Category: NBA News Wire
As the 2014-15 season begins, the landscape in the NBA changed dramatically since the San Antonio Spurs hoisted the championship trophy by dominating the Miami Heat. The Spurs remain every bit the favorite they were in June, but the Heat could fall back to the pack, looking up at … LeBron James and the Cleveland […]
It has been 50 years since the city of Cleveland celebrated any type of major sports championship. LeBron James is hoping to throw quite an anniversary party next summer. James’ return to the Cavaliers, and his subsequent construction of a new Big Three, dominated another turbulent NBA offseason. The Eastern Conference still lags far behind […]
The Indiana Pacers will be without guard George Hill for at least three weeks and guard C.J. Watson for at least two weeks, the team revealed Monday. Forward David West also will miss at least three games with a sprained right ankle. Hill suffered a left knee contusion in a preseason game last week and […]
The Philadelphia 76ers acquired a second-round draft pick from the New York Knicks in 2019 and forward Travis Outlaw in exchange for forward Arnett Moultrie on Monday. Outlaw and Moultrie were immediately waived by their new teams. Additionally, the 76ers acquired the right to swap the Los Angeles Clippers’ second-round pick (which the Sixers currently […]
New York Knicks forward Andrea Bargnani will miss at least the first three games of the regular season because of a hamstring injury, the team announced Sunday. Bargnani is scheduled to miss the Knicks’ season opener October 29 against the Chicago Bulls, the October 30 game in Cleveland against the Cavaliers, and the November 2 […]
The Los Angeles Lakers want to keep injured point guard Steve Nash around in a mentor role, according to the Los Angeles Daily News. Nash, 40, has been ruled out from playing this season because of nerve problems in his back. He only played 15 games last season because of injuries. The Lakers will apply […]
Sacramento Kings forward Rudy Gay suffered a jaw injury in Friday night’s preseason game, but a CT scan taken Saturday revealed no fracture. Gay was injured at the 5:11 mark during the second quarter of the exhibition finale against the Los Angeles Lakers in Las Vegas. The Kings won 93-92. The team announced Saturday that […]
Preseason is no time to judge offensive output, but Cleveland Cavaliers power forward Kevin Love is ready for more touches. Specifically, he wants the ball in the paint more frequently. “The offense is built that way but I just have to make a conscious decision to get myself in there,” Love told the Cleveland Plain […]
Kobe Bryant is ready for the regular season. That is the opinion of Los Angeles Lakers coach Byron Scott, who shut down the shooting guard for the last two games of the preseason to rest him for the games that count. Bryant sat out Wednesday as the Lakers beat the Portland Trail Blazers 94-86 in […]
NBA Defensive Player of the Year Joakim Noah is accustomed to rejections, the type the Chicago Bulls center dealt Wednesday when asked about the condition of his left knee. Noah stared before offering a terse response to a question about whether the surgically repaired knee was feeling different than last season. “Yeah … I had […]
