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Mark Jackson says Monta Ellis trade changed Warriors culture. In a good way.
May 9, 2013, 6:45 PM EDT
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The trade made sense on paper for Golden State when at the 2012 trade deadline the Warriors sent Monta Ellis to the Bucks for Andrew Bogut — Golden State got an inside presence they need and they could give more run to then rookie Klay Thompson. But it did more than that. Warriors coach Mark…
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If you are going to promote the NBA playoffs and the drama, is there a better option than Nate Robinson? (Sure, if you want to argue Stephen Curry, it’s a good option, but play along with me here. This is a good ad.)
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Grant Hill would like to remind you doctors cleared him to play so he came back early
May 9, 2013, 5:36 PM EDT
“Derrick Rose has been cleared by the team doctors, what is his problem?” “Derrick Rose owes it to his teammates to come back.” (That would be Steve Kerr talking on TNT during the Bulls Game 2 loss). The pressure from the public and media on Rose to return from his ACL surgery a year ago…
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Amar’e Stoudemire is back. Going against the big front line of the Indiana Pacers, Stoudemire’s size could be a plus — if he’s not too rusty after being off since March. Woodson said Stoudemire will play limited minutes in Game 3 on Saturday. Stoudemire told the New York Post he knows he can’t be rusty…
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Though Doug Collins’ departure from the 76ers was framed as his decision, it seemed Philadelphia wasn’t exactly heartbroken to see him go. But the three-year Collins era with the 76ers was a relative success. They made the postseason for consecutive years for the first time since 2008 and 2009 and a playoff series for the…
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What everybody’s buzzing about: The crazy-eyed woman flipping Noah the bird
May 9, 2013, 2:37 PM EDT
It’s become the talk of twitter and one of the more memorable images of these playoffs — Joakim Noah is walking off the floor after being ejected from Game 2 Tuesday night and there is a Miami woman with real anger in her face leaning over the railing screaming in his face and flipping him…
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We told you this was coming and now it is official: Denver’s GM Masai Ujiri has been named NBA Executive of the Year in a vote of his peers. Gary Sacks of the Los Angeles Clippers came in second, Daryl Morey of the Houston Rockets finished third. Ujiri was the guy who walked into the…
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Report: Bucks’ Monta Ellis, Larry Sanders almost came to blows after Game 3
May 9, 2013, 1:06 PM EDT
If you wondered why everybody around the league thinks free agent Monta Ellis is bolting Milwaukee this summer (although he hasn’t made that official), we bring you this fun bit of news from the Bucks playoff run (if you can call getting swept by the Heat a run)… Ellis and Bucks forward Larry Sanders almost…
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Matt Barnes looking for a payday in free agency after career-best season with the Clippers
May 9, 2013, 12:12 PM EDT
Throughout his 10-year NBA career, Matt Barnes has always been more of an agitator than an asset. There’s a reason Barnes has played for nine different teams during that span, and had never been able to secure a long-term deal at any time when given multiple chances at free agency. Besides his underwhelming numbers, Barnes…
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Watch Klay Thompson’s 29 first-half points against Spurs (VIDEO)
May 9, 2013, 11:55 AM EDT
Mark Jackson sounds like his old announcer self — you remember, over the top and annoying — when he says that his combination of Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson is the greatest shooting backcourt of all time. Let’s give it a little time here, partner. But that backcourt is really good — the Spurs have…
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Mike Woodson says J.R. Smith could spend time on bench if he stays cold
May 9, 2013, 11:18 AM EDT
The NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year could be seeing more time on the bench, starting this Saturday in Indiana. In the two games against Indiana, J.R. Smith is 7-for-30 shooting, 3-of-13 from three and has six turnovers to one assist. Even in the second half of Game 2 against the Pacers, when everything the…
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LeBron’s sweet behind-the-back pass to cutting Ray Allen (VIDEO)
May 9, 2013, 10:43 AM EDT
In the third quarter the Heat just started to pick apart the Bulls defense and turn a nice lead at the half into a complete blowout. It was a combination of the Heat being a lot sharper than Game 1 and the Bulls having a rough night. LeBron James didn’t put up monster numbers for the…
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Kobe tells court his mother admitted she didn’t have permission to sell stuff
May 9, 2013, 9:55 AM EDT
When you’re in court battling your mother, you know the relationship is strained. As we told you before, Kobe Bryant’s mother Pamela hooked up with an auction house to sell off some of Kobe’s memorabilia she had — a Lower Merion High School game worn jersey, replica Lakers championship rings and more stuff Kobe’s mother…
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Referee Scott Forster was on fire last night ejected Noah, Gibson (VIDEO)
May 9, 2013, 8:44 AM EDT
The Heat and Bulls were trying to have a playoff game Wednesday night — emotional, physical, chippy with a little trash talk thrown in. The referees were going to have none of that. They apparently wanted this played with all the passion of a Tuesday night in late January — they called nine technicals, a…
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I’m hesitant to criticize other people’s fashion because, well, I’m a guy. I don’t know what looks good on me. If I see a jacket I like I just turn to my wife and say “Do I want this?” She has first and last say. But I know what Mrs. PBT would say if I…
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Report: Nuggets GM Masai Ujiri to be named Executive of the Year
May 9, 2013, 2:10 AM EDT
Masai Ujiri got a baptism by fire — he was named the Nuggets general manager and a few months later Carmelo Anthony was forcing his way out of town with a trade. It was a circus around the Nuggets. But Ujiri stood calmly in the middle of that storm, patiently waiting to get a good…
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Klay Thompson shoots the Warriors past the Spurs to win Game 2, even the series
May 9, 2013, 12:58 AM EDT
In many ways, Game 2 between the Warriors and the Spurs was similar to Game 1. Golden State got out to a large lead behind one of its guards shooting the lights out, and San Antonio was stuck playing from behind the rest of the way. The first game of the series saw the Spurs…
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Stephen Curry hitting one-legged three pointer. Because he can. (VIDEO)
May 9, 2013, 12:12 AM EDT
Is there any shot Stephen Curry can’t hit? In some kind of ode to Dirk, Curry came off the pick just a couple of minutes into the game and knocked down the one-legged three-point shot. He is in such a groove that the Spurs pretty much have to pick him up at the half-court line…
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In Game 1, Chicago outworked the Heat and we saw what the Heat look like when things don’t go their way. In Game 2 Wednesday night, Miami outworked the Bulls and we saw what the Bulls looked like when things don’t go their way —it was ugly. Like Joakim Noah and Taj Gibson get ejected…
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LeBron James, Joakim Noah pick up double technicals in Game 2 (VIDEO)
May 8, 2013, 8:20 PM EDT
Saying that the play during the first half of Game 2 between the Heat and the Bulls was a bit chippy would be a severe understatement. Miami seemed to want to come out with more of a tough-guy persona after dropping Game 1, and the Bulls were more than happy to engage in a physical…
