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Shortly after Celtics fans chanted “Kyrie sucks” during their home against the Brooklyn Nets, Kyrie Irving took to IG to post a lengthy note about the media, mental health, basketball, and more. The former Celtics player, who’s out with a shoulder injury, wasn’t even at the game. But that wasn’t all. Fliers calling Irving a “coward” were plastered […]
Boston Celtics fans didn’t need to have Kyrie Irving in the building to let him know how they really felt about him in wake of his departure to the Brooklyn Nets this offseason. Irving, who has been out since November 16 with what is being diagnosed as a right shoulder impingement, did not travel with the team when the Nets visited […]
Carmelo Anthony has no intentions of retiring after this season He said as much while speaking The Athletic’s Shams Charania recently. “This ain’t a damn farewell tour,” Anthony said about his current stint with the Portland Trail Blazers and the creeping notion that it’s his NBA swan song. “My love for the game don’t stop. I don’t know […]
After a 17-year playing career, Richard Jefferson is now the color commentator for the Brooklyn Nets. It appears to be a cushy gig, if also perhaps far less lucrative than playing in the league. That’s relevant because, during Sunday’s Nets-Knicks game, Jefferson stated that he knew it was time to call it quits when the […]
Mark Cuban and the Dallas Mavericks front office look like geniuses for making the draft day trade to acquire Luka Doncic. On the other hand, the Sacramento Kings could be ruing the day they passed on the young superstar. And thanks to some new intel courtesy of ESPN’s Tim MacMahon, we may know why. The Sacramento Kings had […]
Jimmy Butler made his big return to the Wells Fargo Center this weekend. And let’s just say his welcome was far from warm. Saturday’s game between the 76ers and Heat marked the first time Butler appeared at the arena since leaving Philadelphia for Miami over the summer. During his time with the Sixers, Butler had averaged 18.2 points, […]
The second half of the Harvard vs. Yale football game was delayed by close to an hour after spectators rushed the field to advocate for action against climate change. After the Yale band finished its halftime performance, students from both schools flooded the field. Protestors held banners asking the colleges to act on climate change and send […]
With the 2019-20 NBA season underway, the NBA is reportedly engaged in discussion to dramatically overhaul the league’s calender year. As ESPN reports, the NBA has been talking with the National Basketball Players Association and broadcast partners about the potential changes. The discussions are ongoing with a plan to bring a vote for the changes […]
The Clippers strategy to keep James Harden in check Friday, as much as that is actually possible, was to trap him as well as switch coverage between Paul George and Kawhi Leonard down the stretch. At least when the two were assigned to guard him. It didn’t quite go according to plan since Harden still […]
Zion Williamson is expected to return to game action in the upcoming weeks, according to the Pelicans’ executive vice president of basketball operations David Griffin. Speaking with ESPN New Orleans 100.3 on Friday, David Griffin provided an update on the team’s rookie star, who was sidelined with a knee injury back in October. Griffin reassured fans the No. […]
