Posts Tagged ‘Carmelo Anthony’
Carmelo Anthony proving to be a valuable addition for Los Angeles Lakers
The Los Angeles Lakers added a number of players to their roster during the offseason. One of them was 19-year NBA veteran Carmelo Anthony. For most of his career, Carmelo Anthony was the No. 1 option when he played for the Denver Nuggets and New York Knicks. But after parting ways with the Knicks, Anthony…
Read MoreCarmelo Anthony teams up with LeBron James and the Lakers
Carmelo Anthony will finally play on the same NBA team as longtime friend LeBron James. The former Trail Blazers forward and the Lakers have agreed to a one-year deal. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Anthony also took to Instagram and Twitter to share a video of his name and logo, “Melo,” with…
Read MoreChasing the Golden State Warriors this season
In 2016-17 the Golden State Warriors finished the regular season with a league-best 67-15 record. They then went on to push passed opponents in the Playoffs in convincing fashion. Their addition of eight-time All-Star forward Kevin Durant proved to be too much firepower for any other franchise to overcome. In their third consecutive trip to…
Read MoreCarmelo Anthony leaves Knicks for Oklahoma Thunder
Carmelo Anthony (203 cm, Syracuse’03) is no longer a New York Knick after one of the biggest NBA moves of the summer. The small forward is ending a six-year association with the New York franchise, a stint that coincided with him becoming one of the hottest properties in the league. However, Anthony arguably never had…
Read MoreGive and Go: Previewing the NBA trade deadline
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Read MoreThe New York Knicks Can’t Escape Chaos
Two years ago, the New York Knicks decided to name Phil Jackson the team president to help turn this team around. Not much has gone right since then and the Knicks are falling into a bad place. How Did This Start? This all started with Phil Jackson publicly criticizing the franchise player, Carmelo Anthony, through the…
Read MoreKristaps Porzingis and the Rebuilding Knicks
Eyes will be trained on Ben Simmons, the Australian player taken first overall by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2016 NBA Draft, and that’s understandable. However, as far as international players making a splash this 2016-17, few can compete with the bubbling hype surrounding Kristaps Porzingis (221 cm). The 21-year-old Latvian sensation took the NBA…
Read More2016 Olympic Basketball: An Epilogue
Now that the adrenaline from the 2016 Olympic Basketball Games has faded, we can take a look back at how amazing the quadrennial event was and put into perspective some of the storylines that accompanied it. As expected, USA Basketball took home the gold medal in the event, despite the absence of some veteran team…
Read MoreUSA Tops Nigeria 110-66 in Pre-Rio Friendly
USA Basketball looked sharp in their last exhibition game before the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. They handily defeated Nigeria 110-66 at Toyota Center. So far, the only weak spot in their game across all of their exhibition matches has been their three-point shooting, which so far stands at 33.9%. That’s the negative. On a…
Read MoreUSA Basketball Finalizes Rio 2016 Roster
USA Basketball has released the names of the 12 players who will compose the roster it will be fielding for the 2016 Olympic games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Several big names are noticeably absent as many top players have begged off, citing the need to recover from injuries among other concerns. 2015-16 regular season…
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