Charles Barkley has been in the news a lot lately. Not much of it good, although for fans of NBA on TNT, you probably appreciated Barkley this weekend for a few positive things. The first was Craig Sagar’s comments to the TNT crew, that Barkley and Garnett are two guys that have been calling and [...]
February 16, 2015
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Offbeat
After being officially waived by the New York Knicks –Amare Stoudemire’s services are now up for grabs and numerous teams are reportedly interested in acquiring the former All-Star center, who can still prove to be a reliable big man for many contending teams. Despite the interest he is currently receiving, reports indicate the Dallas Mavericks [...]
February 16, 2015
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When Amare Stoudemire signed his huge contract to come to New York and play for the Knicks, he was played up as the savior of the franchise. Coming off the heels of the debacles with Isaiah Thomas and then Larry Brown, New York was in a fragile state. It wasn’t long before Carmelo Anthony also [...]
February 16, 2015
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Need more proof that John Wall is (probably) an alien? Here it comes. Back in January, William Scott Davis of Business Insider wrote an article in which he discussed Wall’s new dribble move. The description of said move went like this: Now, Wall has a new move he’s busting out: the “cut dribble.” Wall’s “cut [...]
February 15, 2015
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The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts is arguably the pinnacle of any and all accolades anyone affiliated with the game of basketball could achieve. To join the very exclusive club that includes all time NBA and NCAA greats like Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, and Michael Jordan, it is the ultimate recognition of [...]
February 15, 2015
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Minnesota Timberwolves Guard Zach LaVine, destroyed the NBA Dunk Contest in the same way that Stephen Curry destroyed the 3-Pt Shootout. It wasn’t even close. He was a perfect 100 in the first round with two 50 point dunks, then easily handled Oladipo in the finals. Wow, this kid is a leaper, and he’s super [...]
February 14, 2015
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Portland Trailblazers star Damian Lillard has been spittin’ rhymes on and off for a while now. In fact adidas incorporated his off-court ability into their marketing plan for his shoes with 4 Bar Fridays. Remember when he spit some bars to Conan O’Brien? Well now Lillard is taking his hobby up a notch, as he [...]
February 14, 2015
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It is very rare for the big NBA stars, especially the high flying ones, to never appear in the cornerstone event on NBA All-Star Saturday Night. The Slam Dunk Contest. Dr. J, Michael Jordan, Dominique Wilkins, Vince Carter, Kobe Bryant, Jason Richardson, etc. etc. are all marquee players who had their stardom take off even [...]
February 13, 2015
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As Shaquille O’Neal is a central part of the NBA on TNT crew, he’s obviously in New York City this weekend for the All-Star Weekend festivities. But the big fella arrived in the big apple a bit early and made his way down to Wall Street to chat stocks with the guys in the investment [...]
February 13, 2015
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NBA league Commissioner Adam Silver has been making changes and implementing new ideas for the NBA left, right, and center this year, in his first year after taking over for David Stern. All while dealing with a variety of complicated issues, none more so than ousting of Clippers’ former owner Donald Sterling for his racist [...]
February 13, 2015
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