Tag: Gary Payton


  • Damian Lillard has scored 154 points over the past three games, but Portland needed every single point to stay alive and play into the play-in game on Saturday for the eight seed in the Western Conference. It’s a feat that has never been done before, until now. And we can all thank Paul George and…

  • Entrepreneur and hip hop icon Ice Cube is involved in a business battle with a couple of wealthy businessmen, who Cube claims are using their influence to put up roadblocks to block his bid to buy 21 TV channels Disney. Cube has strategically put a group of investors together that includes Magic Johnson, Will Smith,…

  • Gary Payton is arguably the greatest defensive point guard in NBA history. In fact, he is the only point guard to win the Defensive Player of the Year. He captured the award in 1996 that season he also led the Seattle Supersonics to the Finals against the Chicago Bulls, but would go on to lose…

  • Dirk Nowitzki on April 9th after the Mavericks beat the Phoenix Suns 120-109 announced that would be his last home game in a Mavericks uniform. It was a starter studded night that featured NBA greats such as Scottie Pippen, Larry Bird, Shawn Kemp, Gary Payton, Jason Terry, Shawn Marion,ย  Charles Barkley, and Detlef Schrempf.ย  Larry…

  •   (LOS ANGELES, CA) April 4, 2019 โ€” BIG3ย andย CBS Sportsย announced today that the professional 3-on-3 basketball league, founded by producer, actor, and music legendย Ice Cubeย and entertainment executiveย Jeff Kwatinetz, have agreed to terms that will bring live basketball to CBS and CBS Sports Network. The 2019 season will open on the CBS Television Network in primetime…

  • Hall of Famerย  Gary Payton was best known for his defense and locking down his opponents, while beating you mutually by talking your ear off during games. Arguably, on the top five trash talking list with peers such as Reggie Miller, Larry Bird, Michael Jordan, Allen Iverson, Charles Barkley, and Kevin Garnett.ย  Opposing coaches made…

  • The North Carolina Tar Heels in the early 1980s became household names after defeating the Georgetown Hoyas in the NCAAโ€™s National Championship game in New Orleans at the Superdome in 1982. Michael Jordan, who was a freshman at North Carolina won the game for the Tar Heels as he hit the go-ahead basket with 15…

  • The Dallas Mavericks are getting ready to take on the Miami Heat for the first of the two final games against longtime rival Dwyane Wade on February 12, 2019. The rivalry dates back to the 2006 NBA Finals, a series that saw the Dallas Mavericks win the first two games on their home floor, but…

  • The Chicago Bulls won six out of ten championships in the 90s, which also saw two three-peats. Their Western Conference opponents wereย Los Angeles Lakers, Portland Trail Blazers, Phoenix Suns, Seattle Sonics and the Utah Jazz (back to back).ย  ย Micheal Jordan would take home all-six Finals MVP Awards, as the Bulls went Undefeated in all six…

  • The Seattle SuperSonics made their debut in the NBAโ€˜sย  Western Conference Pacific and Northwest divisions in 1967. Los Angeles based businessmanย Sam Schulman andย ย Eugene V. Kleinย headed a group of minority partners was awarded the NBA franchise.ย  Sam Schulman was heavily involved with them as he served as team presidentย and head of operations. He would run the…