Although the Grizzlies eventually outlasted the Thunder in Overtime of Game 2, it wasn’t for lack of trying by Kevin Durant and the Thunder. Every time the game was seemingly out of hand, Westbrook and Durant pulled off some amazing buckets to get it close. Case in point, Kevin Durant pulled off this absolutely ridiculous [...]
April 21, 2014
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Mike Woodson is history, Phil Jackson has a lot of work to do and Carmelo Anthony—well, he wants to be Dwight Howard. Okay, then. On the same day the New York Knicks parted ways with their embattled head coach, Sporting News’ Sean Deveney (h/t Bleacher Report) brought word that Anthony is looking for a free-agency [...]
April 21, 2014
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Joakim Noah is the type of player that you only stomach if he’s on your team. That being said, every team needs a guy who brings to the table what he does. His motor never stops and he can get under the skin of an opponents. Noah is expected be be named Defensive Player of [...]
April 21, 2014
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Rumors
In order to build something sustainable, consistency is key. Look no further than the Knicks as an example. Musical chairs at the head coaching position is never a good thing. After a 54-win season a year ago and the first division crown in two decades, Mike Woodson has been fired as head coach of the [...]
April 21, 2014
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Al Jefferson and the Charlotte Bobcats are in trouble. At least one key player always gets injured during the first week of the NBA playoffs. It’s like a postseason rite of passage. A very, very unfortunate rite of passage. This past weekend was no different. We saw Tim Duncan give the San Antonio Spurs a [...]
April 21, 2014
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Craig Sagar and Gregg Popovich have had some hilarious courtside interviews during the NBA Playoffs. No one misses the banter more than Popovich himself as he has publicly stated as much in his pleas for Sagar to battle hard against his leukemia and get back to the courtside as soon as possible. In the mean [...]
April 21, 2014
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Offbeat
Although he is one of the NBA’s most gifted scorers and popular players with fans, Carmelo Anthony surely has his share of critics that love to say he’s a ball hog and shoots too much for the New York Knicks to ever be title contenders. Those sentiments surely will come into play this summer as [...]
April 20, 2014
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Blake Griffin and the LA Clippers had their hands full with the lower seeded Golden State Warriors in today’s opening match of the Western Conference playoff round one. There were probably a few times the Clippers players showed frustration on the sidelines, but none of which were as funny as Griffin reacting to a replay [...]
April 19, 2014
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Offbeat
This week, Kevin Burke breaks down the playoffs by giving his series by series take for the first round… Please enable Javascript to watch this video If you have a question that you would like answered by Kevin on a THD podcast, please send an email to [email protected]. [...]
April 19, 2014
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Yesterday, Houston Rockets big man Dwight Howard posted this video on Instagram of teammate Chandler Parsons getting a mohawk style haircut… But not long after ‘the haircut’ video was posted, another video surfaced with a rumor that Dwight Howard dared Parsons to get the mohawk, and even offered to buy him a Ferrari if he [...]
April 19, 2014
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