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Media members need not be protected, accountability in award voting is a must
Apr 30, 2010, 12:12 PM EDT
Leave a commentAs in most things related to the NBA, the ultimate goal should be transparency. Transparency in the officiating, especially in a post-Donaghy era. Transparency from the league office in how they deal with specific rulings, punishments, and edicts. Transparency from coaches and general managers, who optimally wouldn’t pretend to be vying for a playoff spot…
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Ted Leonsis will be the next owner of the Washington Wizards, which puts him in a unique position to dictate the course of Gilbert Arenas’ career. If Leonsis wanted, he could banish Arenas a la Stephon Marbury. He could try his damnedest to keep Gil away from his team until Ernie Grunfeld could find a…
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One of the things that Pete Carroll did to return USC to the college football elite was open up the competition — the best player plays. Seniority be damned. Doesn’t matter if you’re a senior, if the freshman is better, he gets your spot. Seems logical, but it is shockingly rare in sports, as coaches…
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Surprise, surprise, LeBron James to be named the 2009-2010 MVP
Apr 30, 2010, 11:17 AM EDT
This year’s MVP race has been without drama for months, as LeBron James seemed to stand head and shoulders above his competition. Now, even the illusion of uncertainty can be wiped away, as Brian Windhorst of the Cleveland Plain Dealer reported that LeBron will receive his second straight MVP award and will officially receive his…
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Dirk Nowitzki is a frustrated man. Frustrated at losing. Frustrated again at having a team that excels in the regular season then falls short early in the playoffs. Frustrated to keep answering the same questions about losing out year after year. You’d be frustrated if you were him too. And you can’t take what a…
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A freak accident Thursday night on the way to the arena almost forced DeJuan Blair to miss the game — and he’s lucky because it could have been a lot worse. The accident left him with a damaged car but did not keep him from playing, Blair told the San Antonio News Express: It was…
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Memo to Dwight Howard, Stan Van Gundy, Phil Jackson, Matt Barnes, Rasheed Wallace and anyone else trying not to get fined while criticizing the referees: Follow Mark Cuban’s lead. The Dallas Mavericks owner went with the use of code words rather than just come out and say the officiating sucked. Here, from the ESPNDallas: “I’m…
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Grant Hill looked like he had found the Fountain of Youth right before this series — and it wasn’t just points, he was grabbing boards and creating steals and all the little things the team needs to win. Oh yea, and he’s blocking shots. Just ask Jerryd Bayless.
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NBA Playoffs Suns Blazers Game 6: The clock has run out on Portland's tree of woe
Apr 30, 2010, 1:30 AM EDT
No shame here. Portland shouldn’t hang their heads for a minute, not for a second. They fell 99-90 to the Phoenix Suns and were eliminated from the playoffs, but they gave the world the fight no one thought they had in them. Without Greg Oden, without Joel Przybilla, and without a healthy Brandon Roy (or…
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NBA Playoffs: San Antonio will not be deterred, finished of Dallas in six
Apr 30, 2010, 12:55 AM EDT
With the Dallas Mavericks down, the Denver Nuggets on the brink, the Phoenix Suns decidedly mortal, and the Utah Jazz dinged up, the San Antonio Spurs would like to respectfully enter their name for consideration as the non-LA team to beat in the West. They looked every bit of it in their resilient game (and…
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He’s not going to catch Don Nelson, but Lenny Wilkens is not done coaching. He’ll be working with South Korea. (Hat tip to Sham Sports) “We reached a settlement with Wilkens in cooperation with the U.S. National Basketball Association (NBA),” the committee that runs the South Korean team told the Yonhap news agency. South Korea…
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Magic GM Otis Smith tells Howard to take responsibility for fouls
Apr 29, 2010, 6:56 PM EDT
Dwight Howard was hampered by foul trouble in all four games of the Magic’s sweep against the Charlotte Bobcats. Some of the fouls were of the ticky-tack variety. Others were fouls Howard brought upon himself by getting frustrated and unnecessarily swinging out his arm when Bobcat defenders got physical with him. Not only did foul…
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Gilbert Arenas is not having the best year ever. According to TMZ, Gilbert Arenas could be back in a court of law soon, this time to defend himself in a lawsuit: [TMZ has] obtained a lawsuit filed against Arenas by Tactical Operations — a company that sells high-end guns. According to the lawsuit, filed today…
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Chris Bosh had a stellar season for the Toronto Raptors. Despite his contributions, the Raptors were unable to hold to the eighth playoff spot in the East when Bosh missed the last few games of the season due to injury. Bosh is a free agent next summer. Given Bosh’s individual success without a playoff series…
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40th anniversary of Jerry West's legendary shot in the 1970s NBA Finals
Apr 29, 2010, 5:45 PM EDT
April 29, 1970, game three of the NBA Finals, the Knicks taking on the Lakers. They were at the Fabulous Forum, in the end of a close game and…. Why don’t you watch one of the greatest shots in NBA history for yourself.
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We’ve known this since Tom Ziller broke the story Monday. Well, we’ve really known since February. But now it is official: Sacramento’s Tyreke Evans is your rookie of the year. Evans received 67 first-place votes from the writers and media who cast these votes. Golden State’s Stephen Curry finished second and Milwaukee’s Brandon Jennings finished…
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NBA Playoffs, Lakers Thunder game 6: Russell Westbrook must attack Kobe Bryant
Apr 29, 2010, 4:11 PM EDT
Sitting by their lockers after game five, Thunder players admitted it caught them off guard — Kobe Bryant locking down on Russell Westbrook. It threw the young Thunder out of sync, it made Westbrook hesitant. It cost them the game, and now they trail the Lakers 3-2. If they are to pull off one of…
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According to the twitter feed of the Salt Lake Tribune’s Ross Siler, Andrei Kirilenko will not play in game six of the Utah-Denver series. He has been out since March 27th with a calf injury. With Mehmet Okur out for the playoffs and Nene day-to-day for the Jazz, both teams will be very thin up…
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If you’ve been reading this site or any other over the past several weeks, you are likely already familiar with the exploits of Bango the Deer. The Bucks mascot achieved YouTube stardom by doing a backflip dunk off a 16-foot ladder during Monday’s game four. Keep in mind that Bango has already torn an ACL…
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NBA Playoffs, Jazz Nuggets: Nene knee only sprained, could return for game 7
Apr 29, 2010, 3:04 PM EDT
That sigh of relief you just heard came from the city of Denver, where the news is out that Nene’s knee injury is not that bad. It is simply a sprain, he is not traveling to game six in Utah Friday but could be available for a game seven Sunday in Denver, according to Chris…
