Posts Tagged ‘Kevin Durant’

Whats Doin: Joakim Noah is the best

A weekly wrap of the things you should know in basketball.
* Kevin Durant wearing a Seattle Supersonics hat?
* SB Nation’s Tom Ziller hoses down this nonsense about Kevin Durant coming up short. Geez, there’s some knobs out there.
* According to the experts Andrew Wiggins is the next can’t miss superstar coming down the pike. He [...]

Whats Doin: Spike’s revenge

A weekly wrap of the things you should know in basketball.
* Steph Curry’s one-legged three pointer. Wow!
* Two wicked dunks – Iman Shumpert and Kevin Durant.
* Gregg Popovich and sideline interviews are the best (1 and 2).
* Joe Ingles arrives for the Euroleague Final Four.
* LeBron James put on a passing clinic in Game [...]

Whats Doin: Andrew Bynum can dance just fine on bad knees

A weekly wrap of the things you should know in basketball.
* Sometimes I worry about finding enough material to keep this site ticking over. I needn’t worry, this is the NBA. Andrew Bynum, on holiday in Madrid, flamenco dancing. Sweet manna from heaven.
* Taj Gibson wants in on the Dunk of the Year race.
* [...]

Whats Doin: Mike Brown gets a third chance to prove he’s not a flawed coach

A weekly wrap of the things you should know in basketball.
* Yahoo! Sports’ hit man Adrian Wojnarowski pours cold water on the LeBron to Cleveland fantasy. Ain’t gonna happen, folks.
* The Cleveland Cavaliers have rehired Mike Brown to take the reins. Whaa?
* Harrison Barnes with an epic 4th quarter dunk against the Nuggets in [...]

Whats Doin: Blake Griffin dons a different red and white

A weekly wrap of the things you should know in basketball.
* No, you aren’t imagining things – that is Blake Griffin wearing a St George-Illawarra Dragons jersey.
* Ben Simmons makes an impact for Montverde at the National High School Invitational.
* Kobe Bryant denies Will Barton at the rim. This guy!
* Brandon Bass [...]

The Durant-Westbrook question in Oklahoma City

Until recently, Kevin Durant and the Oklahoma City Thunder have mostly gotten a free pass from the basketball media. Frankly, unless you (or, in my case, my dad) are from Seattle it’s hard to dislike them. A group of young, talented, likeable guys who were put together by a savant GM and could possibly dominate [...]

Whats Doin: Christmas with Kyrie

A weekly wrap of the things you should know in basketball.
* Kyrie Irving was really enjoying the festive season, until this got out….
* Kevin Durant destroying the Mavs.
* A Ricky Rubio blanket?
* Kobe rocks the fur on Christmas Day. Sheesh.
* Hardwood Paroxysm break down the Avery Johnson firing in Brooklyn. Let’s cut through the crap [...]

Whats Doin: The New Orleans Pelicans?

A weekly wrap of the things you should know in basketball.
* The New Orleans Hornets are expected to change their name to the New Orleans Pelicans, perhaps as early as the 2013-14 season. They’re havin’ a laugh, no?
* At a Halloween party Tim Duncan and Tony Parker pointed some fake guns at a guy dressed [...]

NBAMate exclusive Q&A with Ben Simmons

Ben Simmons is not your average 16-year old. The son of Melbourne Tigers legend Dave Simmons, Ben’s a 6-foot-8 (and still growing) combo forward and considered to be Australia’s top basketball prospect coming through the ranks. In fact, according to CBSSports, “Simmons would likely be the No. 1 player in the class of 2015 if [...]

Whats Doin: The power of the death stare

A weekly wrap of the things you should know in basketball.
* The Warriors would be wise to play it safe with Andrew Bogut.
* Did you see Kobe Bryant’s death stare at Mike Brown in their loss to Utah? Brown was sacked the next day. Coincidence? I think not.
* The Lakers need a psychologist, not [...]