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Report: Boston working the phones looking to use its Traded Player exceptions
Zach Lowe over at Grantland dropped a little nugget about the Celtics in his latest piece about the D-League Showcase.After their flurry of deals over the last two weeks, the Celtics could absorb some extra salaries from teams looking to shed money or work complex trades. (Credit to Marc Stein, who rattled off Boston’s precise trade exception information when I bumped into him...
Via Celtics Life
5 days ago
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Advocating for the Abolition Of Conferences Without Overhauling the Schedule
In response to Zach Lowe’s “Searching for Balance: The NBA’s Lopsided Conference Problem,” in which Lowe continues his deep diving of the league’s decade-long debacle, he suggests exactly what I was set to propose—namely, that the league get rid of conferences, but without changing the traditional NBA regular season schedule.
As Lowe said, the schedule imbalance already...
Via The Lottery Mafia
December 08, 2014
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Could the Charlotte Hornets have interest in Jeff Green?
Grantland’s Zach Lowe dissects the problems facing the Charlotte Hornets and speculates Jeff Green could be one of their potential trade targets:
Now the Hornets are in trouble, and they’ll scour the trade market while hoping the status quo roster can find just enough punch to trample over a few of the teams that will surely stumble down the Eastern Conference ladder. You...
Via Red's Army
December 01, 2014
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NBA Could Reform Draft Lottery By End Of Month
According to Grantland's Zach Lowe, the NBA's Board of Governors could vote on a change to the draft lottery at the end of October, giving teams a more even chance at the top pick in the draft.
Via CLNS Radio
October 03, 2014
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NBA On The Verge Of Changing Draft Lottery, Blame The 76ers
The Philadelphia 76ers have ruined the draft lottery with 4-5 year rebuild.
According to a Zach Lowe report, the NBA Board of Governors is expected to vote soon on a change to the way the NBA Draft is held, and those changes could go in by the 2015 NBA Draft.
The four worst teams would have an equal chance to win No. 1 overall pick — a 12% chance — and the team with the worst...
Brooklyn Nets have killed off their ridiculous mascot
The Brooklyn Nets committed something of a mercy killing on Wednesday when the team announced that its much-maligned, completely ridiculous and absurdly cheesy mascot, BrooklyKnight, will not be returning next season. Grantland’s Zach Lowe was the first to break the sobering — but welcome — news on Twitter. Actual news: Nets have informed their mascot […] The post The BrooklyKnight...
Via Sportress of Blogitude
July 10, 2014
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Pierre The Pelican Is Getting A Makeover To Become Less Scary
Grantland’s Zach Lowe is reporting that the New Orleans Pelicans have finally admitted to designing the world’s scariest mascot, and thus will be giving Pierre the Pelican a makeover to turn him into something far less scary. The new Pierre will hopefully be ready in time for All-Star Weekend in the Big Easy, which, for small children attending games, can’t come soon enough...
Via Next Impulse Sports
January 22, 2014
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Report: Pelicans Redesigning Mascot To Make Him Look Less Scary
According to Zach Lowe of Grantland.com, the New Orleans Pelicans are redesigning mascot Pierre The Pelican’s head to make less scary. Pierre has become a hit among internet memes because of his terrifying face, get ready for a laugh and take a look at some of our favorites below.
Real mascot news: Hearing Pellies are re-designing Pierre’s head to make him “less scary,” hopefully...
Via Beyond The Buzzer
January 22, 2014
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The New Orleans Pelicans Are Redesigning Their Mascot, Pierre The Pelican, To Make Him Look Less Terrifying
The day before this past Halloween, the New Orleans Pelicans introduced their new mascot, Pierre, and he may have been the most terrifying mascot ever seen:
Introducing your new mascot Pierre the Pelican! pic.twitter.com/CieVTs3sMt
— New Orleans Pelicans (@PelicansNBA) October 31, 2013
Pretty much the whole world asked itself “Who could possibly have signed off on that thing...
Via College Spun
January 22, 2014
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