TORONTO– Khris Middleton, like the Milwaukee Bucks’ season to date, was a disappointment in Saturday night’s 3-point shooting contest and afterward shared his thoughts on what could be a week of change for the Bucks franchise. “With the trade deadline, you never know what could pop up, who gets traded and who stays,” Middleton told SheridanHoops in a one-on-one interview in a crowded Air Canada Centre. “As far as right now, we’re all going to be there.” In terms of what roles
Though Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson are known as the “Splash Brothers” together, it’s the reigning MVP who won the NBA’s three-point shootout on All-Star Saturday Night a year ago and is generally regarded as the “lead” of the duo. But his teammate and practice companion, Andre Iguodala, says he isn’t even the best shooter within his own backcourt. Though Curry shoots a shade better on a percentage basis from distance than his mate Thompson (45.4% to 42.0%), the margin is close enough where a
Houston Rockets coach J.B. Bickerstaff called his team “broken” recently, and with the team currently out of the playoffs Dwight Howard could be on the move. However, trading Howard may not be as easy as it sounds in theory as colleague Ben DuBose explained in a SheridanHoops column. Trades talks are heating up with less than a week until the trade deadline on February 18. Another player who may be dealt at the deadline is Phoenix Suns forward Markieff Morris who has wanted
By this point in the season, every NBA fan on the planet has religiously read each one of my Most Improved Player rankings and my Sixth Man columns (probably). You all know what I, U.S. citizen Kels Dayton, think of the most impact players in the NBA in those two categories. And while my opinion is certainly meaningful and important, I am but one citizen in this great nation. I’m also an informed citizen who likes to make informed decisions when it comes
TORONTO– Carmelo Anthony is sick and tired of losing with the Knicks, but not yet tired enough to do something about it. Or so he says. New York stands at 23-32 at the All-Star break, 12th in the Eastern Conference. Unless the Knicks’ fortunes change rather dramatically over the final 27 games of the regular season, Anthony will miss the playoffs for the third consecutive season. “It’s tough,” Anthony told a horde of reporters in the basement of the Sheraton in downtown
The Houston Rockets are admittedly “broken,” but the fix may still be months away. After losing to Portland in their final game before the All-Star break, the Rockets have lost six of eight and now find themselves below .500 (27-28) as the West’s No. 9 seed. That means that a team that went to the Western Conference finals a year ago and opened 2015-16 training camp with championship aspirations could actually miss the playoffs entirely… depending on what goes down by next Thursday’s
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It has been yet another tumultuous year for the Minnesota Timberwolves, who head into the All-Star break with a paltry 17-37 record. Fans in Minnesota have plenty to look forward to, though, with the continued development of its young core. Rookie Karl-Anthony Towns, in particular, has been astoundingly good through the first half, averaging 17.1 points, 10.1 rebounds and 1.8 blocks. “KAT” will play in the BBVA Rising Stars Challenge on Friday as a part of the All-Star weekend festivities, joined by