Having grown up in the Washington, D.C. area, new Lakers point guard Quinn Cook had already established a relationship with Kevin Durant before the two played together for the Golden State Warriors. But Cook also has ties to one of the other megastars in the game, his new teammate: LeBron James. In an interview with […] The post Lakers’ Quinn Cook explains how he first became close with LeBron James appeared first on ClutchPoints.

When the Los Angeles Lakers successfully traded for Anthony Davis last month, it was expected that a lot of players would be wanting to join the franchise in order to have an opportunity to play with him and four-time MVP, LeBron James. One of those players is Quinn Cook, who said that AD is a […] The...

Former NBA player Stephen Jackson believes that the questionable moves by the Oklahoma City Thunder in the past is starting to haunt them big time. The Thunder suddenly found themselves in rebuilding mode after they were somehow forced to trade Russell Westbrook and Paul George. Jackson told Erik Horne of The Oklahoman that what happened […] The post Stephen Jackson says Thunder should have kept James Harden in 2012 instead of the ‘wrong people’ appeared first on ClutchPoints.

Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports Texas gets swept by the Astros and may have lost their closer That was a bad ending to a bad series. Lance Lynn got jumped on for two runs early, gave up two more runs later on, and the Texas Rangers offense could once again do very little against a little known Astros starter. Nomar Mazara homered and Logan Forsythe had a pinch hit home run, but it wasn’t enough. Player of the Game: Nomar Mazara had a home run — his first in almost a month — and a walk. Next up: The Rangers head to the Pacific Northwest and take on Seattle tomorrow night, with...

Photo by Jason O. Watson/ Once again, the Giants beat the Mets in extra innings. For the third time in the last four games, the Mets were walked off by the Giants in extra innings, falling 3-2 in the twelfth. Steven Matz was solid for six innings and home runs from Michael Conforto and Amed Rosario put the Mets up early, but the offense went totally dormant after that and the bullpen eventually cracked. It’s debatable whether this makes the loss more or less frustrating, but the Mets didn’t even have a ton of opportunities in this one. They managed only five hits and four walks while...

The Cincinnati Reds slow fade continues in 3-1 loss to St. Louis Cardinals. The team has lost nine of its last 12 games.        

Paxton managed to put the Yankees back in the place where the homestand started when the All-Star break was over: looking like it needs a pitcher to make the starting rotation more dependable.

Photo by Logan Riely/ Josh Donaldson and Ronald Acuña Jr. homered to back Gausman. Kevin Gausman gave the Atlanta Braves exactly what they needed with a dominant performance to help lead them to a 7-1 win over the Washington Nationals. The Braves got things started quickly against Nationals starter Joe Ross. Dansby Swanson worked a one out walk and then moved all the way to third as Freddie Freeman blooped a single into short left. Josh Donaldson struck out but Nick Markakis came through with a two out, two-run single to put Atlanta in front 2-0. Ross would settle down from there...