Brandon Jennings has had his share of issues playing for the Milwaukee Bucks for the past four seasons. For one, he has never had enough talent to work with. The best players he has had the chance to play with include Corey Maggette, Mike Dunleavy Ersan Ilyasova, Carlos Delfino and Larry Sanders. Those are not exactly the most respectable names around the league if you’re talking about top-level talent (although Sanders has shown great potential). Jennings did once have Andrew Bogut
Just two days after going on a mini-rant about how the NBA has become too soft for his taste, Los Angeles Clippers forward Matt Barnes shared his thoughts on another matter on Wednesday: rookie Shabazz Muhammad being sent home from NBA’s Rookie Transition Program for sneaking in a woman into his bedroom – a rule violation. I think @phenom15balla gettn kicked out of #NBARTP is BS. He’s a grown A$$ man, if he wants to hv a woman n his rm that’s
It’s the NBA offseason, and that means players around the league are using their free time to do what they please, be it catching up on television shows, working out or simply having a good time with their families. For Golden State Warriors superstar Stephen Curry, it was a chance to sacrifice his personal time for a greater cause – he visited Tanzania, a country in Africa that has been stricken with Malaria. [Read more…]
Back in the 1980’s and even into the 1990’s, the old-timers of the NBA played a different style of basketball – almost a different game in ways – than one that is played today. Specifically, the league allowed much more contact on the defensive end than they do now. If you were left to deal with a player who is faster than you, you could use your hands or forearms to push them away from the basket. Actually, those were tactics
The Brooklyn Nets became one of the strongest teams on paper over the offseason when they acquired Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, Andrei Kirilenko and company. The Indiana Pacers will look to be even better and deeper than last season with the return of Danny Granger, the signing of Luis Scola and other respectable pieces. The New York Knicks, if nothing else, also became a little more interesting with the acquisition of Andrea Bargnani. The goals for all these top Eastern
When a player signs a maximum contract in the NBA, everything changes in that moment, as he is automatically recognized as the face of a franchise. The responsibilities grow on and off the court, and whatever he does – big or small – is suddenly put under a microscope. That’s what Washington Wizards point guard John Wall can expect after signing a maximum contract worth $80 million over five years on Thursday, and he appears to expect nothing less. On Friday, Wall
The new $80 Million Dollar Man John Wall is known as a very fast individual. His speed is virtually unmatched and it is one of his strongest attributes as an NBA player. But just how fast is the point guard, really? Enough to throw a full-court, alley-oop pass to himself? Can such a thing be humanly possible? According to this video by Dime Magazine, yes, yes it can: This is an absolutely incredible video. Wall threw the ball from one end of
After much speculation over the past week or so, Washington Wizards point guard John Wall officially became the $80 Million Dollar Man on Wednesday. After going through a roller coaster third year, the debate on Wall and what kind of a contract he deserved was a hot topic for much of the past season. He sat out the first 33 games after suffering a leg injury in the offseason, then started off slowly in the first couple of months, averaging under