Category: NBA
Culture of Hoops
Brandon Jennings for Brandon Knight
The Detroit Pistons and the Milwaukee Bucks have agreed on a sign-and-trade agreement that would send point guard Brandon Jennings in exchange for Brandon Knight, forward Khris Middleton and center VIacheslav Kravtsov. As part of...
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Dwight Howard's new playpals: Prose and parody
I hate to prolong the Dwightmare any further, but as a bitter Los Angeles Lakers fan trying to satiate himself with signing unproven talent on minimum contracts, I’m desperate for some grins and potshots at...
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Are the 2013-14 Oklahoma City Thunder in trouble?
The 2013 NBA free-agency period was filled with several transactions that will have significant impact on title contending teams. Thanks to the brilliance of Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook, most basketball aficionados continue to claim...
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A Tale of Two Hoops Teams
It is the best of times, it is the worst of times, it is the age of wisdom, it is the age of foolishness, it is the epoch of belief, it is the epoch of...
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Evicted: Madison Square Garden given 10 years to move
I'm really at a loss for words. People who know me, know how crazy that sounds, but recently the New York City council voted to limit Madison Square Garden to a 10-year lease renewal. What...
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Dr. Jerry Buss vs. Jim Buss: Success vs. Failure
It’s sad to think that Kobe Bryant's last years as a Laker will be affected by the decision-making of Jim Buss, a man who is at best, a quarter of the owner his father was....
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The Truth will set you free: Silver linings of Paul Pierce departing
Any sports fan should have felt it. It didn’t matter if you hate the city of Boston or if you barely follow basketball. If you saw Paul Pierce at the podium during his first meet-and-greet...
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NBA Fandom Games: Washington Wizards
Has it really been this long since the Wizards made the NBA Playoffs? HIBACHI! Whereupon an NBA free agent fan sets about selecting a team to root for during the 2013-14 NBA season. The purchase...
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Method to the madness: New York Knicks moves better than consensus says
There's been a big hoopla over this year's free agency. Maybe not as much as the year of the "Decision," but with Dwight Howard, Josh Smith, Kevin Garnett, and a few other household names changing...
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Greg Oden begins the climb back to the NBA
He’s played in just 82 games since being drafted number one by the Portland Trail Blazers in 2007. He hasn’t appeared in an NBA game since Dec. 5, 2009 due to numerous knee problems, and...
