The offseason is mostly an opportunity for players around the league to work on their games and improve in some way for next season (at least from a professional standpoint), but it’s also a time when players get to do things they have a passion for outside of the game of basketball. For Portland Trail Blazers point guard Damian Lillard, who is now also known as Dame DOLLA (Different on Levels the Lord Allows), that other definitive activity is being a
Back in early July, the Phoenix Suns decided to trade Marcus Morris to the Detroit Pistons. Morris expressed early on that he was unhappy about being traded away from his brother Markieff Morris without consent, and it appears as though the negative sentiment isn’t going to change any time soon. [Read more…]
So apparently, there has been an ongoing feud between well-known rappers Meek Mill and Drake over the past couple of weeks. You can read more about it here, but the gist of it is what you’d assume from a situation like this: one rapper calls out the other, said other rapper responds and it goes back and forth with other relevant characters involved. [Read more…]
It’s about that time of the year for the NBA where nothing in particular is going on. The previous season is truly a thing of the past, teams have drafted their picks and made their moves in free agency for the most part. Now, all there is left to do for most around the league is to plan and prepare for next season. If you’re a player, you’re simply training and getting your body ready. If you’re a coach, you’re slowly
It had been a long summer so far for LeBron James, who came so close but failed to capitalize on winning a championship for the second consecutive year after making it to the NBA Finals for the fifth straight time. Making it to the Finals that many times in a row is impressive enough, given that the last player to do so was a legend named Bill Russell. Still, it was obvious that James was hurting badly after losing to the
Bol Bol, the son of former NBA player Manute Bol, first captured the attention of many when he was just a seventh grader due to his distinct height and the undeniable resemblance to his father. The difference is that the younger Bol is slowly but surely developing a number of skill sets at a very young age that his father did not possess as a 7’7″ center (Bol is 6’10”), and has plenty of highlights from his freshman year in high
Are we about to see a much-improved version of Isaiah Thomas in the near future? The point guard, who may or may not start for the Boston Celtics next season, averaged 19 points and 5.4 assists in 21 games for the team after getting traded from the Phoenix Suns late in the season. He was a catalyst in helping Boston make a surprising push to make it to the playoffs with his aggressive approach. [Read more…]
When it comes to getting into altercations, Matt Barnes is probably atop the list among NBA players and to a lesser extent, Serge Ibaka. Not surprisingly, things heated up quickly when Barnes – who has tangled with Ibaka in the past – was asked to discuss his issue with the power forward during his appearance on ESPN’s Sportstation on Tuesday, saying he would fight Ibaka right now and claiming that he thinks he is tough but isn’t. Ibaka may or may not have seen