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The Suns have named Ryan McDonough as the team’s new general manager, the club announced on Tuesday. McDonough, 33, served as assistant general manager for the Boston Celtics for the past three seasons. “Ryan distinguished himself among an impressive group of candidates for our GM position,” said Suns President of Basketball Operations Lon Babby. “His natural leadership…
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If you only watch the last quarter of NBA playoff games, you have to be asking, “what is not to love about Nate Robinson?” We love the plucky underdog and Robinson is that — a guy listed at 5-foot-9 who has won the dunk contest twice. A guy leading a Bulls team so banged up…
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When we previewed the series between the Heat and the Bulls, we had the Rest or Rust question as one of our keys to watch. We also were as dismissive of it as possible, considering just how dominant Miami had been over the last three months, winning 41 times in 43 games. Well, after dropping…
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Jason Collins made big news as the first active NBA player to come out of the closet as a gay man. But if you think he’s the first gay NBA player — or the first gay player that most NBA players have had on their team at some level — you are naive. Charles Barkley…
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Joakim Noah defends Derrick Rose, says critics should ‘shut up’
May 7, 2013, 12:27 PM EDT
After the Bulls stunned the Heat in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals on Monday, Joakim Noah fielded a question about how proud he was of his team, considering all they’ve been able to accomplish so far without the services of their All-Star and MVP point guard, Derrick Rose. Noah wasn’t exactly pleased with…
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Clippers confident Chris Paul will stay with team this summer. They should be.
May 7, 2013, 11:50 AM EDT
Chris Paul and his agent are going to get calls — he is the best point guard in the NBA and he is an unrestricted free agent. He can go anywhere he wants this summer. Teams are going to take a shot. But they all know it’s a long shot. At best. The Clippers are…
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Bernard King said he didn’t tweet things about Knicks that make sense
May 7, 2013, 11:01 AM EDT
No NBA team is as paranoid about its image as the New York Knicks. Which is saying something. That extended to Knicks legend, newly minted Hall of Famer and sometimes MSG Network employee Bernard King. Two tweets appeared on King’s timeline Monday: “If Carmelo’s shoulder is hurting that bad – work the paint- drive and…
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The Spurs pulled off an amazing comeback to win game 1, but with 4 minutes left in the game and trailing by 16 you never would have imagined it would happen. But there’s a reason you never count the Spurs out. They boast an explosive offense and a stingy defense that has the ability to…
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Report: Suns waiting to pick GM because they want Grant Hill to take job
May 7, 2013, 10:31 AM EDT
This would be a very Suns thing to do: Look past the guys who have worked hard in this role to earn the job and give it to the name guy you like who has no experience. The Phoenix Suns are in the process of hiring a new general manager for a team that needs…
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Tom Thibodeau sounded like Tom Thibodeau — that was good but it won’t be good enough next time. Erik Spoelstra sounded like the classic frustrated coach. And Dwyane Wade sounded like a guy who has lost big games before and expects to bounce back. Here are some sound clips out of last night after the…
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You know as you read this Gregg Popovich is scheming up a way to slow down Stephen Curry. George Karl tried last round with limited success — Curry is the best shooter in the game and as defenses are tightening on the Warriors he is taking on a larger role . He is tearing apart…
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Bulls win? Warriors in second round? Unpredictability has been hallmark of these playoffs
May 7, 2013, 7:59 AM EDT
Legendary baseball statistician Bill James once said the big problem with the NBA is that the best team usually wins in the playoffs. He’s right, the NBA playoffs tend to follow form. And he’s right that we like unpredictability in the playoffs. Baseball has a long grind of a season, but in a seven game…
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Spurs complete amazing comeback to steal game 1 against Warriors
May 7, 2013, 2:33 AM EDT
What. A. Game. After the contest Manu Ginobili said he had no idea how his Spurs won this game 129 to 126 to take a 1-0 in the Western Conference semi-finals. He’s not alone as I’m sure the Warriors will be tormenting themselves wondering the same thing. The Spurs looked dead in the water against…
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This is what the Spurs do. They get wide open shots to win games while defenses look confused as to how it all happened. This time is was Manu Giboli who ended up doing the deed, opening up on the back side of the defense as the Warriors scrambled around trying to find someone to…
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If you only watch the end of playoff games, you’ll want to know why Nate Robinson isn’t an All-Star and getting MVP votes. The wild swings that can be Robinson never shake his confidence, and so when the game is on the line against the Miami Heat in the playoffs he can make plays. Big…
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I can imagine the alarms going off at the nurses station at a Chicago hospital “What is going on with Luol Deng, his blood pressure is going through the roof?” “Oh, he’s just watching the Bulls game.” Deng tweeted out where he watched the Bulls Game 1 win from. So proud of my team man,…
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Nate Robinson comes up big once again in Bulls’ Game 1 over Heat
May 6, 2013, 10:48 PM EDT
Nate Robinson’s teammates hunched over just so they could celebrate at eye level with the shortest player the NBA playoffs have seen in the last seven years. Earlier in the night, they would have had to bend even lower. In the second quarter, Robinson sat on the Heat court with blood dripping from his face.…
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Today on PBT Extra Kay Adams and I are talking NBA playoffs, and that has to start with how much trouble the Knicks are in. It’s not time to hit the panic button for the Knicks, but that was an eye-opening loss on both ends so they might want to at least know where it’s…
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LeBron James to wear MVP edition of his LeBron X from Nike in Game 1 vs. Bulls (PHOTOS)
May 6, 2013, 7:12 PM EDT
Nike Basketball has celebrated LeBron James winning his fourth career Most Valuable Player award by hooking him up with a special and very colorful MVP edition of his signature shoe, the LeBron X. From the official release: “The vibrant LEBRON X MVP shoe fuses the unique colorways and designs of each style in the LEBRON X series,…
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Here is our regular look around the NBA — links to stories worth reading and notes to check out (stuff that did not get its own post here at PBT) — done in bullet point form. Because bloggers love bullet points like Mario Batali loves orange clogs. • The Cavaliers need to improve their defense…
