-
NBA Rumors – Chicago Bulls Starting to Feel Like a Good Team Again
The Chicago Bulls win two games in a row which doesn’t just keep them above the Detroit Pistons in the Eastern conference playoff race, but gives them a rare win while Jimmy Butler sits out due to soreness in his knees.
-
NBA Rumors – Cleveland Cavaliers Complacency Will Cost Them More Than Just Regular Season Losses
Some games are lost just because you entered a game feeling complacent, and for a team like the Cleveland Cavaliers, that should be driven by hunger, revenge and the need to show everyone they are good enough to win an NBA championship, it’s inexplicable to have these kind of games.
-
NBA Rumors – Los Angeles Lakers Upset Doesn’t Reveal Any Weakness With the Golden State Warriors
The Los Angeles Lakers caused one of the biggest regular season upsets in history by beating the Golden State Warriors, but as tempting as it is to try and find some new, secret weakness with this record breaking Warriors team, it’s probably more a case of being “one of those games”.
-
NBA Rumors – Chicago Bulls Messing Around With False Hope
The Chicago Bulls might end up making the NBA playoffs, but they’re not going to get far there. Stopping a losing streak and finally playing some committed, energetic basketball is good. Jimmy Butler coming back is great. But the end game should have been winning a championship.
-
NBA Rumors – New York Knicks Possibly Trading Carmelo Anthony Isn’t Going Away
The New York Knicks have Carmelo Anthony until the end of this season. After that? The interesting mixed messages from Anthony and another disappointing season from the Knicks, among other more basketball related issues, makes it seem like any kind of trade talk does make some sort of sense, although it isn’t easy to pull off.
-
NBA Rumors – Cleveland Cavaliers & LeBron James Look Confident & Dangerous Again
The Cleveland Cavaliers didn’t make the small-ball experiment last as Kevin Love came back, but their impressive form from the previous night was on show once again led by LeBron James, although the real stars of the game were Tristan Thompson, Matthew Dellavedova and Iman Shumpert being at the heart of the team’s best stretches in the game.
-
NBA Rumors: Cleveland Cavaliers & LeBron James Counting on Small-Ball to Make the Difference
After a week that has mostly been about rumors regarding LeBron James and Kyrie Irving being unhappy, came an interesting lineup change and move towards small-ball for the Cleveland Cavaliers, that is something like a last ditch attempt to jolt some new life into this team, and mostly generate some hope that it can make a difference in the NBA Finals, if they can make it.
-
NBA Rumors – Chicago Bulls Season Turned From Disappointing Into Depressing
While the notion has been hanging around the heads of the Chicago Bulls players and staff for quite some time, the understanding that this season isn’t just going to be about missing out on a championship or even contending but actually missing the playoffs, seems to be finally hitting them and dragging them further down.
-
NBA Rumors – Oklahoma City Thunder Need to Stop Trusting Russell Westbrook in Fourth Quarters
The Oklahoma City Thunder were cruising to a comfortable victory on the road against the Los Angeles Clippers, until they stopped playing defense, stopped thinking or maybe even stopped playing hard. That’s the explanation you’ll get from Kevin Durant and Billy Donovan. Where is Russell Westbrook in all of this?
-
NBA Rumors – San Antonio Spurs, Houston Rockets, Dallas Mavericks & Atlanta Hawks Interested in Signing Kevin Martin
The Minnesota Timberwolves and Kevin Martin had a deal that could have kept him on the team and making good money next season as well, but the two sides reached a buyout, waiving Martin, now leaving him free to sign with someone he can be useful on, with the San Antonio Spurs, Houston Rockets, Dallas Mavericks and Atlanta Hawks interested in his scoring.