DeMarcus Cousins back with the Los Angeles Lakers?

by admin - June 9, 20200

The Los Angeles Lakers are set to join 21 other teams around the NBA in resuming the 2019-20 season at Walt Disney World in Orlando late next month. Boasting the best record in the Western Conference, LeBron James and Co. are considered one of the favorites to come away with the title.There’s now a chance Los Angeles will have a reinforcement in the form of former All-Star center DeMarcus Cousins. According to ESPN’s Dave McMenamin, Cousins could re-sign with the team.DeMarcus Cousins’ injury historyA four-time All-Star dating back to his time with the Sacramento Kings and New Orleans Pelicans, Cousins suffered a torn Achilles with New Orleans back in 2017-18. He ultimately signed a one-year contract with the

5 impending free agents with a lot on the line when NBA season resumes

by admin - June 7, 20200

A total of 22 of the NBA’s 30 teams will resume their season at Walt Disney World in Orlando late next month. It will come after a four-plus month hiatus stemming from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.Obviously, title contenders have a ton of prove as the season resumes. As of right now, the Los Angeles Lakers and Milwaukee Bucks are favorites to meet in the NBA Finals.Even then, there’s a lot on the line for individual players. That includes these five impending free agents.Hassan Whiteside, center, Portland Trail BlazersWhiteside’s tenure with the Miami Heat ended on a sour note following the 2018-19 season. He was sent to the Pacific Northwest as Miami pretty much engaged in nothing less

Lakers-Bucks current favorites to meet in the NBA Finals

by admin - June 3, 20200

The more some things change, the more they stay the same. Almost three months since the 2019-20 NBA season was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a final plan is starting to take shape to resume the season.The expectation is that said season will restart at Walt Disney World in Orlando late next month. It will consist of 22 games, each playing eight regular-season games, before the start of the playoffs. There’s going to be some play-in tournaments to decide the final seeds. But for now, it appears that a good dozen squads are locked in to the postseason.According to William Hill, three teams stand above the rest as favorites to come away with the title once the

Report: NBA set to propose plan for 22-team format to resume season

by admin - June 3, 20200

The NBA is set to propose a plan to the league’s Board of Governors on Thursday that could be one of the final steps to resume the 2019-’20 NBA season.Nearly three months after the NBA suspended operations indefinitely due to the coronavirus, the league now has a plan that would resume the season before jumping into the NBA Playoffs.NBA plans to propose 22-team planned return this seasonAccording to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, the NBA plans to propose a 22-team format that could see the season resume on July 31 at Walt Disney World in Orlando.The play-in format requires a double-elimination format for the 8th seed, a single-elimination for the 9th seed, per sources.— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 3, 2020The 22-team format

Longtime Sacramento Kings announcer Grant Napear resigns over ‘All Lives Matter’ tweet

by admin - June 2, 20200

Grant Napear has been doing play-by-play announcing of Sacramento Kings games since 1988. On Tuesday, he resigned following an “All Lives Matter” tweet.Grant Napear ‘All Lives Matter’ tweet was in response to DeMarcus CousinsOn Sunday, former Sacramento Kings star center DeMarcus Cousins tweeted at Napear, asking him “what’s your take on BLM (Black Lives Matter)?”In response, Napear wrote back, “Hey!!!! How are you? Thought you forgot about me. Haven’t heard from you in years. ALL LIVES MATTER…EVERY SINGLE ONE!!!”Hey!!!! How are you? Thought you forgot about me. Haven't heard from you in years. ALL LIVES MATTER…EVERY SINGLE ONE!!! https://t.co/DfzKl3w0jm— Grant Napear (@GrantNapearshow) June 1, 2020That tweet proved to be the beginning of the end for Napear’s career as

8 NBA stars who could be traded after the season

by admin - May 27, 20200

The 2019-20 NBA season is likely going to resume at some point in July after it was suspended back on March 11 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.This means that the offseason likely won’t get going until some time in October with a targeted Christmas opening day for the 2020-21 season.Behind the scenes, there’s numerous teams already looking ahead to what will be a truncated offseason. Said teams will be looking to trade veterans or a combination of youngsters and draft picks. It’s in this that I check in on eight NBA stars likely to be dealt after the 2019-20 season eventually concludes.Julius Randle, forward, New York KnicksNew York’s decision to sign Randle to a three-year, $54