Thoughts on Las Vegas Summer League Day 3

Three Up, Three Down UP — Cody Zeller, Bobcats: Sunday, the Bobcats exactly the Cody Zeller they drafted. Zeller scored 21 points and grabbed 13 rebounds to lead Charlotte to the win Sunday. Zeller shot 6 for 12 from the floor and got to the line to make all nine of his free throw attempts. Charlotte had […]

Thoughts on Las Vegas Summer League Day 2

Three Up, Three Down UP — Josh Akognon, Mavericks: Akognon has been on the cusp of making the NBA regularly throughout his short career. He seems to always be one of those final cuts in late October. So another strong Summer League is a must for him. As it always is. His first game turned out […]

Thoughts on Las Vegas Summer League Day 1

Three Up, Three Down UP — Austin Rivers, Pelicans: After a hyperbolically horrible rookie season, expectations seem pretty low for Rivers to bounce back in the Pelicans' crowded backcourt. With Jrue Holiday and Tyreke Evans entering the mix, Rivers will have to fight for his place all over again. Maybe this means he is no longer […]

Thoughts from Orlando Summer League Day 6

Crossover Chronicles' Philip Rossman-Reich will be at the Southwest Airlines Orlando Pro Summer League all week. He will provide his thoughts on the day's action in this running post throughout the day. Three Up, Three Down UP — Ian Clark, Heat: The Heat featured a ton of athletic players and put that athleticism on display throughout […]

CC video of the day: Oladipo with the game winner at Summer League

The Orlando Summer League is winding down and it has given fans and NBA scouts and coaching staffs insight into the future of the league and their own team. For the Orlando Magic, it means a close-up look at 2013 Draft pick Victor Oladipo and in a recent game versus 76ers she showed poise, confidence […]

Thoughts from Orlando Summer League Day 5

Crossover Chronicles' Philip Rossman-Reich will be at the Southwest Airlines Orlando Pro Summer League all week. He will provide his thoughts on the day's action in this running post throughout the day. Three Up, Three Down UP — Andre Drummond, Pistons: Andre Drummond did not have to do much at Summer League. But what he has […]

Those Summer League points matter

It was the end of the fourth quarter of a blowout Tuesday when Magic coach James Borrego called a timeout. There was nothing much to play for. The game had long been decided as the Heat comfortably held a double-digit advantage. This though was a learning moment for a young team. A chance to teach […]

Thoughts from Orlando Summer League Day 4

Crossover Chronicles' Philip Rossman-Reich will be at the Southwest Airlines Orlando Pro Summer League all week. He will provide his thoughts on the day's action in this running post throughout the day. Three Up, Three Down UP — Jeremy Evans, Jazz: The former slam dunk champion had his first really stellar day as the Jazz have […]

Report: Timberwolves and Nikola Pekovic near deal

The second best center on the free agent market appears to have finally locked up a new deal as the restricted free agent Nikola Pekovic is reportedly nearing an agreement with the Minnesota Timberwolves. Yahoo Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski writes that Pekovic and the Timberwolves are Corey Brewer as well. Spurs out on Kirilenko as sign-and-trade […]

(Photo) Shumpert leaks new Knicks jerseys

The popular photo-taking app Instagram can be a great tool in this social media world. But in this case, it might anger the Knicks. Next season the Knicks will be debuting their new jerseys and it has been hush-hush. But leave it to Iman Shumpert to leak the new look uniforms via his Instagram page. […]

Still waiting on Andrew Bynum

This is the part everyone will just have to get over right away: Andrew Bynum is going to sign with an NBA team. He is going to get more than $10 million. And it is likely to be a multi-year deal with a team option for the second year. Those seem to be the parameters […]

NBA moratorium ends, hefty tax bills loom

The NBA's free agency moratorium ended Tuesday night, allowing teams to officially make the transactions and free agent signings they have talked about since Draft night and July 1. The NBA has set the salary cap at $58.679 million and the luxury tax at $71.748 million. Action happened immediately Tuesday night as Chris Paul and […]

Thoughts from Orlando Pro Summer League Day 3

Crossover Chronicles' Philip Rossman-Reich will be at the Southwest Airlines Orlando Pro Summer League all week. He will provide his thoughts on the day's action in this running post throughout the day. Three Up, Three Down UP — Kelly Olynyk, Celtics: This was not his best performance this week by any means. Olynyk has been more […]

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