I remember the evening of Oct. 28, 2012, as I’m sure most Oklahoma City Thunder fans do. I was mindlessly scrolling through Twitter when I saw it: “James Harden traded to the Houston Rockets.” It couldn’t be, right? The Thunder had just run the Western Conference gauntlet to reach the NBA Finals and Harden, Kevin [...]
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Yao Ming is slightly taller than J.J. Watt
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February 12, 2013
J.J. Watt is by no means a small man. In fact he is a very large fella and clocks in at a solid 6′ 5″, 295 lbs. However, perceptual contrast is everything especially when you take a photograph of him standing next to 7′ 6″ Yao Ming. This is a great photo but it doesn’t compare to Yao’s time in Africa or him playing golf. Great lunch with @yaoming today. Have a feeling...
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February 12, 2013
Jeremy Lin helps Jay Crawford with writing in latest 'This is SportsCenter' ad (Video)
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February 12, 2013
Houston Rockets point guard Jeremy Lin guest stars in the latest "This is SportsCenter" commercial for ESPN, where he uses his Harvard background to help Jay Crawford with his writing.
Video via ESPN. H/T TNLP.
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February 12, 2013
Jeremy Lin Teaches English In SportsCenter Commerical (VIDEO)
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February 12, 2013
ESPN has released their latest promo video for This Is SportsCenter staring Houston Rockets guard Jeremy Lin. If you didn’t know this interesting fact, you must have been sleeping under a rock during last year Linsanity season; Jeremy Lin is a Harvard grad.
So it seems fitting that in this commercial, Lin would be teaching Jay Crawford how to use big words like “terminal velocity...
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February 12, 2013
Jeremy Lin's 'This is SportsCenter' commercial
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February 11, 2013
Houston Rockets guard Jeremy Lin went to school at Harvard (in case you never heard or have completely eliminated anything to do with Linsanity from your brain), and ESPN had that fact in mind with their latest 'This is SportsCenter' commercial.
Check it out:
As I frequently say, you can complain about a lot of things with ESPN (I know I do), but the 'This...
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February 11, 2013
Jeremy Lin swats a shot and then goes coast to coast for a dunk on Francisco Garcia
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February 11, 2013
Jeremy Lin had a block on one end of the court and then went coast to coast for a dunk on Francisco Garcia of the Sacramento Kings on Sunday night. Those two impressive plays were not enough though for the Houston Rockets as the Kings won 117-111.Lin finished with 12 points but fouled out.
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February 11, 2013
Russell Westbrook Thinks The Media Is Trippin’
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February 13, 2013
Remember when Russell Westbrook lost his mind during that blowout Thunder victory over the Grizzlies? It happened about two weeks ago, on January 31st, after he was whistled for a seldom-called five second violation in the post. Suddenly, Westbrook became furious with teammate Thabo Sefolosha, who’d poorly timed his cut. Upon being summoned to the bench, he pitched an explosive...
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February 13, 2013
JJ Watt Is To Yao Ming As I Am To JJ Watt
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February 13, 2013
His head is twice the size of mine Juan…
JJ Watt had one of the best seasons by a defender, possibly ever. He easily won DPOY and rightfully so. He’s only going to get better and that’s scary for offenses around the NFL.
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February 13, 2013
Westbrook has something in common with Kobe Bryant
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February 12, 2013
via Daily Thunder:
Kevin Durant sometimes doesn’t want to chuck heaves at the buzzer to protect his percentages, despite his coach’s wishes. Russell Westbrook, meanwhile, doesn’t care.
Per Daily Thunder:
“We talked about it, about seven weeks ago maybe, couple months ago, and we talked about it,’ Brooks said. ‘I said ‘We have to shoot that shot. There’s still...
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February 12, 2013
Kevin Durant accidentally deflects ball into fan's face (Video)
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February 11, 2013
One of the perils that fans have to deal with when attending an NBA game is the possibility that they might be hit by the ball if they are sitting close to the action.During Sunday night's Oklahoma City Thunder/Phoenix Suns game, a female fan sitting courtside took a ball to the face after Kevin Durant accidentally deflected it:
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February 11, 2013
Thunder manhandle Suns in blowout
PHOENIX (AP) -- Thabo Sefolosha made a career-high 5 of 7 3-pointers and the Oklahoma City Thunder routed the Phoenix Suns for the second game in a row 97-69 on Sunday night.
The 28-point blowout followed a 127-96 Thunder romp over the Suns in Oklahoma City on Friday night.
Russell Westbrook scored 24 points in 28 minutes in the Thunder's 10th straight victory over Phoenix...
Thunder Can’t Rebound – Can’t Win, Fall to Jazz 109-94
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February 12, 2013
The Oklahoma City Thunder felt the wrath of a blow out tonight from the Utah Jazz. Utah grabbed the lead early in the first quarter and never looked back as the Jazz walked away with the 109-94. It was just the second loss in the month of February. The loss dropped Oklahoma City to 39-13 [...]
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February 12, 2013
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