Category: NBA Basketball

John Wall to undergo surgery on injured heel; will miss rest of season

Brandon King

The Washington Wizards’efforts to right the ship this season just took another kick in the nether region. ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski and Brian Windhorst have reported that Washington Wizards guard John Wall is plannning to have surgery on his injured left heel. Shams Charania of the Athletic reported that Wall “tried to battle through the pain in his injured heel” to try to help reroute the Wizards’ derailed season. Charania adds that Wall will be out for six to eight months. The Washington Post’s Candace Buckner reported that this has been…

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NBA sends out memo to teams about anti-tampering rules

Brandon King

Today the NBA sent a message to its teams about tampering…..literally. The comments of LeBron James ( and those of Giannis Antetokounmpo, though they aren’t getting near the amount of pub) in regards to Pelicans forward/center Anthony Davis were, much to the delight of several NBA GM’s, the impetus for the NBA sending out a memorandum to teams to remind them of tampering rules. More from the NBA memo: This principle is particularly important in today’s media environment, where any actions or comments relating to potential player movement receive immediate…

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Patrick McCaw to sign offer sheet with the Cavaliers

Brandon King

The strange journey of Patrick McCaw and the Golden State Warriors has taken a new direction. ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reports that McCaw is signing an offer sheet with the Cleveland Cavaliers today that is for two years and worth $6 million. The second year is non-guaranteed. Wojnarowski adds the Warriors are waiting the arrival of the signed offer sheet before the team decides to match or not. According to ESPN’s Bobby Marks, should the Warriors choose to match, it will cost them $11.3 million against the luxury tax. Last year…

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LeBron injury update: Status is day-to-day after MRI

Brandon King

When Lebron James left in the third quarter of the Lakers 127-101 Christmas Day beat down of the defending champion Golden State Warriors, there was certainly cause for concern in Lakerland. However it appears there is a collective sigh breathed in Los Angeles. That is because according to a report form Shams Charania of The Athletic, the MRI came back showing no structural damage and that Lebron will be day-to-day. Even Lebron himself was relieved with the news from the MRI, considering he told ESPN, “With injuries, I’m never too…

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So tampering is ok now?

Brandon King

Lebron James recent comments regarding his thoughts on potentially playing with New Orleans Pelicans power forward Anthony Davis stokes the long-simmering fires of rumours of Davis joining the Lakers.  It is also a clear case of tampering.  As stated in Article 35A of the NBA constitution, “No person may, directly or indirectly, entice, induce, persuade, or attempt to entice, induce or persuade, any Player who is under contract to, or whose exclusive negotiating rights are held by, any other Member of the Association. I’m layman’s terms, if you are on…

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Bulls’ missteps could have far reaching future implications for the organization

Brandon King

Since they pushed Micheal Jordan, Scottie Pippen and Phil Jackson out the door, the Chicago Bulls have been a basketball wasteland, only briefly flirting with success during the short time that the city and the NBA was treated to the basketball brilliance of a pre-knee injury Derrick Rose. The Bulls were seemingly in a holding pattern over the next few seasons as Rose’s health would continue to let him down and when they finally decided to turn the page over to the Jimmy Butler era, that was plagued by head…

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Report: Utah Jazz interested in acquiring Jabari Parker

Brandon King

The Bulls relationship with their forward Jabari Parker is just one component of an already eventful season just 30 games into the season. For some unknown reason, the team recently decided to remove arguably their third-best player from their rotation, and it was clear that Parker’s day’s in the Windy City were numbered.  Several teams were interested in Parker and according to The Ringer’s Kevin O’Connor, the Utah Jazz are amongst the interested ball clubs: The Utah Jazz are one of the teams interested in Parker, according to multiple league…

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