Celtics Aim for Eighth Consecutive Victory in Clash Against Knicks On February 24, the Boston Celtics are set to face the New York Knicks, aiming to extend their season-high winning streak to eight games. Following the All-Star break, the Celtics secured their seventh consecutive victory by defeating the Chicago Bulls 129-112 on the road. The […]
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76ers’ Embiid doubtful; Celtics vow adjustments for Game 2
After Boston’s Game 1 loss to the 76ers, Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla said he didn’t panic. He believes his squad saw on tape how to rebound in Game 2 on Wednesday. Mazzulla said, “We lost the game.” “Hindsight is 20-20—you always have the answer after.” He and his staff saw a second-half Boston club that […]
Phoenix Wants a Point Guard
Just yesterday, the Phoenix Suns traded guard Brandon Knight and power forward Maruese Chriss to the Houston Rockets in exchange for Ryan Anderson and rookie guard De’Anthony Melton. This trade freed the Rockets up from Anderson’s massive contract, while also helped the Suns unload Knight, who wasn’t receiving a lot of playing time last season. […]
Tatum Talks Role for Next Season
Sometimes, the best of things come out of the worst of things. Now, this can be applied to many facets of life, but to keep this on track with a basketball article, here’s what I mean. Last season, 6 minutes into his first official game for the Boston Celtics, All-Star Gordon Hayward suffered a fractured […]
Wall Sees Wiz in Finals?
Don’t count John Wall and his Washington Wizards out of the finals just yet. The 5-time NBA All-Star recently sat down with Michael Lee of Yahoo Sports’ to discuss what were his expectations for the upcoming season. Wall first spoke about the lapses and problems from the previous season. He mentioned how the year before […]
Greg Monroe Signs with Toronto
It really seems like the Toronto Raptors want the next NBA season to be the one where they finally make it out of the Eastern Conference and advance to their first finals in franchise history. They recently acquired former finals-MVP Kawhi Leonard in a trade with the San Antonio Spurs, and are continuing their exciting […]
Kyrie Irving’s Future Unclear
Back in early July, a few days after free agency began, news was already popping up about the following year’s free agency, and in particular, regarding 5-time All-Star Kyrie Irving and his whereabouts next offseason. The rumor, first reported by ESPN.com’s Ian Begley, stated that “several executives expect Irving to give the Knicks consideration next […]
IT Called Celtics Before Signing With Denver
It appears as though Isaiah Thomas did something that no NBA fan would ever expect: he spoke to Danny Ainge, the general manager of the Boston Celtics. This is the same GM who traded Thomas to the Cleveland Cavaliers last offseason after he played multiple playoff games after dealing with his sister’s death and with […]
Portland Enters Kawhi Trade Talks
As though the Kawhi Leonard sweepstakes couldn’t get more contested, the Portland Trailblazers reached out to the Spurs and Leonard’s team to see if they could possibly work a package together. The official report came from Adrian Wojnarowski and Ramona Shelburne of ESPN, who stated “no Blazers package includes Damian Lillard or C.J. McCollum.” If […]
NBA Free Agency: Who’s Left?
This wild and turbulent offseason has finally begun to simmer down in terms of blockbuster deals and striking moves, both by management and players. LeBron James joined the Los Angeles Lakers and Demarcus Cousins agreed to a 1-year deal with the defending champion Golden State Warriors. Many high caliber players chose to resign with their […]
Young Knicks Show Promise
And that’s a wrap so far for the Knicks summer league in Las Vegas! On Thursday night, the team lost in the playoff round of the Vegas Summer League to the Boston Celtics 82-75. 9th pick Kevin Knox had perhaps his worst game of the summer league so far. Coming into this matchup, he was […]
Isaiah Thomas to Denver is a Done Deal
Late Thursday night, some more NBA free agency news was announced via ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski: Isaiah Thomas, formerly of the Los Angeles Lakers, agreed to a 1-year, $2 million veterans minimum contract with the Denver Nuggets. The 2-time NBA All-Star had a sporadic 2018 season, first playing for the Cleveland Cavaliers as a result of […]