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This is good news for the Timberwolves. It might be better news for the Adelmans. The Timberwolves are expecting Rick Adelman to return next season as coach, reports Scott Howard-Cooper of NBA.com. Every indication points to Rick Adelman returning as coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves, president Flip Saunders said, apparently resolving one of the many…
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NBA players, personalities read mean tweets about themselves (VIDEO)
Jun 11, 2013, 2:11 AM EDT
Jimmy Kimmel Live does a clever little skit now and again — famous celebrities read mean tweets about themselves. Actual tweets sent their way, because on twitter (and the Web in general) people use anonymity to be complete jerks. This week he did an NBA version with Shaq, Kobe Bryant, Andre Iguodala, Blake Griffin,…
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Rajon Rondo is really good at Connect 4. Seriously. He showed that skill off in an interview put together by Red Bull. He also knows that he is not the easiest guy in the world to coach. When asked if he was hard to coach when he came into the league he owned up to…
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UPDATE 10:16 pm: The Grizzlies have made this official with a statement from the team. “After a thorough internal process, which included conversations with Lionel and his representatives, we decided as an organization to move in a different direction,” Grizzlies CEO Jason Levien said in a statement. “On behalf of the Grizzlies organization I would…
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Teammate of the Year Chauncey Billups says teammate Blake Griffin needs more toughness
Jun 10, 2013, 9:01 PM EDT
Fresh off winning an award for being the NBA’s best teammate, Chauncey Billups said publically Blake Griffin needs more toughness. Billups, via ESPN: “I don’t agree that Blake Griffin is soft. But what I will say about Blake is that he’s maybe too nice of a guy,” Billups said. “Because there’s been times in games…
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Larry Bird withdraws from Kings GM search, mulling return to Pacers
Jun 10, 2013, 8:06 PM EDT
When the Pacers hired Larry Bird as their coach in 1997, the Hick From French Lick said, “I’m very excited about this opportunity to go back home and coach the Indiana Pacers. Indiana is the only team I wanted to coach.” Since, Bird became the president of his home state’s NBA team and helped build…
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Former Hawks point guard Mookie Blaylock was charged with second-degree vehicular homicide after his role in a May car crash. Initially put on life support, Blaylock improved, and now he’s out of the hospital and in jail. Marcus K. Garner of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Former NBA player Mookie Blaylock, using a walker, turned himself in…
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The Pistons made Maurice Cheeks their top choice, and unsurprisingly, the coach with no other reported head-coaching options accepted the job. Marc Stein of ESPN: ESPN sources: Mo Cheeks has today agreed to take Detroit Pistons' job. Story posting online at ESPN as we speak— Marc Stein (@ESPNSteinLine) June 10, 2013 Cheeks’ Portland teams gradually…
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The Hawks emailed fans in an attempt to sell tickets by name dropping Dwight Howard and Chris Paul. I don’t know whether the chance of Atlanta signing either star in free agency motivated any fans to buy tickets, but the email will cost the Hawks. Sam Amick and Jeff Zillgitt of USA TODAY: Three NBA…
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Jason Kidd’s plan to hire Lawrence Frank has Nets taking him ‘seriously’ as head-coaching candidate
Jun 10, 2013, 4:17 PM EDT
The Nets won 49 games last season. They have excellent players at the two most important positions, Deron Williams at point guard and Brook Lopez at center. Their owner is probably willing to pay top dollar for a coach. Yet, they’re taking seriously a candidate with absolutely no coaching – head or assistant – experience.…
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Doc Rivers finally speaks on chances of return, but only to say ‘I’d rather not say’
Jun 10, 2013, 3:43 PM EDT
Kevin Garnett might retire. Paul Pierce’s contract is only partially guaranteed for next season. Who knows when Rajon Rondo will return to full health? The Celtics have plenty of question marks headed into next season. Meanwhile, Doc Rivers had been lying low. He’s finally spoken publically about his future with the Celtics, but he didn’t…
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The Miami Heat surely have designs of contending for championships for the next several years, even though LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh can each become free agents in any of the next three offseasons after this one. Of course, the Heat plan to keep all three, and at this point, losing them would…
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Danny Granger understands trade is possible, but seems to want to stay with the Pacers
Jun 10, 2013, 2:29 PM EDT
Danny Granger finds himself in an interesting position with the Indiana Pacers. After being the team’s best player and franchise cornerstone for nearly his entire career, he missed most of this season with chronic knee pain that forced him to have surgery. With him on the bench for the entire playoffs and all but five…
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Russell Westbrook jumped on Vine and he needed some followers. So he tweeted this. Just got on that VINE need some new followers..can y'all help me out? Pleaseeeee lol— Russell Westbrook (@russwest44) June 05, 2013 Then he posted this: And I had to pass it along because… TAYLOR SWIFT!!! OMG!!! Hat tip to Lang at…
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It wasn’t so much the plan as the execution of it. Despite what the final score suggests, San Antonio did a number of things right in Game 2. They once again made things difficult for LeBron James — through two games he is averaging 17.5 points on 42.4 percent shooting. He started Sunday night 2-of-12…
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Eight-month old Lazaro “Baby Birdman” Pereira’s picture has been all over the Internet. His parents, huge Heat fans (did I really need to tell you that?) were going to give him a mohawk and decided to have shirt with fake tattoos he could wear as well and presto — Baby Birdman. Chris Andersen finally got his…
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MIAMI — The score was 62-61 Spurs with 3:11 left in the third quarter, when Mario Chalmers drove right off a LeBron James pick, got in close and drew the And-1 foul call. That started a 33-5 run that turned the game into a blowout win for the Heat to even the series. The video…
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Report: Tom Thibodeau, Monty Williams to join Team USA coaching staff
Jun 10, 2013, 11:12 AM EDT
When Mike Krzyzewski decided to return to USA Basketball and coach Team USA through the 2016 Olympics in Rio, there were going to be changes to his coaching staff. Mike D’Antoni asked out because he has got his hands full in Los Angeles, and Nate McMillan wanted out as well as he tries to return…
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Kobe reaches settlement with parents, 90% of items out of auction
Jun 10, 2013, 10:45 AM EDT
Kobe Bryant is not going to trial with his parents. That’s a good thing. Kobe had sued to stop his parents from auctioning off a bunch of his memorabilia they had at his house, which more than anything speaks to the state of their relationship. Now a settlement has been reached — six items, just…
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MIAMI — It was the defining moment of Game 2, even though by this point the game was pretty well in hand for the Heat. LeBron James went up and shut down Tiago Splitter at the rim, a lot of the players were buzzing about it after the game. LeBron James: “Just wanted to, I…
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