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NBA Rumors – Brooklyn Nets Waiting for Kevin Garnett to Retire
We’ve been hearing that Kevin Garnett is on the verge of retiring for quite a few seasons. However, it has never looked as close to that day than right now, following his first season with the Brooklyn Nets. Although it won’t make any difference on their cap situation whether he stays on for another season or not, there isn’t too much he can give anyone anymore unless you really value leadership and experience.
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Miami Heat – LeBron James Cramping Up Isn’t the Only Problem
Everything fell apart the moment LeBron James started cramping up. Maybe it was the rising temperature in the arena that caused all of this; maybe it was simply fatigue or bad luck. These thing happen. But the Miami Heat were dominating, leading, en route to stealing home court advantage. And then everything fell apart.
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NBA Rumors – Boston Celtics Want But Can’t Get Kevin Love
Wanting Kevin Love and actually getting him are two completely different things. The Boston Celtics are very interested in the Minnesota Timberwolves player, but even with their many draft picks and young players to offer, there doesn’t seem to be a package good enough to convince a team to give up on their biggest star.
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Oklahoma City Thunder – Scott Brooks Isn’t Going Anywhere
Things are seen quite differently by even the most knowledgeable of NBA fans and people who actually work in the league – general managers and head coaches. Scott Brooks doesn’t get any appreciation outside that small little clique, but it doesn’t seem like criticism from the “outside world” is going to hurt his position as the head coach of the Oklahoma City Thunder.
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Kentucky Wildcats – John Calipari Staying For a Very Long Time
Good College Basketball coaches work through rumors of the NBA trying to get them. John Calipari might know how that’s like better than anyone else, but his new contract that keeps him in Kentucky until 2021, with a salary that makes him better paid than most pro head coaches, was put in place to deny any suggestions of him going anywhere else.
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NBA Finals – San Antonio Spurs Get Lucky, Miami Heat Crumble Late
The San Antonio Spurs seemed to handle extreme weather conditions better than others. It might also be the fact that the Miami Heat, the better team until LeBron James started suffering from cramps, fell apart without their star in the fourth quarter, losing 110-95 as the home team took a 1-0 in the NBA finals.
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12 Best Memes of Lance Stephenson, Biggest Fool of the NBA Playoffs
The Indiana Pacers are a long forgotten team that has been knocked out of the playoffs, but it doesn’t mean we don’t miss them, and especially the antics of Lance Stephenson, who might not be a special player, but his decision making brought him negative recognition he never dreamed of getting, of trying to take LeBron James out of his zone.
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14 Best Memes of the NBA Finals Between the Miami Heat & San Antonio Spurs
While June 2014 will mostly be noted around the world for the FIFA World Cup Finals, there is also the tiny little matter of the NBA finals between the Miami Heat and the San Antonio Spurs which deserves plenty of attention, and with that come the memes and jokes, most of them directed at the Miami Heat and LeBron James.
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NBA Playoffs – LeBron James & The Miami Heat Aren’t Lucky, They’re Good
Teams take what they can in an attempt to create some sort of mental edge heading into a matchup, and the Miami Heat are trying to take the notion that they were lucky to win the NBA championship last season and turn it in their favor, trying to prove to everyone that being a good team with stars like LeBron James and Dwyane Wade brought them the title, not just that historic three-pointer by Ray Allen.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Even Jurgen Klinsmann Thinks They Overpaid Kobe Bryant
Once every four years soccer takes center stage in the United States, sort of, because of the World Cup. Jurgen Klinsmann, the head coach of the national team, creates headlines with his words during this time, and used an NBA analogy, criticizing the Los Angeles Lakers for giving Kobe Bryant a huge two-year deal despite his age and current ability to justify not including Landon Donovan in the World Cup squad.