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Kevin Durant met with tornado victims
Some people talk the talk, and others walk the walk. Kevin Durant does both, and he does each with class. Durant graciously donated $1,000,000 recently in relief to victims of the awful tornado which ripped through Oklahoma earlier this week. Instead of just signing the check and moving on, Durant took time today to visit with those who are rebuilding their houses and lives in...
Pippen Says “LeBron Would Kick Jordan’s A**”
Here we go again……..more LeBron vs. Jordan talk. The other day at a Windows store at a location unknown at the time I’m writing this. Former Miami Heat big man, Alonzo Mourning was speaking in front of what looked to be a small crowd of Window Store employees. Mourning told a story of a conversation that supposedly took place between him and Former Chicago Bulls great, Scottie...
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Sterling: Del Negro let go to keep CP3
On Wednesday, when asked about not re-signing coach Vinny Del Negro, Clippers owner Donald Sterling all but admitted the move was made to keep his superstar point guard in town.
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Is there a 'typo' in Kevin Durant's new tattoo?
Kevin Durant tweeted on Tuesday that he was finishing his massive back tattoo, which you can see the “before” picture of here. As the new photo above shows, it appears the artwork is finished. That may be a problem. The latest addition to Durant’s masterpiece includes a bible verse, which Ball Don’t Lie identified as James 1:2-4: “Consider it a sheer gift, friends, when...
Was Chris Paul allowed to fire Vinny Del Negro?
Vinny Del Negro led the Los Angeles Clippers to a strong season by anyone’s standards, let alone what the franchise has traditionally become accustomed to.
Still, it was all but a foregone conclusion that their coach Vinny Del Negro was a dead man walking by the end of the season.
The rumors of superstar players such as Blake Griffin and Chris Paul disliking Paul had grown to...
NBA Playoffs: Pacers vs Heat Game 1 Preview
Who will win game one of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Miami Heat and the Indiana Pacers? Read and find out why not only game one, but this series as a whole will be an exciting one to watch!
The Miami Heat will play the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday night in game one of this best of seven Eastern Conference Finals series. Tip off is scheduled for 8:30 (EST) and the game...
Kevin Love’s relationship with new GM Flip Saunders off to good start
Tweet The Minnesota Timberwolves had a rough 2012-2013 NBA season, largely because of two broken hands that kept All-Star forward Kevin Love out of action for most of the year. Love’s future with the team was also shrouded in doubt as his relationship with former GM David Kahn was strained, to say the least. With [...]
Ford: With the 16th Pick, The Boston Celtics Pick Dennis Schroeder
As I posted earlier, there is a huge difference among mock drafts as to who the Celtics (and everyone else) are going to pick. Of the 38 mock drafts I checked out at the time, there were 17 different players projected as the Celtics pick at 16. With the lottery in the books and teams holding workouts and players moving up and down in scouts' opinions, things will more than...
Moving On Up: Wizards Land 3rd Overall Pick
Exactly Last night at approximately 8:47 PM the Washington Wizards finally had a break go their way. When Adam Silver announced that the Detroit Pistons would be selecting 8th overall instead of the Wizards, a ton of excitement and and quite a bit of relief rushed over Wiz fans everywhere. It was exciting to move up in the top 3 of the draft, and a relief that Washington wouldn’t...
Kobe Bryant Tweets Picture of Self in Hornets Hat in Honor of Charlotte Name Change (Photo)
Ah, the summer of 1996 seems so long ago.
At this point it’s a footnote to a Hall of Fame career, but remember that Kobe Bryant was once (very briefly) property of the Charlotte Hornets. The story goes that the Lakers and Hornets worked out a trade the day before the 1996 NBA draft, and that Los Angeles told Charlotte to select Bryant with their first-round pick at the very last...
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Tony Allen goes all out to sell flagrant foul
On Tuesday night the Memphis Grizzlies overcame an 18-point second half deficit to force overtime in Game 2 of their Western Conference finals series against the San Antonio Spurs. The Spurs came through in the extra period, winning the game 93-89 and taking a 2-0 series lead. The climax of the Grizzlies’ late-game comeback was a four-point possession during the final minute of...
Quincy Pondexter throws down on Boris Diaw (video)
Quincy Pondexter owned Game 2′s biggest play, but the Memphis Grizzlies dropped the Western Conference Final game to the San Antonio Spurs.
Tim Duncan scored 17 points and Tony Parker had 15 to push the Spurs past Memphis 93-89 in overtime.
Parker had a career-high 18 assists, which put San Antonio up 2-0 as the series moves to Memphis on Saturday.
Besides the loss, the world...
New York Knicks JR Smith Has A Drug Addiction
We saw a crumble in the performance of New York Knicks "6th man" JR Smith during the 2013 NBA postseason. According to sources, who spoke with The Juicy Online, we may now understand why his performance tanked during the playoffs, as it's being said that Smith developed a drug habit. Although an report, in early May, showed Smith partying hard in a New York nightclub...
Winning the No. 1 pick in the 2013 NBA Draft, the Cleveland Cavaliers and Nerlens Noel will soon dominate the league
Defeating odds with some luck, the Cleveland Cavaliers won the rights to the No. 1 pick in the 2013 NBA Draft on Tuesday night. Despite being removed from a hideous 24-58 campaign, the Cavaliers are an organization on the brink of blooming. Averaging 22.5 points, 5.9 assists and 3.7 rebounds over 59 contests, Kyrie Irving is ready to become the preeminent point guard in the association...
Detroit Pistons didn’t win lottery, but should get quality at position
Going into Tuesday’s NBA draft lottery with the seventh best odds, the Detroit Pistons found themselves leaving New York with the 8th overall selection in the 2013 NBA draft.
The last time the Pistons had the No. 8 pick it was in 2011 and they selected guard Brandon Knight out of Kentucky. With perimeter defending and scoring being a main issue for the Pistons during the 2012-2013...
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Guess who trolled the (Charlotte) Hornets?
The big announcement in the NBA today, and the worst kept secret, was that the Charlotte Bobcats would bring back the Hornets name to the city in 2014. The New Orleans Pelicans, left Charlotte after 2002 and took the name with them. Charlotte is reclaiming name with the change in New Orleans. But is it possible the original Charlotte Hornets would still be in existence had things...
What Each NBA Team Needs - Suns
As the field for the NBA Finals is now down to 4 (Indiana, Miami, SAS, Memphis), the hopes and dreams of the other 26 teams have faded quickly. Some of them (Clippers, Knicks, Nuggets, OKC) left the playoffs too early, some of them (Lakers, Brooklyn) never materialized what they thought was a great team, and others (Minnesota, Philadelphia) were hit by the injury bug and never got...
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