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NBA players react to the final day of the 2014-2015 regular season

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The 2014-2015 regular season finally came to a conclusion on Wednesday, perhaps fittingly, with the Golden State Warriors celebrating their league-best 67 wins over the Denver Nuggets in the final game of the night. Plenty of wild things happened on the final day: San Antonio Spurs dropped from the No. 2 seed to No. 6 after losing to the New Orleans Pelicans, who clinched a playoff berth with the victory and promptly sent the Oklahoma City Thunder packing for the summer thanks

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Tweet of the Night: Rudy Gobert reveals his choice for Defensive Player of the Year

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The 2014-2015 NBA season is just about over, which means the end-of-the-season awards will soon follow, such as the MVP, COY, MIP, etc. One of the many heated debates over who deserves to win what is the Defensive Player of the Year award. Many believed Draymond Green, who is widely recognized as one of the most important pieces on the Golden State Warriors defensively, had the award in the bag for some time. Then came other candidates like DeAndre Jordan, Rudy

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Tweet of the Day: NBA Athletes Offer Condolences In Wake of Cancer Patient’s Death

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Last November a young 19-year-old lady by the name of Lauren Hill made headlines for scoring a basket in a NCAA Division III women’s college basketball game. Her team, the freshmen squad of Mount St. Joseph, won the opening tip against Hiriam College and she received the pass leading to an uncontested layup, which she made with her left hand — as her right (dominant) hand had lost some of its coordination due to the treatments she had been receiving for

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Twitter reacts to Stephen Curry’s record-breaking night

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Maybe it was a statement game. Maybe it was just another game against Damian Lillard and the Portland Trail Blazers. Whatever the reason, Stephen Curry went off again on Thursday to the tune of 45 points on 17-of-23 shooting from the field – including eight-of-13 from the arc – to go with two rebounds and 10 assists. It marked the first time Curry has had at least 40 points and 10 assists together in a single game. More importantly, he managed

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Tweet of the Night: Mike Wilbon again critical of the Chicago Bulls

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Mike Wilbon has not been a happy camper this season when it comes to the performance of the Chicago Bulls. The ESPN analyst has been putting the Bulls on blast through much of the season for one reason or another. He took a subtle shot against them earlier in the season, and a not-so-subtle shot here. Chicago has an overall record of 46-32 – good enough for a tie for third in the East – despite having various key players miss time

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Tweet of the Night: DeMarre Carroll has some thoughts about his season through retweets

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You hear all the time about the Atlanta Hawks being the San Antonio Spurs of the East under Mike Budenholzer. Al Horford, Jeff Teague, Paul Millsap and Kyle Korver were all All-Stars this year. The one guy who is hardly ever talked about is DeMarre Carroll – the Hawks’ own two-way player and fifth starter who is truly one of the most underrated and perhaps underappreciated players this season. Carroll, who is set to become a free agent in the offseason,

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NBA players react to thriller between Duke and Wisconsin on twitter

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With only one NBA game slated for Monday, most around the league stopped everything to watch the national championship game between The Duke Blue Devils and Wisconsin Badgers. Coach K’s team found a way to come up with the 68-63 victory to give him an incredible fifth national title. Most were simply thrilled about the exciting game and happy for the winners in general, but some were less than pleased for various reasons. See how NBA players reacted to the biggest college

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