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Pistons general manager and coach Stan Van Gundy had a chance to lock up burly power forward Greg Monroe last summer with a long-term deal when he became a restricted free agent. Now Detroit could be burned. Despite all the talk about the Knicks’ 2015 cap space, several league executives think they’re going to have […]
The NBA will begin revealing whether it determined referees’ crunch-time calls to be right or wrong. Starting Monday and continuing throughout the playoffs, the league will release play-by-play reports of all calls and relevant no-calls in the final minutes of close games. Such information had been shared only internally. The assessments will be released by […]
Mavericks point guard Rajon Rondo declared himself ready to move on after serving a one-game suspension that stemmed from a heated dispute with coach Rick Carlisle. “Everything is back to normal now,” Rondo told reporters after Friday’s practice, the first time he publicly addressed the incident. via Tim MacMahon of ESPN Dallas
NBA draft lottery reform is coming. The league’s owners voted down the latest proposal, one which would have tilted the odds toward the better non-playoff teams at the expense of the worst teams. But that was an issue with the unintended consequences of that specific plan. The appetite to curb – or at least give […]
On good days, the worst hurled at Luol Deng in grade school were the racist slurs a Sudanese refugee child was far too young to comprehend yet never quite able to forget. Samara, meaning black. Hunga bunga, mockery for ape. Shakshuka, epithet from a cheap north African meal. On bad days, those classroom slurs escalated […]
Shane Battier is the poster-boy where advanced analytics are concerned, and had a reputation during his playing days of being one of the game’s more knowledgable defenders, taking in as much statistical information as possible in order to help him gain a competitive advantage. While he admitted having difficulty guarding the game’s elite scorers regardless, […]
Before the Cleveland Cavaliers came calling this summer, David Blatt received an inquiry from another team. That team was the Golden State Warriors and Steve Kerr, a first-time NBA head coach, who was rounding out his staff. Kerr admitted Thursday he didn’t know Blatt on a personal level, but the two were connected through former […]
In his first Miami HEAT act, (forward) Michael Beasley was the consolation prize, as the No. 2 pick in the 2008 NBA Draft by behind Derrick Rose. In his second, he was a novelty, to see if he could fit alongside LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh, while also appreciating his bit-part place last […]
Friday morning, as the Washington Wizards (33-26) concluded shoot-around, Bradley Beal got some shots up with teammates. His fibula was pain-free but he already knew he wouldn’t play Friday night in the Wizards’ 89-81 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers, Washington’s eighth straight game without him. Beal explained he wouldn’t return until he participated in a […]
The National Basketball Association today announced a new transparency initiative relating to its officiating program. Beginning March 2 and continuing throughout the 2015 playoffs, the league will provide play-by-play reports regarding all calls and material non-calls that occur in the last two minutes of close games and during entire overtime periods. This new initiative creates […]
