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Rockets trade Micheal Carter-Williams to the Chicago Bulls

January 7, 2019January 7, 2019 Brandon King

As reported by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, the Houston Rockets have traded point guard and former Rookie-of-the-Year Micheal Carter-Williams to the Chicago Bulls. Wojnarowski adds that the Bulls will send a future conditional second-round pick to finish the deal off and apparently the move was a cost cutting one for Houston, as they would have been on the hook to fully guarantee Carter-Williams’s deal for this season had he been on the roster as of 5PM today. Carter-Williams will not have to worry about living arrangements in the Wiondy City, because…

Timberwolves break off Tom Thibodeau

January 6, 2019January 6, 2019 Brandon King

Tom Thibodeau and I have something in common- neither of us are employed by the Minnesota Timberwolves. According to multiple sources, he was relieved of his duties as both President of Basketball Operations and head coach on Sunday. Oddly enough the firing came following the team’s 22-point shellacking of the Los Angeles. According to league sources, CEO Ethan Cason, accompanied by general manager Scott Layden strode in Thibodeau’s office after the game and fired him. It seemed that Thibs had no idea that this was coming. He expected that he…

Kyle Lowry out for Spurs game

January 3, 2019January 3, 2019 Brandon King

Toronto Raptors point guard Kyle Lowry has been ruled out for team’s highly anticipated game against the Spurs which is the return to San Antonio for Kawhi Leonard. Lowry received injections last week as he is attempting to recover from lingering back soreness. Although coach Nick Nurse has indicated Saturday that the all-star guard was closing in on a return to the Raptors lineup saying, “We are close to the end of it,” at this juncture there is no timetable for his return. Fred VanVleet will continue to assume starting…

Markieff Morris out six weeks with Transient Cervical Neuropraxia

January 3, 2019January 3, 2019 Brandon King

The Washington Wizards released an official update outlining the status of forward Markieff Morris. Morris was diagnosed with transient cervical neuropraxia .According to Sports Med Today it is “a rare but dangerous cervical spine (neck) injury. TQ is usually caused by cervical spinal cord trauma, which can occur after a neck hyperextension or hyperflexion injury with possible axial loading (pressure applied to the top of the head).” Morris will be limited to non-contact basketball activities for the next six weeks. He has continued to suffer neck and back stiffness after sustaining a blow to…

Robert Covington to miss game against Celtics

January 2, 2019January 2, 2019 Brandon King

The list of Timberwolves players on the injury list is growing. Point guards Jeff Teague and Derrick Rose are both sidelined with ankle injuries and now forward Robert Covington will also miss the team’s contest against the Boston Celtics with a knee injury, according to the Timberwolves ‘ injury report.

Anthony Davis out tonight

December 31, 2018December 31, 2018 Brandon King

Pelicans forward Anthony Davis will miss tonight’s game against the Minnesota Timberwolves due to illness. Jahlil Okafor will start in his place. Not the way I wanted to start 2019: Starting lineup change:Jahlil Okafor will start in place of Anthony Davis (illness). This bug going through the @PelicansNBA locker room — Jennifer Hale (@JenHale504) January 1, 2019 According to Jennifer Hale, Pelicans sideline reporter, there is a bug going through the New Orleans locker room. It seems Davis is its latest victim.

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

December 29, 2018December 29, 2018 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…

So tampering is ok now?

December 21, 2018December 21, 2018 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…

Javale McGee to miss game against Wizards

December 16, 2018December 16, 2018 Brandon King

Los Angeles Lakers starting center Javale McGee will miss the team’s game tonight against the Washington Wizards due to suffering flu-like symptoms. Tyson Chandler will start in his place.

Bulls engaged in trade talks with several teams about Jabari Parker

December 14, 2018December 14, 2018 Brandon King

The short and strange union of Jabari Parker seems to, thankfully be in its death throes. The signing ( 2 years, $40 million) itself was a head scratcher, as he seemed to not really be what the Bulls need and it seemed like the team never had a clear plan on how Parker would be implemented. Of course Jabari did himself no favors with his failure to address his glaring defensive defenciencies, but the Bulls should have done their due diligence. When ESPN’s Malika Andrew reported that Parker would be…