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Oh boy. This isn’t what you want from your rookie if you are the Hornets. Especially if your rookie has personal issues while in college leading many to think of him as a huge risk. Charlotte’s rookie P.J. Hairston got into a tussle during a pickup game in North Carolina which led to him punching a […]
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Might as well call this the dunk of the Summer League.
Houston’s rookie Nick Johnson wowed the crowd at the Orlando Summer League with a sick dunk over Piston’s Tim Ohlbrecht in the third quarter.
Get ready to jump off your seats. This is just sick!
0 comments by Philip Rossman-Reich on 7/6/2014
http://youtu.be/rEN6ad_Aw-M
Grantland got pretty surreal and unprecedented access to the Kings’ draft night and a look inside their “war room.”
In the video, you can see how the Kings tried to move up to get Joel Embiid and the worry that the team would lose out on the player they wanted and eventually got in Nik Stauskas.
And this short video probably does not encapsulate the full pressure of Draft night.
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0 comments by Philip Rossman-Reich on 7/5/2014
Basketball is back from its brief hiatus as games have tipped off from Orlando for the 10-team Southwest Airlines Orlando Pro Summer League. It is a much quieter time and a much more relaxed atmosphere than the hoopla in Las Vegas. That does not mean Summer League is short on storylines. In those 10 teams […]
Photo by Russ Isabella-USA TODAY Sports
0 comments by Philip Rossman-Reich on 7/4/2014
LeBron James’ return to Miami was maybe never a slam dunk. It still felt pretty certain. Not so much anymore. As free agency has entered its fourth day, the LeBron James decision seems to be getting much more serious — if not much more quiet than it was four years ago. There are no meetings […]
Lowry has already stepped up in DeRozan’s absence this year. Photo by John E. Sokolowski-USA TODAY Sports
0 comments by Philip Rossman-Reich on 7/3/2014
Raptors history is pocked with stars who just could not wait to leave the Great White North. Vince Carter made an ugly exit for New Jersey — pouting openly on the court and cementing a negative reputation. Tracy McGrady was just beginning to blossom when he hit free agency and jumped ship for Orlando. Chris […]
Nothing like taking in a basketball camp with your favorite NBA player. You know, lots of kids, drills being repeated, cones to dribble through, shooting competitions and much more.
But if you are at Wizards’ Marcin Gortat’s basketball camp in Poland, participants get that and much more. And by much more I mean machine guns mounted on military vehicles.
Check out this photo of Marcin manning a machine gun.
Well, it appears that Marcin Gortat has the greatest basketball camp ever. pic.twitter.com/eTchnaEw6n
— Danny (@recordsANDradio) June 30, 2014
Raise your hand if you now want to go to Gortat’s basketball camp.
(h/t Sports Kings)
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0 comments by Philip Rossman-Reich on 7/2/2014
Once again, Jeremy Lin is finding himself getting pushed out of town by Carmelo Anthony. As the Rockets have wined and dined Carmelo Anthony on Wednesday, they posted gigantic billboards in and around Toyota Center with Anthony in a Rockets uniform: There is only one problem with that. Jeremy Lin already wears number seven for […]
Got my man @MGortat back now waitin for my bro @TrevorAriza…Come on !!
— John Wall (@JohnWall) July 2, 2014
Like the draft, free agency is a rush for reporters to try to scoop one another. There is a lot of reporter’s pride on the line.
Sometimes though, the newsmakers tweet out the news first. That is what happened Tuesday when Wizards guard John Wall announced on Twitter the Wizards would re-sign Marcin Gortat. All the other reporters (I saw David Aldridge of NBA.com first, but it could have been someone else) quickly raced to their phones to get the amount. That amount is five years, $60 million for the center from Poland.
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Chris Paul appears to be a star who can lead the diverse interests of the NBPA. Photo by Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports
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Free agency is only two days old and the money is already starting to spread around the league as free agents agree verbally to contracts — they cannot officially sign for another week. This is the agent’s game now and they are wielding their considerable power to reshape the league as much as they can. […]
0 comments by Philip Rossman-Reich on 7/1/2014
Kyrie Irving reportedly agreed to a max extension with the Cavaliers on Tuesday night. 5 a.m. seemed a great time to celebrate.
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The Brooklyn Nets have become the NBA’s big spenders. They have the largest payroll in the league at $102.8 million and a tax bill that was nearly that much. The Nets will remain a heavy taxpayer next year — without options, the Nets owe $85.9 million for next year’s roster — and there is very […]
You will have to pay a pretty penny to see LeBron James match up with Carmelo Anthony this year. Photo by Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports
0 comments by Philip Rossman-Reich on 6/30/2014
This summer quickly became a big summer for free agent signings around the NBA. The Heat’s Big Three of LeBron James, Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade all opted out of the final years of their contracts and the Knicks’ superstar Carmelo Anthony also opted out and is going to test the waters of free agency. […]
Jason Kidd is taking on a much different task in his second year as head coach. Photo by Noah K. Murray-USA TODAY Sports
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Late Saturday, news broke of one of the more bizarre and strange power plays in a league of strange and bizarre power plays. First-year head coach Jason Kidd, apparently jealous of the money and latitude given to first-time coaches Derek Fisher (Knicks) and Steve Kerr (Warriors), put in a bid to unseat general manager Billy […]
0 comments by Jeff Garcia on 6/29/2014
One would think after securing the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft (again) the Cavs would have gotten Andrew Wiggins’ name right… right?
Wrong!
During the teams press conference to introduce Wiggins, was introduced as Andrew Mitchell, his father.
Talk about awkward.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOl61QKVKs4
