NBA basketball lost one of it’s best all time players and inarguably one of the ambassadors over the weekend to retirement. As a 2 time NBA MVP and 8 time NBA All Star, Steve Nash announced his retirement from the Association at the age of 41. The past two seasons in Los Angeles had been [...]
March 22, 2015
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Allen Moll
The Ohio State Buckeyes and Arizona Wildcats both won their opening game of the 2015 NCAA tournament, setting up a Saturday night thriller between the two programs. But more importantly, it places freshman phenoms D’Angelo Russell and Stanley Johnson on the court at the same time. It’s a safe bet that scouts from a trio [...]
March 20, 2015
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Blogs, David Kenyon, NCAA
Wrapping your head around the San Antonio Spurs making a major free-agency splash is difficult. But you must do it. Because it may happen. The Spurs delayed re-signing Kawhi Leonard to an extension in order to preserve cap space. And with Tim Duncan’s and Manu Ginobili’s futures uncertain, rumors have been floated this way and [...]
March 20, 2015
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Because March Madness is upon us and all of the craziness, emotion and excitement that is the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, I thought it would be an appropriate time to rev up the ever-popular and passionate discussion of who are the greatest players in NBA history. With that in mind I put together a 64 [...]
March 19, 2015
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Blogs, Ryan Bawek
The Dayton Flyers squeaked past the Boise State Broncos in the opening round of the 2015 NCAA Tournament, surviving a last-second shot to win 56-55 at University Dayton Arena in Dayton, Ohio. Quite a bit of Dayton involved in that game, huh? Did playing on their home floor provide an unfair advantage for the Flyers, [...]
March 19, 2015
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Blogs, David Kenyon, NCAA
It’s shaping up to be an eventful offseason for the Cleveland Cavaliers. This, in a way, isn’t surprising. Active offseasons could include a championship parade, so that’s pretty cool. But active in the sense they have to worry about their roster, specifically their Big Three foundation, isn’t so cool. LeBron James can become a free [...]
March 18, 2015
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Draymond Green isn’t going anywhere. Sometimes, as higher-profile players approach unrestricted and restricted free agency, people like to craft urgent narratives that prove or suggest those same higher-profiles players or going to leave. The same has been happening with Green and the Golden State Warriors. At season’s end, Green with hit restricted free agency, where [...]
March 18, 2015
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Minutes before the 2015 NBA trade deadline, the Utah Jazz shipped a disgruntled player to a team looking to rid itself of one. “I just didn’t see me as a fit there,” former Jazz forward Enes Kanter told Anthony Slater of The Oklahoman. “I just wanted to go to a different team.” Utah found a [...]
March 17, 2015
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Blogs, David Kenyon
This week Los Angles Times’ Jim Peltz relayed Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant’s message that “There was never a question for me whether or not I was going to play next year.” Here are 24 reasons he might want to think twice. 24 was how old Kobe Bryant was when he played a career-high [...]
March 16, 2015
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Lists, R.S. De France
To all NBA playoff-bound squads, to all postseason hopefuls, to all those teams scrapping and clawing and battling through injuries as the league’s Big Dance nears, the San Antonio Spurs have a message: They don’t care. Just 2.5 games separate the Spurs from a top-four playoff spot. Only 3.5 stand between them and the Western [...]
March 16, 2015
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