What Separates Damian Lillard From The NBA's Best Point Guards? - Blazer's Edge Damian Lillard has been labeled as a second-tier NBA point guard - a top-10 guy, to be sure, but not much higher. How can he improve? Let me start with what may well be the understatement of the century - people in Portland tend to get a little bit defensive about their Trail Blazers. Whether it's the lack of … [Read more...]

Knicks' Porzingis crushing 5K calories a day - CBSSports.com When we watched Kristaps Porzingis during summer league, every single compliment seemed to come with a qualifier. He has to bulk up. If Porzingis hit a jumper or got a shot off inside or grabbed a rebound or blocked a shot or earned a trip to the free throw line, it was immediately countered with the idea that he's simply too … [Read more...]

NBA: Why They Should Follow The MLB In Utilizing Their Developmental League - Sir Charles In Charge To help further along players, some sports have developmental leagues. The NBA has one, but they don’t really take advantage of it The Fort Wayne Mad Ants, an NBA Development League team, was the last remaining independent team in the league before being snatched up by the Indiana Pacers for sole … [Read more...]

How NBA inspired footy's newest rule - Fox Sports [unable to retrieve full-text content]Fox SportsHow NBA inspired footy's newest ruleFox SportsFooty has been slower to accept the notion of player movement than most major sports around the world. Free agency only came into existence at the end of the 2012 season. Last week the AFL Commission took another step towards a more fluid … [Read more...]

The long road of an NBA second-round pick - FOXSports.com By Miles Wray This summer, some of the most-sought-after free agents on the market entered the league with the assumption that they wouldn’t stick around long in the league: no second-round pick is taken with the thought of a stable NBA career as an expectation. It seems impossible now that more than just a handful of teams would pass on … [Read more...]

NBA notebook: Aldridge picks Spurs - The Bakersfield Californian Free agent power forward LaMarcus Aldridge made his decision Saturday and will sign a four-year, maximum contract with the San Antonio Spurs. Aldridge, who turns 30 on July 19, announced the news on Twitter: “I'm happy to say I'm going home to Texas and will be a Spur!! I'm excited to join the team and be close to my family and … [Read more...]