Stephen Curry's phenomenal comeback to the court following his MCL injury has sent the Warriors to a dramatic victory over the Portland Blazers in Game 4. His incredible overtime performance also created another NBA record- 17 points- in a game which made everyone speechless including TNT analyst Charles Barkley.
Larry Bird thinks that coaches are only optimally effective for three years at a time with a team. His three-year shelf life notion about coaches, however, is not mutually shared across NBA world.
For the first time in NBA history, Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry has just been conferred his second MVP title for the 2015-16 season by winning unanimous votes from a panel of judges composed mainly of sports journalists. Although only mildly surprising, Curry has several NBA records to speak of this season such as breaking his own three-point record with a 116-point margin and the historic 73 regular season wins.
Sacramento Kings recently confirmed Dave Joerger as the team’s new coach for a four-year deal worth $16 million. Joerger consistently led the Memphis Grizzlies each year to the playoffs even as injuries plagued many of its players.
Stephen Curry has concluded his playoffs comeback by leading the Golden State Warriors to a 132-125 victory over the Portland Blazers in Game 4. Meanwhile, the Warriors star point guard is poised for an MVP repeat this season for his remarkable 2015-16 performance including the team’s 73-win regular season record.
San Antonio Spurs general manager RC Buford wins his second NBA Executive Award following a vote among team executives in the league. Under his executive oversight, San Antonio was able to build a lineup of talents that gave the franchise its best record (67-15) so far.
Chicago All-Star guard Jimmy Butler was recently seen hanging out with ‘Pretty Little Liars’ actress Shay Mitchell fueling speculations that two may already be dating. Meanwhile, the Bulls may still continue to keep Butler to their roster despite ongoing talks with other teams for possible trade offers.
Atlanta Hawks are scratching their heads as they scramble for answers to Cleveland Cavaliers’ unstoppable advance with the latter’s 3-0 lead over the former. It would take quite a huge feat for Atlanta to turn the tide as no NBA team in the playoffs history of the league bounce back in the 4th game after losing three games in a row.
LA Lakers is expected to mobilize its enormous cap space to sign in badly-needed recruits to build a serious title contender following a disastrous two-year losing streak. Reports indicate that the team is eyeing to get Warriors giant Festus Ezelie to fill in the team’s 2016-17 center vacancy.
Heat’s Hassan Whiteside hits back at DeMar DeRozan’s postgame comment after the Raptors shooting guard belittled Miami center’s performance in comparison with Toronto’s big man Jonas Valanciunas. Meanwhile, Miami and Toronto both lost their centers in Game 3 due to knee injury and sprained ankle.
Lakers GM Kupchak recently explained why the franchise offered Warriors assistant coach Luke Walton the head coaching job. He cited his impressive interim coach performance under Steve Kerr’s tutelage as the most convincing factor in hiring him.
New reports suggest Jeff Hornacek is may be Houston’s top prospect for head coaching job following Kevin McHale’s departure. JB Bickerstaff, on the other hand, has just informed the Rockets management that he’s dropping out from the team’s search for the next head coach due to growing rift between the franchise’s top players, namely, Dwight Howard and James Harden.
Stephen Curry has just revealed this week that he received platelet-rich plasma therapy in his bid to speed up his recovery following mild MCL sprain during Golden State’s Game 4 with Houston during the first round of the playoffs. The treatment was used by other NBA players before notably Kobe Bryant as a cheaper and less invasive alternative to surgery.
Chicago Bulls is reportedly throwing a lot of seemingly impossible demands before the team could even consider trading Butler to another team. Boston may try pitching in as it badly needs a great supporting cast to attract Kevin Durant into signing in with the Celtics in the free agency season.
NBA officials have just arrived at the conclusion that the chaotic Thunder-Spurs Game 2 was a complete disaster in their official two-minute reporting. The 13.5-second finale saw the officiating trio failing to issue five calls.
