Month: July 2017

January was good to the Wizards as they finished with a 12-4 record.

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July 30, 2017

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The Wizards, who currently own the tiebreaker over the Hawks (2-1 season series), had six players score in double figures in Tuesday’s win led by Bradley Beal’s 28 points. Washington has won its past five games overall, the same number of wins the Knicks had all month.

January was good to the Wizards as they finished with a 12-4 record. Only the Warriors (12-2) had a better record this past month.

The defending NBA champions have now lost seven of their past 11 games after falling Monday night to the fourth-worst team in the NBA, the Mavericks. Between a developing mini drama with the front office over spending, a back injury to Kevin Love and rumors of a trade involving Carmelo Anthony, the Cavs’ distractions are playing out on the court.

Cavaliers big man Tristan Thompson, who said Sunday he’s earned every penny of his $82 million extension, didn’t attempt a shot and scored zero points while registering a minus-22 in the 104-97 loss in Dallas.

LeBron James and Kyrie Irving didn’t play well, either, going a combined 16 of 40 from the field.

Despite a poor shooting night, James was at least close to another triple-double. He finished with 29 points, nine rebounds and nine assists.

“You have to kind of pick your poison on the pick-and-roll,” Marc Gasol told The Washington Times after Porter drained six 3-pointers against the Grizzlies. “When the initial action is not played correctly and they get to the paint either with a drive or a pass, somebody has to help and you have to Cheap Jerseys Outlets pick whether to come off Bradley Beal or to come off Porter. So you pick the one guy, and he Cheap Lacrosse Jerseys got hot on 3s and got going.”

Charles Barkley delivers stern warning to ‘whiny,’ entitled LeBron James

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July 29, 2017

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Charles Barkley has a tough-love message for “whiny” NBA superstar LeBron James: He’s going to continue to call them like he sees them. If the petulant, entitled King James doesn’t like it, that’s too damn bad.

Lou Williams enjoyed his best night since joining the Rockets Cheap Jerseys Authentic in a revenge game against his old team, the Lakers. Sweet Lou poured in 30 points on 11-of-17 shooting with four rebounds and seven assists while registering a plus-25 as the Rockets matched their largest margin of victory (39) against L.A. in franchise history.

James Harden (18 points, 12 rebounds, 13 assists) also played well for his 17th triple-double of the season.

The Rockets’ 139 points Wednesday marked the 54th consecutive game the team has scored over 100 points.

The Hornets: Playing without Nic Batum (migraines) really hurt Charlotte in a 98-77 blowout loss to the Pacers. All-Star Kemba Walker managed just seven points on 3-of-11 shooting while the team made just three (of 23) 3-point attempts. The loss was the Hornets’ fourth in five games as Paul George lit them up for 39 points, five rebounds, three dimes and three steals.

Kawhi Leonard may have gotten ripped by head coach Gregg Popovich, but the MVP candidate Cheap Goalkeeper Jerseys was throwing down some impressive dunks against the Trail Blazers, including this poster of Noah Vonleh.

Jazz (43-25) at Cavaliers (44-22), 7 p.m. ET — Playoff contenders collide as the red-hot Jazz face the defending champions who are looking to end a recent skid. The Jazz, winners of six of their last seven, beat the Pistons Wednesday and could be a bit sluggish, a theme the Cavs Cheap Jerseys Basketball have represented evidenced themselves by losing four of their last six.

Jimmy Butler keeps Bulls postseason hopes alive

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July 27, 2017

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All seemed lost in Chicago a couple weeks ago.

Players were complaining about head coach Fred Hoiberg, Dwyane Wade was ruled out for the remainder of the regular season, and their fading playoff hopes were starting to look like a mirage.

Jimmy Butler, however, is a winner, and winners play their best when faced with adversity. Butler scored 33 points with eight assists Saturday to lead the Bulls to a 106-104 home victory over the Hawks.

Guess so, since ESPN announced Sunday that Ball will return to the “First Take” debate desk Monday (10 a.m. ET). He’ll even bring Lonzo, who announced Friday he will enter the NBA Draft.

LaVar Ball’s ridiculous boasts about beating Michael Jordan one-on-one and his son being better than two-time NBA MVP Steph Curry have stretched the bounds of credulity at ESPN, not to mention his public battles with LeBron James and TNT’s Charles Barkley.

Mike Golic, co-host of “Mike & Mike in the Morning,” vowed last week he would not waste another second on LaVar Ball, even though his show leads into “First Take.”

Not only did Leonard score 39 points to help erase a 16-point deficit but he Cheap Full Dye Softball Jerseys also had the two biggest plays at the end of the game to put the Spurs up for good.

Trialing by two with 25 seconds remaining, Leonard nailed a 25-foot 3-pointer to give the Spurs a two-point lead. On the ensuing possession, Harden drove the lane looking for the game-winner Cheap Flag Football Jerseys but Leonard blocked him from behind and knocked down two free throws to help seal a 112-110 win.

NBA to implement plan to improve officiating

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July 25, 2017

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In an effort led by new president of league operations Byron Spruell, the NBA will introduce several measures designed to improve officiating. The initiatives, first reported by USA Today, will be formally announced Thursday.

The league’s plan, per USA Today:

Create of an Officiating Advisory Council that will help set guidelines for the future of officiating. The board will include: ESPN analyst Doug Collins; Turner Sports analyst Kenny Smith; former NBA ref Steve Javie; USA Basketball chair Martin E. Dempsey (a retired general and former chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff); and former U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan.

“My family and I appreciate the prayers and well-wishes for my recovery. I had an unfortunate incident with a minor brain hemorrhage which means I’ll be in rehabilitation for a while. But I’m excited about trying to get past this speed bump. I’m improving every day.”

It’s unclear when the hemorrhage happened, but Robinson reportedly has been in the hospital for a week, according to OregonLive.com.

Robinson was drafted by the Blazers in 1989 and remained in Portland until 1997. During his time with the Trail Blazers, he was voted the NBA Sixth Man of the Year in 1993.

From 1997 until his retirement in 2007, Robinson played for the Suns, Pistons, Warriors and Nets.

He recently made headlines after he announced his support of recreational marijuana, and the Blazer who did an NBA playoff victory dance he dubbed “the Uncle Cliffy” now goes by the Cheap Kids Jerseys nickname “Uncle Spliffy.”

Robinson said in January 2016 he was trying to open a Cheap Knock Off Jerseys recreational marijuana farm in Oregon, where the sale of pot is legal.

Spurs’ Kawhi Leonard does everything late to beat Rockets, then gets drug-tested

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July 23, 2017

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Kawhi Leonard showed how talented he is on both ends of the floor in the final seconds of the Spurs’ game against the Rockets on Monday night.

With his team down a point with 32 seconds remaining, Leonard pulled up from deep and nailed a contested 3-point shot over Nene. Before anyone could even react to the made basket, Leonard pinned a potential game-tying James Harden layup against the backboard seven seconds later.

Asked for his MVP ballot before his team’s home game against the Thunder on Sunday night, Cuban responded (via the Dallas Morning News), “Harden, LeBron (James), toss up. (Westbrook’s) not. Look at Harden, he took a team that was 41-41 last year. Look what they’re doing now. Like I said, he (Westbrook) is having a great, incredible individual year. But the Rockets are a top-three record after everybody wrote them off because of James Harden. That’s the difference.”

Cuban made his Westbrook-is-no-superstar stance known during last season’s playoffs, just before the Mavs were eliminated in Game 5 by a Thunder team that also featured Kevin Durant. He reiterated that opinion in December, but walked it back in January.

While Westbrook is averaging a triple-double this season and the Thunder are on Wholesale Jerseys China pace to win 45 games with Durant now in Golden State, Cuban is back to his initial way of thinking.

“If I changed my mind, it would ruin all the fun,” Cuban said Sunday. “You got to win 50 games and a playoff series. It’s impressive, don’t get me wrong. It’s incredible. He’s unstoppable in his own way. But the criteria (are) the criteria. There’s lots of rewards for individual Wholesale NFL Jerseys Free Shipping accomplishments. But it’s a team game. That’s not to take anything away from Russ. It would be no fun if I changed my mind.”

the competition for outfield spots is fierce

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July 20, 2017

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The NL is loaded with outstanding third basemen. The two already on the team (Nolan Arenado and Jake Lamb) are having fine seasons, but think about this: Rendon has the best WAR of any third baseman in the majors, Turner is batting .382 in 59 games, and Shaw has 17 homers, 59 RBIs and a .911 OPS. Yikes.

Most years, the competition for outfield spots is fierce. This year, there are solid players but no glaring omissions. Want proof of that? Of the 10 players on the Final Vote ballot — five AL, five NL — there are zero outfielders.

Again, no glaring omissions. Realmuto is an outstanding player, and Cheap NCAA Jerseys it would be great to see him wearing his Marlins stuff in the game at Marlins Park.

I’d be pretty stunned if Gonzalez (2.77 ERA) and Wood (1.83 ERA) aren’t eventually on the squad. No spot has more additions/subtractions than pitchers.

It’s great to see non-closing relief pitchers become All-Star regulars, no doubt. A couple other guys probably deserve spots this year, too — Devenski has 66 strikeouts in 48 1/3 innings, Rivero has a nasty 0.82 ERA, Bradley’s at 1.23 and Kahnle has 53 strikeouts in 31 1/3 innings.

Charles Clay has not played up to his contract, and the Bills’ reported interest in free-agent tight ends signals a desire to improve at the position. But they did not address tight end in the draft.

“We’re just kind of going through one of those funks right now, I guess is the best way to put it,” said Yankees reliever Tyler Clippard, who in three appearances over a recent five-day span allowed nine earned runs while recording just Cheap NFL Jerseys Nike four outs. “I mean, it’s so hard to kind of pinpoint why.”

NBA free agency rumors: Market shifts favor Pelicans in Jrue Holiday pursuit, SN sources say

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July 18, 2017

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Jrue Holiday’s free-agency options are getting limited, and the odds are improving that he winds up staying put in New Orleans.

According to league sources, some of the potential Holiday Cheap Personalized Jerseys suitors have seen their interest drop off in recent weeks, and a glut of point guards available either by trade (Ricky Rubio, Eric Bledsoe) or free agency (George Hill, Jeff Teague) has watered down the market.

Enter McDermott and defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier, who with their 4-3 defense hope to provide simplicity and efficiency in the wake of Ryan’s complicated 3-4. In comes offensive coordinator Rick Dennison, whose familiarity and ability to work with Tyrod Taylor should only fuel the fan base’s optimism regarding its starting quarterback.

Beginning with that player, we break down Buffalo’s new-look roster, position-by-position.

Hayward is also an excellent shooter off screens (83.0 percentile with 1.12 points per possession last season) and one of the better cutters in the league (84.9 percentile with 1.44 points per possession), which would add another interesting wrinkle to Stevens’ motion-based offense. Not only would it give Stevens another weapon to use following timeouts, but also the combination of Horford setting screens Cheap Paintball Jerseys on Hayward while Thomas looks to score in isolation would put a lot of pressure on defenses to be engaged Cheap Michael Jordan Jerseys For Kids one through five.

NFL playoff teams must have ignored talk of a devalued running game

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July 16, 2017

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A funny thing has happened in this pass-oriented, quarterback-driven NFL the emergence of the running game as a factor for so many of this year’s playoff teams.

Check the stats. Six of the NFL’s top 10 rushing teams made the playoffs, led in the NFC by No. 2 Dallas and No. 5 Atlanta. In the AFC, the top-seeded Patriots rank No. 7, and three other playoff teams rank in the top 10 (No. 6 Oakland, No. 8 Houston and No. 9 Miami).

Teams such as Pittsburgh, Green Bay, Seattle and Kansas City will host cold weather playoff games in which the running game likely will take on a larger role, which is fine with the Steelers and Chiefs, who ranked in the top half of the league in rushing.

Although Rodgers threw for 294 yards in the Week 6 loss, the Cowboys limited him to just one touchdown and picked him off early in the third quarter.

Rodgers had plenty time off a play-action fake to try and hit Randall Cobb Cheap Jerseys No Shipping Fees on a crossing route. But he didnt see safety Barry Church, who confused Rodgers before the snap by shading toward Jordy Nelson before dropping into a zone.

Rodgers is one of the more elusive quarterbacks in the league and his ability to keep plays alive with his legs is one of the things that makes him so dangerous. Along with ability to escape pressure, Rodgers also has one of the NFLs quickest releases.

Giants quarterback Eli Manning had 193 passing yards with a touchdown, but Cheap Jerseys Outlet Shop threw an interception and lost a pair of fumbles as the Cowboys sacked him three times. The Cowboys likely will blitz Rodgers, and a blitz against Manning led to a fumble.

Linebacker Sean Lee blitzed off Mannings right side and hit Manning high as Cedric Thornton was around Mannings legs. The ball slipped from Mannings hands and Thornton recovered it.

That allows Jordan Matthews to return to the slot role for which he’s suited

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July 15, 2017

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That was the issue with Jackson. Any potential for a turnaround of this franchise — in the long or short term — hinged on imaginary scenarios, not real plans. When Jackson brought in Noah and Derrick Rose last offseason, it was obvious to most observers that he’d set the team up for more abject failure, and only the most wishful of thinkers projected a Rose-Noah Knicks resurgence.

This offseason was heading in the same direction. Jackson was flailing and could not articulate where the Knicks were headed next. Dolan got wise. And the franchise without a plan moves on.

Now this is a story all about how the Eagles’ receiving corps got flipped upside down with Torrey Smith and Alshon Jeffery as the new princes in town. While Smith is back in a more comfortable role as a speedy deep threat who can burn No. 2 corners one-on-one, Jeffery steps into more of an upside No. 1 role than he had during his NFL Jerseys Authentic time with Jay Cutler in Chicago. They are perfect for Wentz to let loose downfield this season.

That allows Jordan Matthews to return to the slot role for which he’s suited, and Nelson Agholor into a pure spread-the-field option, because he’s proved he can’t handle much else. The Eagles can also go ahead and blow up their experiment with Dorial Green-Beckham, too. There’s more expandability for veterans here, as the team drafted both Mack Hollins and Shelton Gibson late.

This is a ridiculous 180 from the rags the Eagles have had at Cheap Liverpool Jerseys the position since DeSean Jackson and Jeremy Maclin. There’s no reason to rein in Wentz now.

the safeties acquired in free agency to replace Aaron Williams and Corey Graham

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July 12, 2017

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Corners and safeties under McDermott, in theory, should benefit from more zone coverage. But the secondary features several new faces — as far as starters go, only corner Ronald Darby and potential nickel man Kevon Seymour are retained as guys who played in Ryan’s more challenging, man coverage-based scheme.

Micah Hyde and Jordan Poyer, the safeties acquired in MLB Baseball Jerseys free agency to replace Aaron Williams and Corey Graham, will be needed more as ballhawks than run-supporters. Both are capable. In contrast, the corners who were left on islands in Ryan’s scheme will be more involved in rush defense.

That said, rookie first-rounder Tre’Davious White will have an immediate impact as a likely starter opposite Darby. Newcomers Shareece Wright, Leonard Johnson New York Giants Cheap Jerseys and Charles James will earn reps at corner, too.

The Bills’ roster as a whole features a handful of Pro Bowl-caliber players but hardly any solid depth, so health will be even more important than usual.

Given a new coaching staff implementing a fresh culture, a front office in its infancy and a work-in-progress roster, don’t expect Buffalo to pull an upset and reach the postseason in 2017. But don’t expect more of the chaos for which the organization has become known, either.