The Cleveland Cavaliers opened their 2012-2013 season with some good news: their 2nd year point guard, and best player, was going to be able to start the game. Though Irving’s status wasn’t quite in question, it was nice to see him healthy after an off season where the 2nd year guard broke his hand and [...]
October 31, 2012
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Blogs, Mohamed Abdihakim
The Miami Heat received their NBA championship rings tonight in their season opener at home against the Boston Celtics. The 14k white gold rings had the words “All In” on one side, and “Family” on the other. The classy ceremony (video after the jump) centered around this nice little piece of jewelry: Video of the [...]
October 31, 2012
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Spurs Nation reported yesterday that Spurs shooting guard Manu Ginobili will not be traveling with the team for the season opener. Evidently, Ginobili’s back is still bothering him. According to head coach Gregg Popovich, Ginobili tried to take the court for one practice before the season started and “couldn’t do it.” The Spurs saw Ginobili [...]
October 30, 2012
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Blogs, Mohamed Abdihakim
The National Basketball Association can be a very opportunistic place. Occasionally, things may go your way, or “fall in your lap”, and you must simply seize and capitalize on this. From the very moment James Harden was drafted 3rd overall by the Oklahoma City Thunder in the 2009 NBA draft, he has done just that. [...]
October 29, 2012
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No one saw it coming. Not the Oklahoma City Thunder, not the Houston Rockets, not David Stern himself. And yet, here we are. As Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports first reported, the Rockets and Thunder came to terms on a blockbuster deal that landed All-Star guard James Harden in Houston and volume scoring guard Kevin [...]
October 29, 2012
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Earlier today, I bumped into an interesting article by the Wall Street Journal’s Chris Herring. In it, Herring took a look at a specialized job that is now becoming more and more commonplace in the NBA: shooting coach. To Herring’s credit, he makes a mention of the several statistics that support this seemingly unnecessary job. [...]
October 29, 2012
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Blogs, Mohamed Abdihakim
It’s been well publicized about future Hall of Famer Ray Allen’s surprising move this offseason to leave the Boston Celtics and join the rival Miami Heat. Rumor has it that Ray felt disrespected by having to come off the bench behind Avery Bradley or perhaps he just thought the Celtics had exhausted their chances at [...]
October 29, 2012
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