The firing of Mike Brown came out of nowhere yesterday. Today, the new permanent general manager David Griffin, discussed the firing and the future of the Cleveland Cavaliers. “This is not about anybody doing anything wrong,” Griffin said. Betcha that didn’t pacify Brown. “Any insinuation that Kyrie Irving had anything to do with this decision if patently wrong,” Griffin said. More in this video from CineSport. (RELATED: Is Kevin Ollie a target of Cavs?) //
The Miami Heat took a demanding 3-1 series lead against the Brooklyn Nets with a Game 4 win at the Barclays Center. As the series heads back to Miami for Game 5, ticket prices on the secondary market have increased for the potential series clinching game. LeBron James and the Heat will travel back to the American Airlines Arena in Miami for Wednesday night’s game. The average price for game 5 Miami Heat playoff tickets is currently $526.48, an increase of
Click on this banner to sign up for DraftStreet’s two-day NBA playoff fantasy leagues First things first: Someone is going to turn $22 into $10,00o by the end of the night. That is a Donald Sterling-like return on your investment, and it will spur elation that will border on dementia. So good luck to all those who are in the running. IMHO, this contest is going to be won by the person who strikes it rich on one or
The 2014 NBA Playoffs continued on Monday, May 12 with two separate series reaching 3-1 in differing manners. One team lived to fight another day by earning a series-saving victory, while another used a monster performance by a mega-star to move one step closer to advancing. Here’s everything that you need to know about last night’s action. [Read more…]
It was never Eric Gordon’s initial choice to remain with the New Orleans Pelicans when his rookie contract expired, and his time with the team since signing the big contract back in 2012 has been tumultuous at best. Gordon made it clear that he wanted out of New Orleans when he signed a four-year, $58 million contract with the Phoenix Suns, only to have it matched by the team that traded away Chris Paul to attain him. In hindsight, it may have been
BROOKLYN — No explanation was provided by LeBron James, and no outrage was expressed after Joe Johnson accused the King of flopping on Johnson’s final offensive possession. LeBron was asked about it, but the questioner made the always fatal journalistic mistake of asking a two-part question. Part one was about the flop. That was the tough question, the one everyone wanted answered. The second question was completely benign, and that was the one James answered. Memo to aspiring journalists: NEVER ask a
After weeks of silence since being condemned by Adam Silver, the players and everything else that represents the NBA, Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling finally broke his silence publicly in an interview with Anderson Cooper on CNN. Not surprisingly, the conversation turned uglier by the minute as Sterling went off about “gorgeous black guys” and how terrible a person Magic Johnson is for not doing anything for black people (which is obviously a ridiculously false statement) and making love with
Twitter blew up Monday. TMZ broke a story early Monday morning unveiling surveillance footage obtained from the Standard Hotel’s elevator after the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Gala a week earlier. The video shows hip hop mogul and former Brooklyn Nets minority owner Jay-Z, his wife Beyonce, her sister Solange Knowles and another man—presumably a body guard, entering the elevator, wherein Solange appears to have words with the rap icon before abruptly throwing punches and kicks at him. [Read more…]