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Jason Kidd: Declining Tim Duncan's Spurs was my 'biggest disappointment
The swift and still-shocking “nice guy turns heel by joining those that had previously vanquished him”-storyline that Kevin Durant recently handed us on maxed-out platter has precedent. Durant’s former Oklahoma City Thunder crew fell to the defending champion Golden State Warriors in the Western Conference finals, and though Stephen Curry’s team wouldn’t go on to defend its title, the NBA’s MVP still led the squad that downed Durant’s Thunder. The last NBA player to win MVP before Curry ended up signing with the team that beat him, in a move that almost exactly mirrors what then-New Jersey Nets guard Jason Kidd nearly attempted in 2003. [read full article]
Posted Tue, 12 Jul 2016 10:23:33 PDT - via Yahoo Sports
Report: ‘Wasted’Lamar Odom vomits on plane, removed from flight (Ball Don't
Lamar Odom watches a March 30, 2016, game between the Los Angeles Lakers and Miami Heat. Lamar went to the Delta lounge at LAX before boarding a red-eye for NYC, and according to eyewitnesses was pounding down beers and whisky. Two passengers in first class tell TMZ, Lamar went to 4B and sat down, but as the plane was about to pull back he bolted for the front, threw up in the galley and then walked in the bathroom and with the door open threw up again. [read full article]
Posted Tue, 12 Jul 2016 12:16:42 PDT - via Yahoo Sports
Kobe and Vanessa Bryant expecting 3rd daughter, another 'Baby Mamba' (Ball D
Many NBA fans have wondered how Kobe Bryant will spend his retirement now that he can no longer obsess over basketball. The Los Angeles Lakers legend will return to a familiar job soon —looking after a baby daughter. Bryant announced on Instagram Wednesday that he and his wife Vanessa are now expecting their third daughter. [read full article]
Posted Tue, 12 Jul 2016 20:05:53 PDT - via Yahoo Sports
Cole Aldrich: 'I've been a Timberwolves fan my whole life.' (The A
Cole Aldrich was vacationing with his wife in Italy when a lifelong dream came to fruition. Because of the time difference, a giddy Aldrich decided to send his father a text message rather than give him a call. ''I think I said, 'Dad, I'm coming home,''' Aldrich recalled on Thursday. [read full article]
Posted Thu, 14 Jul 2016 10:52:56 PDT - via Yahoo Sports
Grizzlies' Conley says big contract won't affect his play (The Associated Pres
The Memphis Grizzlies wanted to keep Mike Conley so much that they gave their veteran point guard the richest contract in NBA history. For Conley, the basketball - and pressure - is in his court after signing a five-year, $153 million deal Thursday. Conley's play will be closely monitored during an upcoming season in which he will earn more than new Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant, a seven-time All-Star with four league scoring titles and an NBA Most Valuable Player award. [read full article]
Posted Thu, 14 Jul 2016 17:13:11 PDT - via Yahoo Sports
Lakers forward Nance has 'probable fracture' in right hand (The Associated Pre
The Los Angeles Lakers say forward Larry Nance Jr. has a ''probable fracture'' is in right hand. Nance played Thursday in an 88-80 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers in Las Vegas during the NBA Summer League, getting injured with only seconds remaining. The Lakers say X-rays taken after the game show a ''probable fracture.'' They say Nance will return to Los Angeles to be examined by a hand specialist on Friday. [read full article]
Posted Fri, 15 Jul 2016 07:12:35 PDT - via Yahoo Sports
Jason Kidd: Declining Tim Duncan's Spurs was my 'biggest disappointment
The swift and still-shocking “nice guy turns heel by joining those that had previously vanquished him”-storyline that Kevin Durant recently handed us on maxed-out platter has precedent. Durant’s former Oklahoma City Thunder crew fell to the defending champion Golden State Warriors in the Western Conference finals, and though Stephen Curry’s team wouldn’t go on to defend its title, the NBA’s MVP still led the squad that downed Durant’s Thunder. The last NBA player to win MVP before Curry ended up signing with the team that beat him, in a move that almost exactly mirrors what then-New Jersey Nets guard Jason Kidd nearly attempted in 2003. [read full article]
Posted Tue, 12 Jul 2016 10:23:33 PDT - via Yahoo Sports
Report: ‘Wasted’Lamar Odom vomits on plane, removed from flight (Ball Don't
Lamar Odom watches a March 30, 2016, game between the Los Angeles Lakers and Miami Heat. Lamar went to the Delta lounge at LAX before boarding a red-eye for NYC, and according to eyewitnesses was pounding down beers and whisky. Two passengers in first class tell TMZ, Lamar went to 4B and sat down, but as the plane was about to pull back he bolted for the front, threw up in the galley and then walked in the bathroom and with the door open threw up again. [read full article]
Posted Tue, 12 Jul 2016 12:16:42 PDT - via Yahoo Sports
Kobe and Vanessa Bryant expecting 3rd daughter, another 'Baby Mamba' (Ball D
Many NBA fans have wondered how Kobe Bryant will spend his retirement now that he can no longer obsess over basketball. The Los Angeles Lakers legend will return to a familiar job soon —looking after a baby daughter. Bryant announced on Instagram Wednesday that he and his wife Vanessa are now expecting their third daughter. [read full article]
Posted Tue, 12 Jul 2016 20:05:53 PDT - via Yahoo Sports
Cole Aldrich: 'I've been a Timberwolves fan my whole life.' (The A
Cole Aldrich was vacationing with his wife in Italy when a lifelong dream came to fruition. Because of the time difference, a giddy Aldrich decided to send his father a text message rather than give him a call. ''I think I said, 'Dad, I'm coming home,''' Aldrich recalled on Thursday. [read full article]
Posted Thu, 14 Jul 2016 10:52:56 PDT - via Yahoo Sports
Grizzlies' Conley says big contract won't affect his play (The Associated Pres
The Memphis Grizzlies wanted to keep Mike Conley so much that they gave their veteran point guard the richest contract in NBA history. For Conley, the basketball - and pressure - is in his court after signing a five-year, $153 million deal Thursday. Conley's play will be closely monitored during an upcoming season in which he will earn more than new Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant, a seven-time All-Star with four league scoring titles and an NBA Most Valuable Player award. [read full article]
Posted Thu, 14 Jul 2016 17:13:11 PDT - via Yahoo Sports
Lakers forward Nance has 'probable fracture' in right hand (The Associated Pre
The Los Angeles Lakers say forward Larry Nance Jr. has a ''probable fracture'' is in right hand. Nance played Thursday in an 88-80 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers in Las Vegas during the NBA Summer League, getting injured with only seconds remaining. The Lakers say X-rays taken after the game show a ''probable fracture.'' They say Nance will return to Los Angeles to be examined by a hand specialist on Friday. [read full article]
Posted Fri, 15 Jul 2016 07:12:35 PDT - via Yahoo Sports
USA romp past China in Rio basketball warm-up (AFP)
The game at Staples Center, home of the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers, was a preview of the teams' scheduled August 6 clash in Rio de Janeiro, in the first-round opener for each. Kevin Durant, the erstwhile Oklahoma City Thunder star who rocked the NBA with his recent decision to depart for rivals Golden State via free agency, came off the bench to lead the USA with 19 points. "We should have won, but the way we won was excellent," said US coach Mike Krzyzewski. [read full article]
Posted Sun, 24 Jul 2016 21:46:08 PDT - via Yahoo Sports
Jason Kidd: Declining Tim Duncan's Spurs was my 'biggest disappointment
The swift and still-shocking “nice guy turns heel by joining those that had previously vanquished him”-storyline that Kevin Durant recently handed us on maxed-out platter has precedent. Durant’s former Oklahoma City Thunder crew fell to the defending champion Golden State Warriors in the Western Conference finals, and though Stephen Curry’s team wouldn’t go on to defend its title, the NBA’s MVP still led the squad that downed Durant’s Thunder. The last NBA player to win MVP before Curry ended up signing with the team that beat him, in a move that almost exactly mirrors what then-New Jersey Nets guard Jason Kidd nearly attempted in 2003. [read full article]
Posted Tue, 12 Jul 2016 10:23:33 PDT - via Yahoo Sports
Report: ‘Wasted’Lamar Odom vomits on plane, removed from flight (Ball Don't
Lamar Odom watches a March 30, 2016, game between the Los Angeles Lakers and Miami Heat. Lamar went to the Delta lounge at LAX before boarding a red-eye for NYC, and according to eyewitnesses was pounding down beers and whisky. Two passengers in first class tell TMZ, Lamar went to 4B and sat down, but as the plane was about to pull back he bolted for the front, threw up in the galley and then walked in the bathroom and with the door open threw up again. [read full article]
Posted Tue, 12 Jul 2016 12:16:42 PDT - via Yahoo Sports
Kobe and Vanessa Bryant expecting 3rd daughter, another 'Baby Mamba' (Ball D
Many NBA fans have wondered how Kobe Bryant will spend his retirement now that he can no longer obsess over basketball. The Los Angeles Lakers legend will return to a familiar job soon —looking after a baby daughter. Bryant announced on Instagram Wednesday that he and his wife Vanessa are now expecting their third daughter. [read full article]
Posted Tue, 12 Jul 2016 20:05:53 PDT - via Yahoo Sports
Cole Aldrich: 'I've been a Timberwolves fan my whole life.' (The A
Cole Aldrich was vacationing with his wife in Italy when a lifelong dream came to fruition. Because of the time difference, a giddy Aldrich decided to send his father a text message rather than give him a call. ''I think I said, 'Dad, I'm coming home,''' Aldrich recalled on Thursday. [read full article]
Posted Thu, 14 Jul 2016 10:52:56 PDT - via Yahoo Sports
Grizzlies' Conley says big contract won't affect his play (The Associated Pres
The Memphis Grizzlies wanted to keep Mike Conley so much that they gave their veteran point guard the richest contractin NBA history. For Conley, the basketball - and pressure - is in his court after signing a five-year, $153 million deal Thursday. Conley's play will be closely monitored during an upcoming season in which he will earn more than new Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant, a seven-time All-Star with four league scoring titles and an NBA Most Valuable Player award. [read full article]
Posted Thu, 14 Jul 2016 17:13:11 PDT - via Yahoo Sports
Lakers forward Nance has 'probable fracture' in right hand (The Associated Pre
The Los Angeles Lakers say forward Larry Nance Jr. has a ''probable fracture'' is in right hand. Nance played Thursday in an 88-80 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers in Las Vegas during the NBA Summer League, getting injured with only seconds remaining. The Lakers say X-rays taken after the game show a ''probable fracture.'' They say Nance will return to Los Angeles to be examined by a hand specialist on Friday. [read full article]
Posted Fri, 15 Jul 2016 07:12:35 PDT - via Yahoo Sports
Jason Kidd: Declining Tim Duncan's Spurs was my 'biggest disappointment
The swift and still-shocking “nice guy turns heel by joining those that had previously vanquished him”-storyline that Kevin Durant recently handed us on maxed-out platter has precedent. Durant’s former Oklahoma City Thunder crew fell to the defending champion Golden State Warriors in the Western Conference finals, and though Stephen Curry’s team wouldn’t go on to defend its title, the NBA’s MVP still led the squad that downed Durant’s Thunder. The last NBA player to win MVP before Curry ended up signing with the team that beat him, in a move that almost exactly mirrors what then-New Jersey Nets guard Jason Kidd nearly attempted in 2003. [read full article]
Posted Tue, 12 Jul 2016 10:23:33 PDT - via Yahoo Sports
Report: ‘Wasted’Lamar Odom vomits on plane, removed from flight (Ball Don't
Lamar Odom watches a March 30, 2016, game between the Los Angeles Lakers and Miami Heat. Lamar went to the Delta lounge at LAX before boarding a red-eye for NYC, and according to eyewitnesses was pounding down beers and whisky. Two passengers in first class tell TMZ, Lamar went to 4B and sat down, but as the plane was about to pull back he bolted for the front, threw up in the galley and then walked inthe bathroom and with the door open threw up again. [read full article]
Posted Tue, 12 Jul 2016 12:16:42 PDT - via Yahoo Sports
Kobe and Vanessa Bryant expecting 3rd daughter, another 'Baby Mamba' (Ball D
Many NBA fans have wondered how Kobe Bryant will spend his retirement now that he can no longer obsess over basketball. The Los Angeles Lakers legend will return to a familiar job soon —looking after a baby daughter. Bryant announced on Instagram Wednesday that he and his wife Vanessa are now expecting their third daughter. [read full article]
Posted Tue, 12 Jul 2016 20:05:53 PDT - via Yahoo Sports
Cole Aldrich: 'I've been a Timberwolves fan my whole life.' (The A
Cole Aldrich was vacationing with his wife in Italy when a lifelong dream came to fruition. Because of the time difference, a giddy Aldrich decided to send his father a text message rather than give him a call. ''I think I said, 'Dad, I'm coming home,''' Aldrich recalled on Thursday. [read full article]
Posted Thu, 14 Jul 2016 10:52:56 PDT - via Yahoo Sports
Grizzlies' Conley says big contract won't affect his play (The Associated Pres
The Memphis Grizzlies wanted to keep Mike Conley so much that they gave their veteran point guard the richest contract in NBA history. For Conley, the basketball - and pressure - is in his court after signing a five-year, $153 million deal Thursday. Conley's play will be closely monitored during an upcoming season in which he will earn more than new Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant, a seven-time All-Star with four league scoring titles and an NBA Most Valuable Player award. [read full article]
Posted Thu, 14 Jul 2016 17:13:11 PDT - via Yahoo Sports
Lakers forward Nance has 'probable fracture' in right hand (The Associated Pre
The Los Angeles Lakers say forward Larry Nance Jr. has a ''probable fracture'' is in right hand. Nance played Thursday in an 88-80 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers in Las Vegas during the NBA Summer League, getting injured with only seconds remaining. The Lakers say X-rays taken after the game show a ''probable fracture.'' They say Nance will return to Los Angeles to be examined by a hand specialist on Friday. [read full article]
Posted Fri, 15 Jul 2016 07:12:35 PDT - via Yahoo Sports
Jason Kidd: Declining Tim Duncan's Spurs was my 'biggest disappointment
The swift and still-shocking “nice guy turns heel by joining those that had previously vanquished him”-storyline that Kevin Durant recently handed us on maxed-out platter has precedent. Durant’s former Oklahoma City Thunder crew fell to the defending champion Golden State Warriors in the Western Conference finals, and though Stephen Curry’s team wouldn’t go on to defend its title, the NBA’s MVP still led the squad that downed Durant’s Thunder. The last NBA player to win MVP before Curry ended up signing with the team that beat him, in a move that almost exactly mirrors what then-New Jersey Nets guard Jason Kidd nearly attempted in 2003. [read full article]
Posted Tue, 12 Jul 2016 10:23:33 PDT - via Yahoo Sports
Report: ‘Wasted’Lamar Odom vomits on plane, removed from flight (Ball Don't
Lamar Odom watches a March 30, 2016, game between the Los Angeles Lakers and Miami Heat. Lamar went to the Delta lounge at LAX before boarding a red-eye for NYC, and according to eyewitnesses was pounding down beers and whisky. Two passengers in first class tell TMZ, Lamar went to 4B and sat down, but as the plane was about to pull back he bolted for the front, threw up in the galley and then walked in the bathroom and with the door open threw up again. [read full article]
Posted Tue, 12 Jul 2016 12:16:42 PDT - via Yahoo Sports
Kobe and Vanessa Bryant expecting 3rd daughter, another 'Baby Mamba' (Ball D
Many NBA fans have wondered how Kobe Bryant will spend his retirement now that he can no longer obsess over basketball. The Los Angeles Lakers legend will return to a familiar job soon —looking after a baby daughter. Bryant announced on Instagram Wednesday that he and his wife Vanessa are now expecting their third daughter. [read full article]
Posted Tue, 12 Jul 2016 20:05:53 PDT - via Yahoo Sports
Cole Aldrich: 'I've been a Timberwolves fan my whole life.' (The A
Cole Aldrich was vacationing with his wife in Italy when a lifelong dream came to fruition. Because of the time difference, a giddy Aldrich decided to send his father a text message rather than give him a call. ''I think I said, 'Dad, I'm coming home,''' Aldrich recalled on Thursday. [read full article]
Posted Thu, 14 Jul 2016 10:52:56 PDT - via Yahoo Sports
Grizzlies' Conley says big contract won't affect his play (The Associated Pres
The Memphis Grizzlies wanted to keep Mike Conley so much that they gave their veteran point guard the richest contract in NBA history. For Conley, the basketball - and pressure - is in his court after signing a five-year, $153 million deal Thursday. Conley's play will be closely monitored during an upcoming season in which he will earn more than new Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant, a seven-time All-Star with four league scoring titles and an NBA Most Valuable Player award. [read full article]
Posted Thu, 14 Jul 2016 17:13:11 PDT - via Yahoo Sports
Lakers forward Nance has 'probable fracture' in right hand (The Associated Pre
The Los Angeles Lakers say forward Larry Nance Jr. has a ''probable fracture'' is in right hand. Nance played Thursday in an 88-80 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers in Las Vegas during the NBA Summer League, getting injured with only seconds remaining. The Lakers say X-rays taken after the game show a ''probable fracture.'' They say Nance will return to Los Angeles to be examined by a hand specialist on Friday. [read full article]
Posted Fri, 15 Jul 2016 07:12:35 PDT - via Yahoo Sports
Jason Kidd: Declining Tim Duncan's Spurs was my 'biggest disappointment
The swift and still-shocking “nice guy turns heel by joining those that had previously vanquished him”-storyline that Kevin Durant recently handed us on maxed-out platter has precedent. Durant’s former Oklahoma City Thunder crew fell to the defending champion Golden State Warriors in the Western Conference finals, and though Stephen Curry’s team wouldn’t go on to defend its title, the NBA’s MVP still led the squad that downed Durant’s Thunder. The last NBA player to win MVP before Curry ended up signing with the team that beat him, in a move that almost exactly mirrors what then-New Jersey Nets guard Jason Kidd nearly attempted in 2003. [read full article]
Posted Tue, 12 Jul 2016 10:23:33 PDT - via Yahoo Sports
Report: ‘Wasted’Lamar Odom vomits on plane, removed from flight (Ball Don't
Lamar Odom watches a March 30, 2016, game between the Los Angeles Lakers and Miami Heat. Lamar went to the Delta lounge at LAX before boarding a red-eye for NYC, and according to eyewitnesses was pounding down beers and whisky. Two passengers in first class tell TMZ, Lamar went to 4B and sat down, but as the plane was about to pull back he bolted for the front, threw up in the galley and then walked in the bathroom and with the door open threw up again. [read full article]
Posted Tue, 12 Jul 2016 12:16:42 PDT - via Yahoo Sports
Kobe and Vanessa Bryant expecting 3rd daughter, another 'Baby Mamba' (Ball D
Many NBA fans have wondered how Kobe Bryant will spend his retirement now that he can no longer obsess over basketball. The Los Angeles Lakers legend will return to a familiar job soon —looking after a baby daughter. Bryant announced on Instagram Wednesday that he and his wife Vanessa are now expecting their third daughter. [read full article]
Posted Tue, 12 Jul 2016 20:05:53 PDT - via Yahoo Sports
Cole Aldrich: 'I've been a Timberwolves fan my whole life.' (The A
Cole Aldrich was vacationing with his wife in Italy when a lifelong dream came to fruition. Because of the time difference, a giddy Aldrich decided to send his father a text message rather than give him a call. ''I think I said, 'Dad, I'm coming home,''' Aldrich recalled on Thursday. [read full article]
Posted Thu, 14 Jul 2016 10:52:56 PDT - via Yahoo Sports
Grizzlies' Conley says big contract won't affect his play (The Associated Pres
The Memphis Grizzlies wanted to keep Mike Conley so much that they gave their veteran point guard the richest contract in NBA history. For Conley, the basketball - and pressure - is in his court after signing a five-year, $153 million deal Thursday. Conley's play will be closely monitored during an upcoming season in which he will earn more than new Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant, a seven-time All-Star with four league scoring titles and an NBA Most Valuable Player award. [read full article]
Posted Thu, 14 Jul 2016 17:13:11 PDT - via Yahoo Sports
Lakers forward Nance has 'probable fracture' in right hand (The Associated Pre
The Los Angeles Lakers say forward Larry Nance Jr. has a ''probable fracture'' is in right hand. Nance played Thursday in an 88-80 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers in Las Vegas during the NBA Summer League, getting injured with only seconds remaining. The Lakers say X-rays taken after the game show a ''probable fracture.'' They say Nance will return to Los Angeles to be examined by a hand specialist on Friday. [read full article]
Posted Fri, 15 Jul 2016 07:12:35 PDT - via Yahoo Sports
Jason Kidd: Declining Tim Duncan's Spurs was my 'biggest disappointment
The swift and still-shocking “nice guy turns heel by joining those that had previously vanquished him”-storyline that Kevin Durant recently handed us on maxed-out platter has precedent. Durant’s former Oklahoma City Thunder crew fell to the defending champion Golden State Warriors in the Western Conference finals, and though Stephen Curry’s team wouldn’t go on to defend its title, the NBA’s MVP still led the squad that downed Durant’s Thunder. The last NBA player to win MVP before Curry ended up signing with the team that beat him, in a move that almost exactly mirrors what then-New Jersey Nets guard Jason Kidd nearly attempted in 2003. [read full article]
Posted Tue, 12 Jul 2016 10:23:33 PDT - via Yahoo Sports
Report: ‘Wasted’Lamar Odom vomits on plane, removed from flight (Ball Don't
Lamar Odom watches a March 30, 2016, game between the Los Angeles Lakers and Miami Heat. Lamar went to the Delta lounge at LAX before boarding a red-eye for NYC, and according to eyewitnesses was pounding down beers and whisky. Two passengers in first class tell TMZ, Lamar went to 4B and sat down, but as the plane was about to pull back he bolted for the front, threw up in the galley and then walked in the bathroom and with the door open threw up again. [read full article]
Posted Tue, 12 Jul 2016 12:16:42 PDT - via Yahoo Sports
Kobe and Vanessa Bryant expecting 3rd daughter, another 'Baby Mamba' (Ball D
Many NBA fans have wondered how Kobe Bryant will spend his retirement now that he can no longer obsess over basketball. The Los Angeles Lakers legend will return to a familiar job soon —looking after a baby daughter. Bryant announced on Instagram Wednesday that he and his wife Vanessa are now expecting their third daughter. [read full article]
Posted Tue, 12 Jul 2016 20:05:53 PDT - via Yahoo Sports
Cole Aldrich: 'I've been a Timberwolves fan my whole life.' (The A
Cole Aldrich was vacationing with his wife in Italy when a lifelong dream came to fruition. Because of the time difference, a giddy Aldrich decided to send his father a text message rather than give him a call. ''I think I said, 'Dad, I'm coming home,''' Aldrich recalled on Thursday. [read full article]
Posted Thu, 14 Jul 2016 10:52:56 PDT - via Yahoo Sports
Grizzlies' Conley says big contract won't affect his play (The Associated Pres
The Memphis Grizzlies wanted to keep Mike Conley so much that they gave their veteran point guard the richest contract in NBA history. For Conley, the basketball - and pressure - is in his court after signing a five-year, $153 million deal Thursday. Conley's play will be closely monitored during an upcoming season in which he will earn more than new Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant, a seven-time All-Star with four league scoring titles and an NBA Most Valuable Player award. [read full article]
Posted Thu, 14 Jul 2016 17:13:11 PDT - via Yahoo Sports
Lakers forward Nance has 'probable fracture' in right hand (The Associated Pre
The Los Angeles Lakers say forward Larry Nance Jr. has a ''probable fracture'' is in right hand. Nance played Thursday in an 88-80 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers in Las Vegas during the NBA Summer League, getting injured with only seconds remaining. The Lakers say X-rays taken after the game show a ''probable fracture.'' They say Nance will return to Los Angeles to be examined by a hand specialist on Friday. [read full article]
Posted Fri, 15 Jul 2016 07:12:35 PDT - via Yahoo Sports
Jason Kidd: Declining Tim Duncan's Spurs was my 'biggest disappointment
The swift and still-shocking “nice guy turns heel by joining those that had previously vanquished him”-storyline that Kevin Durant recently handed us on maxed-out platter has precedent. Durant’s former Oklahoma City Thunder crew fell to the defending champion Golden State Warriors in the Western Conference finals, and though Stephen Curry’s team wouldn’t go on to defend its title, the NBA’s MVP still led the squad that downed Durant’s Thunder. The last NBA player to win MVP before Curry ended up signing with the team that beat him, in a move that almost exactly mirrors what then-New Jersey Nets guard Jason Kidd nearly attempted in 2003. [read full article]
Posted Tue, 12 Jul 2016 10:23:33 PDT - via Yahoo Sports
Report: ‘Wasted’Lamar Odom vomits on plane, removed from flight (Ball Don't
Lamar Odom watches a March 30, 2016, game between the Los Angeles Lakers and Miami Heat. Lamar went to the Delta lounge at LAX before boarding a red-eye for NYC, and according to eyewitnesses was pounding down beers and whisky. Two passengers in first class tell TMZ, Lamar went to 4B and sat down, but as the plane was about to pull back he bolted for the front, threw up in the galley and then walked in the bathroom and with the door open threw up again. [read full article]
Posted Tue, 12 Jul 2016 12:16:42 PDT - via Yahoo Sports
Kobe and Vanessa Bryant expecting 3rd daughter, another 'Baby Mamba' (Ball D
Many NBA fans have wondered how Kobe Bryant will spend his retirement now that he can no longer obsess over basketball. The Los Angeles Lakers legend will return to a familiar job soon —looking after a baby daughter. Bryant announced on Instagram Wednesday that he and his wife Vanessa are now expecting their third daughter. [read full article]
Posted Tue, 12 Jul 2016 20:05:53 PDT - via Yahoo Sports
Cole Aldrich: 'I've been a Timberwolves fan my whole life.' (The A
Cole Aldrich was vacationing with his wife in Italy when a lifelong dream came to fruition. Because of the time difference, a giddy Aldrich decided to send his father a text message rather than give him a call. ''I think I said, 'Dad, I'm coming home,''' Aldrich recalled on Thursday. [read full article]
Posted Thu, 14 Jul 2016 10:52:56 PDT - via Yahoo Sports
Grizzlies' Conley says big contract won't affect his play (The Associated Pres
The Memphis Grizzlies wanted to keep Mike Conley so much that they gave their veteran point guard the richest contract in NBA history. For Conley, the basketball - and pressure - is in his court after signing a five-year, $153 million deal Thursday. Conley's play will be closely monitored during an upcoming season in which he will earn more than new Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant, a seven-time All-Star with four league scoring titles and an NBA Most Valuable Player award. [read full article]
Posted Thu, 14 Jul 2016 17:13:11 PDT - via Yahoo Sports
Lakers forward Nance has 'probable fracture' in right hand (The Associated Pre
The Los Angeles Lakers say forward Larry Nance Jr. has a ''probable fracture'' is in right hand. Nance played Thursday in an 88-80 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers in Las Vegas during the NBA Summer League, getting injured with only seconds remaining. The Lakers say X-rays taken after the game show a ''probable fracture.'' They say Nance will return to Los Angeles to be examined by a hand specialist on Friday. [read full article]
Posted Fri, 15 Jul 2016 07:12:35 PDT - via Yahoo Sports
Cavs sign free agent Chris "Birdman" Andersen (The Associated Press)
CLEVELAND (AP) -- The Cavaliers have officially signed veteran forward Chris ''Birdman'' Andersen to a one-year contract. [read full article]
Posted Fri, 22 Jul 2016 08:43:21 PDT - via Yahoo Sports
