Kenneth Faried Q&A: The NBA's courtship of India

Russell Westbrook Dunked The Nuggets Out Of The Arena The Denver Nuggets, a bad basketball team, actually gave the Oklahoma City Thunder a close game last night. A rejuvenated Danilo Gallinari hung 27 on them, Kenneth Faried did some Kenneth Faried things, and rookie point guard Emmanuel Mudiay managed Read more ... to play 33 not-totally-embarrassing minutes. Denver still lost 110-104, because I’m pretty sure each of these Russell Westbrook dunks counted for five points:

Kenneth Faried suffers scary injury at Warriors

Warriors hold off Nuggets; Faried taken off on stretcher OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Klay Thompson made a driving finger roll with 15.6 seconds left in overtime and the short-handed Golden State Warriors stayed undefeated at home, holding off the Denver Nuggets 111-108 on Saturday…

Kenneth Faried Leaves Court On Stretcher After Apparent Head/Neck Injury Kenneth Faried left the Warriors’ arena in Oakland on a stretcher after the Nuggets’ forward suffered an injury to the head or neck late in Denver’s overtime loss to Golden State tonight. Here’s how the play looked in live action:

Denver's Faried placed on stretcher, taken to hospital OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Denver Nuggets forward Kenneth Faried was taken off the court on a stretcher with a neck brace to stabilize him. The Nuggets said Faried was taken to the hospital for precautionary reasons. Faried…

K.J. McDaniels Gets Two Chasedown Blocks In 10 Seconds Houston Rockets rookie shooting guard K.J. McDaniels has quickly established himself as one of the best shot-blocking guards in the league. He’s averaging 1.1 blocks per game while playing just 22 minutes a night, and his 70 blocks put him ahead of Read more ... big men like Taj Gibson, LaMarcus Aldridge, and Kenneth Faried. During last night’s game against the Spurs, McDaniels needed just 10 seconds to show off what a devastating shot-blocker he can be.