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The NBA has put out a news release on how to avoid counterfeit All-Star gear during the league’s big weekend coming up, according to the Dallas Morning News’ Eddie Sefko. Among the suggestions are shopping at NBA-authorized locations (naturally), looking for the league’s custom hologram, and avoiding items with ripped tags or irregular markings. Apparently…
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Chris Kaman wanted this. He lobbied for this. And now he’s got it. The Clippers center was named to the West’s All-Star lineup, replacing Brandon Roy and his injured hamstring. Yes, a Clipper in the All Star game. Be sure to stock up on the canned goods in the basement. (Actually, it happened as recently…
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Mike D’Antoni, tired of the losses, was desperate enough to try to start Nate Robinson at point for a couple games. And, just based on late night decisions you’ve made at bars, when was the last time a desperate decision turned out to be a good one? Exactly.D’Antoni sat down with Chris Duhon in a…
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For the entirety of the regular season to date, the Dallas Mavericks’ point guard rotation has been fairly cut and dry: future Hall-of-Famer Jason Kidd provides on-court leadership and gets most of the minutes, and lightning-quick reserve J.J. Barea would counter Kidd’s pass-first approach with his more aggressive scoring game. No longer. Barea has officially…
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Can I interest you in an athletic legend of Summer League, an incredibly talented but young and injured player? If so, Anthony Randolph can be yours if the price is right, If he does bounce back, you get a lot of potential. Randolph has a world of raw talent, he is athletic, can get his…
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When the Boston Celtics won the NBA championship in 2008, they were a team built and based on chemistry. “Ubuntu” was the word of the day, and a team that entered the season with plenty of talent (Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, Ray Allen) but also plenty of questions (Rajon Rondo, Kendrick Perkins) shrugged off every…
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Creating the perfect television commercial is, at best, an imperfect science. At worst? It’s a ‘throw it to the wall and see what sticks’ proposition, with little indication of what the adoring public will cling on to. Is the tagline catchy enough? The punchline funny enough? Are the stars likable enough? Oh, and is the…
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Like everyone in the NBA, Joakim Noah suffers from plantar fasciitis. But forget that simple rest and anti-inflammatory treatment everyone else gets, Noah went House on us. He had blood from his arm injected into his foot to speed the healing. How does that help? I have no idea, you’d have to ask the shaman…
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Adonal Foyle and the NBA Players' Association get their rallying cry
Feb 8, 2010, 11:31 AM EDT
Adonal Foyle has not played a single minute of NBA action all season, but he may very well be one of the most important players in the league. Not only is Foyle something of a Renaissance man, but he’s also the first vice president of the NBA Players’ Association (NBAPA). On a day-to-day, game-to-game basis,…
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Here’s the bottom line. Yes, LeBron’s triple-crown numbers are amazing. The only other players to average 29/7/8 over a full season are, you guessed it, Michael Jordan and Oscar Robertson. However, LeBron’s scoring efficiency is a much better indicator of how LeBron is helping the Cavs win than his rebounding numbers. When you consider LeBron’s…
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Finding out tomorrow if I’m in the dunking contest From Looking at the currently scheduled participants, only Gerald Wallace is currently facing an injury, with a tweaked hamstring he played through against the Hornets on Saturday. If Wallace can’t or won’t go, it removes the lone “star” of the dunk contest. It also brings into…
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Are the economic times so tough that Lakers owner Jerry Buss would consider cutting out a key part of the Lakers success the last decade? Does he really have the cajones to ask Phil Jackson to take a pay cut? The Los Angeles Times Mark Heisler But to do so ensures that Jackson walks —…
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Hurt feelings sparked Del Harris' departure from New Jersey
Feb 8, 2010, 10:20 AM EDT
Del Harris has a long and storied career as a coach in the NBA. He has a career win percentage of 54.9% in over 1,000 games as a head coach in the pros, not to mention his years of experience as a top assistant. So when New Jersey Nets’ President Rod Thorn reportedly scoffed at…
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His name is David Stern and this is his collective bargaining boomstick
Feb 8, 2010, 9:29 AM EDT
The owners want to take a far greater percentage of the basketball-related income. They want to pay millions less for maximum deals and shorten contracts. Most of all, they want a hard salary cap and assurances that protect themselves against a diminished economy and, well, themselves. Everything is hurtling toward a 2011 lockout, a negotiation…
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From Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers, after someone in the Celtics locker room said they were a better team than Orlando. “No, you’re not,” Rivers said. “That’s a bunch of [expletive]… They beat you three games. Two at your place. They’re better.”
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NBA trade rumors are a dime a dozen this time a year. However, when a high ranking executive from one team, let’s say the Suns, goes and scouts a player, let’s say Andre Iguodala, that is not just a rumor. ESPN’s Marc Stein However this deal makes less sense for Philadelphia. If they are trying…
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Basketball fans everywhere have fond memories of the NBA on NBC. We love Roundball Rock (the theme music). We associate it with amazing memories of Detroit’s Bad Boys and Michael Jordan. Welcome to Pro Basketball Talk at NBCsports.com, a new venture where we will be bringing you and savoring the next generation of memories. What…
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Our game recaps from Sunday, the stuff you missed while watching four hours of Super Bowl previews. Did you really need to watch all of it?Orlando 96, Boston 89. Another game, another collapse from the Celtics. In the final seven minutes of the third quarter (after a Rajon Rondo three put the Celtics up by…
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With the trade deadline approaching, this is the silly season of NBA rumors. But no rumor has been crazier than this one: Isiah Thomas coming to the Clippers to become coach and general manager in the wake of Mike Dunleavy’s firing. Clippers officials are emphatically denying it. Using phrases like “categorically false” and that the…
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Apparently Antoine Walker needs the cash pretty badly — after not landing an NBA gig he has taken a physical and signed to play with Guaynabo in Puerto Rico. Former Bull (and Buck and Hornet) Marcus Fizer will join him. Walker has been out of the game for more than a year (remember his season…
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The Clippers have made a seamless transition to the Kim Hughes era. At least that’s how it looked to Clippers fans Saturday. Just like Mike Dunleavy before him (and Dennis Johnson before him and Alvin Gentry before him), Hughes’ Clipper squad got routed by the Spurs 98-81. The fans booed the team off the court…
