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Washington Wizards star Bradley Beal lamented spending his money on material items in an interview last week after his final preseason game against the Philadelphia 76ers. Beal, who recently signed a two-year, $72 million extension with the Wizards, said spending money on flashy items like cars and jewelry “gets old eventually,” according to CNBC. “All the jewelry, all the cars – that s—t gets old,” Beal said. Continue to Article

October 23, 2019 8:22:am EST

While his front office contemporaries enjoyed the spoils of splashy signings and bold trades, Elton Brand flew halfway across the world to serve as perhaps the most overqualified ball boy for the league's most enigmatic talent. As Joel Embiid hoisted jumpers in his offseason workouts in Cameroon, his general manager gladly grabbed loose rebounds, the game plan of an equal parts hectic and intensely personal visit Brand hoped would deepen the bond between Embiid and the only franchise he's ever known. No member of the organization had ever made the pilgrimage to Africa's west coast to spend time in Embiid's homeland. Continue to Article

October 23, 2019 2:45:am EST

While, Simmons's inability to shoot may seem like a liability, this weakness is in some ways central to his identity. Everything about the way he plays seems to arise out of necessity, as if the game only really opens up for him once he's able to step out of the framework of orthodoxy, to say nothing of how difficult it is for opposing teams to make sense of a player whose greatest strength may be his outside-the-box thinking. There's a solid argument to be made that Simmons is averse to shooting on an almost unconscious level and that, far from hampering the Sixers, this is a good thing that actually makes them better, or at least more dangerous. Continue to Article

October 22, 2019 11:00:am EST