It’s been quite some time since we have had the opportunity to showcase Greg Oden play highlights. Now that he’s getting a bit of burn for the Heat in his latest NBA comeback attempt we had a chance to show you his first regular season dunk in years, and now a pretty sweet block of [...]
January 21, 2014
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Beno Udrih was initially thought to be a very smart acquisition by the Knicks in the offseason, but the marriage hasn’t quite worked out the way all anticipated. Losing leads to frustration and that apparently has taken over Udrih. The PG has reportedly requested a trade from New York. After a mini hot-streak a week [...]
January 21, 2014
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Rumors
Scary thought: Playing the Heat. Scarier thought: Playing a better version of the Heat. Despite spending much of the 2013-14 regular season in cruise control, the Heat are still scary good. Naked-pictures-of-Robin-Williams scary; any-movie-starring-Jason-Bateman good. And according to NBA.com’s David Aldridge, they’re hoping to get even better: With Oden looking like he can be a [...]
January 21, 2014
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The Celtics – Heat playoff series are no longer now that Boston’s core has broken up. When those two teams were meeting up in the playoffs, they provided classic matchups, as those two teams didn’t care for one another. One player at the heart of that was Rajon Rondo. Even though it’s no longer a [...]
January 21, 2014
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Rumors
Let’s all just agree we have no idea what Celtics and general manager Danny Ainge are doing. One day, Boston is expected to trade Rajon Rondo; the next they plan to keep him. Today is one of those latter days. According to NBA.com’s Sam Smith, the Celtics, after naming Rondo the 15th captain in franchise [...]
January 21, 2014
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And the feelgood hoops story of the year has to go to Lt. Cotina Sellers-Jenkins, who decided to give the ultimate surprise to her 13 year old son Derrick Jenkins just after Christmas. It was a rough holiday season for little Derrick as he hadn’t seen his mother for approximately 8 months as she was [...]
January 21, 2014
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Offbeat
It’s official: No one likes the NBA’s sleeved uniforms. Sweeping generalizations are typically taboo. Who am I to speak for everyone? Seriously, who am I? Nobody—in the scheme of everyone, at least. Same holds true here. I can’t say everyone hates those jerseys—except I just did. Because everyone hates them. That’s how it seems. A [...]
January 21, 2014
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High dollar auctioned items from some of basketball’s biggest names have recently been up for sale to the highest bidder, with all or most of the proceeds going to charity. Just last week, an authenticated recruiting letter to Micheal Jordan from legendary coach Dean Smith went up for sale to the highest bidder, with the [...]
January 20, 2014
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Kicks, Offbeat
Brooklyn Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov hasn’t given up his team. Meaning? He’s a far better man than I am. Although the Nets have began the season 16-22, waffling in and out of the Eastern Conference’s playoff picture, Prokhorov has yet to give up hope. His team was supposed to contend for a title following the [...]
January 20, 2014
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