Not too many people around the Association have been happy with the way that the Philadelphia 76ers have been using the so called “tanking” method in order to do an entire rebuild of the roster. But a knowledgeable hoops fan has to give GM Sam Hinkie credit for turning over a once mediocre team devoid [...]
September 8, 2014
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Allen Moll
Most unfortunately, here we go again. Atlanta Hawks controlling owner Bruce Levenson will sell his share of the team after self-reporting a racially charged email he sent in 2012. Here’s NBA commissioner Adam Silver’s statement on the matter: [tweet https://twitter.com/NBA/status/508636146146889728] Although the self-reported part of this mess has been played up, Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo [...]
September 8, 2014
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Dare to dream. Free agency is just about over and done with, and the NBA regular season is less than two months away. You, therefore, know what that means: It’s time for the Los Angeles Lakers to register purported interest in some of next year’s biggest free agents. It happened when Dwight Howard was still [...]
September 8, 2014
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According to the Daily Mail Australia, Kanye West is on a strict diet with plenty of exercise to try and lose the stomach and get back in shape. The interesting part for us at THD was his choice of exercise while on a recent trip to Perth, Australia. Kanye and his entourage hit a local [...]
September 5, 2014
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Brazilian guard Leandro Barbosa has reached a one-year-deal with the Golden State Warriors, according to ESPN.com’s Marc Stein. The Warriors will be the fifth team that he has played with in his entire career. Last season, he averaged 7.5 points, 1.9 rebounds, and 1.6 assists for the Phoenix Suns. However, due to unfortunate injuries—he was [...]
August 28, 2014
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Benjamin Felix Santos
Stop what you’re doing. Stop whatever you’re doing. Doesn’t matter if you’re cooking, rocking your baby to sleep or rescuing gaggles of talking seagulls from a burning building. Stop it. Stop all of it. You’ll want to take this in. Carmelo Anthony and Kevin Durant apparently worked out together. Gasp. Eric Pincus of BasketballInsiders.com was [...]
August 28, 2014
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Why yes, Mark Cuban does hold (playful) grudges. Speaking on KRLD-FM 105.3 The Fan, the Dallas Mavericks owner admitted that he wanted to best Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey in free agency this past summer, per The Dallas Morning News: On if things are personal with the Rockets with Daryl Morey: “Oh, all good [...]
August 28, 2014
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Kevin Love isn’t going to pull a LeBron James in Cleveland. The Cleveland Cavaliers showed off their fancy new stretch-forward toy on Tuesday. To no one’s surprise the spectacle was met with immeasurable fanfare and crazy-ass hype. The deal everyone had been waiting for to be officially done is finally done. Love is actually a [...]
August 27, 2014
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Joel Embiid is a funny guy. Excuse me, kid. That’s what 20-year-olds are: kids. Embiid definitely has the body of a man, and he’ll be expected to conduct himself like a man, but 20-year-olds are, at their core, kids still trying to find their way. That’s what Embiid is. That’s what his Twitter account represents. [...]
August 27, 2014
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