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0 comments by Bart D on 2/18/2016
There’s that point when you’re going on Spring Break to Florida or Texas or somewhere warm where you finally, after that long drive, hit within a few blocks of the hotel you’re staying at. You can smell that ocean air. Every girl walking around is a in a bikini and looks like a 10. And […]
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If the 2016 NBA trade deadline was a motion picture, it’d be “Waterworld.” This site predicted a few things … that if moving parts happened on a contender, they’d be minor and likely be with Cleveland. Check. There would be a few fringe playoff teams burning up the phones trying to get in so they […]
0 comments by Bart D on 2/15/2016
It’s X-Files season for the NBA. The trade deadline is here, come Thursday, and we’re all separated into being either the tin foil hat that wants to chase down every rumor, the realist that knows the truth is somewhere in between nothing and something, and the skeptic who wouldn’t believe the mail was delivered until […]
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A major sporting event spanned the course of multiple days, all centered in Canada, and Nickelback was in no way a part of it. You win, NBA. Seriously though, outside of painfully cold weather (but it is Toronto in February), the NBA’s All-Star foray north of the border was just another annual example of how […]
0 comments by Bart D on 2/14/2016
There is opinion. There is fact. There is sometimes opinion that is fact. And the fact is this: the NBA Slam Dunk Contest is the best individual event in team professional sports. Once again, it delivered Saturday night, won in spectacular fashion by Zach LaVine of the Minnesota Timberwolves. Like it or begrudgingly want it […]
0 comments by Bart D on 2/13/2016
There are a lot of reasons for trade rumors. If you’re a player, it may be a way of sending a passive-aggressive message that you kind of want out of where you are without flatly coming out and saying it. If you’re a team, it’s a good way to test the waters without putting it […]
0 comments by Bart D on 2/10/2016
“If you tell The Truth, you don’t have to remember anything.” – Mark Twain Odds are, we will want to remember the NBA version of The Truth, even though for many teams, remembering means watching your team lose at the hands of one of his shots. Lost in the overly dramatic Kobe Bryant retirement tour […]
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First off, let’s get one thing straight: the NBA has the best All-Star weekend/events of any professional sports league. The NFL’s Pro Bowl is insufferable tripe stomached only by the few capable of getting it down; MLB had a good thing going until they decided to make the game count for home field advantage in […]
0 comments by Bart D on 1/22/2016
For the most part, as a coach, if you win, everybody’s pretty copacetic. If you lose, things that were quirky and fun when you were winning become a problem and a reason there are more L’s than W’s. There’s no science behind that thought, but it plays out everywhere. The one place where winning doesn’t […]
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0 comments by Bart D on 1/21/2016
Say there’s this steakhouse in town, pretty good place, and you take over as the general manager. Sifting through the new staff, you come across this line cook that for the most part, can do everything fairly fine. He makes a mean steak, doesn’t get the food sent back, has a decent grasp of the […]
0 comments by Bart D on 12/16/2015
NBA trade season is coming upon us, mostly because as of this past week, just about everyone can be traded. The NBA does trade season better than any other sport, in part because of the organic reality that one guy can make a major difference on the fortunes of a basketball team the way no […]
DENVER, CO – NOVEMBER 13: Head coach Kevin McHale of the Houston Rockets leads his team against the Denver Nuggets at Pepsi Center on November 13, 2015 in Denver, Colorado. The Nuggets defeated the Rockets 107-98. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)
0 comments by Bart D on 11/18/2015
So here’s your deal: there are just some dudes that get you fired. Think of it like this … from youth to adulthood, we all have that one or two dudes we know that if we hang out with them, nothing good happens in the end. It might be the best fun you’ll have at […]
DALLAS, TX – NOVEMBER 11: Dirk Nowitzki #41 of the Dallas Mavericks celebrates a three-point shot against the Los Angeles Clippers in the second half at American Airlines Center on November 11, 2015 in Dallas, Texas. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
0 comments by Bart D on 11/11/2015
Dirk Nowitzki wasn’t going to let Dallas lose Wednesday night — not the team, the owner, the fan base, any of it. Much of it has to do with the team genuinely feeling kicked in the shins by DeAndre Jordan spurning them. Mark Cuban feels it, too. So does the fan base. No, Jordan didn’t […]
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The Indiana Pacers started 0-3 and even though this isn’t the NFL where 0-3 means you pack your bags and start guarding against injury … it’s not a good look. The first four games of the season, Paul George didn’t hit 20 points. Monta Ellis looked like the guy who wears uncomfortable clothes just because […]
TORONTO, ON – OCTOBER 28: Paul George #13 of the Indiana Pacers passes the ball past Kyle Lowry #7 of the Toronto Raptors during the NBA season opener at Air Canada Centre on October 28, 2015 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images)
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