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Tweet of the Day: Pau Gasol, Marcin Gortat Concern for Michael Schumacher

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Longtime popular Formula 1 race car driver Michael Schumacher is in critical condition with sever brain trauma from a fall sustained while skiing at the French Alpine resort of Meribel early Sunday morning. Schumacher, who turns 45 on Friday, and his 14-year-old son were skiing a challenging section of trails with very wide and steep snowfields when he fell and struck the right side of his head on a rock. While he was reported to have been conscious immediately following the fall, Dr. Jean-Francois

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Tweet of the Night: Warriors Extend Win Streak To Five

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After a shaky start, in large part due to injuries knocking out key players for extended time, the Golden State Warriors won their fifth game in a row Sunday night with a 108-104 overtime victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers — the NBA’s longest current win streak.  [Read more…]

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Tweet of the Night: NBA Players react to UFC 168

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It’s very rare that the worlds of basketball and mixed martial arts cross paths, but when it does it’s always interesting to see a players take on the sport. With the highly anticipated main event between Anderson Silva and Chris Weidman at UFC 168, players from around the NBA watched the bout. With their interests particularly rooted in this match, their reactions  were mixed as the fight ended with a shocking injury. [Read more…]

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Tweet of the Day: Former NBA’er Reacts to Bynum News

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Earlier today the Cleveland Cavaliers announced they have suspended center Andrew Bynum indefinitely for “conduct detrimental to the team.” During the offseason much attention was directed to where Bynum would end up signing after spending the previous year rehabbing an injury with the Philadelphia 76ers. Several teams were rumored as a possible landing spot, however, he ultimately picked Cleveland in the latter part of the summer. Minutes after the Cavaliers made its announcement, rumors quickly began to spread about why he was

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Tweet of the Night: Rudy Gobert gives a sarcastic shoutout to Lakers fans in Utah

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The Los Angeles Lakers may be one of the most depleted teams in the league, but they still have plenty of fans scattered around the league. This is evident when they are on the road – there are almost always sections of Lakers fans in purple and gold, cheering them on. On Friday, seldom-used rookie Rudy Gobert apparently heard some of those cheers for the Lakers at EnergySolutions Arena and had this to say after the contest: Shoutout to all the lakers

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Tweet of the Day: Twitter Response to Westbrook Surgery, Horford Also Out

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News broke earlier Friday afternoon that Oklahoma City point guard Russell Westbrook has undergone yet another surgery on his right knee—his third procedure. Thunder president Sam Presti addressed the surgery in a recent statement. [Russell Westbrook has knee surgery again, out until after the All-Star break] “Russell has been playing pain free, but recently had experienced increased swelling. After consultation and consideration by his surgeon in Los Angeles, a plan was established to monitor the swelling that included a series of scheduled MRIs. “On

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Tweet of the Night: Jeff Teague reacts to getting crossed over by Kyrie Irving

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Jeff Teague was a hero for the Atlanta Hawks on Thursday against the Cleveland Cavaliers. With the game tied at 125 apiece in double overtime, the point guard ran down the clock, froze his defender with a step-back move, and drained the game-winning jump shot at the buzzer. It took about five bounces on the rim, but it did eventually fall through. He did, however, briefly suffer an embarrassing moment late in the game. During the second overtime, Kyrie Irving went up

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Tweet of the Night: Chandler Parsons dedicates win over Spurs to cancer patient Patrick Hobbs-DeClaire

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For the Houston Rockets, a 111-98 win on Christmas day over the San Antonio Spurs at the AT&T Center – the second one this season – proved that they are going to be a problem for the veteran team. For Chandler Parsons – who had a fantastic all-around game with 21 points, six rebounds and six assists – the game meant more for a different reason. If you saw the game on ESPN, you may have heard about the reason behind

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