2008–09 NBA season

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    Have you ever wondered why Klay Thompson (Golden State Warriors shooting guard) is thinking about going to a different team. Well I’m going to tell you why this is. Many people know who Klay Thompson (aka one of the three splash brothers). He is one of the three best shooters in the game of basketball today. He is on a great team with coach Kerr. He is involved with Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, and Draymond Green. He lives in California ,and he is one of the top 15 players in the NBA! He is known for his corner three. Even though Klay Thompson is one of the best shooters to ever step on a basketball court, he isn’t getting as much playing time as he deserves. He has two of the best three players in the NBA today. Rumor has it that he…

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    This season, it is no secret that the Cleveland Cavaliers desperately need help at the backup point guard spot. With no solid backup option behind All-Star Kyrie Irving, he has had to log a lot of minutes. Right now, he is averaging 35.2 minutes per game. The Cavaliers know that if they want to make it back to the NBA Finals and defeat the Golden State Warriors, they need another option behind Irving. On Saturday, Marc Stein of ESPN reported that the Cavs could target either Utah Jazz point…

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    Alvin Gentry Case Study

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    Alvin Gentry unveiled his plan to start Holiday and Rondo together going into next season. Holiday would obviously shift to shooting guard in that arrangement, and then be the primary ball handler most of the time when Rondo is not in the game. For fantasy basketball owners, it’s going to be worth watching how Rondo and Holiday function together. This would not be the first time Gentry has deployed Holiday this fashion. Tim Frazier started 12 of the final 13 games last season in the same…

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    pass would be able to check-in at various sponsored activation sites for a chance to win prizes. The passes also proved to be beneficial for the NHL and its partners as it allowed them to gather valuable data on their fan’s activation preferences. 2. 3 Point Productions’ operations have evolved considerably over the past 4 years. More concisely, the company’s evolution has materialized due to 2 major recent developments. One such development is the expansion of the company’s event production…

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    Prokhorov: A Case Study

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    Standing at 6,8 inches, born in Russia, worth well over a million dollars, and has spent multiple nights in Brooklyn, York. There are two different people who fit this mold, one is former Brooklyn Nets basketball player Andrei Kirilenko who played for the team in 2013-2014 and the other, is the man that employed him. This unique individual is none other than the current majority owner of the Brooklyn Nets Mikhail Prokhorov. Sitting at over 8.9 billion dollars in net worth, in 2010 the NBA…

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    It was a blistering, cold evening as my dad and I neared the arena, and rows of cars blocked the streets as thousands of Rockets fans crowded into the parking garage. My first Rockets game was nearing tipp-off, and I was bursting with excitement as my dad and I piled out of his gold colored Nissan Titan. Wearing my white Tracy McGrady jersey that went down to my knees and blue jeans, and having my Rockets banner in hand, we walked down multiple flights of stairs to the bottom of the concrete…

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    Frye also played and started in place of Love, finishing with 15 points and five rebounds. Entering Wednesday, the Bulls had lost 11 of their last 17 games since defeating the Cavs in Chicago on Dec. 2. That loss in Chicago was the Cavs’ third straight, which is their longest losing streak of the season. Since that loss to the Bulls last month, the Cavs have traveled in the opposite direction of Chicago, winning 13 of their next 15 games. Wednesday night, however, McDermott’s solid play off…

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    Benefits Of The Lakers

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    Sixth Man award winner Lou Williams as well as trade for Center Roy Hibbert from the Indiana Pacers. Let’s not forget the Lakers drafting D’Angelo Russell with the Number two pick to add with a young mix of Jordan Clarkson and Julius Randle. The Lakers managed to have a pretty decent off-season and on paper look to be an improvement but is that enough to say that they’re a playoff team? Kobe Bryant apparently thinks they are. In a recent interview done with Marc Spears of Yahoo Sports, Kobe was…

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    rebounds, leading all Sixers players in scoring. Simmons, on the other hand, was dishing out a ton of assists in the first quarter. The Rookie of the Year candidate had eight assists along with four points. Throughout the game, Simmons showed off his precision passing, a nice jump shot in the paint, and aggressively drove to the basket. Despite having six turnovers, Simmons notched another double-double consisting of 12 points and 15 rebounds. Aforementioned, one of the reasons why the…

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    James Harden

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    A picture is worth 1,000 words It’s just the second meeting between these two elite teams in the NBA. The offensive juggernauts that are the Cleveland Cavaliers, and a team with one of the best records in the west, the Houston Rockets. One team destine for playoff greatness, and the other hungry for a NBA title. The crowd roars as the starting line ups are announced. Some hear boos as the name “LeBron James” is announced. The crowd stands up and cheers as the name “James Harden” is announced.…

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