NBA: Oklahoma City Thunder Star Kevin Durant Will Not Sign With Houston Rockets

Edit Inquisitr 15 Jun 2016
The Golden State Warriors defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder in the NBA Playoffs ... The Oklahoma City Thunder selected Kevin Durant with the second overall pick in the 2007 NBA Draft ... He has been selected to five All NBA First Team ... In first round of the NBA Playoffs, the Thunder faced off against the Dallas Mavericks ... Kevin Durant is expected to meet with a handful of NBA teams ... NBA....

NBA: Toronto Raptors Shooting Guard DeMar DeRozan Opts Out of Contract, Set To Become An ...

Edit Inquisitr 15 Jun 2016
The team made it to the Eastern Conference Finals in the NBA Playoffs ... He also had one of his best years since joining the NBA ... Masai Ujiri [Photo by Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Images]After the Toronto Raptors were eliminated by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Playoffs, DeMar DeRozan spent some time talking to the media ... They also have the second overall pick in this year’s NBA Draft ... NBA....

NBA: Cavs vow to be ready while Warriors could lose Bogut

Edit The Times of India 15 Jun 2016
It could take another historic effort from Kyrie Irving and LeBron James to keep Cleveland in the NBA Finals, while the Golden State Warriors faced the possible loss of center Andrew Bogut ... The Warriors have made a record 276 3-pointers in this year's playoffs, paced by NBA Most Valuable Player Stephen Curry, the NBA scoring leader who hit a record 402 3-pointers this season....

Kyrie Irving is a superstar, and that’s bad news for the Warriors

Edit New York Post 15 Jun 2016
CLEVELAND – It’s hard for any Cleveland critic to dare suggest LeBron James doesn’t have a superstar sidekick after he and Kyrie Irving did their 41-41 act to destroy Oracle Arena’s party Monday night in Game 5 of the NBA Finals ... Even after a disappointing first two games to the Finals, Irving has shown James all playoffs he is the better, younger, co-leading man....

Thunder season in review: Andre Roberson shows All-Defensive, two-way potential in breakout postseason

Edit The Oklahoman 15 Jun 2016
The 24-year-old wants his name on the NBA's All-Defensive Team ... In the Thunder's 18-game NBA Playoffs run, Roberson showed elements of his two-way game that forced the league to take notice ... How? ... Two games into the NBA Finals with the Warriors leading the series 2-0, Thompson said playing the Cavaliers wasn't necessarily easier than playing the Thunder, “but obviously Cleveland doesn't have the length that OKC had." ... He didn't need to....

Warriors remain confident as series shifts back to Cleveland

Edit Toronto Sun 15 Jun 2016
OAKLAND — Cleveland has stolen the momentum in the NBA Finals, Andrew Bogut might not be coming back, Draymond Green could be rusty and walking on eggshells trying to avoid more punishment and the Warriors only need to think back a few weeks to know a rally from 3-1 down is possible ... “Well, it’s the NBA Finals....

Rob Oller commentary | Cavaliers need help from Warriors to win NBA Finals

Edit The Columbus Dispatch 15 Jun 2016
That comes later, when the dust clears and the Cleveland Cavaliers either have won the NBA title or ... The Cavs are never to be counted out because of James’ ability to shine brighter the darker things become — ESPN stats reports that LBJ’s 32.4 scoring average when facing playoff elimination is highest in NBA history; better than No....

Pete Rose says Cubs are good but 'will find a way to screw it up'

Edit Yahoo Daily News 15 Jun 2016
It's just a matter of who's going to give them a fight at the end of the season, in the playoffs. “The Cubs, are they going to play good all year like last year when they won 97 games and then got swept in the playoffs? We'll have to wait and see, because in the playoffs, you're a different animal.” ... By any measure, the Cubs were ahead of schedule in even reaching the playoffs a year ago....

Philadelphia 76ers Interested In Jamal Murray With First Pick In NBA Draft

Edit Inquisitr 15 Jun 2016
The Philadelphia 76ers currently hold the first overall pick in this year’s NBA Draft ... This would be quite the shocker, since most of the NBA mock draft have Simmons going first ... Murray can play both the point guard and shooting guard positions in the NBA ... He believes that the Philadelphia 76ers should pick Jamal Murray with the first overall selection in the NBA Draft....

Warriors are in danger because Draymond Green can’t play nice

Edit New York Post 15 Jun 2016
CLEVELAND — If the Warriors collapse historically in these Finals, NBA disciplinarian Kiki Vandeweghe, in some Bay Area fans’ minds, would deserve a Cavaliers championship ring. But that may be unfair to the man who suspended Draymond Green for Monday’s Game 5 ... Avoid one at all costs ... Or may never come ... Smith for the demise in the 2013 playoffs when owner James Dolan thought they possessed a championship-caliber team ... ....

Warriors: The national choice, by a whisker

Edit San Francisco Chronicle 15 Jun 2016
[...] when the results were tallied, the Warriors came out ahead of the Cavs by the narrowest of wins in an online survey of 10,000 NBA fans done by ......

NBA Trade Rumors: Chicago Bulls To Be Blown Away By Jimmy Butler Trade Offers

Edit Inquisitr 15 Jun 2016
If you believe any of the NBA trade rumors that are circulating, the Chicago Bulls will get some great offers ...NBA on ESPN (@ESPNNBA) June 14, 2016 ... As for Derrick Rose, his name is involved in just about as many NBA trade rumors as Jimmy Butler ... Those are the teams who the NBA trade rumors have as interested parties ... Kris Dunn may turn out to be a superstar in the NBA ... Is he a top-10 NBA star? That remains to be seen....

Suns Players React to Game 5 of NBA Finals (Phoenix Suns)

Edit Public Technologies 15 Jun 2016
(Source ... Original documenthttp.//www.nba.com/suns/blog/suns-players-react-game-5-nba-finals ... (noodl....
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