The 2014-15 NBA regular season continued on Wednesday, April 8 with a big slate of 13 games featuring 26 teams. A former MVP returned from injury, multiple teams were eliminated from the playoffs and This is how it all transpired. [Read more…]
Stephen Curry’s is Under Armour’s signature shoe endorser, and the league’s best shooter and possible 2014-2015 Most Valuable Player gets the company’s best resources to try to ensure Curry’s optimal on-court performance. Curry’s first signature shoe, the Curry One, introduced this year, is wrapped in something called anaFoam, a lightweight, compression-molded shell for proper support and fit. And whatever it’s doing for Curry’s game, it’s clearly working and could work for your next sneaker purchase. For more on how charged foam
Each time the Rockets play the Thunder, four names immediately come to mind: Jeremy Lamb, Kevin Martin, Steven Adams and Mitch McGary. With all draft picks now liquidated, those players make up the return Oklahoma City received for James Harden in October 2012. Martin left the Thunder in free agency after one season off the bench, and the others all score fewer than eight points per game. That’s it. Lamb, who was supposedly the trade’s crown jewel as the No. 12 pick in 2012, isn’t
A 13-game slate means plenty of choices in daily NBA contests at DraftKings. Of the four players with 5-digit salaries, James Harden $11000 is probably the safest play, as he leads the Rockets into San Antonio. [Read more…]
The 2014-15 NBA regular season continued on Tuesday, April 7 with a slate of six critical games. Five of the six outcomes had significant postseason ramifications, while the other went a long way towards determining 2015 NBA Draft positioning. This is how it all transpired. [Read more…]
You hear all the time about the Atlanta Hawks being the San Antonio Spurs of the East under Mike Budenholzer. Al Horford, Jeff Teague, Paul Millsap and Kyle Korver were all All-Stars this year. The one guy who is hardly ever talked about is DeMarre Carroll – the Hawks’ own two-way player and fifth starter who is truly one of the most underrated and perhaps underappreciated players this season. Carroll, who is set to become a free agent in the offseason,
Brook Lopez is now the Eastern Conference Player of the Week for a second consecutive week — something that no other player has done all season long. Lopez led the Nets to a 3-1 week from March 30 through April 5 behind team-leading averages of 20.8 points (sixth in the East), 10.3 rebounds (fourth in the East) and 2.0 blocks (tied for fifth). He shot better than 50% in all four of Brooklyn’s contests, and ranked seventh in the East for
Back in the preseason, I predicted the San Antonio Spurs would be returning to the NBA Finals, where they would defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers for that elusive second straight championship. Nothing I have seen over the past month and a half has convinced me that my prediction was faulty, and San Antonio’s demolition of the Golden State Warriors over the weekend only reinforced my belief in the Spurs. If you give a read to Chris Bernucca’s column on Kawhi Leonard and