Charles Barkley has never been one to bite his tongue or hold back an unpopular opinion, not to mention wax poetic about how much tougher the league was in his heyday and atayed in that vein when he was recently asked if this year’s Warriors team could compete with the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls and Michael [...]
December 20, 2015
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Blogs, Ryan Bawek
With the highly anticipated and critically acclaimed newest installment of the Star Wars series having been released last night I thought it would be a fun time to share some NBA Star Wars related puns, let the bad jokes be with you! Luke Sky-Walton Luke Skywalton wants to hear your best #NBAStarWars puns. Fire away; [...]
December 18, 2015
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Blogs, Offbeat, Ryan Bawek
In order to get a courtside seat for a Cavaliers-Thunder game you will have to pay a pretty penny, but professional golfer Jason Day’s wife Ellie Day paid for the experience in a different way: getting toppled by a 260 pound LeBron James diving for a basketball. Midway through the fourth quarter of the Cavs-Thunder [...]
December 18, 2015
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It has been obvious for quite some time now to the rest of the NBA that Derrick Rose neither is or will ever be the player he once was before numerous knee injuries. The incredibly explosive guard who could get up and down the floor at breakneck pace and explode to the rim and finish [...]
December 17, 2015
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Blogs, Ryan Bawek
With six points in the Clippers 103-90 win over the Bucks in Los Angeles Wednesday night, Paul Pierce became the 16th player in NBA history to reach 26,000 points for their career. Earlier this season his former teammate Kevin Garnett became the 15th player in NBA history to reach the milestone. Congratulations to The Truth! [...]
December 17, 2015
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If you have taken a look at the eastern conference standings lately you will notice 10 of the 6 teams in the conference are over .500 at this point which is a marked improvement from recent years as more than half of the conference has finished over 500. once since 2000. More than half of [...]
December 16, 2015
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Blogs, Ryan Bawek
With the Spurs 118-91 trouncing of the Utah Jazz last night Gregg Popovich collected his 1,043 regular season coaching victory to move him to 8th on the all-time list, passing Rick Adelman. Congrats to Coach Popovich on moving to 8th on the all-time coaching wins list. pic.twitter.com/DOGi4GYsKc — NBA TV (@NBATV) December 15, 2015 Here [...]
December 15, 2015
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With Kevin Garnett’s four defensive rebounds in the Timberwolves 111-108 loss in Denver Friday night, Garnett became the NBA’s all-time leader in defensive rebounds for his career. After Sunday’s game in Phoenix, Kevin Garnett how has 11,410 career defensive rebounds, passing Karl Malone who had 11,406 rebounds in his career. The third player on the [...]
December 14, 2015
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Blogs, Ryan Bawek
Now that Kobe Bryant had made it official is hanging them up after 20 seasons as a Lakers after the 2015-16 season, it was inevitable that a traveling farewell tour would ensue as organizations around the NBA would present Kobe parting gifts to commemorate the last time he would play in their city. The 76ers [...]
December 4, 2015
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Blogs, Offbeat, Ryan Bawek