Rudy Gay had 32 points, nine rebounds and six assists as the Sacramento Kings snapped a five-game losing streak by defeating the Milwaukee Bucks 111-104 on Monday night.
The Toronto Raptors were ready for Danilo Gallinari. They didn’t have an answer for Nikola Jokic.
Zach Randolph used his size and leverage to frustrate the New Orleans Pelicans in the paint. Jeff Green scored from all over the court.
Gordon Hayward had 27 points and 12 rebounds, Rodney Hood added 19 points and the Utah Jazz beat the Chicago Bulls 105-96 in overtime on Monday night.
Russell Westbrook doesn’t feel comfortable taking credit for his triple-doubles.
Reggie Jackson, who had been listed as questionable to play because of dehydration, battled through cramps to help Detroit defeat the Nets in Brooklyn.
There’s a specific reason why Cleveland’s LeBron James, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love are referred to as “The Big Three.”
Cleveland’s Kyrie Irving spent the break between regulation and overtime urging his teammates to close out Monday night.
LaMarcus Aldridge scored a season-high 28 points and the San Antonio Spurs beat the Orlando Magic 107-92 Monday night to remain undefeated at home.
Jeff Teague scored a season-high 32 points, Kyle Korver added 16 points and the Atlanta Hawks beat the Dallas Mavericks 112-97 on Monday night to snap a three-game skid.
The slumping Phoenix Suns have fired head coach Jeff Hornacek and named assistant Earl Watson as the interim coach, the National Basketball Association team said on Monday.
Andre Drummond had 21 points and 18 rebounds, Reggie Jackson scored 19 points, and the Detroit Pistons beat the Brooklyn Nets 105-100 on Monday night.
Take-Two Interactive Software Inc has been hit with a copyright infringement lawsuit over its depiction of tattoos belonging to National Basketball Association stars LeBron James and Kobe Bryant in a popular video game.
Phoenix, mired in one of the worst stretches in its history, with a 14-game road losing streak, promoted Earl Watson to interim coach.
Kristaps Porzingis was in the practice facility trying to fight off a defender and create enough space to accept a post-up pass.
Interesting tidbit from Bondy piece yesterday:
Draw your own conclusions……
I can only conclude that Langston isn’t shooting enough in clutch time.
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/sources–warriors-serious-threat-to-sign-kevin-durant-182559375.html
Why would Durant go there? Makes no sense. He should be a Knick. Clearly.
The only way it makes any sense at all for KD to go to GS is if somehow GS gets blown out in the playoffs. They’ve already won a title and are basically a dynasty as currently constructed. I don’t see how that does anything for KD’s legacy.
Now if he were to take the Knicks to the promised land…that’d be a whole different story.
You spun that nicely Frank.
I don’t like judging players on where they want to play, but boy, yeah, if Durant actually went to Golden State…that’d be very disappointing.
It just makes the most sense for him. I’m really just looking out for his best interests. (I’m that kind of guy)
@1 hes a rookie. Thats the conclusion. We are just past the halfway point in the season and his numbers will go up
Still trying to think of trades that might help us out.
Anyone think OKC might go for trading Cameron Payne for Lance Thomas? Sounds very much like OKC is looking for a wing defender who can shoot a bit (at least according to Zach Lowe). Maybe they could be convinced to give up Payne for Lance.
Very little chance of this happening unless we completely collapse between now and the trade deadline. From all reports it sounds like Lance is basically Derek Fisher’s BFF.
OKC is not dealing their lottery pick from this current draft, especially as he has already taken over the backup point guard job from DJ Augustin. That same Lowe article was pretty clear on how much they dig Payne, and with all the money they’ll possibly be needing to spend on extensions coming up soon, he’s even more valuable to them.
I doubt Lance Thomas want to lose his EB-Rights in a trade but maybe he thinks he will get more than $5m.
I think AA still has value because people just really like him. He is an upgrade from Waiters.
I would try to flip a 3-deal with OKC and Minny
Give Minny Waiters and a 2nd rd pick from each team.
Ny gets a pkg around Martin and Shabazz.
OKC gets AA
Cameron Payne WS/48 = .175
Cameron Payne = 21
Cameron Payne >>>> Lance
Or perhaps this is a simplistic reading of the situation
That reminds me – why in the world does the NBA have that particular rule? Bird Rights transfer in trades all the time, except for one year deals where the player gains Early Bird or Bird Rights (which is Lance’s situation). What’s the point of that rule?
for “legacy” purposes:
winning a title on a stacked team that you helped stack > never winning a title
i.e.
winning > not winning
he’s never winning a title unless he’s on next year’s Cavs, Spurs or Warriors
Pretty spot on. I think the whole legacy thing only really became something the general public became obsessed about after LeBron and Bosh went to Miami and some of the old timers piped up about never having to move teams to win a title (because their teams were always great without having to add pieces). End of the day, the record books aren’t going to have an asterisk next to the number of titles you won because you played with Steph Curry.