0 comments by John Karalis on 9/16/2011
Never before have NBA players been so athletic. Some can run fast enough to qualify as an Olympic sprinter. Some have physiques so amazing, they could slide right onto any NFL sideline. They are, to borrow from the popular cliche, bigger, faster and stronger than ever before. Action happens quickly. Bang-bang plays happen at the […]
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Our series on the four jerseys fans of every NBA team continues today. It’s Northwest Division week, and today we’re focusing on the Utah Jazz. Remember, we’re not just going to list off four popular players in team history. We know that when you’re wearing a jersey, you’re going for a “look.” So every day we’re […]
0 comments by John Karalis on 9/15/2011
NBPA Union President Derek Fisher sent a letter to the players explaining the latest in the labor negotiations. As he expected, the letter leaked. So he knew he’d be addressing everyone when he put the blame for Tuesday’s breakdown squarely on the owners. What actually happened in those meetings was discussion, brainstorming and a […]
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Our series on the four jerseys fans of every NBA team continues today. It’s Northwest Division week, and today we’re focusing on the Portland Trailblazers. Remember, we’re not just going to list off four popular players in team history. We know that when you’re wearing a jersey, you’re going for a “look.” So every day we’re […]
0 comments by John Karalis on 9/14/2011
I really am starting to feel bad for Knicks fans. Donnie Walsh was almost done untying all the knots Isiah Thomas created in New York only to run up against a stone wall in James Dolan, so he left. Now with some hope of having a good team with Carmelo Anthony and Amar’e Stoudemire on […]
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Our series on the four jerseys fans of every NBA team continues today. It’s Northwest Division week, and today we’re focusing on the Minnesota Timberwolves. Remember, we’re not just going to list off four popular players in team history. We know that when you’re wearing a jersey, you’re going for a “look.” So every day we’re […]
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There’s nothing I can do to stop the flood of 2K12 posts. When every move they make is awesome, they get rewarded with a flood of free advertising from us bloggers. Congratulations. The latest is Michael Jordan doing what he does best… brag… in the new commercial for the video game. Though I’m pretty sure […]
0 comments by John Karalis on 9/13/2011
The summer of the Pro-Am showdowns continues in a couple of weeks as Baltimore takes on Philly on September 25th. Well, it’s not really “Baltimore” against Philly. It’s more like some Baltimore guys, and a bunch of Carmelo Anthony’s megastar friends. [Hakim] Warrick has assembled Team Philly, which will include Kyle Lowry, Lou Williams, Jason […]
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Our series on the four jerseys fans of every NBA team continues today. It’s Northwest Division week, and today we’re focusing on the Oklahoma City Thunder. Remember, we’re not just going to list off four popular players in team history. We know that when you’re wearing a jersey, you’re going for a “look.” So every day […]
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Dwight Howard is the most dominant center of this generation. With rare exception, he has been able to physically dominate just about everyone who attempts to guard him or take him on. And Orlando’s last dominant big man, Shaquille O’Neal, says he knows why. “If Dwight doesn’t win two or three championships, I’m going to […]
0 comments by John Karalis on 9/12/2011
Our series on the four jerseys fans of every NBA team continues today. It’s Northwest Division week, and today we’re focusing on the Denver Nuggets. Remember, we’re not just going to list off four popular players in team history. We know that when you’re wearing a jersey, you’re going for a “look.” So every day we’re […]
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Welcome to the latest edition of “desperately looking for signs that the lockout will end soon.” Today’s signals come from both sides of labor aisle, as relayed by SI’s Sam Amick On the heels of Roger Mason’s now-infamous tweet in which the NBPA vice president wrote, “Looking like a season. How u,” but later claimed […]
0 comments by John Karalis on 9/11/2011
Deron Williams played professional basketball last night, playing 18 minutes for Turkey’s Besiktas. Williams scored 14 points, grabbed 8 rebounds and handed out 6 assists in 18 minutes. Williams wasn’t intending to play. He tweeted, “Went to the gym to watch the team play today! Shot around for a couple min and then decided to […]
0 comments by John Karalis on 9/9/2011
Earlier this year, Phoenix suns President and CEO Rick Welts made headlines by coming out and revealing he’s gay. Today, he’s back in the headlines, because he, out of nowhere, quit his job today. “The most important thing for me is to get my personal and professional lives better aligned,” Welts told the newspaper. “They’ve […]
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The Minnesota Timberwolves search for a head coach has been more drawn out than an American Idol elimination episode. Rick Adelman has been the favorite for about a month or so, though it feels like a couple of years by now. The lack of movement has been attributed, in part, to the fact that there’s […]
