Minor league baseball teams are known for creative promotions and uniforms in order to draw attendance and attention. The G-League’s Delaware 87ers, the affiliate of the Philadelphia 76ers, has gotten into the fun this week by unveiling their SpongeBob Squarepants uniforms, based on the highly popular Nickelodeon show. [tweet https://twitter.com/nbagleague/status/948672902571970561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] This is a little harsh, [...]
January 4, 2018
Anou Enright
Offbeat
Three years later, John Wall is ecstatic to be a member of the Washington Wizards. Actually, he’s always been elated at the prospect of playing for the Wizards and city of Washington, hence the five-year, $80-million extension he inked over the summer. But this year is different; this team is different. One of the NBA’s [...]
October 18, 2013
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Earlier this season, there was speculation that the Heat might dump Chris Bosh this off-season and replace him with a more affordable power forward. Bosh’s poor playoff performance might be more than enough to punch his ticket out of town. And franchise favorite, the awesome, yet injured D-Wade on his way out, too? I guess [...]
June 17, 2013
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Blogs, R.S. De France
The Washington Wizards are no strangers to making bad decisions, which is why it should come as no surprise that they passed on the opportunity to acquire James Harden. According to Michael Lee of The Washington Post, the Oklahoma City Thunder would have agreed to send their combo guard to the Wizards in exchange for [...]
December 12, 2012
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August 29, 2012 – Mohamed Abdihakim The good news is…no one was packing heat in a Wizards locker room this past season. Nonetheless, it ain’t easy being a pro hoops fan in Washington. [...]
August 29, 2012
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January 25, 2012 – Allen Moll In 2012, Gordon is once again lighting up the scoreboard to the tune of 14.3 ppg and shooting more than 45% from behind the arc, mostly as the starting 2 guard for coach Lawrence Frank. Perhaps because he’s slightly undersized(6’3) to play against bigger shooting guards, I’ve always been amazed [...]
January 25, 2012
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November 9, 2010 – Kevin Burke As much as basketball fans were waiting for this season to begin, the start of each year isn’t always indicative of what will happen down the line. Some teams and players play over their heads early on and some underachieve. I think that it usually takes a few weeks to [...]
November 9, 2010
Anou Enright
Blogs, Kevin Burke
Kwame to Pistons, Ricky Buckets to Clippers, Krstic considering Russia, and Okafor/Smith still no solid offer July 28th, 2008 – Dr. Browntorious After a fairly eventful day around here discussing the potential then ultimate close of the Renaldo Balkman to Denver trade, there were quite a few other interesting notes on the NBA free agent [...]
July 28, 2008
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June 30th, 2008 – Dr. Anklesnap The NBA free agency moratorium is almost upon us. What does that mean? It is a designated period in which teams may hold negotiations about free agents but cannot sign contracts. It is during this time period that the NBA and NBPA conducts an audit that determines the new [...]
June 30, 2008
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