Category: NBA Basketball

JaVale McGee’s home burgled, championship ring stolen

Brandon King

Los Angeles Lakers center JaVale McGee’s was burglarized and amongst the items taken was one of the two NBA championship rings he won as a member of the Golden State Warriors. According to TMZ Sports, McGee’s Los Angeles home was broken into on Saturday. The burglars swiped two safes, one of which held one of the rings as well as the goggles used in the locker room celebration. The value of the cash and things stolen is at around $200,000. The report adds that police are currently reviewing surveillance footage…

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Eric Gordon and Rockets agree to 4/$76 million extension

Brandon King

This time of the NBA year is typically known as the “dead period” because major transactional moves are typically at a minimum, save signing to fill rosters out for training camp. This was not the case for the Houston Rockets. According to the Houston Chronicle’s Jonathan Feigen, the Rockets signed Eric Gordon to a four-year , $76 million contract extension, which was the most the club could offer. The deal will not kick in until the 2020-21 season, as Gordon ( who is only 30 years old) enters the final…

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Toronto Raptors to bring back Dino jerseys

Brandon King

From their inaugural season in 1995 until 1998, the Toronto Raptors sported these purple jerseys that featured their large , at the time , dinosaur logo at the center of the uni. As the upcoming season will be their 25th ( it’s hard to believe it has been that long), they are bringing back the classic dino gamers for an as yet unspecified number of games. They made the announcement via a video on the team’s twitter account.

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Wilson Chandler suspended 25 games for testing positive fo banned substance

Brandon King

According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, Brooklyn Nets forward Wilson Chandler will miss the first 25 games of the upcoming season due to testing positive for a PED. Chandler’s test came back positive for Ipamorelin, a growth hormone stimulant. With newly-signed Kevin Durant likely sidelined for the season as he recovers from his torn Achilles and now Chandler out of the lineup for 25 games, the Net’s forward rotation will be strained, with Taurean Prince, Joe Harris and Caris LeVert will likely be charged with picking up that slack. Chandler signed…

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Warriors sign Andrew Harrison to training camp deal

Brandon King

According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, the Golden Warriors have signed free agent guard to a training camp deal. Harrison had a sporadic and nomadic 2018-19 season, playing in 17 games between the Memphis Grizzlies, Cleveland Cavaliers and New Orleans Pelicans, averaged 3.2 points and 1.4 assists per game across his time with the three clubs. He would go on to sign with Russian team BC Khimki, finishing the season there. He’ll likely battle for time at the backup one position with Alec Burks and Jacob Evans.

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Cavis LeVert agrees to 3-year, $52.5 million extension with Nets

Brandon King

Most franchises who added the likes of Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving with a dash of DeAndre Jordan would still have sore shoulders from patting themselves on the back. However the Brooklyn Nets are not resting on those laurels, as they have signed promising young guard Caris LeVert to a 3-year, $52.5 million contract extension, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski . Signing the deal made a good birthday gift, as he turned 25 Sunday. Despite being limited by injuries, LeVert averaged a career-high 13.7 points and showed a lot of promise,…

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Australia shocks USA 98-94

Brandon King

From Bleacher Report: The United States men’s basketball team suffered its first loss while using NBA players in nearly 13 years Saturday morning, as Australia pulled off a 98-94 upset in a FIBA Basketball World Cup warm-up game at Marvel Stadium in Melbourne. “They wanted it more than us tonight,” Team USA guard Kemba Walker told reporters. “Lesson learned for us.” It marked the end of a 78-game winning streak for the U.S. senior men’s national team. Patty Mills, who plays for U.S. head coach Gregg Popovich with the San Antonio…

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Dwight Howard to sign with Lakers

Brandon King

Dwight Howard’s agent Charles Briscoe told Shams Charania of the Athletic and Stadium that the big man has finalized a buyout with the Memphis Grizzlies and plans to sign a deal with the Los Angeles Lakers the moment he clears waivers. Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN notes that the Howard deal will be a non-guaranteed contract that the Lakers are proceeding “with caution.” More from Woj: “Howard had several meetings with Lakers officials, and they’ll give him a chance to show he’s made changes in how he conducts himself. Lakers players…

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Grizzlies grant Dwight Howard permission to speak with other teams

Brandon King

According to Ramona Shelburne of ESPN, the Memphis Grizzlies have given Dwight Howard’s representation the ok to speak with other teams that might be interested in his services. There is a team out west that just recently lost their likely starting center to a season-ending injury and has a gaping hole ( no pun intended) in the middle. Howard played one season for the Lakers, the 2012-13 season and though it was painfully obvious that he had not recovered from the back surgery he had , he still managed to…

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DeMarcus Cousins tears ACL

Brandon King

DeMarcus Cousins just cannot catch a break from a health standpoint. The two worst injuries that can derail a basketball player’s career are an Achilles tear and blowing out a knee. Unfortunately, Boogie can now check both of those off his injuries suffered list. After suffering a knee injury Monday during a workout, further evaluation revealed that Cousins had torn an ACL, according to a report from The Athletic and Stadium’s Shams Charania. It’s an unfortunate break for a player in Cousins who was still coming back from the Achilles…

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