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NBA Playoffs: Thunder to taste playoff experience, do the Lakers have too much of it?
Apr 16, 2010, 7:00 PM EDT
1 CommentThe Lakers and the Thunder are a lot alike in some ways. Think about it this way: Dominant superstar? Check. Second offensive option who is a borderline All-Star? Check. Long, lanky versatile forward? Check. Guys who can come in off the bench and change the game? Check. But off the court these franchises are totally…
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David Stern announced good news for teams and players today — that the salary cap next year is probably going to be $56.1 million, several million higher than expected. That’s more money to spend this summer. But the players union sees nefarious deeds afloat. Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo was first with the news. After the…
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NBA Playoffs: Marcus Camby rolls ankle, says he'll still go Sunday
Apr 16, 2010, 5:10 PM EDT
There needed to be a special section in the recent Health Care bill signed by the president just to cover centers for the Portland Trail Blazers. They alone can drive up health care costs nationally. The latest incident is Marcus Camby rolling his ankle in practice just two days before the Trail Blazers open the…
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Parity, pretty cool when you flip on League Pass and know that just about any team can beat just about any other team in the NBA that night. Pain in the, um, rear when figuring out lottery odds. A host of NBA teams ended the season tied, so a bunch of coins had to be…
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Chris Paul, David West want changes to Hornets. Good luck with that.
Apr 16, 2010, 3:41 PM EDT
It was a disappointing season for New Orleans, even before Chris Paul got injured. A team a couple years ago was THE up and coming team to fear is very pedestrian now. About as scary as a kitten. Just 37 wins will do that. Chris Paul doesn’t like that. David West doesn’t like that. They…
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Like the rest of the nation, it’s hard to say the recession is over for the NBA, but things are looking better. David Stern has reported that next year’s salary cap will be $56.1 million, which is about $3 million higher than what was the highest estimate last year, and maybe $6 million better than…
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Isn’t speculation about the Lakers fun? Let’s play that game a little. Here’s the rumor: Jerry Buss never liked the slow triangle offense, he wants Showtime. He doesn’t like paying Phil Jackson $12 million a year. He doesn’t like the fact the coach is schtupping his daughter… Ergo, if Phil Jackson doesn’t win a title…
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It was evident very early in the season that DeMarcus Cousins should go pro. I tuned into an early-season Kentucky game to see what all the John Wall hype was about and was quickly thinking, “who is this Cousins and how can the Lakers get him?” (Hey, I grew up a Lakers fan, what about…
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Pretty soon the Jazz may just hold an open casting call for power forwards. We talked about the already injury-filled battle at the four between Carlos Boozer and Kenyon Martin, but the Jazz had a secret weapon — an AK-47. Andre Kirilenko. Well, we thought they had one. David Locke of KFAN in Salt Lake…
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The biggest plume of dust this side of Iceland came from the demolition of the old Texas Stadium. And now we know how that really happened. People just shouldn’t leave buttons laying around like that. It’s not Shawn Marion’s fault.
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NBA playoffs: East difference-makers could be the change they wish to see in the world
Apr 16, 2010, 11:39 AM EDT
While the Eastern Conference playoffs may lack the volatility of the West in the first round, there are still all kinds of characters scrambling about looking to cause mayhem. There’s something to be said about being in a series with no expectations, and underdogs looking to seize the moment can have a field day if…
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With ABC and TNT covering the playoffs you can count on a couple things. One is more Closer/V promos than you can stomach. Second is more star hype — Kobe, LeBron, Howard, Wade — than you can stomach. Basically, you might want to keep the Pepcid AC on hand. You and I both know that…
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NBA Playoffs: Kenyon Martin, Carlos Boozer to face off in battle of the walking wounded
Apr 16, 2010, 10:45 AM EDT
You may want to take a couple aspirin just to watch these games. Maybe even that Vicodin you have stashed away in the medicine cabinet. (Oh, admit it, you refilled the prescription on that just to keep around in case, right?) The Utah Jazz vs. the Denver Nuggets is the series where the “last man…
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David Lee wants to return to the Knicks, but they will have to pay
Apr 16, 2010, 9:53 AM EDT
Knicks fans, remember what Joni Mitchell (or was it Adam Duritz?) tried to teach us: Don’t it always seem to go, that you don’t know what you’ve got ’till it’s gone. David Lee loves New York City. He’s played there for five years, become an All-Star. He was their best player hands down, giving them…
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On a day without basketball, just a little reminder that Derrick Rose is good, that one should not get between Dwyane Wade and the rim, and that Amare Stoudemire is a man/child (well, mostly man). You will also note that none of the year’s best dunks come from the All-Star weekend Dunk Contest. Please enjoy…
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Well, it’s not like it ruined their season. Still, not very professional of key Nets players like Devin Harris and Courtney Lee to be seen out shooting tequila the night before the team’s final game of the season, a double-overtime loss to the Miami Heat. A game that didn’t impact the Nets — they had…
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Look at that Rockets roster: Two good guards who can shoot from the outside or penetrate, some hard-working role playing forwards, good defenders, a lot of heart. It’s a quality roster in search of a star to lead them. A star like Yao Ming. He will be back with the Rockets next season, but general…
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The basketball gods are not just frowning on Portland, they are going Book of Job on them. There had been hopes that Brandon Roy could return for part of the playoffs, but that seems out the door on reports by Yahoo’s Adrian Wojnarowski that he will have surgery to repair the meniscus tear in right…
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Good thing Phil Jackson makes more than any other coach in the league the way he is racking up find from the league lately. Today the league dropped another $35,000 fine on Jackson — his second in the last few weeks — for comments he made Tuesday. Jackson’s comments were about Oklahoma City’s Kevin Durant,…
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R.C. Buford is higher on Richard Jefferson than Spurs fans
Apr 15, 2010, 6:20 PM EDT
Spurs fans aren’t very fond of Richard Jefferson. It’s not outright dislike in the Raptors fans and Hedo Turkoglu sense. It’s more disappointment that turns into seething frustration when they realize they are stuck with him for at least another season (unless he bails them out by opting out). Spurs General Manager R.C. Buford, who…
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