Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
The most mystifying sub-.500 team in the NBA this year is surely the Milwaukee Bucks, who knocked off the Heat for the second time in little over a week on Wednesday night. (If you are mystified by the Knicks being under .500, you know less about basketball than anyone should ...
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Thursday, April 14th, 2011
Now that the regular season is over, the NBA universe can turn its attention to the playoffs, which start on Saturday. But for fans of the 14 non-playoff teams, the focus is now on the upcoming NBA Draft and the offseason. With that in mind, the percentages for the upcoming ...
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Monday, August 30th, 2010
Yeah, I couldn't believe it either, but the No. 6 overall pick in the 2007 NBA Draft may have actually improved. Despite the fact that he's been the most disappointing Chinese import since those toys with lead in them, and he's already been traded twice in three years, Jianlian has ...
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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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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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Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009
After news of the Richard Jefferson to the Spurs deal came down this afternoon, reports are swirling that an even bigger blockbuster deal fell through this weekend.
Though Celtics' GM Danny Ainge is denying the rumor, Yahoo! Sports is reporting that over the weekend Boston offered Ray Allen and Rajon Rondo ...
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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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Thursday, May 21st, 2009
Ladies and gentlemen, I bring you the NBA: Homegrown Edition. And no, that doesn't mean a league where Bonzi Wells, Melo, Damon Stoudemire, Zach Randolph and Darius Miles score by taking bong hits.
I'll explain.
The NBA Draft Lottery was holding to form on Tuesday. The order was working up until Memphis ...
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Monday, February 23rd, 2009
A couple of weeks ago we told you that Kelvin Sampson cursed the Milwaukee Bucks with his mere presence. Maybe you were a skeptic and didn't believe us. You think curses are kid stuff for silly people.
But Bango believes.
Who is Bango?
He's only been the Bucks' mascot since 1977. And for ...
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Tuesday, February 17th, 2009
In these tough economic times, some professional sports teams have had to look for alternative ways to generate capital and stay afloat. Raising ticket prices isn’t really an option for many franchises as cost-conscious spectators are less likely to shell out top bucks. Plus, it would look like a cash ...
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