Category: NBA Basketball

Isaiah Thomas to have hip surgery

Brandon King

Earlier today the Los Angeles Lakers announced that point guard Isaiah Thomas will undergo arthroscopic surgery on his injured right hip Thursday. According to ESPN.com’s Adrian Wojnarowski Dr. Bryan Kelly of the Hospital for Special Surgery, who will be performing the surgery, had this to say: We will be doing a minimally invasive procedure to ‘clean up’ the joint of all inflammatory debris related to his injury from last season. Monday, Thomas went to New York to meet with a specialist to explore corrective options for the ailing hip. Thomas…

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LiAngelo Ball enters the NBA Draft

Brandon King

LiAngelo Ball has declared for the 2018 NBA draft. The 19-year-old formally submitted paperwork to enter the upcoming draft. Ball is expected to workout for several NBA teams and will take part in the Pro Basketball Combine at IMG where team executives will be in attendance. Ball played for the Lithuanian team Vytautas Prienu this past season along with younger brother LaMelo. LiAngelo is currently averaging a league-high 15.7 PFG. He also averaged 2.9 rebounds per game and connected on 45 percent of his three-point shots.

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IT leaves Lakers to seek options for hip

Brandon King

Mike Trudell of Spectrum SportsNet reported earlier today that Lakers’ point guard has left the team to get medical opinions on his hip. Trudell reports that Thomas has been dealing with pain in the hip and is traveling to New York to explore what can be done solve the issue. This injury was what knocked Thomas out of last year’s playoffs, kept him out until January 2, and currently has him looking like a shell of his former self. Between his time with Cleveland and Los Angeles, he’s averaging 15.2…

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Chris Paul to debut new shoe against Portland tonight

Brandon King

Chris Paul and the Houston Rockets take on the Portland Trailblazers tonight and the Rockets’ star will debut the latest edition of his signature shoe that is to release next month, the Jordan CP3.XI. The CP3.XI features a red, black and white color scheme. The upper goes from red to black in a manner that resembles liquids mixing. The upper also makes use of a forefoot strap that wraps across the upper to the medial midfoot. Jumpman and CP3 branding on the strap and tongue respectively round out the upper’s…

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LaMarcus Aldridge says he would have handled Lillard relationship differently if he had a do-over.

Brandon King

LaMarcus Aldridge has long been one of my favorite players but he is always been very enigmatic, most of what we know begins and ends with his on the court exploits. This article from ProBasketball Talk shares some insights into Aldridge as he shares some regrets in how he handled his relationship with Damian Lollards during his time with him in Portland. http://nba.nbcsports.com/2018/03/08/lamarcus-aldridge-says-given-chance-he-would-have-handled-damain-lillard-relationship-differently/

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Clark-Atlanta comes from behind to beat Benedict in SIAC Semis

Brandon King

Clark-Atlanta rallied from 13 down to defeat Claflin and earn a spot Saturday’s SIAC championship game. Despite their All-Conference and All-American forward Brandon Morris picking up two early fouls, Benedict was able to build a ten-point halftime lead off the strength of blistering shoot from behind the arc. Benedict shot 8-15 from three-point range in the first half and shot 50% overall (14-28) from the floor. Benedict would build a 15 point lead at 47-32, its largest of the evening, on Dimitri Cook’s layup with 15:24 remaining in the ballgame.…

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LaVine to sit tonight against Brooklyn

Brandon King

As the teams who are swirling around the bottom of the NBA toilet bowl fight with each other to get to the bottom the fastest, more of their players will suddenly need “rest” or have “injury issues”. For the Chicago Bulls, who need to get inside the top 5-6 draft picks in the worst way, and a healthy dose of Zach LaVine on the court could be a major impediment to that end. Luckily for them he does not play in both ends of a back-to-back and that will be…

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Portland Trailblazers recall Caleb Swanigan

Brandon King

Yesterday the Portland Trailblazers recalled rookie forward Caleb Swanigan from his G-League assignment with the Canton Charge. In his 14 games, 12 of which he started, Swanigan averaged 14.2 points, 11.9 rebounds, 2.7 assists , 1.0 steals in 30.3 minutes. In the 15 games he’s appeared with the Blazers, Swanigan has posted averages of 2.6 points, 2.4 rebounds, 0.6 assists in 8.9 minutes.

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Clippers to trade Blake Griffin to Pistons

Brandon King

According to reports from TNT’s David Aldridge, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski and Yahoo’s Shams Charania, the Los Angeles Clippers have agreed to trade Blake Griffin to the Detroit Pistons. The Clippers have agreed to a deal to send Blake Griffin to the Detroit Pistons, league sources tell ESPN. — Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) January 29, 2018 Sources: Clippers, Pistons are finalizing a deal that would send Blake Griffin, Willie Reed for Tobias Harris, Avery Bradley and a draft pick. Multiple players involved have been informed of deal. — Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) January…

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