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in SportsRockets Champion Believes John Wall Should Be Playing Basketball Somewhere, And Wall Agrees
Houston Rockets guard, John Wall has not touched the floor this season. The Rockets before the season started elected to sit Wall in favor of their young talent Jalen Green and Kevin Porter Jr. On Saturday afternoon, Adam Silver was asked situations similar to John Wall and the Rockets. “Of course, I think it’s a […] More
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Mavs’ Mark Cuban Still Not A Fan Of NBA In Season Tournament
Earlier this season NBA Commissioner, Adam Silver shared that the league is still interested in adding an in-season tournament. However, according to The Score, it faces at least one major obstacle before tinkering with the regular-season schedule: the support of the players themselves. “We have a fair amount of work still to do on it […] More
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Gary Payton On What Seattle Needs To Do To Bring Sonics Back
Last week, the NBA announced that the Minnesota Timberwolves were sold. Glen Taylor decided to sale his team to baseball legend Alex Rodriguez and Marc Lore, a former Wal-Mart executive. Rumors were flying after they might be relocating to Seattle because of Rodriguez’s connection to the city. However, the NBA will not let what happened […] More
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Seattle Missed The Emergence Of Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, And James Harden, Says Ex-Player
It’s hard to believe that Seattle has lived without an NBA team for over a decade. For people of a certain age, who live there for a while, the wound still seems fresh. It still seems weird to say Seattle and not mention the Sonics. Well, Gig Harbor Brewing does not the Sonics to be […] More
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NBA Is Missing Out On A Lot Of Corporate Sponsors By Not Being in Seattle, Says Mark Cuban
In the last couple of months, there has been an uptick in chatter in the possibility of expansion in the NBA. In December 2020, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver shared with ESPN’s Rachel Nichols that expansion was “inevitable.” However, he did say that expansion was not on the front burner right now. About a month later, […] More
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Hopefully, Seattle Gets A NBA Team Soon, Says Two Former NBA Vets
Earlier this month, Warriors coach Steve Kerr was asked what the NBA is missing not having a Seattle franchise. Kerr responded, “To me, it is like not having the Warriors in Oakland or the Bay Area. To me, those two franchises were like mirror images for a long time,” said Kerr. “I thought it was […] More
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Members Of NBA Community Share What NBA Is Missing Not Being In Seattle
It has been over a decade since the Seattle Sonics were relocated to Oklahoma City by Thunder owner Clay Bennett. “We made it,” Bennett said after stepping to an Oklahoma City podium featuring the NBA logo and the letters OKC. “The NBA will be in Oklahoma City next season.” Clay Bennett and his professional basketball […] More
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Seattle Needs A Team Because NBA Is Missing Out, Says 14-Year Vet
Last week, ESPN’s Brian Windhorst reported Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan spoke with NBA Commissioner Adam Silver. After the conversation, Silver was “pretty optimistic” that Seattle’s city moved toward land a franchise to replace the SuperSonics. “It is very good news for the city of Seattle that they are thinking of an expansion team,” Durkan told Seattle […] More
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NBA Should Start “As A Collective” With Focus On Teams Not In The Bubble, Says Analyst
Income, and its potential loss, is a significant sticking point when it comes to when the 2020-21 NBA season begins. The league has pitched a 72-game regular season schedule that starts right before Christmas (Dec. 22). Meanwhile, players have reportedly made a counter pitch to for a Jan. 18 start date. That would add extra free time […] More
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Quibi Drops ‘Blackballed’ Trailer Featuring 2014 LA Clippers and Donald Sterling Scandal
‘Blackballed’ Quibi has released the trailer for ‘Blackballed’ a powerful documentary series that examines race in America through the lens of one of the most explosive events in recent sports history – the Donald Sterling expulsion. Now, for the first time, Chris Paul, Doc Rivers, DeAndre Jordan, Adam Silver and JJ Redick, along with some of the biggest […] More
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WNBA Community Sounds off-on Ex-Athletes Possibly Investing in WNBA
On November 1st of 2018, the WNBA players decided to opt-out of their collective bargaining agreement. By choosing to opt-out of their deal at the time cut the arrangement short by two years. The labor agreement was scheduled to room from March 5, 2014, to October 2021 or until the playoffs have been completed. Since […] More
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Donald Sterling Has a Message For The Los Angeles Clippers
Five years ago, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver announced that he would be Banning Donald Sterling “for life” and fined him $2.5 million dollars. Sterling would be later forced to sell the Clippers to now Clippers Owner Steve Balmer. Following the release of an audio recording by TMZ featuring the former Los Angeles Clippers owner’s voice […] More
