Category: Sports

February 25, 2022 NBA StatCap

Brandon King

Who Got It Done Player Spotlight DeMar DeRozan was the epitome of getting it done. DeRozan dropped 37 on the Hawks, including a clutch and-1 with under a minute to go that gave the Bulls the lead. It was DeRozan’s eight consecutive contest of scoring at least 35 points, a streak that only trail Michael Jordan’s 10 straight games of similarly prodigious scoring output. top 5 are pictured pt rb ast D. RussellMIN vs. MEM 37 2 9 DeMar DeRozanCHI vs. ATL 37 6 3 Nikola JokićDEN @ SAC 25…

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Who is, Who ain’t and Who might: February 24, 2022 NBA Injury Report

Brandon King

Atlanta Hawks NAME POS DATE STATUS COMMENT John Collins PF Feb 24 Out Collins (foot) didn’t participate in Thursday’s morning shootaround, Chris Kirschner of The Athletic reports. Gorgui Dieng C Feb 23 Out Dieng is out Thursday due to personal reasons, Brad Rowland of PeachtreeHoops.com reports. Brooklyn Nets NAME POS DATE STATUS COMMENT Ben Simmons PG Feb 23 Out Head coach Steve Nash confirmed Wednesday that Simmons remains without a definitive date for making his Nets debut, though the coach said that Kevin Durant (knee) is closer to returning than…

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Who is, Who might and Who ain’t : February 23, 2022 NBA Injury Report

Brandon King

Atlanta Hawks NAME POS DATE STATUS COMMENT John Collins PF Feb 23 Out Collins (foot) was a limited participant in Wednesday’s practice, KL Chouinard of Hawks.com reports. Brooklyn Nets NAME POS DATE STATUS COMMENT Goran Dragic PG Feb 23 Out Kyrie Irving PG Feb 23 Out New York City mayor Eric Adams said Wednesday that there is a plan in place to lift the city’s vaccine mandate in the coming weeks, meaning Irving would be cleared to play in Nets home games, Shams Charania of The Athletic reports. Joe Harris…

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Kyrie could be back as full-time player sooner rather than later

Brandon King

There is developing news out of the Big Apple that gives Nets fans hope and could put the Eastern Conference , and possibly the rest of the Association, on notice. As had been previously speculated but now reported by The Athletic and Stadium’s Shams Charania, NYC will get rid of their widely criticized vaccine mandate over the course of the next few weeks, meaning Kyrie Irving would be able to participate in home games. Irving exercised that body autonomy that we are supposed to have ( but some how was…

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Who is, Who might, Who ain’t : February 22, 2022

Brandon King

Atlanta Hawks NAME POS DATE STATUS COMMENT John Collins PF Feb 12 Out Collins (heel) will not play again until after the All-Star break, Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN reports. Boston Celtics NAME POS DATE STATUS COMMENT Robert Williams III C Feb 16 Day-To-Day Marcus Smart PG Feb 16 Day-To-Day Brooklyn Nets NAME POS DATE STATUS COMMENT Ben Simmons PG Feb 22 Out Simmons (conditioning) may not be cleared make his Brooklyn debut for “weeks,” Ramona Shelburne of ESPN reports. “Ben Simmons, from what I’m told, is going to really ramp…

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Albany State Athletic Department has NCAA probation lifted

Brandon King

Tuesday morning Albany State University announced that the NCAA had removed the school’s athletic probation from probation status. As reported by WALB, back in 2016 Albany State began an internal audit of its athletic program. Following that the University self-reported potential issues to the geniuses at the NCAA. A subsequent ASU/NCAA joint investigation revealed violations for these nine sports: Mens: cross country, football, golf, baseball, basketball Women’s: volleyball, track& field, basketball, softball In addition to several operational changes and the two year probation for the athletic program the NCAA handed…

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CJ McCollum has not spoken with Zion Williamson since being traded to Pelicans

Brandon King

CJ deserves so much better. Apparently since his trade to the New Orleans Pelicans, the former Trail Blazer star guard has not directly spoken to Zion Williamson. When asked about it on TNT’s All-Star Saturday night about his communication with the oft injured Pelicans star, McCollum had this to say: “I haven’t had conversations with him directly. I’ve spoken with some people close to him and look forward to sitting down with him sooner than later. I know about as much as you do right now, but I’m gonna get…

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Bulls sign Tristan Thompson, release Alfonzo McKinnie

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Via Bulls.com The Chicago Bulls announced that the team has released forward Alfonzo McKinnie. Chicago also announced that it has signed veteran big man Tristan Thompson. In accordance with team policy, terms of Thompson’s contract were not disclosed. In his eleventh season in the NBA, Thompson (6-9, 254 pounds) owns career averages of 9.1 ppg (.518 from the field), 8.5 rpg (3.3 orpg) and 1.0 apg in 27.1 mpg. For his career, he has played for the Cleveland Cavaliers, Boston Celtics, Sacramento Kings and Indiana Pacers. This season, he has…

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Could LeBron be eyeing a return to Cavs?

Brandon King

Though he will always be most closely associated with the Clevaland Cavalers, with the multitude of stops along his basketball professional basketball journey, LeBron James could be described as an NBA rolling stone. Could he be laiyng his sneakers somewhere else? Discussing a potential retutn to the the Cavaliers with The Athletic’s Jason Lloyd, the Lakers superstar said, “I’m not saying I’m coming back and playing, I don’t know. I don’t know what my future holds. I don’t even know when I’m free.” LeBron was drafted no.1 overall in 2003…

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February 16, 2022 NBA StatCap

Brandon King

Who Got It Done Player Spotlight:CJMcCollum The New Orleans Pelican newest acquisition turned in a tremendous effort, albeit in a losing affort, against the Dallas Mavericks. McCollum dropped 38 points on 14/26 from the floor, including 7/10 from downtown in the Pelicans 125-118 loss to the Mavericks. In his five game with the Pelicans , CJ is averaging 28.4 points, 6.0 rebounds, 5.4 assists and 1.4 steals. top 5 are pictured pt rb ast Luka DončićDAL @ NOP 49 15 8   7-14 3-pt Joel EmbiidPHI @ MIL 42 14 5…

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