Tag: 2016-2017 NBA Season

  • Jeremy Lin & the Beginning of his Journey With the Brooklyn Nets

    Jeremy Lin & the Beginning of his Journey With the Brooklyn Nets

    The NBA season has finally begun, and after a night dedicated to mostly championship-caliber teams, the rest of the commoners can take the floor. Among them, the Brooklyn Nets, who have a very special player in Jeremy Lin, who is their best shot at making this season a lot less miserable than many predict it will be.

  • NBA: Warriors Stunned at Home by Kawhi Leonard & Spurs

    NBA: Warriors Stunned at Home by Kawhi Leonard & Spurs

    The Golden State Warriors used a unifying terms for how they felt after being beaten 129-100 by the San Antonio Spurs in the season opener, at home: A slap in the face. It’s just the season opener, a meaningless in the grand scheme of things, but it felt like more.

  • NBA: Knicks Taught a Lesson by LeBron James & Cavaliers

    NBA: Knicks Taught a Lesson by LeBron James & Cavaliers

    If anyone expected to see something different from the New York Knicks as they tried to crash the party of the Cleveland Cavaliers and LeBron James receiving their championship rings, they were in for a disappointment.

  • NBA Opening Night Games Scores & Standings

    NBA Opening Night Games Scores & Standings

    The NBA 2016-2017 opening night provided two blowouts and one entertaining close game. The NBA champions Cleveland Cavaliers enjoyed a triple double from LeBron James as they crushed the New York Knicks, the Portland Trail Blazers needed late heroics from Damian Lillard & C.J. McCollum to beat the Utah Jazz, while Kawhi Leonard & the San Antonio Spurs came to the Oracle Arena and slapped the Golden State Warriors wide awake.

  • NBA Opening Night Predictions & Preview

    NBA Opening Night Predictions & Preview

    The 2016-2017 NBA season begins with a bang, in the form of three games: The New York Knicks visiting the NBA champions Cleveland Cavaliers, the Utah Jazz playing at the Portland Trail Blazers, and the San Antonio Spurs getting the unfortunate delight of playing against the Golden State Warriors.

  • Brooklyn Nets Thrilled With Jeremy Lin; Kenny Atkinson & Brook Lopez Preseason Wasn’t Great

    Brooklyn Nets Thrilled With Jeremy Lin; Kenny Atkinson & Brook Lopez Preseason Wasn’t Great

    The preseason schedule of games ended for the Brooklyn Nets with a fifth consecutive loss, 116-111 to the New York Knicks. As usual, Jeremy Lin was by far the best player on the floor, but what’s happening around him is of a growing cause for concern.

  • Kevin Durant Easier to Dislike Each Time He Talks

    Kevin Durant Easier to Dislike Each Time He Talks

    Since joining the Golden State Warriors, something is becoming very clear about Kevin Durant. Turns out he’s not that clever when it comes to saying the right things when talking to the media, which is maybe why the Oklahoma City Thunder did such a good job of turning him and their players against reporters over the years, trying to minimize their exposure and talk time with the press.

  • Brooklyn Nets Can’t Play Jeremy Lin 48 Minutes

    Brooklyn Nets Can’t Play Jeremy Lin 48 Minutes

    Heading into the final preseason game, the Brooklyn Nets seem to be in a bit of a bind. Their big free agency signing of the offseason, Jeremy Lin, is doing as good and even better than expected. The rest of the team? Maybe the concern is for nothing because this is ‘just the preseason’, but the finale against the New York Knicks could use a little bit of confidence building for certain players and the fans.

  • NBA Rumors: Heat & Kings Interested in Rudy Gay, Darren Collison & Goran Dragic Trade

    NBA Rumors: Heat & Kings Interested in Rudy Gay, Darren Collison & Goran Dragic Trade

    It’s no secret that Rudy Gay wants to leave the Sacramento Kings, and that they’ve bee looking for a trade partner. They might have found one in the Miami Heat, and talks are involving Darren Collison in the deal as well, with Goran Dragic going the other way.

  • NBA Rumors: San Antonio Spurs Deny LaMarcus Aldridge Trade, Everyone Else Insists They Will

    NBA Rumors: San Antonio Spurs Deny LaMarcus Aldridge Trade, Everyone Else Insists They Will

    By slowly planting the seeds and then helping them grow, ESPN have made the offseason a little bit more interesting, suggesting that the San Antonio Spurs are interesting in trading LaMarcus Aldridge. If not now, then later in the season. Maybe it’s true and based on actual inside information, but this could be all about doing what the media usually does: Stirring stuff up, and hoping it develops a life of its own.