By Joe Mags After months of speculation, then weeks of deliberation, LeBron James is coming home. Pickinsplinters will be looking into the impact of The Decision 2.0 all week long. Follow our coverage using the hashtag #LeBronToClev. The Cleveland Cavaliers shot like it had both eyes closed last season. The top eight team leaders in FGA all shot underneath 50 percent from the … [Read more...] about #LeBronToClev: Cleveland Cavaliers
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#LeBronToClev: The Letter
By Joe Mags After months of speculation, then weeks of deliberation, LeBron James is coming home. Pickinsplinters will be looking into the impact of The Decision 2.0 all week long. Follow our coverage using the hashtag #LeBronToClev. After wasting hours of each summer day refreshing my Twitter feed and watching talking heads banter about why LeBron James could go here … [Read more...] about #LeBronToClev: The Letter
Spurs Just Keep Winning
Why San Antonio is already the summer’s big winner. By: Joe Mags If San Antonio keeps making the best moves in basketball, but nobody seems to care, it totally still happened. Quietly, remaining true to one of the strongest virtues of the much-applauded San Antonio Spurs infrastructure, the team announced on Wednesday that basketball’s best head coach Gregg Popovich is … [Read more...] about Spurs Just Keep Winning
LeBron, Carmelo hold the cards and Pau Gasol wants to play chess now (Part One)
How a couple free agent signings impact the entire landscape of the NBA By: Joe Mags The entire basketball universe is waiting for two men to decide where they will be playing next season. Meanwhile, every other free agent and most other basketball business is on hold. I took the time this weekend - well, it was less about me taking the time and more attempting to sanely sort … [Read more...] about LeBron, Carmelo hold the cards and Pau Gasol wants to play chess now (Part One)
LeBron, Carmelo hold the cards and Pau Gasol wants to play chess now (Part Two)
The Los Angeles Lakers, nightmare scenario. By: Joe Mags For fun but completely unlikely scenarios involving LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony, check out Part One. This is Part Two. Check out Part Three here. James and Anthony sign with Lakers; the other 29 teams rage against the machine. Anybody who thinks this move isn’t on the table because of how ugly it would get is … [Read more...] about LeBron, Carmelo hold the cards and Pau Gasol wants to play chess now (Part Two)