It was a special day for the much-beloved John Calipari, who was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame on Friday. Calipari, who has been wildly successful as the head coach of The University of Kentucky over the past six seasons, has been coaching in some capacity since the early 80’s and finally received his dues with the honor of being called a hall of famer. On hand to support the long-time coach were plenty of his former players who are now very
NBA players and celebrity figures in general have long been mimicked by lookalikes from all around the world, sometimes intentionally and sometimes innocently. Most of the time, these supposed lookalikes pull off harmless pranks as they pretend to be the star of whoever a random fan believes them to be (usually because the fan gets a random person confused with a celebrity) and that’s precisely what a young man appears to have done with a young woman who thought she was taking a
With the new NBA season less than two months away, most players around the league are slowly but surely starting to prepare both physically and mentally for training camp and the upcoming grind. For Draymond Green and Marreese Speights of the Golden State Warriors, there is still plenty of time to admire what they were able to accomplish last season. Speights mentioned a couple of weeks ago what players on other teams can expect from Green next season thanks to the fact that
Serena Williams and Venus Williams have long been recognized as some of the greatest women’s tennis players of all-time, and their abilities were on display during the quarterfinal match of this year’s U.S. Open on Tuesday. Aside from their individual talents, much of the intrigue of this particular matchup came from the fact that they are siblings (although they have played against each other plenty of times in the past) and where their respective careers are headed. Serena Williams won the contest
When a picture surfaced on social media this week of Markieff Morris appearing to work out with an exclusive group of Houston Rockets, we quickly speculated on what it could mean for the 26-year-old’s future with the Phoenix Suns. Now, Markieff has taken to Twitter to ensure that there’s no misunderstanding. My future will not be in Phoenix…. #thatisall #backtothegrind #FOE — Keef Morris (@Keefmorris) September 4, 2015 It’s hard to be more direct than that. That said, it’s doubtful Morris will get his wish anytime soon. Despite his
Markieff Morris remains a member of the Suns, but he doesn’t seem happy about it. At only 26 years old, Phoenix doesn’t seem overly eager to move him, and it’s not hard to understand why. Morris is signed through 2019 on a very team-friendly contract of $8 million/year, and that’s an absolute bargain these days for his production. After all, Morris started all 82 games at power forward in the bruising West and averaged 15.3 points and 6.2 rebounds in 31 minutes. But since
Boston guard Isaiah Thomas is a relatively-tiny 5-foot-9, while Houston small forward Trevor Ariza is 6-foot-8 and one of the league’s premier defenders. So if Ariza were to take the ball hard to the rim, you wouldn’t expect Thomas to reject him. But that’s exactly what happened in a recent Seattle Pro-Am game: Ariza, to his credit, had an appropriate emoji response about the incident when asked on Twitter: ???????? https://t.co/M9W9TND8Zr — trevorariza (@TrevorAriza) August 29, 2015 Thomas, a Pacific Northwest native, didn’t directly comment on
The Warriors and Rockets were the two top teams in the Western Conference last season, led by the league’s top two MVP candidates in Stephen Curry and James Harden. Both sides seemed on a collision course all year for the Western Conference Finals. Ultimately, the Warriors prevailed on their way to an NBA title, and Curry (media) and Harden (players) essentially split the MVP hardware. Given all those high-profile meetings, it’s only natural for some animosity to develop along the way. It