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NBA: 5 Biggest Contracts of 2017 Free Agency
In the 2017 free agency, the NBA’s rising salary cap continued to help players land incredible contracts. Five of them, with Stephen Curry and Blake Griffin on the shortlist, signed $100 million deals, and even one, supermax $200 million contract. 5. Otto Porter, Washington Wizards: $106.5 million The Washington Wizards weren’t sure whether to hand […]
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NBA Rumors – New Orleans Pelicans Hoping Jrue Holiday’s Injuries Are Behind Him
Over the last two seasons, Jrue Holiday has played in just 74 games for the New Orleans Pelicans, but the team is confident that his injury-filled days are behind him, although they’re not taking any chances.
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NBA Playoffs – New Orleans Pelicans to Give Jrue Holiday More Minutes
Missing close to three months with an injury, Jrue Holiday has come back just in time to help the New Orleans Pelicans make the playoffs and who knows, maybe keen on creating shockwaves in the postseason.
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New Orleans Pelicans – Tyreke Evans the Clutches of Them all
Seeing Damian Lillard hitting a big 3-point shot in the final seconds of the game isn’t something new for anyone following the Portland Trail Blazers this season. However, getting the same kind of clutch ability from Tyreke Evans and the New Orleans Pelicans is a bit more of a rarity.
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New Orleans Pelicans – Jrue Holiday a Triple Overtime Hero
Not a lot of people are giving the New Orleans Pelicans much of a chance to stay in reach of a playoff spot while Anthony Davis is out injured, but Jrue Holiday with the game-winning basket and Ryan Anderson with the best performance of his career prove that there’s a lot more to this team, leading the way to a 131-128 win over the Chicago Bulls in a triple overtime game.
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Lakers vs Pelicans – Anthony Davis Rising, Pau Gasol Disappearing
Despite the pre-draft exaggerations, Anthony Davis isn’t the kind of player that turns a franchise completely around. Still, his way to NBA greatness looks clearer with every game that goes by, and as the New Orleans Pelicans beat the Los Angeles Lakers, he makes Pau Gasol like an old has-been as well.
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New Orleans Pelicans – Excited About Jrue Holiday, Eric Gordon Backcourt
All of a sudden, and the New Orleans Pelicans, with a lineup that now includes Jrue Holiday, look like a team that might make the postseason for the first time in three years, thanks to the trade that sent Nerlens Noel to the Philadelphia 76ers.
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2013 NBA Draft Day Trades
Draft night is always about trades, which don’t always involve picks, and none were bigger than the deal between the Boston Celtics, sending Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce to the Brooklyn Nets, who also got Jason Terry in return for Gerlad Wallace, Reggie Evans, Kris Humphries and more. In terms of draft picks being traded, […]
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Jrue Holiday Dunking Over LeBron James
When you’re not going to make the postseason and not going to beat the hottest (and best) team in the NBA, all you have is celebrating small victories, like impressive individual plays – Jrue Holiday breaking away for a huge dunk over LeBron James.
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Nothing to do With Basketball (Celtics vs 76ers)
For the Philadelphia 76ers to win this series, to win any game against better teams, they need to forget about playing basketball. They needed to play ugly and simply mess up the game, hoping to come out on top in the scuffle. Allen Iverson set the spark the lighted the fans that pushed them to a 82-75 game 6 win, giving us a final, seventh game in Boston.