When you’re an incredible star athlete who signed on with one shoe company for $200 million, it’s probably not the wisest decision to wear the shoes of that company’s competitor out in public. Unfortunately, that’s precisely what James Harden did by wearing Air Jordans out in public after signing his mammoth deal with Adidas in August. Not surprisingly, the president of Adidas was less than pleased, according to Darren Rovell of ESPN: [Read more…]
It’s about that time of the year for the NBA where nothing in particular is going on. The previous season is truly a thing of the past, teams have drafted their picks and made their moves in free agency for the most part. Now, all there is left to do for most around the league is to plan and prepare for next season. If you’re a player, you’re simply training and getting your body ready. If you’re a coach, you’re slowly
Four games of the Western Conference Finals are in the books, and the Warriors lead the Rockets by a 3-1 margin. That overall mark may not feel surprising, but the route the series has taken to get there has been a bit bizarre. [Read more…]
James Harden scored a playoff career-high 45 points to help the Houston Rockets avoid elimination in Game 4 against the Golden State Warriors. During the game, Stephen Curry took a hard and awkward fall resulting in a head contusion as the basketball world held its collective breath. Meanwhile, LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers are one win away from advancing to the NBA Finals without Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving limited with a knee injury. On the other hand, the Atlanta
The Houston Rockets probably don’t have the depth of physical talent to win an NBA title just yet. But mentally, James Harden’s team could already be there. They made that statement quite clear in Monday’s Game 4, a game most expected to be Golden State’s title coronation after grabbing a 3-0 series lead. Instead, led by 45 points from the MVP-runner-up, the Rockets improved to 4-0 this postseason in elimination games — and 7-2 in the Harden era. These Rockets are now just the
Turns out we hadn’t seen everything yet. The Rockets played nearly perfect basketball in a record 45-point first quarter and held on to stay alive in the West. In a postseason memorable mostly for injuries, it sure looked as if Stephen Curry $10400 was the latest victim after a terrifying fall. [Read more…]
It was supposed to be a stroll in the park for Cleveland. Then LeBron James $11700 missed his first ten shots and the extreme underdog Hawks had the lead. Then things got even crazier. [Read more…]
Nobody saw that coming. On his home court in a must-win scenario, the fearsome Beard was shot down by a baby-faced assassin. MVP Stephen Curry $10500 hit seven of nine 3-point shots while the entire Rockets team went 5-for-25 from deep. [Read more…]