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Charlotte Hornets coach Steve Clifford made a bold statement recently, saying small forward Michael Kidd-Gilchrist has the talent to be the best perimeter defender among this generation of NBA players. Not bold enough apparently. On Thursday Kidd-Gilchrist trumped Clifford’s expectation. “I want to say ever; not just in the league (now). The best defender this […]
(Minnesota Timberswolves) Shabazz (Muhammad) gone to Vancouver to have his oblique injury evaluated. Why BC? His agent reps Steve Nash & Nash’s oblique doc is there via Jerry Zgoda of the Star Tribune on Twitter
The Warriors captured the top seed in the Western Conference for the playoffs after beating Milwaukee 108-95 on Saturday. In doing so, they made some history. The 60-13 Warriors set a single-season franchise record for wins, surpassing the 59 wins that the 1975-76 team earned. Still, there wasn’t much celebrating done after the game. “It’s […]
Ex-All-Star forward Josh Howard is working out in Las Vegas with hope of being picked up for an NBA camp & is open to returning to D-League. — Marc J. Spears (@MarcJSpears) October 3, 2014 via Marc J. Spears of Yahoo! Sports on Twitter
New York Knickerbockers President Phil Jackson announced today that the team has signed guard Langston Galloway for the remainder of the season. via NBA.com/Knicks
Celtics guard Marcus Smart underwent an MRI last night at New England Baptist Hospital and results confirmed a left ankle sprain with bone bruising. He is expected to be out for the next two to three weeks. via NBA Press Releases
D-League Santa Cruz F James Michael McAdoo has a 10-day contract offer from Warriors, but is still considering other interest, source said. — Marc J. Spears (@MarcJSpears) January 18, 2015 via Marc J. Spears of Yahoo! Sports on Twitter
As Amar’e Stoudemire sat on the bench in the closing seconds Wednesday night, he acknowledged thinking he might have just played his final game with the Knicks. “Obviously playing these 13 years and through the few injuries, Father Time is ticking. So you know that you want to take advantage of good health when you […]
General manager Chris Wallace says (Michael) Beasley is one of six guys in training camp with a chance to show the Grizzlies what they’ve got and they’ll see where this goes. Wallace says there’s no depth chart for the regular season with Beasley’s name on it or an estimate of minutes. “It’s up to him […]
Calling a sudden news conference on Thursday at AmericanAirlines Arena, Wade told reporters, “I won’t be seeing y’all for a little while, so take a good look at this face.” The shooting guard strained his hamstring on Tuesday night in the Heat’s loss to the Milwaukee Bucks, and he said the best-case scenario for his […]