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Shootaround: Draft day

 Nothing settled entering Draft Day —– The day is finally here. The NBA Draft is set to take place tonight in Brooklyn at the Barclays Center and for 60 players, it is the realization of a dream. Where those players are going though is anybody's guess from top to bottom. This is not the Draft […]

Everyone agrees Doc Rivers will be excellent for Clippers

At long last, Doc Rivers is the head coach of the Los Angeles Clippers. The deal that started and stopped numerous times and was rejected by the NBA at one point for being against the league's rules finally met completion earlier this week with the Clippers sending an unprotected 2015 pick to the Celtics in […]

Tim Duncan should not feel ‘haunted’

Tim Duncan has had a career of pure excellence. For 16 seasons, it has been all about consistent winning, key plays and making himself and his teammates better. Rarely does Duncan let anything emote from him in victory or defeat just expecting victory like he was born to do it — and he very well […]

Darko Milicic says he is done in NBA

Ten years ago, the 2003 Draft class began its transformation of the NBA. That transformation seems to have reached its zenith this year with three of its members — LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh — reaching the pinnacle of the NBA and winning their second championship. James (1st), Wade (5th), Bosh (4th) and […]

Relive the 2013 Playoffs in 10 minutes

Two months ago, the NBA's second season began and took us on a wild ride. From Stephen Curry's emergence on a national stage with his scoring barrage to LeBron James and the Heat's daily wild ride through the Playoffs to Nate Robinson's first round heroics to the madness that was the Lakers, the Playoffs had […]

Game Seven draws second best overnight rating in Finals/ABC history

Miami's Game Seven victory over San Antonio on Thursday night drew the second highest overnight rating for the NBA Finals on ABC since the network took over broadcast of the Finals in 2003. Only Game Seven of the 2010 Finals between the Celtics and Lakers drew a higher overnight rating. Thursday's 95-88 thriller drew a […]

Thibodeau: Derrick Rose is back, sort of

Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau told Jon Greenberg of ESPN Chicago on Friday that Derrick Rose is finally starting to look and feel like his normal self. That comes not a moment too soon considering the Bulls are in the midst of a . . .  Actually, for Bulls fans it is too little too late […]

The reign continues

LeBron James sized up his man time and time again in the familiar stare down of a master trying to figure out the best way to attack. All series it has been pull-up jumpers to the frustration of the Heat in the three losses. James has at times not looked like LeBron James in this […]

Shootaround: Still buzzing

 Game 7 is THURSDAY! —– Have you recovered yet from Tuesday night's Game Six? The back and forth  comebacks, the shots at the big moments and the resurrections. It was everything a close Finals game could and should be. It was about the execution in the end and the players on the floor. The referees […]

Heat band together and force Game Seven

The Heat were on the ropes. The Spurs knew it. The Heat knew it. The fans knew it. The coronation seemed to begin as fans filed for the exits losingh ope with Miami down 10 points entering the fourth quarter and then even down five points with 30 seconds to play. It was Rudy Tomjanovich […]

Shootaround: Sticking points

 Celtics, Clippers still talking —– The talk all weekend was about the potential goings on in the back halls at TD Garden. And it was not about the Stanley Cup Final making its way to Boston. There are proverbial moving boxes outside Doc Rivers' office if the team can get this thing figured out. Catching […]

Previewing the Mavericks crowdsourced jersey

Nearly a month ago, Mark Cuban announced he was working to redesign the Mavericks jersey and logo for the 2015-16 season. Cuban has always been a guy at the cutting edge of fan interaction and his latest venture was to open up his jersey redesign to the fans. During the last month, crowdSPRING has helped […]

What is old is new again

Entering Game Five, the question among Spurs fans was just how much Manu Ginobili had left in his tank. Was the Ginobili who averaged 7.5 points per game and shot 34.5 percent and seemed like he was forcing everything to do what he used to be able to do was the Ginobili of now and […]

Prepping for Game Five with Project Spurs

Tonight, the NBA Finals makes its turn for home as one team will move one game within the dream of becoming NBA champions. The Spurs and Heat have traded haymakers in this battle for the NBA title in an entertaining series that has really had only one close game. Tonight's finale at AT&T Center in […]

Celtics, Clippers Garnett-Rivers deal stalls

A proposed blockbuster deal between the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Clippers, that would include Kevin Garnett, DeAndre Jordan, coach Doc Rivers, Eric Bledsoe and multiple draft picks, has stalled. The most recent and most glaring roadblock has stemmed from the Celtics insistence that young guard Eric Bledsoe be included in any trade scenario, sources […]

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