Tag: NBA basketball

Brian Windhordst slams “immature” JJ Redick

Brandon King

The Los Angeles Lakers, much to the delight of many basketball fans, were unceremoniously bounced from the NBA Playoffs via a 4-1,gentlemen’s sweep at the hands of the Minnesota Timberwolves.  JJ Redick’s mystfying decison to play his second halfstating unit or the entiriety of the second half of Game 4 has been one of the most discussed and questioned moves of the series.  When asked about it prior to Game 5 , rather than stand in the proverbial heat of answering tough questions, Redick in a manner befitting of a…

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Did Draymond Green tell Jalen Green to “paint his fingernails?”

Brandon King

We covered the verbal dust-up between Houston Rockets guard Jalen Green and Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green.  During their vernal skirmish, Draymond allegedly told Jalen to go and paint his nails.  As the two are being separated, Draymond appears to make a nail painting gesture toward Jalen.  In a 2024 video ,Jalen Green admitted that he does paint his nails, saying that he stated with a single fingered and progresed to doing all of them.  Game 4 of the series takes place Monday night at the Chase Center at…

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Jalen Green says Draymond Green is all talk

Brandon King

Houston Rockets guard Jalen Green is not the biggest Draymond Green fan. The two exchange words in a kerfuffle at center court following the conclusion of Game 3 of the Warriors and Rockets opening round playoff series, a 104-93 Golden State win. After the game, Jalen said of Draymond, “Just talking. He can’t really do much of anything else, so talking is his only way” out  Jalen in 39 minutes of action scored 9 points on 4-11 from the floor, adding 6 rebounds, 5 assists, and had a plus/minus of…

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Lu Dort says he didn’t mean to hit Ja Morant

Brandon King

With 3:15 reamining in the second quarter after a steal , Scottie Pippen Jr dropped it off to Ja Morant who was filling the lane. Morant elevate to throw down a highlight reel dunk but Lu Dort made contact with Morant, sending him careening to the floor in a heap.  Morant lay on the FedEx Forum hardwood for several minutes before being helped up. He would recover enough to shoot his two free throws, which would have made him eligible to return to the game, before heading to the locker…

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“My d-ck is bigger than yours”: Anthony Edwards to heckling Lakers fans

Brandon King

The Minnesota Timberwolves puts boots to the collective tooshies of the Los Angeles Lakers to the tune of a 117-95 beating in Game 1 of their opening round playoff series.  Anthony Edwards scored 22 points, albeit on 8-22 from the floor, but handed out 9 assists and grabbed four rebounds. However, his most memorable moment of the night didn’t happen in between lines. Edwards in an exchange with heckling Lakers fans, uncorked this beauty:  “He got $200 million. My d*ck is bigger than yours” No word from the NBA on…

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Damian Lillard reacts to Giannis being named MVP Finalist

Brandon King

The NBA released its finalists for its season awards on Sunday, including the crown jewel of individual league honors, the Most Valuable Player award. Giannis Antetokounmpo was among the three finalists for the award, along with Nikola Jokić of the Denver Nuggets and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of the Oklahoma City Thunder.  Antetokounmpo’s teammate, Damian Lillard, shared an Instagram story to congratulate his running mate. Read Full Story here

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Golden State defeats Houston 95-85

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image via Al Jazeera Courtesy of Colin Ward-Henninger, CBS Sports The Golden State Warriors took a 1-0 series lead over the Houston Rockets on Sunday. Stephen Curry led the way with 31 points. Jimmy Butler was fantastic with 25 points, seven rebounds, six assists and five steals.  The Rockets trailed by as many as 23 but got it down to three late in the fourth quarter, but Golden State answered the run and closed it out late. This is what everyone was concerned about with Houston, not having a go-to…

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Thunder lays 51-point donkey kicking on Grizzlies in playoff opener

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image via USA Today Courtesy of James Herbert, CBS Sports The top-seeded Oklahoma City Thunder are going up against the eighth-seeded Memphis Grizzlies in the first round of the 2025 NBA playoffs. And after a dominant regular season, the Thunder thoroughly outclassed Memphis with a 131-80 victory in Game 1.  OKC won an NBA-best 68 games, finished with the league’s best net rating and outscored opponents by 1,055 points over the course of 82 games. The Thunder, led by MVP frontrunner Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, enter the playoffs as championship favorites. The Grizzlies,…

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Why an ”irate”Mike Budenholzer took Bol Bol out of the Suns rotation

Brandon King

If you wondered what happened to Bol Bol during the later portion of the season, you certainly have company in that camp. The tantalizingly talented power forward/center has been racking up DNPCDs since March seemingly out of nowhere and without an explanation from the team.  On his Haynes Briefs show, NBA Insider Chris Haynes said that Bol Bol was taken out of the Suns rotation by then-head coach Michael Malone who was “irate” for his actions, or lack thereof during an altercation.  Haynes described what transpired: He didn’t get into…

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LaMelo Ball unbothered by calls for him to leave Charlotte

Brandon King

Following the end of a season that did not play out as well as hoped, LaMelo Ball was asked if he was aggravated by the attempts to push him out of town for the perceived greener pastures of a larger market. Ball responded with “I feel like if you get annoyed then you’re bothered by it. [but] no.” ​ Despite reports that the Hornets “have no interest” in parting ways with ball reports continues to be stirred up of potential landing spots for Ball via trades. According to reporting from HoopsHype’s…

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