Western Conferences, respectively. Two elimination games, two eliminations. The two games played out differently, but the end result was the same. There was a fourth-quarter comeback and another clutch 3-pointer from an NBA legend, while another squad won with help from its unsung heroes. Here’s everything that you need to
SH Blog: Warriors agree to sign Kerr to a five-year contract, Lacob says Curry is excited, Rivers rips referees while Paul blames himself for losing Game 5
The Golden State Warriors believed they had little chance of acquiring Steve Kerr as their next head coach, so they went after Stan Van Gundy. After talks broke down with the former coach, who eventually decided to sign a massive deal with the Detroit Pistons, they decided to go after Kerr a little harder despite knowing the deep talks he was already in with the New York Knicks. On Wednesday, Golden State swayed Kerr enough and surprisingly, agreed to a huge
Tweet of the Night: Rachel Nichols and Jim Rome describe what it must feel like for Ray Allen to end Pierce and Garnett’s season
When the game is on the line, you can always count on Jesus to bail you out. Jesus Shuttlesworth, that is. Ray Allen had taken six 3-point attempts in Game 5 against the Brooklyn Nets and simply couldn’t get one to drop all game long. However, he saw one more opportunity when it mattered the most. With the Miami Heat down one point with 32 seconds left in the game, Mario Chalmers found an open Allen in the corner. The sharp-shooter then
Advice to Dolan: Dismiss Kerr Like He Dismissed You. Hire Mark Jackson to Coach the Knicks
Steve Kerr turned down the Knicks for the Golden State Warriors. Can you blame him? So what are the Knicks going to do about it? The smart thing to do, if Jim Dolan was inclined to make the smart move, would be to issue a statement wishing Kerr luck in his first career coaching job. And make sure to mention that it is his first coaching job. Kerr is a nice guy and everything, but he isn’t the creme de la creme
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