Once recognized as one of the most explosive dunkers in the NBA, Jason Richardson officially called it quits on Wednesday after 14 seasons in the league at the age of 34. Richardson missed all of the 2013-2014 season and much of the 2012-2013 season due to a serious knee injury and played sparingly in 19 games last season for the Philadelphia 76ers. Despite the unfortunate turns he took in the latter parts of his career, Richardson ends his playing days with terrific overall statistics: 17.1
It’s no secret that Stephen Curry has come a long way since being drafted by the Golden State Warriors in the 2009 NBA Draft and what was said about him by scouts before entering the league. When you look at that draft, it’s clear that Curry and James Harden should have went No. 1 and No. 2 in no particular order (of course, you can also make the case that Blake Griffin was drafted right where he belongs). Harden actually went
When you’re an incredible star athlete who signed on with one shoe company for $200 million, it’s probably not the wisest decision to wear the shoes of that company’s competitor out in public. Unfortunately, that’s precisely what James Harden did by wearing Air Jordans out in public after signing his mammoth deal with Adidas in August. Not surprisingly, the president of Adidas was less than pleased, according to Darren Rovell of ESPN: [Read more…]
No matter who you are, Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green will call you out and put you on blast if you say something about him that is simply not true on twitter. He did so with this fan, who got caught lying, got blasted by Green and subsequently deleted his twitter account. He even did so with yours truly for what may have been an unjust call-out. After seeing one particular fan falsely tag his name in a photo instead of Harrison
It was a special day for the much-beloved John Calipari, who was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame on Friday. Calipari, who has been wildly successful as the head coach of The University of Kentucky over the past six seasons, has been coaching in some capacity since the early 80’s and finally received his dues with the honor of being called a hall of famer. On hand to support the long-time coach were plenty of his former players who are now very
NBA players and celebrity figures in general have long been mimicked by lookalikes from all around the world, sometimes intentionally and sometimes innocently. Most of the time, these supposed lookalikes pull off harmless pranks as they pretend to be the star of whoever a random fan believes them to be (usually because the fan gets a random person confused with a celebrity) and that’s precisely what a young man appears to have done with a young woman who thought she was taking a
With the new NBA season less than two months away, most players around the league are slowly but surely starting to prepare both physically and mentally for training camp and the upcoming grind. For Draymond Green and Marreese Speights of the Golden State Warriors, there is still plenty of time to admire what they were able to accomplish last season. Speights mentioned a couple of weeks ago what players on other teams can expect from Green next season thanks to the fact that
Serena Williams and Venus Williams have long been recognized as some of the greatest women’s tennis players of all-time, and their abilities were on display during the quarterfinal match of this year’s U.S. Open on Tuesday. Aside from their individual talents, much of the intrigue of this particular matchup came from the fact that they are siblings (although they have played against each other plenty of times in the past) and where their respective careers are headed. Serena Williams won the contest