Category: Basketball

Damian Lillard signs 2, year, $122.2 million extension

Brandon King

Though was only on the court for 29 games, ( he averaged 24. 0 points , 7.3 assists and 4.1 rebounds in those 29 games) and is under contract for another three seasons, and due $136.9 million, Damian Lillard signed a two-year , $122.2 million extension Friday. Havingg been the subject of trade rumors, because of course if you don’t win a championship in a few years, then the club must be blown up and the best player on the team needs to bolt for greener (easier ) pastures, Lillard…

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July 7, 2022 WNBA StatCap

Brandon King

Who Got It Done Top Performers PTS TRB AST GmSc Kelsey Mitchell (IND) 27 1 5 22.4 Breanna Stewart (SEA) 23 4 2 19.4 Sophie Cunningham (PHO) 23 5 1 18.9 Emma Meesseman (CHI) 20 6 3 17.7 Lexie Brown (LAS) 16 2 4 17.4 Nightly Leaders 07/07/2022  PLAYERS TEAMS See all Player Stats POINTS 1. Kelsey Mitchell IND 27 2. Sophie Cunningham PHO 23 2. Breanna Stewart SEA 23 2. Diana Taurasi PHO 23 5. Sabrina Ionescu NYL 22 REBOUNDS 1. Ezi Magbegor SEA 11 1. NaLyssa Smith IND 11 3. Sabrina Ionescu NYL 10 4. Candace Parker CHI 9 5. Sami Whitcomb NYL 8…

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Brittney Griner pleads guilty

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from ABC News’ Deena Zaru and Tanya Stukalov MOSCOW — WNBA star Brittney Griner pleaded guilty on Thursday morning to drug charges in a Russian court, saying that the vape cartridges containing hashish oil were in her luggage unintentionally. “I would like to plead myself guilty,” Griner said when asked if she would like to give testimony. ABC News was present inside the courtroom during the hearing. “I did not have any intention on breaking Russian law,” she said, adding that she was in a rush and did not mean…

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Eurohoops News: Olympiacos finalizing deal with Alec Peters, targeting Antetokounmpo and Calathes

Brandon King

Olympiacos, already in the process of finalizing a deal to add the services of Alec Peters, is not done, as they have targeted Nick Calathes and Kostas Antetokounmpo. Calathes, 33, curreently balls for FC Barcelona , but that may be changing as according to a report from eurohoops.net’s Aris Barkas, Barcelona is planning to buy the veteran guard out, and ”new direction of the team may not include him.” Calathes signed a two-year deal with the club last July and this campaign he is averaging 7.3 points, 6.4 assists and…

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Why trading Kevin Durant may not be that easy

Brandon King

Kevin Durant’s trade request not set free agency on its ear , but that of the enitre NBA as well. Players of Durant’s caliber aren’t on the market that often so the Nets were Miley fielding calls from every team in the league, whether they believed they had a legitimate shot at acquiring him or not. KD has Phoenix and Miami at the top of his list of preferred destinations but is there any one franchise that can put together a package sufficient enough to pry Durant away from Brooklyn.…

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Lakers will need better offer to get Kyrie

Brandon King

The Kevin Durant trade request has branched off into the reinvigoration of the Russell Westbrook trade speculation, with the Nets emerging as the likely trade partner and Kyrie Irving the Lakers target. The Lakers desire to move Westbrook ( who, for a variety of reasons, they never should have acquired in the first place) is not only the worse kept secret in the NBA , but quite possibly in all of pro sports. This fact should put the Lakers on the wrong side of the leverage equation in any trade…

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TBT unveils 2022 Bracket

Brandon King

If you are a basketball junkie and the BIG3, NBA free agency and summer league still are not enough to sate your summertime hoops appetite, add The Basketball Tournament to your roundball buffet. The Basketball Tournament (TBT) is a winner-take-all event that features a 64-team field spread across eight regions,( one of which is the famed Rucker Park) supremacy for which will be hashed out in games that are played in the last two weeks of July. Multiple regions will be populated by alumni teams of college and platers that…

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Big players got big bags in free agency

Brandon King

Day 2 of NBA Free Agency has come and we have seen some player movement, most notably the trades of Dejounte Murray and Rudy Gobert to the Atlanta Hawks and Minnesota Timberwolves, respectively . However the saga in Brooklyn notwithstanding, several star players remained with their teams, either through opting to ink a new deal or just outright signing extensions. Here are some of players, who may have reached an even higher tax bracket over the past 48 hours: Nikola Jokić, 5-year, $270 million Nikola Jokić is coming off a…

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Good for Bradley Beal

Brandon King

Although you may have missed it with all the attention directed at the seemingly out-of-nowhere Kevin Durant trade request but Bradley Beal agreed to remain with the Washington Wizards by agreeing to a 5-year, $251 million contract. Many in the professional peanut gallery , ask the mainstream sports media derided Beal’s decision, sting that the three-time All-Star should have bolted to a more ready-made contender, rather that opting to secure the bag. This sentiment once again puts the deranged, delusional mindset of not only the gasbags of the sports media…

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Kevin Durant requests trade from Nets

Brandon King

It has been said that the second season of the NBA is the offseason. Already we have seen big contract options picked up by stars , Kyrie Irving and Russell Westbrook, whose future with their teams . A five-time all star who hasn’t been on an NBA court since March 23, 2021 was bought out and seemingly will have a new team next season. The Atlanta Hawks made a move to substantially upgrade their backcourt with the acquisition of former San Antonio Spur Dejonte Murray. However, as we stand just…

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