The media has officially been set ablaze after LeBron James and Chris Bosh agreed to join Dwyane Wade to form the Miami Heat troika. LeBron has been highly criticized by Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert and the media for his decision. I cannot see James making a better decision than he did. He wanted to win. NBA [...]
Thursday, July 8, 2010
LeBron James has a twitter account. Heck, he even launched a Facebook profile page as well. What is LeBron James missing? Oh yeah, it’s an NBA Championship ring. Articles covering the destiny of King James continually focus about how LeBron will abandon $30 million if he heads to Miami and how he risks deluding his brand as [...]
Friday, July 2, 2010
Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh had dinner in Chicago Thursday night. Bosh tweeted about it. He also provided a picture to prove it, and mentioned “Just had dinner w @dwadeofficial. Great way to end day 1 of #freeagency although it feels like someone is missing…… http://say.ly/FrP2L8″ Someone is missing? Could that be a less-than-subtle hint [...]
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
We are now only weeks away from the NBA trade deadline. Rumors are circulating, and the buzzing trade chatter is heavily amassing. Some teams will be mortgaging young talent in order to take on expiring contracts in hopes of clearing cap space for the free agency fiasco in 2010. Other teams will be looking to capitalize, and [...]
Thursday, August 20, 2009
The most recent trend amongst NBA players is competing for the elite status of possessing the highest total of followers on twitter. Some players offer signed photos to the people helping them exceed 30,000 plus followers. Some are even more creative. Twitter is a useful form of communication, but shouldn’t people follow you sans the excessive motivation? Allen [...]
Monday, July 6, 2009
This past Thursday, Hedo Turkoglu–who opted out in Orlando after vastly improving his stock during the Magic’s run to the finals–announced he would sign a fat deal with the Portland Trailblazers, good for $50 million over 5 years. Sounds good. Then on Friday, Turkoglu reneged on this agreement to come to the pacific northwest and decided [...]
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
With the chance to land a marquee name in 2010, already strong teams are dangling expiring contracts (AKA junk) via trade to desperate teams for their top tier talent.
Saturday, June 27, 2009
The 2009 NBA Draft is in the books begging the question: What teams added the piece that will help them out of the lottery and into the playoffs next year? The Bulls, Heat, and Blazers—lottery teams from 2008—made the playoffs, replaced this year by Phoenix, Toronto, and Washington (who traded their pick to Minnesota). Below [...]
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