ROI: Zirin nails it, yet again
NBA Lockout Ends and Players Get Played
I understand that, but it didn’t have to be this way. This deal is just all so very pre-Occupy Wall Street. I wish more players had spoken out and not let David Stern’s PR machine define them as “greedy millionaires, insensitive to the public’s suffering in these hard economic times.” I wish more had directly raised the issues...
Via khandor's sports blog
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November 28, 2011
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November 28, 2011
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NBA Players: Welcome to the 99 Percent
by Dave Zirin | @edgeofsports
Originally published at The Nation
If I were an NBA player, I’d be mighty confused right now. I wouldn’t be confused about why the entire 2011–12 season is now in jeopardy. I wouldn’t be confused about rejecting the ultimatums and “last, final offers” of NBA Commissioner David Stern. Instead, I’d be confused as hell by the media’s...
Via SLAM Online
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November 16, 2011
NBA players' blind viewpoints during lockout
Nazr Mohammed and Etan Thomas are two of the sharpest knives in the NBA players drawer. But in recent days, as both men issue viewpoints on the lockout, they're demonstrated an acute disconnect from the financial realities that separate them from basketball fans and the real economic world. And these 'sharpest knives in the drawer' come across like a couple of sporks...
Via Fox Sports Southwest
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November 13, 2011
NBA Player Compares Owners to Wall Street, Players to Occupy Protesters
How many times can I afford to get my
braids done with only $44 million?
I put "NBA player" in the title, because unless you're a diehard NBA fan you might not know who Etan Thomas is or that he didn't retire a few years ago when he stopped being a relevant rotation player. Anyway, Etan Thomas and his 90's braids are given a forum on ESPN to speak from time...
Via Celtics Life
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November 13, 2011
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November 13, 2011
Etan Thomas: Why Do Reporters Keep Giving False Hope To Fans?
Etan Thomas wrote a 23-question commentary this weekend about the current labor negotiations.
Via RealGM
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November 13, 2011
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November 13, 2011
Magic Wands: Lockout Day 136 (vs. Hawks)
Orlando, Fla.
(2-3) vs. (4-2) Time/TV: 6 p.m./Who am I kidding?Line: What Line?Tickets: Good luck with that...Season Series: None
Video Vault:
1) While many current NBA players and former Magic stars are congregating in Orlando for a charity basketball game, the NBA's labor issues loom large, writes Josh Robbins of the Orlando Sentinel...
Via Orlando Magic Daily
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November 13, 2011
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November 13, 2011
Dear Mr. Thomas: A response to Etan Thomas’ Op-Ed
Etan Thomas published an op-ed on ESPN.com on the state of the labor talks, discussing 23… pause… questions surrounding the lockout. There’s a lot of quality things in there, but as always, there are two sides to every story. Except the story that Dan Gilbert, Paul Allen, Robert Sarver, and Michael Jordan should not have…
Via Pro Basketball Talk
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November 13, 2011
Is the NBA’s new proposal better or worse than the last one?
Unless the NBA’s latest ultimatum is a smoke screen designed solely to make the players fold, the NBA season is in serious jeopardy. A number of players have weighed in on the latest proposal, most of them describing a reaction similar to disgust, but those players may or may not have seen the full document.One person who has? NBPA executive first vice president Etan Thomas...
Via Celtics Town
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November 13, 2011
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November 13, 2011
Caption 3: NBA Player Reps
So we try and have fun here on Celtics Life, but the NBA news of the past few months has been anything, but fun. Today could also be a nuclear day, where the best shot for a season blows up. With that said, might as well make some attempt to brighten things up. I figured we could caption some of the player reps in the above picture taken yesterday.
The interesting thing about the...
Via Celtics Life
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November 09, 2011
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November 09, 2011
Bully Tactics
by Vincent Thomas / @vincecathomas
NBA owners are making public opinion history. It takes a hubris-dripping amount of greed to make professional athletes seem like quasi-activists for worker rights, but that’s basically where we’re at. In today’s post-Enron/”Wall Street Bailout” America, filthy rich billionaires can’t be so cavalier about their money-grubbing, even if...
Via SLAM Online
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October 06, 2011
NBA lockout updates and musings: Etan Thomas escalates ongoing PR battle
The NBA is relatively close to a collective bargaining deal, according to many reporters in the know. One of those reporters, Chris Sheridan called the remainder of the negotiations “a layup.” Another, Ken Berger noted that missing the first two weeks of games would lose the NBA more money than submitting to the players association demands, and vice versa. But if the...
Via Celtics Town
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October 06, 2011
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October 06, 2011
Former Wizard Etan Thomas on NBA owners: ‘We want the rules to protect us from our own incompetence’
There has been a lot of letter writing this week as it relates to the NBA labor situation. A group of powerful agents came together on Monday to urge their clients not to accept a bad deal to end the lockout. National Basketball Players Association president Derek Fisher wrote a letter that evening urging the agents to get out of the way of the negotiations.
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Via Washington Post
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October 05, 2011
Etan Thomas considers the owners’ point of view, in caricature
Veteran big man Etan Thomas is the rare NBA player who may be better known for his exploits off the court than on it. In addition to occupying the end of many teams' benches, Thomas has written and performed poetry, become a political activist, and served as a vice president of the players' union. He has many interests -- not quite a renaissance man, but not your typical...
Via Ball Don't Lie
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October 05, 2011
Kareem and Pandora’s Box
Posted in TextThis piece was written by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar who makes several important points as it relates to the issues between the owners and players. Who knew that 10 agencies are responsible for 1 billion dollars in NBA deals? This piece is the first I’ve seen that really gets under the hood of the issues.
How can they (the owners) lower their expenses? The Atlanta Hawks‘ Etan...
Via The Knicks Blog
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July 27, 2011
Union VP Etan Thomas near deal with Spanish club
Warning: What follows is not good news for those of us hoping the lockout ends before the season starts. (Also, it’s pretty clearly posturing by the NBA players union.) NBA veteran Etan Thomas, most recently of the Atlanta Hawks but now a free agent, is close to a deal with a Spanish club, Hoopshype reports.…
Via Pro Basketball Talk
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July 21, 2011
Wednesday Bullets
Bismack Biyombo says he watches Kevin Love to learn how to rebound. That's smart. Love has just about the worst body of anybody who gets a lot of rebounds. He does it with technique. That's something to learn. Also, if you watch tape of Biyombo in Spain, he was almost always the most gifted athlete (combination of size, mobility and strength) on the floor. In the NBA, that clear...
Via True Hoop Blog
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June 29, 2011
Etan Thomas lays out the players’ case in labor strife
Etan Thomas can flat out write. Which makes the Atlanta forward’s explanation of where the players are coming from in the ongoing Collective Bargaining Agreement must reading over at Hoopshype. You don’t have to agree with it — if you want to side with the ultra rich owners over the wealthy players go ahead, personally…
Via Pro Basketball Talk
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June 28, 2011
NBA PM: New Nets Say Hello, Goodbye
The Nets rookies met the media on Monday, but by Tuesday two of them will be on the west coast and the other won't return for possibly up to three years. Also, Etan Thomas...
Via HOOPSWORLD
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June 27, 2011
Some Atlanta Hawks Thoughts Inspired By the 48th Pick
1) It's not flippant to say the Hawks should draft the best player, regardless of position, with the 48th pick of the 2011 NBA Draft. That's really all a team can do in that position. (Ignoring, for the moment, how a team got itself in that position.) Looking at the most recent mock draft at DraftExpress, there are some potentially useful (potentially useful being defined...
Via Hoopinion
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June 20, 2011
How will the Atlanta Hawks handle their own free agents?
The Atlanta Hawks have six unrestricted free agents coming into this off-season. I would think that re-signing PG/SG Jamal Crawford will be a high priority for the Hawks. He won’t come cheaply though as the free agent market is pretty soft as far as scorers like Crawford go, so he will be in high demand which will drive the price up on him. I could see the Hawks having an...
Via Hawks Locker
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June 18, 2011
It Was Totally Not Brendan Haywood's Fault That Kevin Durant Posterized Him, Says Brendan Haywood
Remember this dunk? Of course you do. It was awesome. Brendan Haywood, whose greatest skill has traditionally been being marginally better than Erick Dampier or Etan Thomas, remembers it too.More »
Via Deadspin
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May 21, 2011
Playoff Game Preview #3: Orlando Magic (1-1) @ Atlanta Hawks (1-1)
Alternate post title: Playoff Game Preview #3: Orlando Magic (0-1), Dwight Howard (1-0) @ Atlanta Hawks (1-0), Larry Drew (0-1)TIP-OFF: 8pm (EST) TELEVISION: Fox Sports South, ESPN2CHAT: Daily Dime LiveGAME NOTES: Hawks/MagicATLANTA INJURY REPORT: Al Horford will be wearing protection on his bruised knee but will play when his head coach deems the team is neither "in a bit...
Via Hoopinion
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April 21, 2011
Atlanta Hawks using waves of centers against Dwight Howard
Atlanta Hawks big men Jason Collins , Zaza Pachulia , Etan Thomas and Josh Powell don't have Dwight Howard 's skill set.
Via Orlando Sentinel
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April 19, 2011
Etan Thomas Gets Invited To Dwight Howard's Block Party
Yesterday, Dwight Howard tied an Orlando Magic playoff record with 48 points in their game one loss against the Atlanta Hawks.However, Dwight is also known for his defense and sadly for the Hawks Etan Thomas, he showed him an example of it:
Via Outside the Boxscore
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April 17, 2011
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April 17, 2011
Atlanta Hawks 103 Orlando Magic 93
BoxscoreGameflowHoopdata boxscoreHighlightsTeam Poss Off Eff eFG% FT Rate OR% TO% ATL 891.15755.428.415.611.2ORL 881.057 49.325.3 35.1 20.5A tremendous win for the Atlanta Hawks. Yes, that degree of jump shooting accuracy is unlikely to be sustainable for another game but neither can Dwight Howard (for an entire game) nor Jameer Nelson (for another half) be expected to be...
Via Hoopinion
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April 17, 2011
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