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A double-decker party boat with 53 people on board capsized in Texas on Saturday night during a severe thunderstorm, leaving one person dead, NBC News reports. The incident occurred 40 miles from Houston on Lake Conroe, in Conroe, Texas, when the boat was nearly halfway through a 90-minute cruise, KPRC of Houston reports. According to ABC 13, children as young […]
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 […]
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 […]
On Sunday afternoon, the Warriors got pummeled by the previously winless Thunder, losing by a score of 120-92, to put them in the precarious position of being *checks standings* 0-2. For Golden State, this comes just three days after their home opener, where the Clippers also beat them by a bonkers score of 141-122. While nobody […]
Chris Paul is one of the NBA’s more familiar faces. This notoriety has brought him friendships throughout the league. But, the worst (and best) thing about friends is that they never take you too seriously. This trait was on full display when basically the entire NBA met in CP3’s comments to roast him over his […]
After the NBA’s blockbuster free agency, it’s hard to watch any sports show without hearing how much a certain NBA player is set to make. And even if you don’t watch TV, anyone can type a player’s name into Google and figure out the inner-workings of their contract. Yet, despite their financial information being open to […]
Chris Paul‘s time in Oklahoma City might be longer than originally thought. According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, the Thunder have been unable to find a trade partner for Paul and he’s expected to begin the season with the team. OKC has been working with Paul and his representatives on finding a trade, but nothing is […]
The Oklahoma City Thunder are poised to bet on youth and that may well include getting rid of their remaining star. After a trade to the Clippers that netted them 5 first-round draft picks and young point guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander in exchange for Paul George, OKC is reportedly looking to ship off Russell Westbrook. ESPN Sources: […]
After the Thunder announced the blockbuster deal that would send Paul George to the Clippers to join Kawhi Leonard, the forward took to social media to defend his now-former teammate, Russell Westbrook. NBA analyst Jalen Rose kicked it off by tweeting he will “not accepting any Westbrook slander.” George followed up by agreeing with the […]
