Stephon Marbury is a lot of things, but “not emotional” isn’t one of them. Who can forget him crying uncontrollably in 1996 when the Bucks drafted him 4th overall (before trading him to Minnesota for Ray Allen a few minutes later) because he so overcome with joy? That’s still the case for the 37 year-old [...]
March 31, 2014
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Dennis Rodman has done some really weird things during and post-career in the NBA. And a legendary career at that. In my mind the greatest rebounder of the modern NBA era. Some may even say one of the best basketball minds to play the game. He treated rebounding as a fine science, and he could [...]
March 30, 2014
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The NBA today released this video with audio of Pacers’ Paul George when he dunked on Heat’s Lebron James a couple nights ago en route to a Pacers one point victory. He’s definitely excited, but I’m pretty sure if I was able to blow past Lebron and dunk and let him know directly about it…. [...]
March 28, 2014
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Ever since the NBA adopted their sleeved jersey looked, many guys have been critical. LeBron has been atop that list. It isn’t a good idea to have your biggest star speaking out in opposition of a league-wide mandate that potentially impacts his performance. According to Bleacher Report, Adam Silver plans to meet with LeBron to [...]
March 24, 2014
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Michael Jordan told Stephen A. Smith this week that he believes Phil Jackson will likely help the New York Knicks succeed in his front office role. Even though the Zen Master doesn’t have any experience in a front office role, he has plenty of experience in talent evaluation, managing of egos, and getting the most [...]
March 17, 2014
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The world is slowly becoming more empathetic and understanding to those student athletes that suffer from a disability. Caution…for anyone who is a parent of a child with an affliction or disability, the following story may cause a tear to come to your eye, possibly even a tidal wave. We once brought you the story [...]
March 16, 2014
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Lakers fans will love this infographic from the AP. For different reasons the Lakers hate wagon probably will too. It shows every Kobe Bryant injury in his career that caused him to miss NBA action. Time is money, and in Kobe’s case given his sizable salary, a lot of money lost to injury. Can you [...]
March 14, 2014
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Shaquille O’Neal has more iPhones than you, and maybe even some Apple retail carriers. During an interview with USA Today‘s Jefferson Graham that is bound to change your life, Shaq revealed that he purchases 50 iPhones whenever a new one comes out…or something like that. That only seems excessive because you’re ignorant. Shaq has plenty [...]
March 11, 2014
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