Friday, May 20th, 2011
Last night All-Star point guard Russell Westbrook was relegated to the bench for the entire fourth quarter in the Oklahoma City Thunder's 106-10o win over the Dallas Mavericks. Most observers were puzzled as to why Westbrook wasn't inserted back into the game since he didn't appear injured. Well, now we ...
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Thursday, May 5th, 2011
Los Angeles Lakers forward Ron Artest was suspended one game without pay today for a foul committed against Dallas Mavericks guard J.J. Barea late in Game 2 last night. With 24.4 second left in the Mavericks 93-81 win last night, Artest essentially clotheslined Barea as the pint-sized guard handled the ...
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Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011
Our long national nightmare is finally over. Carmelo Anthony has finally been traded to the New York Knicks. We can all stop holding our collective breath and move on with our lives. So can everyone associated with an NBA front office, because now that Anthony has been dealt, other teams ...
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Friday, February 19th, 2010
After an entire season of talk, discussion, rumor and innuendo, NBA executives finally got off their tails and actually made some moves before Thursday's trade deadline. After last year's deadline day flop, the flurry of moves - involving some fairly big names - before yesterday's deadline was actually impressive.
Here's a ...
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Tuesday, September 15th, 2009
You read that headline right, although it could have said "Greg Ostertag is still alive!" and been just as valid.
The 36-year old Kansas product retired three years ago yet claims he wants to get back into the NBA. I think I speak for virtually everyone on the planet when I ...
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Wednesday, July 15th, 2009
Late Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning, the Los Angeles Lakers reportedly pulled their three-year, $27 million offer to Lamar Odom, off the table. Lakers owner Jerry Buss is reportedly upset that neither Odom nor his agent Jeff Schwartz have responded to the NBA Champions' latest offer. Schwartz has not contacted the ...
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Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
I've been watching Season 3 of The Sopranos on On Demand, and I've been inspired. Meadow Soprano/Jamie Lynn Sigler is still very hot not-so-forbidden fruit (despite the Turtle fiasco) even years after the show is over. And by the way, season three of The Sopranos is by far the best ...
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Thursday, June 25th, 2009
6:50 - Evening. This is around the 5,000th live blog of the NBA Draft going on tonight, and at least 1,000 of those are more qualified to dissect tonight's picks than I am. But hey, screw it, I need something to do tonight. I'll be live-blogging with a heavy heart ...
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Wednesday, June 24th, 2009
The NBA Draft is Thursday, and this year's draft, which many are already calling the weakest in recent memory, is as unpredictable as any I can remember. After Blake Griffin, everything is a toss up.
There are a ton of question marks. And you just know at least half of the ...
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Monday, June 22nd, 2009
1. Los Angeles Clippers - Blake Griffin, PF (Oklahoma)
Duh. Not even the Clippers can botch this one...I think. Griffin is this year’s prize. After him, the draft starts to taste a lot like Coors Light - watered down.
Local take: Mark Heisler of the Los Angeles Times.
2. Memphis Grizzlies - Hasheem ...
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