Kevin Garnett is still hooping with the Brooklyn Nets, but when the 38-year-old is ready to retire, he reportedly wants to buy the Minnesota Timberwolves, according to Yahoo! Sports’ Marc J. Spears. Garnett told Spears he’d love the opportunity to put together an ownership group that would buy the team he once played for. Minnesota’s […]
BOSTON (AP) — Even with almost 17 million followers on Twitter and nearly 22 million on Facebook, LeBron James didn’t hesitate when asked his preferred method of connecting with fans. “The basketball court,” the Cleveland Cavaliers star said on Thursday night during an “idea exchange” at Fenway Park. Speaking to business leaders at the home […]
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Los Angeles Clippers star Blake Griffin is facing a misdemeanor battery charge stemming from a scuffle with a man at a Las Vegas Strip nightclub, according to court records obtained Wednesday. The 25-year-old Griffin is due for arraignment Dec. 8 before a Las Vegas justice of the peace on a charge […]
Laker player Wayne Ellington Jr. is on indefinite leave from the Lakers after the murder of his father in Philadelphia. The 26-year-old guard got a text from his father earlier that evening before the game. By the time the game was over, his father was dead, the victim of a gunshot wound to head in […]
With the new NBA Season kicking off earlier this week, fans across the globe have every reason to smile once again. The association is…
CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron James shot miserably. His passes were errant. He didn’t look good doing much other than tossing powder in the air. His homecoming was horrendous. “I didn’t press,” James said, dismissing nerves as a factor. “I didn’t do much.” James struggled from the start in his first game with Cleveland in four […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Lakers rookie forward Julius Randle is expected to miss the rest of the season after undergoing surgery on his broken right leg. The seventh overall pick out of Kentucky broke his leg in the fourth quarter of his NBA debut in Los Angeles’ season-opening loss to the Houston Rockets […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Michael Jordan is learning how to win without scoring a basket. His Charlotte Hornets are winning and enter the season with high expectations. The NBA’s only African-American team owner, Jordan appears to be finally changing the losing culture around his franchise. Looking relaxed, the six-time NBA champion smiled Tuesday as he […]
ESPN didn’t think you’d need long to catch up on the NBA offseason now that basketball is back. The new NBA season begins Thursday, October 30th with a lot of intriguing storylines – will the Cavaliers immediately dominate in the East now that LeBron is back? Will the Knicks immediately improve under new coach Derek […]
Former NBA guard Mookie Blaylock pleaded guilty Monday and received reduced prison time for his role in a suburban Atlanta car accident that killed a mother of five. According to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Blaylock was sentenced to 15 years for vehicular homicide and other charges in the death of Monica Murphy in a head-on collision […]
Kendrick Lamar is one of the biggest names in hip-hop at the moment, which is impressive given the fact that he only has two studio…
When Paul Pierce watched the Washington Wizards in last season’s playoffs, he saw plenty of talent and potential. He also saw some mistakes. The Wizards needed something. Weeks later, he decided they needed … him. There have been more than 500 transactions involving NBA players since the San Antonio Spurs ended last season hoisting the […]
