Antawn Jamison is L.A. hopping these days. After a brief one year stint with the Lakers, Jamison agress to a 1 year deal with the Clippers. The Clippers are clearly the better and more exciting team in L.A. these days. Once again, they will have a pretty potent bench, but will all of this translate [...]
August 27, 2013
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Mark Cuban refuses to let the Dallas Mavericks enter rebuilding mode. Er…what exactly would you call this, Mark? Asked about whether this upcoming season would be considered a rebuilding year for the Mavericks, Cuban told The Dallas Morning News rather eloquently that it wasn’t. Oh no. Hell no. Don’t even go there. Look, there’s no [...]
August 26, 2013
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Realizing the title may be a bit alarming for those thinking the team is infringing on players’ rights and freedoms, let me clarify. NBA teams are only using the tracking devices on jersey’s worn during team practices. The player movement information is used by teams for training purposes, to get a better understanding of players [...]
August 26, 2013
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Offbeat
‘Linsanity’, the film about Jeremy Lin’s rise to fame in New York City, Taiwan, and beyond received standing ovations at Sundance Film Festival. Well now the producers are bringing the film to the masses in October of 2013 at select cities. Check this listing for a screening near you. Enjoy the official trailer: [...]
August 26, 2013
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Jason Kidd is setting the bar high for Deron Williams. The 2013-14 NBA season hasn’t even started, and already the Brooklyn Nets’ head coach is expecting the world of his All-Star point guard. While signing autographs, the New York Daily News‘ Stefan Bondy (h/t ProBasketballTalk) writes that Kidd said he wants Williams averaging at least [...]
August 26, 2013
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Metta World Peace never misses an opportunity to tell it like it is. Sometimes, he elects to tell it like it isn’t too, when he’s feeling particularly spunky. Mostly, he’s a source of incorruptible honesty, someone who isn’t afraid to say what everyone else is. And that hasn’t changed. Appearing on Fox Sports 1’s Crowd [...]
August 26, 2013
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Magic Johnson would like to respectfully disagree with LeBron James. In an interview with Fox Sports’ Bill Reiter, The King was asked to name his top three NBA players of all time. Michael Jordan, Larry Bird and Julius Erving—that’s who he picked. And he also named Magic, after saying it was too difficult to select [...]
August 23, 2013
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It’s hard to believe that Kobe Bean Bryant, otherwise known as the “Black Mamba”, turns 35 years old today. I still can remember Kobe as an arrogant teenager back in 1996, when he was already being mentioned in the same breath as NBA all time great Wilt Chamberlain, as he was shattering Pennsylvania state high [...]
August 23, 2013
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Iman Shumpert is going to let the New York Knicks’ play do the talking. Newly crowned member of the Brooklyn Nets Paul Pierce has a personal vendetta he is seeking to carry about against the Knicks. It’s been that way for more than 15 years, when he began his career with the Boston Celtics. That [...]
August 22, 2013
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It’s about that time of year again when the nation’s top high school players, regardless of class, converge on the asphalt to play in the annual Elite 24 Game. In the past, it has served as a springboard for dozens of future NCAA and NBA stars to show out, old school style, on the outdoors [...]
August 22, 2013
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