The Denver Nuggets Sign New Head Coach Mike Malone To A Four-Year Deal
USA TODAY Sports One of the few remaining coaching vacancies in the NBA was filled today after the the Denver Nuggets named Mike Malone their new head coach and signed him to a reported four-year deal,...
View ArticleThe 76ers Are Reportedly Adding Mike D’Antoni As An Assistant Coach
Getty Image It’s been quite the week for the Philadelphia 76ers. On Monday, it was announced that the team would add Jerry Colangelo to its front office as its chairman of basketball operations. Now,...
View ArticleWill Mike D’Antoni Work As The Philadelphia 76ers’ Assistant Coach?
USA TODAY Sports Major shake-ups continue for the Philadelphia 76ers as they add former Coach of the Year Mike D’Antoni to Brett Brown’s coaching staff as the associate head coach. There were reports...
View ArticleThese Two Vacant NBA Head Coaching Positions Could Be Filled This Week
USA TODAY Sports Since the start of the 2015-16 NBA season, 13 teams have changed coaches — almost half the league. Now there are only openings left, and two of them could be filled this week, maybe...
View ArticleThe Rockets Have Reportedly Hired Mike D’Antoni As Head Coach
Getty Image The last open head coaching job in the NBA has finally been filled, as Mike D’Antoni has reportedly won the Houston Rockets gig. Woj was first, of course: Houston is finalizing a deal to...
View ArticleJames Harden Looks Forward To Mike D’Antoni’s Rockets By Comparing Himself To...
Getty Image The Houston Rockets laid an egg last year. On the heels of a Western Conference Finals appearance, they struggled to finish .500 as they buckled under personality problems and piss-poor...
View ArticleCorey Brewer Insists James Harden Will Play Defense In 2016-17 Because ‘This...
"This is the future Rockets, man. [Harden is] going to play defense this year." – Corey Brewer https://t.co/n4tgL3cepy — NBA on ESPN (@ESPNNBA) August 25, 2016 James Harden doesn’t play defense. This...
View ArticleMike D’Antoni Cracks That James Harden Will Play ‘Points Guard’ Full-Time
Getty Image With Mike D’Antoni of “Seven Seconds or Less” fame now running the show in Houston, you knew there were going to be some changes. You knew he would find a way to rev up James Harden’s...
View ArticleJames Harden Thinks He Logs Too Many Minutes To Play Good Defense All The Time
Getty Image As with so many teams in the ever-shifting NBA landscape, the Houston Rockets are entering this season full of questions. Is Clint Capela ready to fill the void Dwight Howard left at...
View ArticleFormer Coach Kevin McHale Isn’t So Sure James Harden Can Fill A Facilitator’s...
Getty Image Kevin McHale was fired as head coach of the Houston Rockets extremely early in the 2014-15 season, the first real indicator that something was deeply wrong with the team. After they...
View ArticleSurprise, James Harden’s Pick For The Best Player In The NBA Is James Harden
Getty Image Houston Rockets point guard James Harden has is swagger back this season, and he’s more than willing to tell us about. Harden spoke with Michael Lee of The Vertical and said in no...
View ArticleThe Rockets Never Imagined They Were Getting An MVP Candidate In James Harden
Getty Image After a year of uncomfortable play with Dwight Howard, James Harden is back to being a legitimate NBA contender, thanks to being handed the reins at point guard by new head coach Mike...
View ArticleThe Rockets Boasted A Spectacular Shot Chart During Their Game 1 Win Over The...
Getty Image The last decade or so has seen a rise in a very specific way of approaching how a basketball team plays offense. Basically, people believe that mid-range shots should more or less be...
View ArticleMike D’Antoni Says James Harden Is As Good A Point Guard As Steve Nash
Getty Image James Harden is earning high praise from his head coach in his first season as a true point guard. Mike D’Antoni compared the Houston Rockets star to one of his former players, Steve Nash,...
View ArticleMike D’Antoni And James Harden Looking Totally Defeated Encapsulates...
Got answers? Cause it doesn't look like James Harden and Mike D'Antoni do pic.twitter.com/deHUsOe96w — Matt Hammond (@MattHammondShow) May 12, 2017 Saying Game 6 was a disaster for the Houston Rockets...
View ArticleThe 15 Biggest New York Knicks Fails in the Last 15 Years
Amar’e Stoudemire (photo. Nike Sportswear) The New York Knicks are one of the biggest brands in the NBA, if not all of professional sports. They’ve won two championships, boast a legendary core of...
View ArticleHappy Birthday Nate Robinson! His 30 Greatest Moments
Nate Robinson (photo. Matt Brown) How can you not love Nate Robinson? He’s exciting, charismatic and can straight-up ball. As an undersized college basketball player myself, I was always admiring the...
View ArticleHow To Lose Dwight Howard & Destroy The Lakers In 12 Steps: The Jim Buss Plan
James Harden, Dwight Howard (photo. @jharden13) So Dwight Howard has skipped town, exited stage left, lured by Houston’s friendly tax laws and evening entertainment. And while some might be quick to...
View ArticleLakers’ Owner Jim Buss Says The Departed Dwight Howard “Was Never Really a...
Dwight Howard (photo. adidas) The Lakers just can’t seem to let it go. Comcast SportsNet NBA analyst Rich Bucher, contributed a piece to The Hollywood Reporter yesterday detailing the often contentious...
View ArticleSources Claim Dwight Howard Asked Them To Fire Mike D’Antoni & Amnesty Kobe...
Dwight Howard (photo. adidas) The Dwight Howard Lakers saga just won’t die. After the publication of Ric Bucher’s THR piece about the Buss siblings, he has passed along some extra quotes that didn’t...
View ArticlePhil Jackson Continues To Consult For The Lakers Despite Buss Sibling Rivalry
Phil Jackson (photo. @JeanieBuss) The present situation with the Los Angeles Lakers is bizarre. Jeanie Buss, the team’s executive vice president and brains behind the most popular brand in the NBA,...
View ArticleLA Times Publishes Excerpt From Updated Jeanie Buss Memoir, “Laker Girl”
Phil Jackson, Jeanie Buss (photo. @jeaniebuss) On Sunday, the Los Angeles Times published an excerpt from Jeanie Buss‘ updated memoir, Laker Girl. In the passage, Jeanie writes about the events...
View ArticleThe Top 15 Coaches In The NBA Right Now
Gregg Popovich (photo. Instagram/officialspurs) There is a wide belief among sports fans that basketball would be the easiest sport to coach as a player. The assumption that a player could play major...
View ArticleLakers GM Mitch Kupchak Says No Coach Has Been Able To Control Kobe Bryant
Mitch Kupchak (photo. Instagram/lakers) The Lakers hopes for another playoff berth this season hinge on the health of Kobe Bryant and his surgically repaired Achilles’ tendon. That put a bit of a...
View Article5 Reasons To Watch The 2013-14 Los Angeles Lakers
Kobe Bryant (photo. Instagram/lakers) With the start of the 2013-14 NBA season rapidly approaching, we thought it only fair to share what makes each team so exciting. Ontologically speaking, all 30...
View ArticleLA Injury Report: Blake Griffin Bruises Knee Attempting Dunk & Steve Nash...
Blake Griffin (photo. Instagram/blakegriffin32) The NBA preseason is only a week old, and two stars — one old, one young — have already suffered injuries, although neither appear to be serious....
View ArticleTriple-Double For Rubio &‘Wolves Set Franchise Record Vs. Lakers
If you turned on the Timberwolves – Lakers game towards the end of the first quarter last night, you might have thought there was a mistake. Did Minnesota really have 42 points with two minutes left...
View ArticleReport: Unnamed Former Teammate Says Carmelo Anthony Will Leave The Knicks
Carmelo Anthony (Jeff Hanisch/USA TODAY Sports) The New York Knicks are suffering through one of their most disappointing seasons in a few years, and their future looks even more tenuous. Carmelo...
View Article5 NBA Teams That Could Save Jimmer Fredette’s Career
Jimmer Fredette (Marc Lebryk/USA TODAY Sports) For those who follow college basketball, we all remember the 2010-2011 season. “Jimmermania” they called it in Provo, Utah on the campus at BYU. Whenever...
View ArticleCarmelo Anthony’s Wife, La La, Says He’ll “Definitely” Stay In New York
Carmelo Anthony ( Joe Camporeale/USA TODAY Sports) The future of Carmelo Anthony is very much up in the air, since he can opt-out of the final year of his deal this summer and become an unrestricted...
View ArticleKobe Bryant Out For Another 3 Weeks After Physician’s Evaluation
Kobe Bryant (Bob Donnan/USA TODAY Sports) Kobe Bryant has been out since December 17 this season with a fractured lateral tibial plateau, but after getting re-evaluated by the Lakers’ team...
View ArticleThe 10 Most Exciting Teams In NBA History
As an NBA fan, there is nothing worse than watching a boring basketball game. Every few years we get lucky to witness a team that displays an absurd amount of showmanship on the court; a current...
View ArticleRumor: Lakers May Not Bring Mike D’Antoni Back Next Season
Mike D’Antoni, Pau Gasol (Jennifer Stewart-USA TODAY Sports) As of this writing, the Lakers share the worst record in the Western Conference with the Kings and the Jazz (all are 22-42), and while the...
View ArticleReport: Kobe Bryant Doesn’t Want Mike D’Antoni As The Lakers Coach
Mike D’Antoni, Kobe Bryant (Brace Hemmelgarn-USA TODAY Sports) We already let you know earlier today rumors were circulating coach Mike D’Antoni wasn’t long for Laker land. Sources informed Bleacher...
View ArticleChris Kaman Hasn’t Spoken With Mike D’Antoni In Three Weeks
Chris Kaman, Amar’e Stoudemire (Robert Hanashiro-USA TODAY Sports) We’ve written extensively about the gloomy Lakers season, and most of the quotes out of Laker land are tinged with anger,...
View ArticleNick Young Welcomes Phoenix To “The Player Haters Ball”
Nick Young (Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports) The Lakers are done, mathematically eliminated from a possible playoff berth a while back, and now just running out the season before probably firing coach Mike...
View ArticleNick Young Didn’t Waste Any Time To Start Enjoying His Offseason
The Los Angeles Lakers finished with the second worst record in the Western Conference, and Nick Young was a large reason they escaped without the worst record when he dropped a season-high 41 points...
View ArticleThe Lakers Start Their Search For A New Scapegoat
Via Twitter Sorry to interrupt your Wednesday evening NBA playoff viewing, but I come with a bit of hoops-related news emerging from Los Angeles. And thankfully, it has nothing to do with Donald...
View ArticleReport: Mike D’Antoni Resigns As Coach Of Lakers
Mike D’Antoni (Soobum Im-USA TODAY Sports) The Lakers announced that head coach Mike D’Antoni has resigned as their coach in a press release earlier today. The 62-year-old D’Antoni was under contract...
View ArticleMagic Johnson’s Joyous Response To Mike D’Antoni’s Resignation
Magic Johnson statue (Kirby Lee/Image of Sport-USA TODAY Sports) As most NBA fans know by now, Mike D’Antoni resigned as the coach of the Los Angeles Lakers last night. A number of people chimed in on...
View ArticleSteve Nash Announces His Official Retirement In An Excellent, Self-Penned...
Getty Image “I’m retiring.” That’s the opening sentence in the piece Steve Nash published for The Players’ Tribune today, but it’s been a slog through the last few years of injuries, and everyone’s...
View ArticleMike D’Antoni Is Reportedly In Talks With The Nuggets About Their Coaching...
USA TODAY Sports It’s slim pickins’ when it comes to coaching vacancies around the NBA these days. Most of the attractive jobs have already been snatched up. Scott Skiles is making his prodigal return...
View ArticleMike D’Antoni Jabbed At Draymond Green And The Warriors Defense After The...
Getty Image The Rockets managed to spoil the Warriors’ ring night on Tuesday in a thrilling 122-121 comeback win, in which Houston outscored Golden State 34-20 in the fourth quarter. A shootout...
View ArticleMike D’Antoni Believes Chris Paul’s Return To The Rockets Is Close
Getty Image The Houston Rockets have been on fire at the start of the 2017-18 season. After a 117-113 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday night, Houston moved to 9-3 on the season, which puts...
View ArticleWe Tried To Figure Out How Much Money Mike D’Antoni Has Spent At Starbucks...
Getty Image Millions of Americans start the day by consuming a cup of coffee. Whether it’s a mug they brew in the comfort of their home or something that they pick up on their way to class/the...
View ArticleChris Paul Breaks Down Why He ‘Loves’ Playing In Mike D’Antoni’s Offense
Getty Image Chris Paul is still getting used to his new team. The All-Star guard joined the Houston Rockets during the offseason, but has only played in seven games this season, as Paul was dealing...
View ArticleMike D’Antoni’s Wife Waited Three And A Half Years To Get In A Dig At Magic...
Getty Image On April 30, 2014, Mike D’Antoni resigned as head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, and after back-to-back rough stops with the Knicks and Lakers, many questioned if D’Antoni’s NBA head...
View ArticleChris Paul And James Harden’s ‘Seamless’ Transition Has Even Surprised Mike...
Getty Image Chris Paul and James Harden are coexisting on the Houston Rockets. In fact, coexisting is underselling it a bit. The Rockets are playing extremely well with both guards on the court,...
View ArticleMike D’Antoni Thinks Chris Paul Has Become Houston’s Secret Weapon
Getty Image The Houston Rockets, once a question mark because of the arrival of Chris Paul, are now one of the early darlings of the NBA. They have the best record in the league and managed to not...
View ArticleThe Houston Rockets Are Hoisting Threes At A Pace That Would Smash NBA Records
Getty Image James Harden, Chris Paul, and the Houston Rockets are playing absurdly well at the moment, which is evident by their active 14-game winning streak on the way to the NBA’s best record. While...
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