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Luguentz Dort also took the time to wish his Canadian teammate congratulations on the win with an Instagram story. “First team!!” he wrote. Gilgeous-Alexander might have been placed on the most elite All-NBA team, but other Canadian players impressed as well. Montreal-born player Bennedict Mathurin made it to the All-Rookie First Team while the infamous […]
The end of LeBron’s second tenure with the Cleveland Cavaliers nearly featured a Big 3 of King James, Kyrie Irving, and Paul George. In June 2017, the Cavs—fresh off losing to Kevin Durant and Steph Curry’s Golden State Warriors in the NBA Finals—were minutes away from landing then-Indiana Pacers superstar Paul George in a three-team trade […]
Candid athletes are a good thing. All right, cool. With that out of the way, in an “All The Smoke” podcast that came out last Thursday, Kendrick Perkins claimed that his ex-Thunder teammate, James Harden, played poorly in the 2012 NBA Finals due to the hard-to-resist-allure of a Miami strip club cutting into his sleep. For […]
The Philadelphia 76ers, under new president of basketball operations Daryl Morey, have decided to move on from Al Horford after just one season. ESPN reports the 76ers have packaged Horford with this year’s 34th overall pick, a lightly protected 2025 second-rounder, and the draft rights to Serbian guard Vasilije Micic in a deal to the Oklahoma […]
Chris Paul‘s breakup with the Houston Rockets was anything but amicable. His departure from the team was littered with rumors about his supposedly fractured relationship with James Harden. During a recent conversation with TNT’s Chris Haynes, Paul talked about tat relationship, saying that he hasn’t spoken to his former teammate since he was shipped to the Thunder. “We don’t […]
On Monday, Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert spoke with reporters as the NBA implemented new media guidelines in response to concerns over COVID-19, and in an act of defiance, he got up and touched the mic and recorder of every reporter. As part of the Jazz’s COVID-19 response, shootaround availability was done in the […]
A few days ago, ESPN’s Frank Isola tweeted out a rumor that the Knicks were “gathering intel” for a potential trade for Chris Paul this summer. To support his argument, Isola pointed out that the team’s new president was Paul’s former agent. You can be optimistic, but obviously no one will blame you (a burned […]
Kevin Durant linked up with Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson for the latest episode of Showtime’s All The Smoke. During the discussion, Durant touched on why he left the Oklahoma City Thunder for the Golden State Warriors. Kevin Durant on his decision to leave OKC for the Warriors: “It didn’t matter if we had won or lost […]
While Russell Westbrook, who’s now on the Houston Rockets, was playing against his former team OKC, Kendrick Perkins took to Twitter to say that he thinks “Westbrook is the best player to have ever put on a Oklahoma City Thunder Jersey.” In about 30 minutes I’m going to give my opinion on @SportsCenter on why Believe […]
LiAngelo Ball has joined the Oklahoma City Blue, the G League affiliate of the Thunder, as a practice player, Joe Mussatto of The Oklahoman reports. LiAngelo, brother of New Orleans Pelicans point guard Lonzo and potential 2020 first overall pick LaMelo, is eligible to practice with G League players and gain access to NBA facilities, but he will […]
