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Mark Cuban Rooted for Spurs in Finals…Because He Wanted Tim Duncan to Retire

Mark Cuban Rooted for Spurs in Finals…Because He Wanted Tim Duncan to Retire

Honesty is rare commodity in the NBA, which is why Mark Cuban can often be the best. Sometimes he’s the worst, but that’s neither here nor there. This time, he’s the best. The absolute best. The Dallas Mavericks owner apparently rooted for the division rival San Antonio Spurs when they faced off against the Miami [...]

October 9, 2014 admin Blogs 0

Parsons’ Free Agency Was Part of Howard’s Deal With Rockets

Parsons’ Free Agency Was Part of Howard’s Deal With Rockets

Those still looking to hand out blame for the Houston Rockets’ ambitiously abysmal summer aren’t going to be happy. Their job just got a lot harder. And weirder. Initially, the vision was pair to Dwight Howard and James Harden with another superstar, be it Chris Bosh or Carmelo Anthony, while retaining Chandler Parsons. That didn’t [...]

September 19, 2014 admin Blogs 0

Drastic Change Isn’t the Answer for NBA, Team USA

Drastic Change Isn’t the Answer for NBA, Team USA

Darkness, in the form of immense idleness, has set in over the NBA and basketball community at large. Any and all activity is basically suspended. For real. Summer league is long gone, training camps and preseason games remain a ways off and, now, following Team USA’s gold medal at the 2014 World Cup, there isn’t [...]

September 16, 2014 admin Blogs 2

Mark Cuban Told Chandler Parsons Not to Play for Team USA

Mark Cuban Told Chandler Parsons Not to Play for Team USA

Fresh off handing Chandler Parsons $46 million, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban didn’t want him playing for Team USA, risking injury and, more importantly, putting his investment in harm’s way. Go figure. Here’s what Parsons had to say after he threw out the first pitch at a Texas Rangers game, via The Dallas Morning News‘ [...]

September 12, 2014 admin Blogs 1

Mark Cuban Wanted to Kick Daryl Morey’s Ass in Free Agency

Mark Cuban Wanted to Kick Daryl Morey’s Ass in Free Agency

Why yes, Mark Cuban does hold (playful) grudges. Speaking on KRLD-FM 105.3 The Fan, the Dallas Mavericks owner admitted that he wanted to best Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey in free agency this past summer, per The Dallas Morning News: On if things are personal with the Rockets with Daryl Morey: “Oh, all good [...]

August 28, 2014 admin Blogs 0

Adam Silver Calls Playing for Team USA a ‘Big Risk’

Adam Silver Calls Playing for Team USA a ‘Big Risk’

Adam Silver only speaks the truth. Less than a year into his tenure as NBA commissioner, Silver has not held back. From wanting to impose a new draft age limit to banning super-sized shitbag Donald Sterling for good, he’s shot straight from the hip, never shying away from the big decisions or questions. Talking about [...]

August 21, 2014 admin Blogs 0

Daryl Morey Calls Chandler Parsons’ Contract With Mavs ‘Untradeable’

Daryl Morey Calls Chandler Parsons’ Contract With Mavs ‘Untradeable’

Daryl Morey wants you to know you’re freaking crazy, Mark Cuban. That’s basically what the Houston Rockets’ general manager implied of the Dallas Mavericks and their fearless, outspoken owner and their pursuit of Chandler Parsons—who they successfully signed, mind you, but not without paying a steep, above-market price. Here’s what Morey told KBME-AM 790 in [...]

July 14, 2014 admin Blogs 0

Suns Head Coach Jeff Hornacek Once Babysat Goran Dragic’s Son

Suns Head Coach Jeff Hornacek Once Babysat Goran Dragic’s Son

Relationships between NBA coaches and players will never be the same. Not in Phoenix at least. During an interview with kosarka.si—the english transcription of which comes courtesy of HoopsHype—Suns point guard Goran Dragic revealed that he has an unconventional relationship with head coach Jeff Hornacek: Goran Dragic: Very special relationship. We spend a lot of [...]

May 8, 2014 admin Blogs 0

The Face of Racism in the NBA

The Face of Racism in the NBA

“Racism is a much more clandestine, much more hidden kind of phenomenon, but at the same time it’s perhaps far more terrible than it’s ever been,” Author and former Professor Angela Davis said during an interview in 1999. On the heels of the racially charged and offensive comments made by Nevada Cattle Rancher Cliven Bundy, [...]

April 30, 2014 Rob R.S. De France 0

Mark Cuban Says Mavs Will ‘Never’ Trade Dirk

Mark Cuban Says Mavs Will ‘Never’ Trade Dirk

Meet Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks and resident broken record. While Cuban is prone to repeating himself, it’s not all his doing. He’s asked the same questions over and over and over and over again, Groundhog Day-style. It’s never, “How do you feel about bowl haircuts?” or “Are you supplied with unlimited cheese [...]

March 18, 2014 admin Blogs 0