In Wednesday’s match-up with the Utah Jazz, the Los Angeles Lakers continued to show troubling signs. The Lakers once again had trouble holding on to the ball. Four Jazz starters collected a minimum of 2 steals, Al Jefferson leading the way with 4. For their part, LA didn’t communicate well enough to take advantage of [...]
November 8, 2012
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Blogs, Mohamed Abdihakim
Thought this was pretty clever when I saw it. Thoughts? [...]
November 8, 2012
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Offbeat
Perhaps he was still reeling over getting dunked on my Jeff Teague a few days ago, because Kevin Durant unloaded on Jonas Valanciunas. Mid-flight, Jonas tries to pull his arms down, but it was too late: [...]
November 7, 2012
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Highlights
The Pacers are everyone’s sleeper pick this year, and for good reason. They have a young, talented core and should make another playoff run. But starting out the season without Danny Granger, arguably their best player, isn’t good. The Indiana Pacers expect to be without Danny Granger for approximately the next three months after the [...]
November 7, 2012
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Rumors
We’ve seen it many times before. When a team with high expectations starts losing, the first one to face blame is the Coach. And although the Lakers won their last contest, staff in the Lakers organization have been none too happy with the attention the Lakers struggles are receiving. Couple that with the fact the [...]
November 7, 2012
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Rumors
Derrick Rose and his wife Mieka Reese have worked hard over the last few months to keep hush hush about the impending arrival of their newborn baby. Apparently once the baby arrived, Derrick Rose couldn’t contain his happiness with being a Dad and decided to share images of his newborn son with the world on [...]
November 7, 2012
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Offbeat
Ready to see who the President of the United States will be for the next few years? While you might not be, Jordan Brand definitely is with the release of the Air Jordan I – ‘Election Day’. Not just bearing American flag colors, the inspiration for this Jordan I is hammered home by the insole [...]
November 6, 2012
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Kicks, Official Releases
In case you forgot, Chris Paul is a premier ball handler. Last night against the Cavs, he put it all out on full display on this one play to the basket. [...]
November 6, 2012
Anou Enright
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When Kobe Bryant entered the NBA, some current players were still wetting the bed at night. Hard to believe that he’s still playing at a high level. A few months ago, when asked, Kobe said he only wanted to play a few more years. Did he change his mind? “My aim is to play until [...]
November 6, 2012
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The basketball world watched in awe as 5’7″ Spud Webb won the NBA Dunk Contest in 1986 (video after the jump), as the shortest player to ever compete. So it is with shock and awe that we bring you this video from Ballislife.com of what may possibly be the shortest ‘dunk contest ready’ player in [...]
November 6, 2012
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