Category: NBA Headlines
Kendrick Perkins never ceases to be amazed by his ex-Celts captain, Paul Pierce. “I don’t know if the Wizards know what kind of a killer they’ve got over there.” Perkins said. Perkins obviously knows, and believes that if Pierce is so inclined, he could extend his career despite some obvious signs of late-season erosion. “I […]
(Timberwolves Coach/President) Flip (Suanders) said again today they won’t keep both 2nd rd picks. Asked if he could package those two to move into 1st rd, “We’ll look at everything” via Jerry Zgoda of the Star Tribune on Twitter
(Bulls Coach Tom) Thibodeau reiterated there are no restrictions on players for playoffs. via K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Tribune on Twitter
Luc Mbah a Moute’s tenure with the 76ers could be far from over. The forward, whose contract expires in June, wants to remain with the team. He gets the impression that the interest is mutual. “Ever since I came here, I didn’t get the sense that it was a one-year kind of deal,” said Mbah […]
(Hawks Al) Horford on playing w/ finger taped: “The way I shoot the ball it disrupts how I grab the ball. I just have to get used to that.” #ATLHawks via Chris Vivlamore of the Atlanta Journal Constitution on Twitter
The Toronto Raptors’ Lou Williams, who averaged a career-high 15.5 points this season and helped Toronto win a franchise-record 49 games, is the winner of the 2014-15 Kia NBA Sixth Man Award as the league’s best player in a reserve role, the NBA announced today. The 6-1 guard becomes the first Raptors player to earn […]
Sources: Private equity billionaire Antony Ressler, who leads group that includes Grant Hill, is progressing on deal to buy Atlanta Hawks. Ressler is finalizing an agreement to purchase the Hawks from Bruce Levenson for a price less than $1 billion, sources tell Yahoo Sports. via Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports
Al Horford said his dislocated right pinkie finger is uncomfortable but the Hawks center does not expect to miss any time with the injury. Horford was suffered the injured fighting for a rebound with 10:50 remaining in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s Game 1 playoff victory over the Nets. He left the game, had an […]
Sunday night, fittingly, it was (Chris) Paul and (Blake) Griffin dragging the Clippers to a 107-92 Game 1 win over the San Antonio Spurs. “The game was their defense was better than our offense,” San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich said. “That’s the bottom line.” via Dan Woike of The Orange County Register
Let’s start with the bad news for the Portland Trail Blazers first. They got beat on 100-86 and Memphis didn’t really let them get comfortable. LaMarcus Aldridge looked like Zach Randolph got in his head at times, though Aldridge’s physicality was more life than most of the Blazers showed. He got an early technical and […]
