All NBA Teams All NBA Teams Eastern Atlanta Boston Brooklyn Charlotte Chicago Cleveland Detroit Indiana Miami Milwaukee New York Orlando Philadelphia Toronto Washington Western Dallas Denver Golden State Houston LA Clippers LA Lakers Memphis Minnesota New Orleans Oklahoma City Phoenix Portland Sacramento San Antonio Utah NBA rumors: Doc Rivers on Marcus Smart's 'flailing' comments about Joel Embiid: Great actors know great actors shares share tweet pin sms send email 1 month ago – via Twitter NoahLevick Noah Levick: “I think Marcus is an expert at that, so he would definitely know if Joel was doing it. Great actors know great actors, they always have.” -Doc Rivers on Marcus Smart’s comment about Joel Embiid “flailing” to draw fouls More on Petty Warz 2 months ago – via Twitter JaredWeissNBA Jared Weiss: Marcus Smart comes out for his post game presser still in his jersey. "(Embiid) alone shot 21 free throws, we shot 20. Can't beat that." Smart: "We got our hands up a lot of the times and (Embiid) flails and he gets the call. Meanwhile on the other end we attack and we don't get the whistles. It's tough playing like that." 2 months ago – via Twitter DerekBodnerNBA Derek Bodner: Joel Embiid, on Marcus Smart calling him a flopper: "Marcus Smart just told me that I flail a lot? Come on. I'm sure he knows himself and he knows his game. You know he does a lot of that." 2 months ago – via Twitter The most random beef ever 2 months ago – via Twitter ClutchPointsApp ClutchPoints: Shaq: “Chuck, if 11 points gets you $200 million, 38 points will get you $600 million, right? Chuck: “If I played today, I’d be going to the games in a space ship. ” 2 months ago – via Twitter ClutchPointsApp ClutchPoints: Shaq retweeted someone calling Rudy Gobert "Baguette Biyombo". The beef continues... http://twitter.com/ClutchPointsApp/status/1346816451286597635 2 months ago – via Chris Cwik @ Yahoo! Sports JJ Barea: Dirk Nowitzki hated Miami Because of that, it should come as no surprise that Nowitzki couldn’t stand LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh and the Miami Heat. That tidbit comes courtesy of Nowitzki’s longtime teammates J.J. Barea, who revealed Nowitzki’s hatred for the Heat on JJ Redick’s podcast. Barea made the following comments about Nowitzki around the 35 minute mark of the podcast: “[Nowitzki] was not going to let us lose. The way he prepared the whole year for it. He hated Miami. He hated LeBron, Wade, Bosh. He’s never going to say that, but he couldn’t stand it.” 2 months ago – via Twitter TheTraeYoung Trae Young: Damn... tell me what y’all see!! SmhMan facepalming this gotta stop.! #ifyoudontknownowyouknow http://twitter.com/TheTraeYoung/status/1343269894268334080 2 months ago – via Twitter GraysonJAllen Grayson Allen: Damn that must’ve really really hurt. I’m sorry. I hope you’re okay 2 months ago – via Twitter ClutchPointsApp Clutch Points: Trae Young had some words for Ja Morant after icing the game 👀 pic.twitter.com/RJse3fU5PA http://twitter.com/ClutchPointsApp/status/1342996402566176769 3 months ago – via Twitter MONSTATREZZ Montrezl Harrell: 😂😂😂😂 OK! 3 months ago – via Twitter Cassidy Hubbarth: “The guys that were there the year before honestly didn’t accept at least one of the new guys.”— Doc Rivers on part of the reason the Clippers struggled last season to “win together.” 3 months ago – via Twitter eric_nehm Eric Nehm: "I'm good." - Brook Lopez, when @Kane Pitman asked about Robin leaving Milwaukee. Said his mom is probably sad about not getting to see them in the same place anymore. 3 months ago – via Twitter KanePitman Kane Pitman: Asked Brook about Robin heading to Washington: "I think my mum enjoyed it so for her I feel a little sad because she loved coming to Milwaukee to watch all our games but I'm good. He couldn't really cut it so he had to leave. It's tough for him and we'll be alright here" 😂 3 months ago – via Twitter DerekBodnerNBA Derek Bodner: Doc Rivers, asked about Paul George's comments about his role, jokes that "Ty Lue was sitting right next to me." 3 months ago – via Twitter TJMcBrideNBA TJ McBride: “Blowing the 3-1 lead, you know they had heart. It wasn’t a tough decision.” JaMychal Green on choosing to join the Nuggets. 4 months ago – via Twitter TheNBACentral NBA Central: "If I had anything negative to say about him, I won’t ever say it in the public eye...he has family, he has kids and he has people who love him. I just wasn’t brought up that way. I respect him for all the work he’s done." - Dwight Howard on Shaq 🤝 (Via @basketbllnews ) pic.twitter.com/QCpVQIb2Pk 4 months ago – via Twitter TheNBACentral NBA Central: "I feel like Giannis out here . . . Where Pat at?" - Hassan Whiteside 😂😂😂 (🎥 @swishcultures_ ) pic.twitter.com/rhk3xfFWWL http://twitter.com/TheNBACentral/status/1327760828364251136 4 months ago – via Twitter SBondyNYDN Stefan Bondy: Big win for Knicks owner James Dolan as it appears his enemy Max Rose will lose his congressional seat to hardline conservative Nicole Malliotakis. Rose pleaded for Dolan to sell the Knicks and Dolan responded by donating over $50k to Malliotakis. 4 months ago – via Larry Brown Sports Smith did not really specify what Dekker did that was bad, but said the former Wisconsin star was talking some “Trump s—.” Dekker responded on Twitter in a since-deleted tweet. “Well I am just as confused as yall (sic) lol. I’m pretty simple, I’ve never been one to get into politics. Especially ‘Trump s–t’ … I’ve never been a Trump guy, so this blindsided me … “When they go low we go high” “Thanks moving on,” Dekker wrote. 4 months ago – via Twitter TheRealJRSmith Olivia Dekker: Extremely inaccurate and unfair. Consider the source. JR Smith: Would you like to explain why your husband can’t say NI&&@R or should I? I don’t mind at all. 4 months ago – via Sporting News In the same year (2018) Smith and Dekker were teammates, the latter found himself in headlines after comments he made on social media. Dekker had a problem with an article his former teammate at Wisconsin, Bronson Koenig, tweeted out. The article was headlined: "White People Have No Culture." In response to Koenig tweeting this, Dekker said in a tweet: "Don't put it in my face that being a white guy is something I'm supposed to be ashamed of. I'm proud of who I am and so should you. But you're Native American and also white BK. This article speaks very many untruths about most of our 'culture' that we supposedly don’t have." 5 months ago – via Twitter TheNBACentral NBA Central: Nick Young says D’Angelo Russell is the most annoying teammate he’s ever played with (🎥 @ComplexSports) pic.twitter.com/3Kpb1g5LOx http://twitter.com/TheNBACentral/status/1313584400769200133 5 months ago – via Analis Bailey @ USA Today Sports Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban and Sen. Ted Cruz are battling on Twitter over Cruz's claim that he and other fans are not watching the NBA Finals due to the league's political stance this season. Cruz, Republican senator of Texas, shared an article on Twitter Tuesday claiming that NBA ratings are at an all-time low. "Not surprising. Personally speaking, this is the first time in years that I haven’t watched a single game in the NBA Finals. #GoWokeGoBroke," Cruz tweeted. 5 months ago – via Analis Bailey @ USA Today Sports Cuban quickly responded. "A US Senator with 3 @NBA teams in his state, employing thousands of people and he is rooting for their businesses to do poorly. This is who you are @tedcruz. Every minute of your life, this is exactly who you are," Cuban tweeted. 5 months ago – via Twitter CJMcCollum NBA Central: Breaking news: Paul Pierce praises LeBron James (ESPN). CJ McCollum: Baby steps . I like it Paul. Signs of maturity lol 5 months ago – via Twitter Bleacher Report: Dwyane Wade calls out Paul Pierce after his Heat beat the Celitcs. http://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1310409583119142915 5 months ago – via TMZ Staff @ TMZ.com L.A. Lakers guard J.R. Smith is clapping back at Tory Lanez after getting DISSED on his latest album ... calling the artist a "clown" and a "lil a-- boy." A bit of a refresher -- the NBA vet was outspoken after Megan Thee Stallion accused Tory of shooting her in July ... saying, "This clown shoots a female and ya’ll listening to his music." "TF Tory Lanez," J.R. added. "You a straight clown. Facts. And tell whoever to hit my line. It’s whatever.” 5 months ago – via TMZ Staff @ TMZ.com Smith -- fresh off the Lakers' 114-108 win over the Denver Nuggets -- heard Tory's bars loud and clear ... and fired right back on his Instagram story. "i got time today too! 🤣🤣," J.R. said. "bout to get real 🌶🌶" There's more ... "He not even 30 stay in ya place lil a-- boy." "bust ya gun at a female you all types of 🤡" 6 months ago – via Twitter CJMcCollum CJ McCollum: It ain’t Pat Bev fault though he got above his average and did his job ... 6 months ago – via Twitter CJMcCollum CJ McCollum: I wonder if they packed before the game 6 months ago – via Twitter CJMcCollum CJ McCollum: They really came back from down 1-3 twice and Thrill not even with the team . That’s wild. Them boys really the come back kids. That’s some legendary stuff 6 months ago – via Twitter Dame_Lillard Damian Lillard: @patbev21 I guess I should extend this Cancun invite since I haven’t made my arrangements yet Face with tears of joyFace with tears of joyFace with tears of joy 6 months ago – via Twitter Damian Lillard: Look good to me http://twitter.com/BlackClarkKent_/status/1306071946300358656 6 months ago – via Twitter CJMcCollum CJ McCollum: Yoooo @Dame_Lillard you got an extra villa available in Cabo ? 6 months ago – via Twitter CJMcCollum CJ McCollum: My last tweet before I finish this glass. They did vote they ain’t wanna play no more. . . But I didn’t think they was gonna go out like that 6 months ago – via Twitter SDinwiddie_25 Spencer Dinwiddie: Petty CJ is basketball twitters favorite CJ lol 6 months ago – via Twitter RJ Hampton: CJ and Dame wild 6 months ago – via Twitter TheNBACentral NBA Central: Kendrick Nunn 💀💀💀 pic.twitter.com/dMePjPH130 http://twitter.com/TheNBACentral/status/1305608795616407554 6 months ago – via Twitter MirjamSwanson Mirjam Swanson: Michael Malone on Pat Beverley's comments on the difficulties of defending Nikola: "I don't listen to Patrick Beverley a whole lot. If Kawhi Leonard was talking, I might listen. Kawhi's a great player." 6 months ago – via Twitter kevinlove Kevin Love: Today I’m only here for Richard Jefferson vs Scottie Pippen 6 months ago – via Twitter ScottiePippen Scottie Pippen: I’m not Giannis—I don’t have back-to-back league MVPs (he will in a matter of days)—and he’s not me. The question is... who were you as a player? https://twitter.com/Rjeff24/status/1301330311523966976 6 months ago – via Twitter Chris Broussard: It's time for the Blazers to dump Terry Stotts. Stan Van Gundy: It’s time for Fox Sports Radio to dump Chris Broussard. This is just stupid. He doesn’t like the Blazers’ offense. It was the 3rd best offense in the NBA. Get a clue. 6 months ago – via Twitter Chris_Broussard Stan Van Gundy: It’s time for Fox Sports Radio to dump Chris Broussard. This is just stupid. He doesn’t like the Blazers’ offense. It was the 3rd best offense in the NBA. Get a clue. Chris Broussard: Unless u would’ve called for a fellow coach’s job while coaching, u need to keep from calling for the jobs of fellow media now that you’re media. I’m doing my job as an analyst. I’m paid to give my opinion. Saying I should be fired cause u disagree is just stupid. Get a clue. 7 months ago – via Twitter MarkJackson13 George Karl: I heard @MarkJackson13 is taking shots at my defensive coaching during tonight’s broadcast. Remind me, how many all-star teams did you coach, Mark? How many DPOYs? How many Finals appearances? How many of my teams became dynasties right after I left? Mark Jackson: Wasn’t even thinking of u! Btw I never lost to u in the playoffs as a Player or as a Coach! God Bless u and urs! 7 months ago – via Twitter CoachKarl22 George Karl: I heard @Mark Jackson is taking shots at my defensive coaching during tonight’s broadcast. Remind me, how many all-star teams did you coach, Mark? How many DPOYs? How many Finals appearances? How many of my teams became dynasties right after I left? 7 months ago – via Twitter ClutchPointsApp Jimmy Butler just posted this on IG after his Heat beat TJ Warren and the Pacers 7 months ago – via Twitter Rache Nichols: Just another day in the NBA... http://twitter.com/Rachel__Nichols/status/1292264475052118016 7 months ago – via Twitter WorldWideWob Rob Perez: The Paul George-Damian Lillard trash talk continues. http://twitter.com/WorldWideWob/status/1292207746658578432 7 months ago – via Twitter Bleacher Report: Dame responds to PG and Pat Bev http://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1292203231423201281 7 months ago – via Twitter CHold Casey Holdahl: "It's part of the game. Simple as that. It's just competition. Some people can play with talking, some people can't." -- Paul George, who told Gary Trent Jr. that he talks to much, discussing trash talk post-game 7 months ago – via Twitter highkin Sean Highkin: Damian Lillard on Beverley yelling "Dame Time" after missed free throws: "To me, that just shows what they expect from me. They know what I do. He remembers it firsthand from when I was a second-year player and he was in Houston. That's all that says to me." 7 months ago – via Twitter AaronJFentress Aaron J. Fentress: Damian Lillard was asked about Patrick Beverley and Paul George waiving to him after he failed to make key shots and FTs in today's loss to the Clippers. Lillard said both were doing that because he has eliminated them and sent them home in past playoff meetings. #RipCity 7 months ago – via Twitter CHold Casey Holdahl: "They still hurt, that's why." -- @Damian Lillard 7 months ago – via Twitter BenGolliver Ben Golliver: Blazers’ Damian Lillard on Clippers’ celebrating & waving him off court after clutch FT misses: “Patrick Beverley, I sent him home before. Paul George just got sent home by me last year... I’m not offended by it. It should tell you how much it hurt them.” pic.twitter.com/mPFjnACHMi 7 months ago – via Twitter RealDealBeal23 Bradley Beal: It’s getting SPICY!!!!!!!!!! https://twitter.com/ComplexSports/status/1291467337170812930 7 months ago – via Twitter TeamLou23 Kendrick Perkins: It’s disturbing when a Rookie in Zion Williamson can act more Mature than NBA vet Lou Williams!!! Lou Williams: 15 years in this business and the most dirt you have on my name is stopping to get hot wings during a pandemic. Perk. Shut up. And stop laughing and saying it’s just tv when you run into me too. 7 months ago – via Twitter TeamLou23 Lou Williams: But I digress. I went home to see a man off to his final resting place that was a giant in my life. I don’t want that to get lost in all this attention. So again, LONG LIVE THE GREAT PAUL WILLIAMS SR. back to my quarantine so I can join the guys soon. Peace 10 months ago – via Twitter MikeMiller_13 Mike Miller: “Mike Miller’s a TOP 5 Dunker of all-time.” -Paul Pierce, probably. http://twitter.com/MikeMiller_13/status/1263599586817593344 10 months ago – via Twitter . @IsiahThomas says Jordan wasn't his competition "When we were all young and healthy from 84-90, the numbers speak for themselves, he wasn’t really my competition; My competition was Bird and Magic." 10 months ago – via TalkBasket Isiah Thomas opened up about his feud with Michael Jordan, which re-surfaced after the Last Dance documentary series. The Chicago Bulls had to go through the “Bad Boys” Pistons, before reaching to the first three-peat. The former Pistons superstar said that he is not having a feud with Michael Jordan, despite what being said on “The Last Dance” docu-series. “I’mma call a timeout on the feud because really I wasn’t fighting him. I was winning all the time so why am I mad at him?” Thomas told Jason Whitlock on Speak Ya Self. 10 months ago – via Twitter EvanFourmizz NBA Central: “He only had really one job. And that was to just score. And he did that at an amazing, amazing rate. But I don’t feel like his way of winning then would translate to what it is now. Guys wouldn’t want to play with him.” -Channing Frye on Michael Jordan (NBC Sports North West). Evan Fournier: @channingfrye bro you bugging for real. Lol. Channing Frye: Boris Biaw is the best French player of all time. Evan Fournier: Lol na you aint getting away from that statement with this s---. 10 months ago – via Instagram Channing Frye: Goodness gracious everyone got so grouchy about my MJ statement. If it’s that serious to you please comment below about what I haven’t done, how much He would beat me by in a game of 1 on 1, and how I didn’t score in the finals. Have a great weekend. Jesus loves you. 12 months ago – via Adam Wells @ Bleacher Report @BS25PHI21: Are you and Embiid good now? Andre Drummond: We never had a problem, it's basketball I talk a lot of trash. He does it on social media, I do it in the game. 12 months ago – via Instagram Spencer Dinwiddie: It’s come to my attention that @tobiasharris said they forced me left last night and it led to an L. Although that may be true, I just wanted to post a picture of the actual last time I went left in a live game with fans. Now back to reverse grilling Tri-Tip. Happy Quarantine 🤙🏾 #AudienceOfOne https://www.instagram.com/p/B9-rP-Ep2i7/?utm_source=ig_embed 12 months ago – via Adam Wells @ Bleacher Report @BS25PHI21: Are you and Embiid good now? Andre Drummond: We never had a problem, it's basketball I talk a lot of trash. He does it on social media, I do it in the game. 12 months ago – via Instagram Spencer Dinwiddie: It’s come to my attention that @tobiasharris said they forced me left last night and it led to an L. Although that may be true, I just wanted to post a picture of the actual last time I went left in a live game with fans. Now back to reverse grilling Tri-Tip. Happy Quarantine 🤙🏾 #AudienceOfOne https://www.instagram.com/p/B9-rP-Ep2i7/?utm_source=ig_embed 1 year ago – via Twitter ChrisKirschner Chris Kirschner: I asked Trae Young if he was going to stop nutmegging now because of Trevor Ariza's (old man yells at cloud) comments. "Nah, I ain't about to stop nutmegging. That's going to be in my game until I'm done." 1 year ago – via Twitter ChrisKirschner Chris Kirschner: I asked Trae Young if he was going to stop nutmegging now because of Trevor Ariza's (old man yells at cloud) comments. "Nah, I ain't about to stop nutmegging. That's going to be in my game until I'm done." 1 year ago – via Twitter . @JaMorant dedicated the end of a 5-game losing streak to a Twitter troll: "I'm thankful for this guy who tweeted and said I don't have that fire in my eye no more. That game right there was for him." http://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/1233959961723572225 1 year ago – via EuroHoops.net James Harden said in an interview with ESPN’s Rachel Nichols that he wished he could be seven-feet tall and just dunk referring to Giannis Antetokounmpo. No big comeback from the Greek Freak who responded via ESPN on Friday attempting to lay the evolving feud to rest. “It hasn’t been a back-and-forth,” he mentioned before the win against the Oklahoma City Thunder, “I’m not that type of guy, I never try to take stabs at somebody. Maybe sometimes it might come out like that, but I’m definitely not. At the end of the day, if that’s what he believes, that’s what he believes.” 1 year ago – via EuroHoops.net “My game is not just power for sure,” he replied to gathered reporters following the 2019-20 NBA Regular Season contest, “I came in when I was 18, I was 180 pounds, so to power through big guys was kind of tough. But obviously, it’s going to be times where you’ve got to power through guys.” 1 year ago – via Matt Velazquez @ Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel “Amazing," coach Mike Budenholzer said. "I don’t know who is criticizing him. He’s a winner. He brings it in every way, shape and form. He brings it in practice, in the locker room, he’s a great leader, he’s a great player. He does everything.” 1 year ago – via Ricky O'Donnell @ SB Nation Nichols asked Harden about a comment Antetokounmpo made during the 2020 NBA All-Star Game draft as he selected his team against LeBron James. When the TNT crew pressed Antetokounmpo about choosing Kemba Walker over Harden, he said “I want someone who will pass the ball” with a chuckle. Harden didn’t hold back when Nichols asked him about it. 1 year ago – via Twitter TheNBACentral NBA Central: “He cares about me. I really don’t” -Giannis on Drake 😬 (🎥 @YahooCASports) pic.twitter.com/pk3Elr7KGA http://twitter.com/TheNBACentral/status/1232703739657670658 1 year ago – via Twitter TheTraeYoung Trae Young: ...and FYI @JimmyButler was right, I can see the future... I saw tonight happening awhile ago🤷🏽♂️ #AndIDontEvenLikeTwitterBeefsBuuut 1 year ago – via Twitter SeanCunningham Sean Cunningham: Kings coach Luke Walton after picking up a technical in the 3rd quarter, calls over to Luka Doncic and says: "Hey Luka, do me a favor, give him your autograph after the game. (points at official) - He's a fan, he's a fan of yours." 😂😂 http://twitter.com/SeanCunningham/status/1227839546210959362 1 year ago – via Jason Jones @ The Athletic In a game the Mavericks controlled most of the night, Walton versus Dončić was the most compelling part of a second half dominated by the Mavs. “(Walton) said something I didn’t like about me. That was just it,” Dončić told Fox Sports Southwest in his on-court postgame interview. 1 year ago – via Jason Jones @ The Athletic “I don’t know,” Walton said. “I have all the respect in the world for him. He got what he wanted tonight, wherever he wanted. I wasn’t saying anything to him. I don’t know if he thought I said something to him, but he had a great game, he’s a great player and he led his team to victory, so give him credit.” 1 year ago – via Sam Amick @ The Athletic He left that to the youngsters in Memphis, 24-year-old Dillon Brooks and 20-year-old Ja Morant, who felt disrespected by the 36-year-old who chose not to report after he was traded from Golden State to the Grizzlies on July 7. And, of course, to his old(er) Warriors pal, 31-year-old Steph Curry, who came to his friend’s defense. “Yeah, that’s my guy,” the 36-year-old Iguodala said with a laugh on Friday as he looked back with The Athletic on the wild week that was. “I would do the same for him. But I understand the generation that we’re in, and the new millennials we’re dealing with, and how social media comes into play and how someone could feed (ideas) to a young guy and it (grows). …But it’s all love. At the end of the day, it’s all love.” 1 year ago – via Sam Amick @ The Athletic He left that to the youngsters in Memphis, 24-year-old Dillon Brooks and 20-year-old Ja Morant, who felt disrespected by the 36-year-old who chose not to report after he was traded from Golden State to the Grizzlies on July 7. And, of course, to his old(er) Warriors pal, 31-year-old Steph Curry, who came to his friend’s defense. “Yeah, that’s my guy,” the 36-year-old Iguodala said with a laugh on Friday as he looked back with The Athletic on the wild week that was. “I would do the same for him. But I understand the generation that we’re in, and the new millennials we’re dealing with, and how social media comes into play and how someone could feed (ideas) to a young guy and it (grows). …But it’s all love. At the end of the day, it’s all love.” 1 year ago – via Twitter patbev21 Patrick Beverley: @JimmyButler talk slick to buddy from the Pacers. Both games against K homie been quiet as a church mouse!!! 😂😂😂 b gangsta all the time. Goodnight 1 year ago – via Twitter JaMorant Ja Morant: lol delete it for what? if you scroll down my twitter you’ll see me talking about curry a lot . probably some other players too . i was a fan & still a fan but iann scared of him 😂😂 1 year ago – via Twitter JaMorant Ja Morant: here you go http://twitter.com/JaMorant/status/1224726923093430272 1 year ago – via Twitter JaMorant Ja Morant: @Rachel__Nichols 🤷🏽🤫 http://twitter.com/JaMorant/status/1224710748233924608 1 year ago – via Jason Quick @ The Athletic Throughout his eight seasons in the NBA, Lillard has never been one to trash talk during games. He has always preferred to have his play do his talking for him. But two players have always tried to test him, bait him, needle him into getting out of his focused mindset: Patrick Beverley and Westbrook. 1 year ago – via Jason Quick @ The Athletic “Every time I play against Russ, I say something back. Same thing with Pat Beverley,” Lillard said. “With both players, I have always backed up anything I need to say with how I’m playing. But they are two players who it’s important to me to let them know that if that’s what you want to do, you’ve met your match. I’m not intimidated, and I don’t really care what you gotta say, I’m gonna say something back. You know, kind of set that tone. Like, ‘All right … so what?’” 1 year ago – via Jason Quick @ The Athletic So in that Jan. 15 game in Houston, the Blazers were up 102-88 with 8:08 left in the fourth quarter when Westbrook took Lillard into the post. “He was backing me down and being real physical, and I was being physical back, and he swept (his arms) through and I swiped down and fouled him, on purpose. Hard fouled him.” As Westbrook walked to the free-throw line, he began talking at Lillard. “As he was going to the line, he said, ‘That’s automatic two points. Two points,’” Lillard recalled. 1 year ago – via Jason Quick @ The Athletic As Lillard walked behind Westbrook to position himself near the 3-point line for Westbrook’s free throw, he dropped a barb. “You a 60 percent free-throw shooter,” Lillard said he told him. “You gonna miss both of them.” Westbrook looked back to Lillard and said, “Impossible!” “And you can see, if you look at the (video) clip, he says ’82 (percent)!’” Actually, Westbrook was a 79 percent foul shooter entering that game, but at any rate, he missed the first free throw. Lillard poked back, adjusting that 60 percent jab. “I said, ’50 percent now,’” Lillard said. 1 year ago – via Jason Quick @ The Athletic Unwilling to let Lillard have the last word, Westbrook shot back. “What seed you all? What playoff seed are you all?” Lillard remembered him saying. Then Lillard ended the conversation. “I said, ‘You know I’m the last person you want to see in the playoffs.’” 1 year ago – via Jason Quick @ The Athletic A quick side note on the Lillard-Westbrook relationship: They have become one of the biggest rivalries, if not the biggest rivalry, going in the NBA. They are both elite, intense and don’t back down. It has created some great theater. But Lillard says there is a funny thing people don’t realize: The two don’t dislike each other. “People get it confused that we have an issue with each other, when we really don’t,” Lillard said. “That’s the weirdest thing about it.” 1 year ago – via Twitter KendrickPerkins Kevin Durant, Kendrick Perkins beef on Twitter Kevin Durant: Yea and our starting center @KendrickPerkins averaged a whopping 2 and 3 during that series. U played hard tho champ lol http://twitter.com/KendrickPerkins/status/1215333261649428480 1 year ago – via Twitter KendrickPerkins Kendrick Perkins: Boy stop you did the weakest move in NBA History!!! Up on a team 3-1 in the western conference finals and then go join them the following season?! Heart of Champion right there 1 year ago – via Twitter KDTrey5 Kevin Durant: Weak is starting at center, playing real minutes with no production. Should’ve worked on your skills as much as I did 1 year ago – via Twitter KendrickPerkins Kendrick Perkins: That’s fine!!! You worked that hard and still had to go join a 73-9 team. Truth be told you don’t even feel like a real Champ, you have hard time sleeping at night huh knowing that you took the coward way out!!! 1 year ago – via Twitter "He's not even in my f---ing league. ... I would never put him on me. ... Put somebody else on me, 'cause I'm gonna tear his ass up every time we play." Jimmy Butler went off on TJ Warren. http://twitter.com/espn/status/1215117463588933632 1 year ago – via Instagram Jimmy Butler: @t.warren1 don’t be mad you can’t guard me. we will see what you about in March. https://www.instagram.com/p/B7FV25uBlAz/ 1 year ago – via TMZ Staff @ TMZ.com With Nick Young getting ready to tie the knot to fiancee Keonna Green -- our guy asked an interesting question ... does D'Angelo Russell get an invite to the wedding?! Nick's response??? "HAHAHAHA!!!" 1 year ago – via TMZ Staff @ TMZ.com Look, in a way ... D'Lo is responsible for Nick's upcoming marriage -- because had he not posted that infamous video back in the day, Iggy Azalea and Nick might still be together! It was messy at the time, but things seemed to have worked out for everybody since. Nick's happily engaged (that went down over the Christmas break). 1 year ago – via Twitter tribjazz Eric Walden: Didn’t catch it at the time, but Rudy Gobert’s response last night to Damian Lillard claiming Hassan Whiteside is the best defensive center in the league was priceless: “Tell his coach to put him in at the end of the game.” http://twitter.com/tribjazz/status/1210659362387050496 Doc Rivers, Flopping, Top Rumors Top Rumors, Doc Rivers, Flopping, Joel Embiid, Marcus Smart, Boston Celtics, Philadelphia 76ers This rumor is part of a storyline: 214 more rumors shares share tweet pin sms send email
Nets favorites to land Blake Griffin The point is probably moot — sources have confirmed that Brooklyn appears to be the leader to gain Griffin’s employment. But for a second, let’s consider Griffin’s case to join the Lakers — and what it means for the team going forward in trades and buyout possibilities. 33 mins ago – via Dan Woike @ Los Angeles Times Free Agency, Top Rumors Top Rumors, Free Agency, Blake Griffin, Brooklyn Nets This rumor is part of a storyline: 106 more rumors
You look at the trade exception possibilities, and I think there are some realistic ones like Harrison Barnes. The Kings have been very bad lately. I don’t think anyone would be surprised if the Kings decided to move on from Barnes. I don’t think the price for him would be what it would be to get Grant or Vucevic. 33 mins ago – via Michael Scotto @ HoopsHype Trade, Uncategorized Trade, Harrison Barnes, Sacramento Kings
Spencer Dinwiddie: No marketing ploy, I’m a basketball fan. Should I be scared to join the conversation? Spencer Dinwiddie tweeting about his own trade rumors is… something. Following the Trevor Bauer line of thought of marketing yourself, I guess. pic.twitter.com/jQPMgC9eYb — Billy Reinhardt (@BillyReinhardt) March 4, 2021 33 mins ago – via Twitter Uncategorized Spencer Dinwiddie, Brooklyn Nets
As it turns out, it wasn’t anything internal that led to Bosh calling it a career. His decision actually came forth after seeing Gordon Hayward’s injured his ankle in the first few minutes of his debut for the Boston Celtics in the opening night of the 2017-18 season: “I really knew I wasn’t gonna come back when Gordon Hayward dislocated his ankle,” Bosh said in a recent interview on SiriusXM NBA Radio. “I told myself that year, I said, ‘Man, let me get back in the ball.’ Because I didn’t watch any basketball the year before. I’m gonna work out harder, I’m gonna get back inspired. Cleveland and Boston was playing. First game. Dwyane and ‘Bron. I watched my old friends at Cleveland. Boston’s got this new team. Within the first five minutes of me watching basketball that year, I see a dislocated ankle. And it pretty much knocked all the wind out of my sail. It was already really hard and getting more disheartening the further we were getting away from me not playing. And I knew that as a player. Whatever want that I had at that time, I was like, ‘Man, c’mon.’” 33 mins ago – via Clutch Points Uncategorized Chris Bosh Storyline: Chris Bosh Retirement
Mike Trudell: An updated @KingJames minutes stat: having played the 7th most minutes of any player this season, he is up to 60,607 combined regular season and playoff minutes. That trails only @kaj33 (66,297) and Karl Malone (62,759). Kobe is 4th with 56,882. 33 mins ago – via Twitter LakersReporter Statistics, Uncategorized Statistics, LeBron James, Los Angeles Lakers
What was the year for you all that you thought ‘Man, that was ours. We should have had (ring), it should have popped that year? Chris Webber: I think it’s the, you know, I guess it’s the Lakers. I don’t know if that was 2002 or 03. That’s the year we got cheated I think in Game 6… The year Robert Horry hit a crazy shot… It was that year. It was that year. You know, me and Kobe used to talk about it all the time. (…) That was the team. We should have won the championship and we didn’t because we didn’t follow through after being disappointed in Game six. 33 mins ago – via Logan Murdock, Raja Bell @ The Ringer Uncategorized Chris Webber, Robert Horry, Los Angeles Lakers, Sacramento Kings
How good was Andrei Kirilenko? Deron Williams: Very good. Very good and it could have been so much better if he could just shoot the basketball just a little bit better, just to where people had to be up on him. And he had games where he would hit three threes, four threes, but it wasn’t you weren’t worried about it. Like ‘oh, we’ll live with that.’ But I’ve never been around a player that could do everything he could do at his height. And defensively he was special. He was special. 33 mins ago – via Spotify Uncategorized Andrei Kirilenko, Deron Williams
In the final games before the All-Star break, TNT averaged 1.06 million for Heat-Pelicans Thursday night — down 31% from Clippers-Rockets last year (1.53M). The previous night, ESPN pulled 1.09 million for Nets-Rockets and 1.32 million for Warriors-Blazers, up 30% and down 10% respectively from last year’s comparable doubleheader (Pacers-Bucks: 839K; Pelicans-Mavericks: 1.47M). 33 mins ago – via Sports Media Watch Uncategorized Brooklyn Nets, Dallas Mavericks, Golden State Warriors, Houston Rockets, Indiana Pacers, Los Angeles Clippers, Miami Heat, Milwaukee Bucks, New Orleans Pelicans, Portland Trail Blazers Storyline: TV Ratings