Glen Taylor, owner of the Minnesota Timberwolves, is feeling nostalgic, and this obsession with the past could prevent president and coach Flip Saunders from trading Kevin Love. According to CBS Spors’ Ken Berger, Taylor is still wary of dealing Love, fully aware this reeks of the same bad juju that went down between the team [...]
August 1, 2014
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Kevin Garnett’s career is not over yet. Watching Garnett this season was difficult. Sometimes, you couldn’t even watch him, and not just because he missed 28 regular-season games. He simply played that bad. His jump shot wasn’t there, his mobility was so-so and the fire fans have come to know, expect and love or hate [...]
On the heels of another delusional tirade by banned Clippers owner Donald Sterling, the Clippers lost 104-98 to the Oklahoma City Thunder. How? How does the team with the best floor leader (Chris Paul), the best coach (Doc Rivers), and best frontcourt (Griffin/Jordan) lose a playoff series? In the critical game 5, the Clippers blew [...]
May 17, 2014
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With all the talk about where Carmelo Anthony and LeBron James will end up this summer, money and salary are on the minds of NBA GM’s as usual, but it got us thinking about the richest players in the NBA today. 10-T. Shawn Marion 35-year old 4-time All-Star Shawn Marion has made about $10 million [...]
February 12, 2014
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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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Every so often a story comes around that’s so heartwarming while also bizarre. This is one of those times. According to The Commercial Appeal (via The Score), the Memphis Grizzlies’ Tony Allen is auctioning off the shoe he was wearing when he kicked the Los Angeles Clippers’ Chris Paul in the face. One word for [...]
December 20, 2013
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Doc Rivers isn’t Ray Allen. Believe me, that’s an important distinction these days. Allen was the rat bastard traitor who left the Boston Celtics high and dry in 2012, spurning them for the Miami Heat and the opportunity to win a title. Rivers, who orchestrated his departure from Boston, is almost perfect. Or so says [...]
December 13, 2013
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Okay then, Magic. Following the Brooklyn Nets’ 101-100 victory over the Miami Heat, Magic Johnson got a little excited. I’m going to assume that’s what happened, anyway. Something must’ve had him outright jubilant for him to say what he said. Magic attended the game and afterward, he proclaimed that the Nets may have the most [...]
November 4, 2013
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Just leave it alone, Doc. LeBron James took exception to the way Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce treated Ray Allen after he left the Boston Celtics for the Miami Heat in 2012. He thought they were hypocrites for dissing a former teammate after he left for greener pastures, before doing the same thing. And he [...]
October 24, 2013
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You knew this one was coming. For the 12th-year running, the NBA polled all 30 of its general managers on the happenings of the league. Questions ranged from “Which team will be most improved in 2013-14?” to “Which player is best at moving without the ball?” to “Why in the hell won’t the Boston Celtics [...]
October 24, 2013
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