The Los Angeles Lakers and Brooklyn Nets went into Friday’s contest at the Barclays Center without a single win between the two teams on the season. Naturally, one team had to end the losing streak so Kobe Bryant and company gladly obliged. [Read more…]
The Los Angeles Clippers entered Wednesday’s contest against the Golden State Warriors with a perfect 4-0 record and had plenty to be optimistic about how their season has gone so far. Optimism has a way of going out the window when you lose, though, and that’s what happened to the Clippers after falling to Stephen Curry and the Warriors 112-108. The contest went down to the wire for the Clippers despite taking a 10-point lead half way through a momentum-shifting fourth quarter. Blake
The Los Angeles Lakers hoped to see a sign of hope for the future after drafting D’Angelo Russell with the second overall pick, seeing the return of last season’s lottery pick Julius Randle from injury, the development of Jordan Clarkson, and of course, the return of a healthy Kobe Bryant. [Read more…]
Despite the fact that it has only been a week since the start of the 2015-2016 season, Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors have already reached a point where their dominance in the early going is causing a pandemonium around the league. Mostly, though, it’s been the greatness of Curry and the ease in which he has owned the competition that has everyone shaking their heads in disbelief. Heading into Monday’s contest against the Memphis Grizzlies – a team that took the
ESPN ended their relationship with Bill Simmons five months ago and on Friday, suspended the popular site he founded – Grantland. Here is the official statement from ESPN PR: [Read more…]
Brandon Jennings, at this point, is pretty much known as a basketball junkie and never shies away from a hot debate on twitter. On Thursday, it was his view on who belongs on the list for Top 5 power forward of all-time, which included the still-relevant Dirk Nowitzki of the Dallas Mavericks: Dirk Top 5 PF of All Time!!! — Brandon Jennings (@thinkiminthe90s) October 30, 2015 This is really a subjective topic because there isn’t exactly a set of criteria that determines which player
No one really thought much of the New York Knicks signing former No. 2 pick Derrick Williams over the summer as a free agent and in fact, some wondered how his particular skill sets would fit in a Triangle system. Williams isn’t an efficient offensive player, doesn’t exactly space the floor (career mark of 30.1 percent from beyond the arc), isn’t known for moving the ball, and certainly isn’t known as a defensive presence. With Phil Jackson looking to rebuild the
What championship rust? The Golden State Warriors received their very fat championship rings on Tuesday before the start of their season opener against the New Orleans Pelicans and soon after, Stephen Curry played like he was ready for another MVP season, scoring 24 points in the first quarter – the most he has ever scored in a single quarter – on an array of ridiculous shots: [Read more…]