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CLEVELAND, OH – APRIL 5: Joakim Noah #13 of the Chicago Bulls dunks over Timofey Mozgov #20 of the Cleveland Cavaliers during the second half at Quicken Loans Arena on April 5, 2015 in Cleveland, Ohio. The Cavaliers defeated the Bulls 99-94. 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 Jason Miller/Getty Images)

Cavalier Couple: Basketball Chemistry, LeBron James, and Timofey Mozgov

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The Cleveland Cavaliers publicly consider their mid-season trades — the first, the Twitter-breaking shuffle of shooting guards involving New York and Oklahoma City; the second, the acquisition of Timofey Mozgov from Denver — as one total move. Technically speaking, however, Cleveland dealt two first-round picks for Mozgov, at the time an unusual, if not wholly […]

Andrew Bogut Finds Unusual Success as a Former Top Draft Pick

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The NBA draft is a place where fan bases can get their hopes up. Depending where their favorite team is slotted to pick, delusions of grandeur can set in, as well as logical glimpses of potential future success. The tug of war between irrational and rational impulses can be intense. It is one of the […]

Teague Over Fatigue: The Heartbeat Of The Hawks Stands Tall

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In this and every American sports springtime, the glory of the NBA and NHL playoffs is revealed in a number of specific moments. Naturally, Game 7s stand apart. Game 6s in which the lower seed is trying to close out a series occupy another lofty place in our imaginations. Recall LeBron James changing his legacy […]

Chicago Fired: The Bulls’ Game 4 Loss Gives Management A Reason To Terminate Thibs

0 comments by on 5/11/2015

If the 2015 NBA Playoffs have told us anything about the league’s head coaches, they’ve generally affirmed the conventional wisdom on a number of fronts. Doc Rivers: elite. David Blatt, as Crossover Chronicles writer Joseph Nardone explained, is reaffirming all the wrong public perceptions at the moment.  Tom Thibodeau of the Chicago Bulls? His level […]

LeBron James Needs To Find His Shot

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Efficiency is a word that has inundated the lexicon of the modern NBA. Offensive efficiency, defensive efficiency, this player is awesome because he’s so efficient – it’s everywhere. Efficiency is also part of what separated LeBron James from everyone else. It is was one of his vast skills, but it always stuck out. He finished […]

David Blatt Has Not Changed Public Perceptions Of Himself

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David Blatt came to the Cleveland Cavaliers before LeBron James decided he was coming back home. The former Princeton point guard was intially taking over what was presumed to be a young team, one that was still growing. Blatt originally took over a Cavaliers franchise that would have a fair and modest set of expectations […]

Mozgov celebrating is scary

0 comments by on 5/10/2015

Well I wouldn’t want to see this face in a dark alley! The Cavs got a huge win on the road against the Bulls thanks in large part to LeBron James hitting a crazy game-winner. But lost in the shuffle of the Cavs’ win, was center Timofey Mozgov who celebrated with passion enough to scare […]

The 2015 NBA Playoffs Have Become the 2004 and 2009 French Opens

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At Bloguin, I also write about college sports and tennis — college sports at The Student Section and tennis at Attacking The Net. Perhaps I’m pre-conditioned to link other sporting events, such as the NBA playoffs, to college sports and tennis. Yet, as I watched two top-seeded teams with at least 60 wins look like 43-39 […]

‘I called game’ tees now available

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Well that was fast. Soon after Wizards’ Paul Pierce broke the hearts of the Hawks and their fans with a bank shot to win the game, Pierce exclaimed tot he world he didn’t call bank…. he called game! Well it didn’t take too long to capitalize on the phrase and already being trotted out are […]

Houston Is Coming Undone… and Undoing A Lot Of Good Work

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Professional sports is a bottom-line business: You either win or you lose. True enough. However, the complexities of competition and the plot twists provided by all sorts of events — especially injuries — rightly alter the ways in which we assess coaches and players. There can certainly be honor in losing — you just have […]

Can this man catch a break for once? Chicago basketball fans certainly hope so.

Tom Thibodeau Finally Gives In… And Gets Results For The Bulls

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This was a special, iconic moment for Derrick Rose and the Chicago Bulls: While the incredible Rose shot is what will be remembered from Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals, the reasoning that put the Chicago Bulls in position for that to happen is what interests me most. In any aspect of life, leaving […]

Bill Simmons Empowered Basketball Fans. He Also Proved A Point.

0 comments by on 5/8/2015

Human life is complicated and messy. Accordingly, so is sportswriting and the subsequent attempt to assess sportswriters. Anyone who puts views on paper or in cyberspace for a living is constantly subjecting himself (or herself) to criticism. “I could write that column better than you” is a reaction which any writer has encountered, given any […]

Magic Johnson, Game 6 of the 1980 NBA Finals, and the Insanity of it All

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Magic Johnson wasn’t always a household name. Long before there was Hall of Fame Magic Johnson or “one of the greatest players to ever play” Magic Johnson, there was simply Magic Johnson — an exciting rookie who was coming off one of the most hyped, mythologized, and historically ingraining NCAA tournament championship games in the history of […]

Ladies and Gentlemen, Austin Rivers

0 comments by on 5/7/2015

Ughhhhh! Clippers’ Austin Rivers may need to work on his dribbling skills because against the Rockets in Houston, he didn’t impress. While on the fastbreak, Rivers went for the behind-the-back dribble only to see the ball come loose and he go flying across the court trying to scramble to recover the ball.

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