Rasheed Wallace, Damon Stoudamire, Scottie Pippen and Steve Smith were running the floor the last time the Portland Trail Blazers began a season with five wins over their first six games.
Via Fox Sports West
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January 04, 2012
In another sign of the NBA's ridiculousness, the league formally announced Wednesday the start of voting for the All-Star game.
Even if Andrew Bynum has played in only three games so far, that's enough to impress Hall of Famer Patrick Ewing. As the Orlando Magic's assistant coach, Ewing put Bynum on his first ballot during the NBA All-Star tip-off conference in Florida...
Via Ball Don't Lie
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January 04, 2012
On Tuesday, Yahoo! Sports' own Adrian Wojnarowski reported that the Xinjiang Flying Tigers of the China Basketball Association had released point guard Patrick Mills from his contract. It was a bit of a curious move considering how much money Xinjiang had invested in Mills for the season, but he'd also missed 10 days with a hamstring injury. Perhaps it was more serious than...
Via That NBA Lottery Pick
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January 04, 2012
During last night's Rockets/Lakers affair, Los Angeles forward Troy Murphy was waiting to receive the basketball off of a missed shot.Lakers center Andrew Bynum got him the ball and threw it straight at Murphy's face:(Courtesy of Larry Brown Sports)
Via SLAM Online
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January 04, 2012
People have complained about Kobe’s passing (or lack thereof) throughout his 16 seasons in the L, but they clearly don’t know what they’re talking about. Because Bryant is great at passing the rock … to himself.
Via Mike Barrett's Blog
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January 06, 2012
Gerald Wallace leads the way, as Portland drops the throttle in the third quarter and beats Kobe and the Lakers.
Via oregonlive.com
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January 05, 2012
Trail Blazers fans gear up for the showdown with the rival Lakers tonight.
Via Hardcourt Mayhem
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January 04, 2012
Had I not been saving this video for Poster of the Day I would’ve had one good thing to say about Sammy in this morning’s thoughts. See, I’m not a hater… I just tell it how it is!
Add another play to the ever-misleading Dumbles highlight reel. He has had his fair share of nice dunks in his day… I’ll give him that. Oh, this makes Pau...
Via Laker Nation
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January 06, 2012
Photo by Stephen Dunn | Getty ImagesThe (4-4) Los Angeles Lakers return to the Staples Center to host the (2-4) Golden State Warriors. The purple and gold are seeking to bounce back from another disappointing loss in Portland at the Rose Garden. The loss was the tale of two halves; the Lakers started fast and finished very slow. However, the game was lost in the third quarter.The...
Via Pro Basketball Talk
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January 05, 2012
Welcome to our morning look around the NBA — links to stories worth reading and notes to check out (stuff that did not get its own post here at PBT). In this poll, 56 percent of Lakers fans would rather have Andrew Bynum as their starting center over Dwight Howard. Those fans are fools. I’m…
Via Yahoo! Sports
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January 06, 2012
Gerald Wallace had 31 points and sparked a key third-quarter run to lead the Portland Trail Blazers to a fast-paced 107-96 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday night. LaMarcus Aldridge added 28 points and 10 rebounds for Portland, which led by as many as 14 points. The Blazers had just four turnovers despite pushing the tempo for the entire game.
Via SI.com
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January 04, 2012
While some labeled them sleepers, most never expected the slow-poke Blazers to morph into fast-paced, rim-attacking machines, writes Zach Lowe. But are they really contenders?
Via oregonlive.com
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January 06, 2012
The Blazers hit the road for their second game in as many nights -- a battle with Steve Nash and the Phoenix Suns at 7:30 p.m. Friday.
Via The Big Lead
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January 06, 2012
The Lakers are winless on the road. The Blazers have the best record in the NBA. The Mavericks scored 42 points (!) in three quarters against the Spurs. Just another wacky night in the NBA.
Via The Jets Blog
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January 04, 2012
According to Lynn Zinser of the New York Times, Santonio might be joining the great pantheon of sports quitters like Scottie Pippen, Roberto Duran, and many more.
Holmes, for his part, does have a Super Bowl victory and a most valuable player trophy from it. But the Steelers also shipped the talented wide receiver out of Pittsburgh only one season after that Super Bowl triumph —...
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