Sunday’s gossip again dominated by NBA chatter as the Playoffs first round reaches their respective exciting conclusions.
KD likely to be named MVP for the 2013-14 NBA season
Oklahoma City Thunder’s Kevin Durant is more than likely to be named this season’s NBA regular season MVP, according to Marc Stein of ESPN.
Durant has averaged 32 points this season and has led the Thunder to a first round series win over the Memphis Grizzlies. He is also likely to represent the USA at this summer’s FIBA World Cup of Basketball.
Security! Security!
The Los Angeles Clippers got the win in Game 7 over the Golden State Warriors but it seems that the war didn’t end at the final buzzer.
Sources close to ESPN.com said:
Multiple sources who were present for the altercation indicate the incident began when Warriors players heard someone they believed to be a Clippers assistant coach loudly saying how quiet it was in the Warriors’ locker room. When Warriors players came out, there were no coaches present but a shouting match between players from both teams soon ensued in the tunnel. It never got physical but it was heated enough that police and security had to be called to calm the situation, sources told ESPN.
“I was sitting in my office with the family,” Clippers coach Doc Rivers said. “I heard about it. From from I’ve heard it was much to do about nothing. Unfortunately the way the arena is built, from our training room, the door opens and their locker room is through that and I guess they can hear guys being excited so that was about it. From there I guess there were guys chirping in the hallway in between the two locker rooms.
“You can’t see that from the hallway [the media] goes through but no one came to [blows]. I found out about it after the fact. Besides people talking loud at each other, nothing happened.”
Mark Jackson out of Golden State?
Unless the Warriors made a massive Playoff run, it was likely for coach Mark Jackson to be told that his services were not needed for next season.
Mark Jackson doesn’t have one GSW front office ally who’ll make a case to ownership to keep him. “He’s on an island,” league source says.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) May 4, 2014
Jabari Parker signs for Rich Paul
Future NBA Draft Pick Jabari Parker of Duke has signed with agent Rich Paul of Klutch Sports.
Paul, who has Miami’s LeBron James on his books looks to be a top three pick in the 2014 NBA Draft.
