With Peyton Manning more than likely playing in his last NFL game this Sunday it got me thinking about all of the great NBA superstars of the 2000s era whose careers are quickly coming to an end. Many of the players, people like myself grew up watching and competing for titles and NBA awards, may [...]
February 3, 2016
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Nicolas Batum seems pretty excited about hitting the NBA’s free agent market this summer. This is not to say he’s plotting his escape from the Charlotte Hornets, who acquired him from the Portland Trail Blazers over the summer, presumably with every intention of investing in him long term. But that investment is going to cost [...]
January 15, 2016
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With six points in the Clippers 103-90 win over the Bucks in Los Angeles Wednesday night, Paul Pierce became the 16th player in NBA history to reach 26,000 points for their career. Earlier this season his former teammate Kevin Garnett became the 15th player in NBA history to reach the milestone. Congratulations to The Truth! [...]
December 17, 2015
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Lance Stephenson knows the 2015-16 Los Angeles Clippers are going to be better than any version of the Indiana Pacers he was a part of. This isn’t a difficult concept, of course. The Clippers have a crap ton of talent on their hands: three legitimate stars in Chris Paul, Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan; an [...]
October 21, 2015
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So about that rift between Chris Paul and DeAndre Jordan… When Jordan first chose the Dallas Mavericks over the Los Angeles Clippers in free agency, his relationship, or lack thereof, with his point guard seemed to be the driving force behind said departure. Now, on the right side of his offseason flip-flop, it appears the [...]
July 22, 2015
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Paul Pierce may be ready to hang up his laces and retire his NBA playoffs time machine for good. Or he may not be ready. Following the Washington Wizards’ Game 6 loss and second-round playoff exit at the hands of the Atlanta Hawks, a series and season that ended with Pierce getting off a potential [...]
Teammates who won an NBA championship are forever linked to one another. Not to mention forever texting one another. Paul Pierce revealed that he, Rajon Rondo, Kevin Garnett and Kendrick Perkins, who all won a 2008 title with the Celtics, still talk frequently, specifically within a group text message that, given no other context, is [...]
December 8, 2014
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Paul Pierce made the Brooklyn Nets look confusing. It was barely a year ago that the Nets were selling fans on a mortgaged future because it meant the arrivals of Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Jason Kidd. Two of those guys are now gone, the most noteworthy of whom is Pierce. He left for the [...]
September 23, 2014
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Imagine winning a playoff series for the first time since 2005, that to against the higher seeded Chicago, as well as winning a second-round playoff game for the first time since 1982 in the space of a month. You would think that all signs would be pointing upwards, but instead the Washington Wizards were continuously [...]
July 21, 2014
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The Washington Wizards and former NBA Champion Paul Pierce have reached a 2-year, $11 million dollar agreement, according to ESPN.com. After just playing one season for the Brooklyn Nets, Pierce is heading out to the nation’s capital and hope to be of service to John Wall and company. Last season, he a career low of [...]