Category: NBA Headlines
(Said Jerel McNeal) “I’ll probably end up doing Summer League with Phoenix and just use that as another opportunity to show what I can do and go do what the coaching staff asks. I’ll do whatever I need to do to stick around.” via NBA.com/Suns
Warriors guard Stephen Curry will be named the NBA’s Most Valuable Player, multiple league sources told CSNBayArea.com in recent days. Official announcement will come this week, sources said, likely on Monday between Games 1 and 2 of the Western Conference semifinals series between the Warriors and the Memphis Grizzlies. The timing of the announcement, one […]
One day, these San Antonio Spurs really will walk away and retire. But while their season ended Saturday night with a heartbreaking 111-109 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers in Game 7 of their first-round series, coach Gregg Popovich said he doesn’t think this was the final game they will play together. “People ask me […]
Many league observers think there are valid reasons for the seemingly slow pace of the Magic’s coaching search. The theory mentioned most often revolves around current Chicago Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau. The league observers speculate that the Magic want to see whether the Bulls and Thibodeau will part ways after the Bulls conclude their playoff run. […]
A day after the Brooklyn Nets were eliminated from the playoffs, head coach Lionel Hollins admitted point guard Deron Williams is no longer a franchise player. “He’s not a franchise player anymore,” Hollins said on Saturday morning during break-up day. “He’s a good player, he’s a solid player, but I don’t think he’s a franchise […]
Clippers point guard Chris Paul suffered a left hamstring strain in Saturday’s series-clinching win over the San Antonio Spurs and could be sidelined for Game 1 of the team’s Western Conference semifinal series against the Houston Rockets on Monday. “Chris may play or may not play the first game, but the game is Monday. My […]
The biggest question the Nets will face this summer is what the future will hold for their biggest player. Brook Lopez has the ability to opt-out of the final year of his contract this summer and become an unrestricted free agent for the first time in his seven-year NBA career. So what will he do? […]
Matthews has been noncommittal on his desire to re-sign with Portland. When it was suggested by a reporter that, in a perfect world, he would return to the Blazers, Matthews still wouldn’t bite. “Yeah, but so much stuff can happen between now and when free agency starts,” he says. “Ideally, perfect situation, yeah, who doesn’t […]
Young says he has a lot of factors to consider, but reiterated he loves being in Brooklyn and with the Nets, is comfortable in East Coast. — Tim Bontemps (@TimBontemps) May 2, 2015 via Tim Bontemps of the New York Post
Forget Manny Pacquiao versus Floyd Mayweather; the Eastern Conference semifinals series between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Chicago Bulls figures to become Joakim Noah-LeBron James IV. Despite James downing Noah’s Bulls the three previous times their teams met in the playoffs, the outspoken Chicago big man clamored for a rematch, saying it was “something that I really […]
