Yeah, baby. We waited all summer for this night to arrive, and the fun doesn’t end until the middle of June … at which time the fun begins anew with the strongest draft class since 2003 and the most star-studded free agent market since 2010. In the meantime, can the Miami Heat “three-peat?” Who is their strongest challenger — Brooklyn? Indiana? Chicago? And how will again Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett be different this season — other than having “Brooklyn” or “Boston” written across
In today’s news, the Pacers were dealt some bad injury news and LeBron James updated the fans on his status for the 2016 Olympic Games. [Read more…]
Monday, October 28 Daily Trivia: When Shaquille O’Neal signed with the Boston Celtics, this was his __th NBA team? Answer below. Brown, Lee and Marshall waived by Wizards Posted at 08:40 PM ET The Washington Wizards announced Monday they have waived guards Shannon Brown, Malcolm Lee and Kendall Marshall. The three players were acquired with Marcin Gortat in last week’s trade with the Phoenix Suns. The Wizards received center Gortat and the three players in exchange for injured center Emeka Okafor and a
In today’s NBA news other than the big Wizards-Suns trade, Raptors guard Kyle Lowry will be forced to wear a splint on his left ring finger for about 6 weeks, and Bulls backup point guard Kirk Hinrich has been cleared to return from his concussion. [Read more…]
Derrick Rose recently made the claim to ESPN Chicago that the Chicago Bulls’ only rival is the Miami Heat. More specifically, Rose downplayed the idea that the fellow Central Division squad Indiana Pacers are ready to be one of Chicago’s true foes in 2013-14. You can read the quote below. “People say that it’s a rivalry, but I don’t really see it. I say the team that is more like a rivalry is when Darren Collison was on the team. That one was more
With the NBA regular season just nine short days away, players and teams are turning it up a notch to prepare for the first meaningful games since spring. Chris Paul dropped 40 last night. Kevin Durant 36 two nights before. Luol Deng doesn’t bring that type of offensive firepower to the table, but he’s still more than ready to get back on the court with the Chicago Bulls, a popular favorite to dethrone the Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference. [Read more…]
While the preseason is largely about players avoiding injuries so that they can suit up for the regular season, there are always the select few that are working to recover from injuries. Nobody has entered the preseason with high expectations for Andrew Bynum — newly acquired by the Cleveland Cavaliers — in his recovery from chronic knee injuries. After all, it’s been how long now since we’ve seen him play? [Read more…]
Some people are idealists—deeply passionate about life and other people. They love to love and be loved and they love the idea of love itself. There are some people who have misguided or misplaced love. One such example might be overzealous fans who are fiercely passionate about their sports team or favorite singer or celebrity, though that team, singer or celebrity most likely does not even that they exist. Other people have a passionate love of inanimate things, generally material possessions. A