Coming into Wednesday’s contest against the Washington Wizards, LeBron James scoffed at the notion that the Miami Heat were coasting this season. In fact, he even made a bold statement to follow up his claim that neither he nor the Heat were coasting, from Tom Haberstroh of ESPN: With two days off this weekend and a refreshing visit to the White House on Tuesday, James promises we’ll see a different James against the 17-19 Washington Wizards. “We’ll see Wednesday how I’m coasting,” James
Lance Stephenson of the Indiana Pacers wants to be an All-Star this season. How far is he willing to go to get your vote? This far: https://t.co/zkvZHW1wYr — Lance Stephenson (@StephensonLance) January 15, 2014 Stephenson plays with a sense of urgency and intensity every time he steps on the court, but he also seems to take time to have a little fun, too, evidenced by his All-Star campaign video and his tendency to showboat after plays like this. Stephenson is enjoying a career year
If you follow the Golden State Warriors at all, the words “hashtag full squad” should sound familiar to you by now. If it doesn’t, click here to find out how it all began, and here for the full explanation on how it now has a life of its own. To make a long story short, David Lee believed the Warriors were a darned good team when everyone in the starting lineup is healthy and playing together. He brought it up some
29,233,380 secs — Rajon Rondo (@RajonRondo) January 14, 2014 Normally, Rajon Rondo’s tweet containing millions of seconds could be considered relatively cryptic. In this day and age, however, google makes it pretty easy to figure out stuff like this in a matter of seconds. Convert those seconds that Rondo tweeted into days, and you get 338.349 days. That still doesn’t necessarily explain why such a time frame was posted by the much-missed point guard, but that’s where twitter gets mighty useful. Folks in
The Los Angeles Lakers surprised everyone when the season started by beating the Los Angeles Clippers 116-103 on opening night. Bill Simmons couldn’t believe what he saw, and many pundits questioned if the Clippers were really going to be contenders this season. On Friday, the two teams met up for the second time this season and the results weren’t quite the same: the Clippers routed the Lakers 123-87 – the largest margin of victory ever against the Lakers in franchise history. It
For anyone who saw, it was more amusing than troubling. After losing on the road 101-88 to the Denver Nuggets on Thursday, Kevin Durant curiously posted a photo of himself hookah smoking – mostly to the delight of many fans. He quickly deleted the tweet, claimed his phone was hacked, and took the matter very seriously: Yoooo somebody hacked my phone though…it’s blowing me, not my twitter my phone — Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) January 10, 2014 Textin my contacts crazy messages, my mom, dad brother..disrespecting
ERIC BLEDSOE OUT INDEFINITELY: The season of major injuries continued on Thursday, as news broke that guard Bledsoe will be out indefinitely due to expected surgery on his troublesome right knee. Marc Stein of ESPN broke the news: Phoenix Suns guard Eric Bledsoe, a top contender for the NBA’s Most Improved Player award, is out indefinitely after the team determined he needs a surgical procedure to repair cartilage in his right knee, according to sources with knowledge of the situation. Sources told ESPN.com that the
Seemingly every year, some poor soul gets viciously posterized by someone from the Los Angeles Clippers. It happened last season when DeAndre Jordan nearly murdered Brandon Knight, and it happened again on Wednesday when Blake Griffin struck against the Boston Celtics. It’s actually been quite a while since Griffin really put someone on a jaw-dropping, signature poster since doing this to Kendrick Perkins a couple of seasons ago. When Griffin rises for a dunk, players simply know better than to stand in his