Jack Winter Articles - Page 93

The Moose is back in the NBA. According to Shams Charania of The Athletic and Stadium, the Boston Celtics have signed free-agent center Greg Monroe to a 10-day contract. The move comes as the Celtics deal with a rash of minor injuries to key performers with the playoffs fast approaching. Al Horford, Gordon Hayward and […]

Robert Kraft filed a motion earlier this week in Palm Beach County, FL to keep private all evidence in the human trafficking case in which the New England Patriots owner was charged last month. Unfortunately for Kraft, though, local law enforcement says video of the billionaire’s illicit activity at Orchids of Asia Day Spa will […]

Los Angeles Lakers star Lonzo Ball and his family have severed ties with Alan Foster, a long-time friend of LaVar Ball and a co-founder of Big Baller Brand, due to his alleged involvement in a small fortune tied to the Balls and their company recently going missing. According to ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne and Paul Lavigne, […]

The Oakland Raiders have added a big arm to back up incumbent starting quarterback Derek Carr. The Silver and Black announced on Friday that they have signed journeyman signal-caller Mike Glennon. We have signed QB Mike Glennon: https://t.co/hrKrWDWA7E #RaiderNation pic.twitter.com/DDenrqAh8G — Las Vegas Raiders (@Raiders) March 22, 2019 NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport subsequently reported that […]

The Buffalo Bills have added some depth to their defensive backfield. NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported on Friday that Maurice Alexander has signed with the Bills, mere minutes after the free-agent safety posted an illustration of himself wearing a Buffalo jersey on twitter. Another #Bills signing today, as Maurice Alexander agrees to terms in Buffalo […]

The Golden State Warriors had it all clicking for an extended period of Thursday’s 112-89 victory over the Indiana Pacers. Steve Kerr’s team accomplished a rare feat it hadn’t replicated in years, finishing a game without a single player failing to surpass 20 points. Given the score of their win, though, it’s pretty obvious that […]

The Golden State Warriors remain one of the most talented outfits in NBA history. They’re also two-time defending champions. But this version of Steve Kerr’s team, despite its utter dominance at times throughout 2017-18, hasn’t quite found the “Strength In Numbers” cohesion that its predecessors generally had mastered – until Thursday night, at least. The […]

The Utah Jazz couldn’t finish a spirited second-half comeback against the Atlanta Hawks on Thursday night, falling 118-115. The loss is a big one for Quin Snyder’s team as it fights tooth and nail for positioning in a stacked lower half of the Western Conference playoff field. Donovan Mitchell might have felt he personally shouldered […]

The Denver Nuggets came within a victory in the regular-season finale of making the playoffs last season. Instead, they lost a heartbreaker in overtime to the Minnesota Timberwolves, giving Tom Thibodeau’s wayward team the chance to get stomped by the Houston Rockets in a five-game first-round series. Nearly a full year later, the Nuggets are […]

Ricky Rubio is a basketball wizard. Say what you will about the Utah Jazz guard’s career to date: He hasn’t come close to living up to pre-draft hype; eight years into his NBA tenure, he still can’t shoot or finish around the basket; and reasonable minds can disagree about the extent of his positive impact […]

Zion Williamson is almost too big. The Duke sensation’s size and strength are indeed one of his best physical attributes. He routinely makes power-five college basketball players and NBA prospects look far smaller than their listed weight due to his broad shoulders, huge chest, thick arms, and solid base. Coming into the season, though, some NBA scouts […]

The Green Bay Packers’ offseason purge of entrenched stalwarts continued on Wednesday when the Dallas Cowboys signed free agent wide receiver Randall Cobb to a one-year, $5 million deal. Even after his first day meeting his new team, though, the eight-year veteran couldn’t help but express gratitude for his old in an emotional farewell post […]

Stephen Gostkowski will almost surely be back with the New England Patriots next season. The details of his return, though, remain unclear. According to Tom E. Curran of Pro Football Talk, the Patriots and their long-time kicker are progressing towards a contract agreement. “And while there has been outside interest, he and the Patriots have […]

The Houston Rockets aren’t the same team as last season when they won a franchise-record 65 games and led the Golden State Warriors by double-digits at halftime of Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals. Undeterred by the Rockets early struggles this season and optimistic that a more well-rounded roster will ultimately prove beneficial, P.J. […]

Earl Monroe knows a thing or two about what it takes to win with the New York Knicks. The Hall of Fame guard teamed with Walt Frazier, Dave DeBusschere, and Bill Bradley in 1973 to lead the Knicks to a title over Jerry West, Wilt Chamberlain, Gail Goodrich, and the Los Angeles Lakers, the organization’s […]

Donovan Mitchell continues endearing himself to across the NBA. Before his team tipped off against the Atlanta Hawks at State Farm Arena on Thursday, the Utah Jazz star picked a random young fan in the crowd to gift an autographed pair of his sneakers. Donovan Mitchell just randomly went up to this kid and gave […]

The jury has already ruled on last year’s shocking draft night trade between the Atlanta Hawks and Dallas Mavericks. If the second half of Trae Young’s rookie season is a harbinger of even greater things to come going forward, though, it might be time for a retrial. The Hawks’ rookie sensation continued dazzling the NBA […]

Heading into their Christmas Day showdown with the two-time defending champion Golden State Warriors, LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers had righted a wayward ship. After a 2-5 start marked most by James’ jarring lack of engagement defensively, the Lakers bounced back to win 17 of their next 26 games, buoyed by an ever-improving […]

Unbounded love is one hell of a drug. Of course, watching Ja Morant play basketball is, too. In the afterglow of Morant’s epic 17-point, 11-rebound, 16-assist triple-double in Murray State’s upset of Marquette in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday, his father was asked by Bleacher Report’s Master Tesfatsion where the First-Team […]

Meyers Leonard is a unique kind of “talent evaluator.” He applied his abilities in the process of assessing Zach Collins, his teammate on the Portland Trail Blazers. Collins is far more mobile than most seven-footers. The Blazers’ second-year player is blessed with quick feet, long strides, and coordination normally reserved for a player several inches […]

Ja Morant was more than ready for his March Madness moment. The electric sophomore floor general put on a show for a national audience and tens of NBA scouts on the biggest stage of his career to date on Thursday, leading 12-seeded Murray State to an 83-64 beatdown of 5-seeded Marquette. Morant, who’s seen his […]

The best stretch of basketball Brandon Ingram has ever played was ended prematurely earlier this month when the Los Angeles Lakers forward suddenly felt pain in his right shoulder. A few days later, doctors discovered a Deep Venuous Thrombosis, the formation of a blood clot in a deep vein, in his right arm, ending Ingram’s […]

The blue bloods missed on Klay Thompson during the recruiting process. The Golden State Warriors star, though, apparently doesn’t hold it against them. Asked which teams would meet in the championship game of the 2019 NCAA Tournament during March Madness, Thompson chose the matchup that the basketball world wants to see most. Klay Thompson says […]

The Atlanta Falcons made no secret about their desire to upgrade the offensive line this offseason. After a season in which Matt Ryan was sacked 42 times and sustained 108 hits, sixth-most in the league and a career-high for the Falcon’s franchise signal-caller, general manager Thomas Dimitroff knew his team had to make changes up […]

Marcus Smart’s ejection didn’t just cost him the chance to help his team stave off a comeback victory against an increasingly bitter rival. The NBA announced on Thursday that the Boston Celtics guard has been fined $50,000 for shoving Joel Embiid in the back during the Philadelphia 76ers’ stirring 118-115 come-from-behind win over the Celtics […]

There’s no place like home. Just ask Clay Matthews. The longtime Green Bay Packers star signed a two-year, $16.75 million deal with the Los Angeles Rams on Wednesday, ending a 10-year stint in green and gold. While Matthews no doubt felt some measure of hesitance leaving Green Bay, the lure of Southern California apparently played […]

The Oakland Raiders have signed free agent cornerback Nevin Lawson, the team announced on Wednesday. Terms of the deal weren’t released, but Michael Gehlken of the Los Vegas Review-Journal reports that Lawson’s contract is for one year and worth $3.05 million. Lawson spent the first five seasons of his career with the Detroit Lions after […]

Tim Hardaway believes the Dallas Mavericks have a bright future ahead of them, and he thinks his son can be part of the Mavs’ young core that includes Luka Doncic and Kristaps Porzingis. Hardaway, however, pointed that Luka and Kristaps need to stay healthy in order for the Mavs to reach their full potential as […]

Tim Hardaway, Jr. is in a good spot with the Dallas Mavericks. No longer counted on to be a playmaker, the sixth-year veteran can finally embrace his destined role as a supporting shooter and scorer alongside Luka Doncic and, eventually, Kristaps Porzingis. Despite his new squad’s potential to emerge as one of the league’s most […]

Andre Ingram’s time in the NBA has come to a close once again – for now, at least. According to Bill Oram of The Athletic, the Los Angeles Lakers will not sign the well-traveled sharpshooter to a second 10-day contract, ending his second stint with the team. The Lakers are not renewing Andre Ingram's 10-day […]

Brad Stevens, though a champion of analytics since he was hired as head coach of the Boston Celtics, apparently still hedges toward eyes test rather than advanced statistics when it comes to his team’s defense. Based on analytics, the Celtics are considered a top-five team on the defensive end. However, Stevens swears that his team […]

Christian Wood wasn’t left without an NBA home for very long. The New Orleans Pelicans picked up the journeyman big man off waivers on Wednesday, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, barely more than 24 hours after he was released by the Milwaukee Bucks: New Orleans has claimed Christian Wood off waivers, league source tells ESPN. […]

P.J. Tucker is indispensable. While more educated league followers fully understood his worth to the Houston Rockets last season, the summer losses of Trevor Ariza and Luc Richard Mbah a Moute has made it even more obvious how integral Tucker is to his team’s success. Stellar individual defense isn’t the only attribute the 33 year […]

No major professional sports league in the country has embraced globalism with arms spread wider than the NBA. As the league continues to extend its reach across the world going forward, Charlotte Hornets guard Tony Parker envisions a future in which the NBA has teams playing in Europe, whether as part of the current league […]

Chandler Jones remains one of the most impactful pass-rushers in all of football. Playing for the woebegone Arizona Cardinals the last three seasons, though, the two-time Pro Bowler has seen his reputation stall despite producing at an even higher level than he did with the New England Patriots during the first few seasons of his […]

The New Orleans Saints moved quickly to find a replacement for Max Unger after the standout center announced his retirement earlier this week. Even though the Saints seem poised to get by without him next season, that doesn’t mean Unger’s presence won’t be missed by his former teammates and coaches; a sentiment Drew Brees expressed […]

On the surface, Vontaze Burfict seems perfect, if potentially problematic, fit for the Oakland Raiders, within whom coach Jon Gruden wants to instill the old-school, tough-minded, physically-imposing aura that’s long been a mark of the silver-and-black’s best teams in franchise history. But the signing of Burfict on Tuesday registered with a jolt nonetheless given the […]

Even as the revamped Cleveland Browns garner praise from all corners of the football world, there have been rumors that Odell Beckham, Jr. isn’t exactly pleased with his trade from the New York Giants. The superstar wide receiver poured more fuel on that fire on Tuesday, when in a since-deleted Instagram post he expressed a […]

You can’t have enough pass-rushers in the modern NFL – just ask the San Francisco 49ers. According to Albert Breer of Sports Illustrated, team representatives will meet with Ohio State pass-rusher Nick Bosa after the Buckeyes’ Pro Day on Wednesday. Source: 49ers brass will have dinner tonight with Ohio State DE Nick Bosa, after the Buckeyes' […]