Life for an NBA role player can be difficult. Just ask balding Lakers guard Alex Caruso. Reports are the third-year guard is being routinely asked by teammates to look over their taxes and it’s been effecting his on-court development. Caruso has no professional accounting skills, but his teammates do not seem to understand that. Take this exchange in a recent practice for example: “Hey, Kuzma! If your man leaves you to double me, sprint to the rim, I’ll find you!” LeBron yelled during ...
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Doc Rivers asks NBA to include more audio of fans booing so it feels like a Clippers home game
Doc Rivers has asked the Orlando game-ops crew to pipe in audio of fans booing so as to better replicate the atmosphere of Clipper home games. “My guys are at the free-throw line hearing the sound of loyal fans cheering, and they’re getting spooked and rattled,” Rivers explained. “We deserve a similar environment to the Staples Center where about 70% of the crowd resents us.” The NBA has agreed with the Clippers’ coach and released the following statement before their home game against ...
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New York media members saw this coming, but many still weren’t prepared for the exhausting four-hour press conference new head coach Tom Thibodeau recently put them through. Sweating, no longer able to hold up their recording device and several of them openly weeping, it became clear the media was wildly out of shape and lacked the stamina to cover a Thibodeau-coached team. Mid-way through the press conference a dozen reporters suffered sprained thumbs from typing into their smartphones while several others ...
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Source: NBA players’ families at greater risk of ‘urgent matter’ the longer the bubble goes on
Several league officials in Orlando are confirming the strange spike in NBA players needing to leave the bubble to attend to “urgent family matters.” “It’s the craziest thing,” the source said. “We are only weeks into the bubble and their family members are dropping like flies!” “My family was having urgent matters right and left when I was in that stuffy hotel room,” Zion Williamson said, now comfortably back in his New Orleans estate. “But now that I’m back with my women and ...
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Adam Silver’s Attempt to Make Players Care About Games in November/December Seen as Deeply Offensive
As more information is leaked about the NBA’s proposed in-season tournament, the players union is becoming increasingly frustrated. The in-season tournament is largely designed to shift the non-compelling months of ...
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Greg Oden and his lawyers are considering the invitation he received to participate on Dancing With the Stars a death threat. “Given my client’s history of injury, it is common knowledge ...
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New Study Shows Moment NBA Player Retires They Become 72% Tougher, Grittier Than Active Players
A new study paid for by TNT’s Inside The NBA has discovered that when an NBA player retires, they immediately become 72% tougher and grittier than active players. Even more significant, ...
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Kevin Durant considering returning this season to get the firing of Kenny Atkinson out of the way
Kevin Durant is showing real initiative as a Brooklyn Net. Reports are, the superstar forward is considering a brief return to the court this season to get the ...
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Perhaps the only thing more graceful than a world-class NBA athlete rising up and swishing a 25-foot three-pointer is watching that same shooter jerk his head back, flailing ...
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In an effort to raise the team’s profile, the Detroit Pistons have secured a jersey patch agreement with themselves. “Today we’re proud to announce that, after some of the ...
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Knicks to Play “Hello Darkness, My Old Friend” During Player Introductions
The New York Knicks have decided to play “The Sounds of Silence” by Simon & Garfunkel during player introductions Director of Game Operations Miguel Vazquez announced earlier today. ...
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