Category: NBA Basketball

Who Will, Who Won’t and Who Might: 12 November 202 NBA Injury Report

Staff

Atlanta Hawks NAME POS EST. RETURN DATE STATUS COMMENT Nikola Durisic F Nov 13 Out Nov 11: Durisic (elbow) is out for Wednesday’s game against the Kings, Kevin Chouinard of the Hawks’ official site reports. Nickeil Alexander-Walker G Nov 12 Day-To-Day Nov 11: Alexander-Walker (back) is questionable for Wednesday’s game against the Kings, Kevin Chouinard of the Hawks’ official site reports. Trae Young G Nov 30 Out Nov 1: Young (knee) will be re-evaluated in four weeks, ESPN’s Shams Charania reports. Boston Celtics NAME POS EST. RETURN DATE STATUS COMMENT…

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Former Grizzlies and Celtics standout Tony Allen and another man arrested on drugs

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Former NBA player Tony Allen was arrested Wednesday in Arkansas on drug charges.  Allen was the passenger in a vehicle driven by William Hatton when a traffic stop was initiated on the vehicle by Poinsett County (Arkansas) Sheriff’s Deputies.  According to the police report “During the contact, a deputy detected a strong odor of marijuana coming from inside the vehicle, leading him to direct both individuals to exit the car.”  Allen was subsequently searched and found to be in possession of marijuana; the search also uncovered various drug related accoutrements,…

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Lakers extended head coach JJ Redick

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The Los Angeles Lakers have extended head coach JJ Redick. Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka casually dropped the news as he ran down the team’s achievements this off-season, which includes signing Luka Doncic to a 3-year, $165 million extension and adding DeAndre Ayton, Marcus Smart and Jake LaRavia. The former NBA player turned podcaster and LeBron flunkie, partnered with James on the Mind Games, er, Mind the Game podcast. The show was billed as breaking down and educating the fans on the game of basketball, but served as an extended…

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Josh Giddey, Bulls agree to 4 year, $100 million deal

Brandon King

After protracted negotiations that languished throughout the offseason, the Chicago Bulls and Josh Giddey have agreed on a 4-year, $100 million deal.  With no major free agents acquired, resigning Giddey was a high priority for the Bulls. The two sides were initially far apart on numbers as Giddey’s side was reportedly looking for approximately $30 million a year, while the team was looking at paying the potentially budding star closer to $20 million per annum.  The restricted free agent is coming off a 2024-25 season in which he averaged 14.6…

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LeBron James attempts to rewrite history again on podcast

Brandon King

Since its inception back in 2024, we rightfully coined Lebron James’ Mind the Game as a propagandacast. Despite its stated purpose of dissecting the “X’s and O’s” of basketball, rather than elucidating the masses on the intricacies of the game of basketball, the show has proven to be merely another vehicle to rewrite history into a pro-LeBron narrative.  In a recent episode, the subject of super teams was being bantered about, and here is what LeBron had to say:  “But I mean the game is going to continue to evolve,…

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Marcus Morris Sr arrested for fraud

Brandon King

According to online booking records, Marcus Morris Sr was arrested in Broward County, Florida on Sunday. TMZ reports the 13-year NBA vet was arrested on a fraud charge, however, authorities have yet to release further information.  Marcus, along with his twin brother Marketh starred at the University of Kansas before being taken 14th overall by the Houston Rockets in the 2011 NBA Draft. Although the 35-year old has been well traveled in his NBA career, suiting up for the Houston Rockets, Phoenix Suns, Detroit Pistons, Boston Celtics, New York Knicks,…

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Victor Wembanyama thinks Karl Malone should be in prison

Brandon King

Hall of Famer Karl Malone turned 62 on July 24 and the NBA History X account wished the third all-time leading scorer in NBA history a happy Birthday. Many comments on the post laid into Malone for severe personal indescetions and amongst the voices of critcisim was 2023 no.1 overall pick Victor Wembanyama , who was not on board with the account celebrating The Mailman’s birthday.  The 2023 Rookie of the Year overall reposted a tweet from X user J.Strand that featured a video of Lil Rodney Sion in which…

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Kendrick Perkins Calls Out Kobe Bryant Detractors in Fiery Rant

Brandon King

Lately, Kobe Bryant has been getting more disrespected than lemon and orange Starbursts in what can be described as no less than a coordinated smear campaign. While many prominent people in the mainstream media and even former athletes are the drum majors leading this band of basketball blasphemy, it has largely been the independent creators who have used their various platforms ( including this very one) to push back against this latest attempt at a perversion of basketball history. However, there have been some noteworthy individuals, such as Matt Barnes,…

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Damian Lillard agrees to contract with Trail Blazers

Brandon King

DameTine is coming home.  According to Shams Charania, the man who was the face of the Trail Blazers for nearly a decade has agreed on a 3-year, $42 million deal with Portland.  Lillard spent the last two seasons with the Milwaukee Bucks, following a blockbuster trade that sent Lillard to the Bucks, Jrue Holiday, Deandre Ayton, Toumani Camera a 2029 first round pick and pick swap rights in 2029 and 2030 to the Trail Blazers, while Jusuf Nurkic, Grayson Allen, Nassir Little and Keon Johnson were sent to the Suns. …

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Mavericks to shut Cooper Flagg down for the remainder of summer league

Brandon King

The Dallas Mavericks have decided they have seen enough from Cooper Flagg, opting to park the former Duke forward for the rest of the summer league.  The number 1 overall pick in June’s NBA Draft struggled in his summer league debut against the Los Angeles Lakers, shooting just 5-21from the floor for 10 points. Flagg bounced back in a big way in the Mavericks’ next summer league contest with 31 points against the San Antonio Spurs and No. 2 pick Dylan Harper.  “I think it’s a new environment, new setting,”…

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