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3-Point Contest participants announced

It looks like the All-Star weekend just got a whole lot sweeter as the 3-point contest participants were announced on Tuesday. Kyle Korver, Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, J.J. Redick, and Wesley Matthews. Korver leads the league in three-point field goal percentage at 53.1%, Curry is averaging five made triples a game just like his Splash […]

2014’s Best Everything

The end of 2014 is here and it’s time to reflect on the year that was. This is a list of things we enjoyed about the beginning of the 2014-15 season, what we thought were the best moments, plays, players, coaches, and everything in between. This list includes everything starting with 2014’s NBA Draft and […]

Hawks are off to a pretty good start, and things are only looking up

Their schedule may have been a little on the easy side so far to start the season, but the Atlanta Hawks are one of the Eastern Conference’s biggest surprises. Atlanta, under second-year head coach Mike Budenholzer, is 11-6 are are third in the East, and are 8-2 at home. The Hawks were a bit of […]

The Nets traded Kyle Korver for a copy machine

“As the second round of the 2003 draft puttered along, the Nets watched as teams ahead of them plucked every player in which New Jersey had interest. The team, fresh off an Atlantic Division win and an appearance in the NBA Finals, was so low on cash, it considered selling the pick to finance its summer league team.

“With none of their preferred choices on the board, the Nets brass selected Creighton forward Kyle Korver with the 51st pick — and immediately sold his draft rights to the Sixers for $125,000. That covered summer league. With the leftover cash, the Nets bought a new copy machine.”

Zach Lowe of Grantland

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