What is it with fans feeling the urge to rush the court to greet Kyrie Irving during in-game action? For the second time this season, a fan in Quickens Loans Arena got on the floor and ran after Irving while the game was still going on between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Utah Jazz. The fan was quickly detained by security as the game came to a halt. After the contest, the newly-acquired center Spencer Hawes shared his thoughts on what went down:
It has been a disappointing season of sorts for All-Star Kyrie Irving, who has failed to take a leap from last year and continues to play for a team on its way to yet another lottery in the upcoming NBA draft. The Cleveland Cavaliers (23-36) have been terrible for much of the season, and Irving has received a brunt of the criticism, with some even comparing him to Stephon Marbury for being too selfish on the floor. Interestingly, they are still
NBA writers have been speaking with anonymous scouts as of late, and you have to wonder if some of those scouts are paying as much attention as they really should, based on some of their questionable analysis. For example, saying you don’t like the Golden State Warriors’ chances in the playoffs because they’re not good enough defensively simply makes no sense, given that they are the third best defensive team in the league – the very best if you only count
The Orlando Magic came into the season feeling pretty good about the possibility of being a playoff team after drafting Victor Oladipo with the second overall pick in the 2013 draft. With young players like Nikola Vucevic, Tobias Harris and Maurice Harkless all looking to improve from their unexpectedly-solid campaigns from a year ago, they very well could have been a dark horse team in the East – especially with the way things have turned out for the anemic conference. Instead,
Metta World Peace has been largely silent about everything that has been going on with the New York Knicks this season. He has been cooperative and never once had anything bad to say or complain about the situation he was in. He still doesn’t have any ill-feelings towards anyone, but now that he is no longer with the team, many things on his mind – including Carmelo Anthony’s leadership, James Dolan’s impact and Mike Woodson’s coaching ability – were finally shared with Frank
Lance Stephenson of the Indiana Pacers showed he has quite the sense of humor with this All-Star campaign video, and he was at it again on Tuesday after an easy 118-98 victory over the dreadful Los Angeles Lakers. His teammate Ian Mahinmi, who scored nine points – the most he has scored since December 20 when he had 10 points against the Houston Rockets – was being interviewed after the game. Feeling good about the night, Stephenson decided to pull a
Determined to single-handedly revive the dreadful season of the New York Knicks, Carmelo Anthony has been on a scoring tear since last Wednesday, pouring in an average of 41.3 points over his last four games. Only one of those games have resulted in a victory for the Knicks, though, and the trend of losing despite a huge scoring output from Anthony continued on Monday against the Dallas Mavericks. Anthony scored 44 points on 14-of-29 shooting from the field and added nine
Not unlike seasons of past, key players for many teams around the league have missed significant time due to a variety of injuries this season. It looked as though Nene Hilario would suffer a similar fate – and then some – when he went down with a scary looking knee injury against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Sunday. Some in the organization feared that it may have been bad enough to be season-ending. Lucky for the Washington Wizards, the power forward suffered nothing