“I want to do all those things again. I want to be a hall of famer… We have to be better than last year. I have to be a better player,” he told the members of the press during his Manila pit stop of Under Armour Road Show

The Rockets completed a trade on Friday, sending Ryan Anderson to the Suns for Brandon Knight and Marquese Chriss. Houston saves a little luxury tax bread this season and potentially a lot next year if they soon decline Chriss’ fourth-year option (which they probably should). The move also shuffles the guard rotation, putting Knight likely ahead of Michael Carter-Williams, and adds another potential forward body in Chriss for Mike D’Antoni to try.

There were two trains that took me to the Garden from my apartment in North Cambridge. The first one got me to North Station about 3 and a half hours before tipoff. The second one got me there 90 minutes later with plenty of time to handle pregame reporting duties. More often than not I would opt for the earlier train because that meant I could watch Ray Allen shoot.

Night after night I’d take a seat a few rows back from the court and watch Allen go through his routine. Invariably there would be almost no one else there, just me and a ballboy or two, watching one of the greatest shooters who ever lived practice his craft.

by Marlon Bernardino
SINGAPORE---NAGKAMPEON si Arena Grandmaster at Fide Master elect Robert Suelo Jr. ng Pilipinas sa katatapos na Asean Chess Academy (ACA) Rapid Open Chess Championships nitong Linggo, Setyembre 2, 2018 na ginanap sa Bukit Timah Shopping Centre dito sa Singapore.

Lakers’ Luol Deng buyout is even more brilliant than you think.

Be afraid of the Los Angeles Lakers. Not only do they have Magic Johnson and LeBron James. But this front office is legit. Witness the Luol Deng buyout.

As foreshadowed by the prescient Mark Deeks earlier this week, the Lakers indeed reached a buyout agreement with the veteran Deng that went into effect on September 1. They used the stretch provision to do it, shrinking the salary cap burden of the contract on an annual basis by extending the pain over a longer time period.

Los Angeles made a big move in their quest to move towards the top of the West.

The Los Angeles Lakers are on a mission to catch up with the top of the Western Conference, and on Saturday morning they took a sizable step towards accomplishing that goal. Los Angeles is finalizing a buyout with forward Luol Deng, who has two years and $36.8 million remaining on his contract.

Henry Walker unloaded a game-high 35 points, 17 rebounds and five assists as Blackwater came from behind to squeak past San Miguel Beer, 103-100, for its straight win in the 2018 Philippine Basketball Association Governors’ Cup at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.

Trailing by eight entering the fourth, the Elite picked itself up and came through in winning time to outduel the Beermen when it mattered. 

According to Adrian Wojnarowski, the Rockets have traded Ryan Anderson and De’Anthony Melton to the Suns for Brandon Knight and Marquese Chriss.

Many Rockets fans will wake up to a huge surprise Friday morning when they learn the news of the trade.