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Where's the Christian in Christian Eyenga?
October 04, 2009 by
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FreeDarko's European correspondent from 12 Stars checks in with a report about recently drafted Euro Christian Eyenga and a dunk that may very well have upped the ante on Gerald Green's infamous "cupcake dunk."Forget about Spike Lee, forget about Michael Mann and...
DOO RAGS ARE BACK
October 02, 2009 by
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If you hadn't noticed yet, the braids are back. I'll leave it to you, the reader, to speculate about what that means for Iverson's game, career, and relationship with the city of Memphis or the South writ large. While you marinate on that, check out Shoals's wild and...
Paul Revere Was A Rapper
September 29, 2009 by
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Earlier today, I offered what is to date the most comprehensive, and honest, interpretation of DeShawn Stevenson's facial area tattoos. No one is anywhere near on my level. However, one important bit of information didn't make it through the editing process, perhaps because...
Just Another Good Friend
September 29, 2009 by
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How did I miss this? Late, and the emotion's receded, but Russell makes anything matter, and there are some good tid-bits in here. Now, don't forget to read my latest on Oakland's finest.
Where Now, Endorser of Folly?
September 29, 2009 by
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Hey all, neglect not my voluptuous team previews over at you-know-where.All sort of crazy stuff coming down from the foggy hilltop lair of the Golden State Warriors. Down a bit in this Baseline post, you get Monta equivocating on just where he stands with the team, and whether or not...
Friday Didn't Happen
September 25, 2009 by
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You know Twitter has #FF, when no one says anything, or responds to anything, and the whole thing turns into an open-air bazaar for absolutely nothing? In honor of that, I'm doing a quick post here that's similarly pointless.First, up top, an absolutely amazing drawing of Artis...
It's his Pasture
September 24, 2009 by
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Okay, what's getting lost in this whole LeBron James/Russian tycoon/global tycoon synergy is WHERE THE **** JAY FITS IN. For pure spurts and puddles, read Woj's column on Mikhail Prokhorov, which will leave you thinking that Prokhorov is hard (of course), his money questionable...
Your Need is Now Empty
September 23, 2009 by
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I'm been having a field day with Russkie-takes-Nets on The Baseline, wandering into Red Dawn territory, and saying that Stern's being bum rushed by the devil he danced with. I have also spent twenty minutes trying to find just the right clip from Deep Blue Sea, preferably the...
It'll Find You
September 19, 2009 by
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I've been trying to figure out why it is that I've got zero to say about Delonte West. Maybe it's because I'm fairly confident that he'll lawyer up hard and be ready for the start of the season. Or because the Michael Beasley saga, in all its opacity and yanking...
A Significant Bullet
September 18, 2009 by
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When we found out that Elton Brand produced Werner Herzog's Rescue Dawn, it seemed like an amazing convergence of basketball and one of the most influential figures for this site. Then it turned out the relationship was pretty basic -- at a Q&A I went to almost two years ago...
Unknown Unknowns
September 17, 2009 by
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I don't know exactly how noz, proprietor of the world's famous Cocaine Blunts, came to tell me he had this record. It was definitely off-hand, like "if I can find it and you're interested, I'll send you a rip." My hand went numb with anticipation, but even...
It Touched the Ground, Hard
September 17, 2009 by
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(Your call: Is this A) 9/12 march footage B) my wedding C) proof that we're still secret racists here)No, we have not all died and gone to heaven. There just hasn't been much NBA to write about, and at this point of the year, the very air around you seems to choke out many...
Say What You Feel
September 02, 2009 by
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Let that sink in, then go visit my in-depth musings on the topic over at The Baseline.P.S. The word "musings" should be outlawed, I'm just in too much of a rush to do better right now. P.P.S. Don't sleep on the newest FD presents DoC podcast. Here for you!
Word, Sound
September 01, 2009 by
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In this episode, Ken and Dan are joined by Ken’s college friend Andy Manoff, who spent a year in Ethopia and ended up teaching girls to play basketball. Not a euphemism. Also, Andy has a story about reading a book near an NBA player, which leads to a larger discussion of NBA books...
It's Judgment That Defeats Us
August 30, 2009 by
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A profound believer in liberated fandom, djturtleface loves the worst or most peculiar teams in the league. In third grade he listed Rasheed Wallace as his idol, and currently writes for TheGoodPoint.com. He just started SB Nation's Memphis Grizzlies blog Straight Outta Vancouver...
East of Agitation?
August 28, 2009 by
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Hit up another WNBA game last night. This time it was the Storm vs. the Sun, notably mostly for the presence of Lindsay Whalen. While I may have misspelled her name on Twitter (thanks to dude who corrected me immediately!), there was something to her game that seem fairly lacking in...
Bend String on Zither
August 24, 2009 by
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It is with great weariness that I begin this post on Michael Beasley and his rehab situation. I feel like I already pushed forth the envelope of flippancy in my Baseline post on the matter (damn, that works well in a self-referential sense). Maybe too far if it turns out that Beasley...
FreeDarko/adidas Super-Bargain!!!!
August 19, 2009 by
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Some of you may recall the Dwight Howard and Derrick Rose web spots we worked with adidas on. To pass the time this summer, adidas has decided to put some of Big Baby's Dwight Howard art on a shirt.While the tee's been spotted in the New York store and at this summer's...
Other People's Lives
August 18, 2009 by
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I really need to be working on this chapter about the integration of the NBA, and I did post something on FD today, right? But I am about to explode over accumulated energy and angst over some race/sexuality/basketball stuff, and I'm sick of carrying on 15,000 chats at once about...
I Believe in Windows
August 18, 2009 by
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Miss me? If you want some Protestant assurance that I'm not abandoning the goal of endless written output, regard The Baseline, or spy on me in coffee shops as I draft chapters of the next book. So yes, the blog lies fallows, but it's not dead, and elsewhere I thrive.But I...
Out of the Wormhole
August 13, 2009 by
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Pause on BASKETBALL MAY OR MAY NOT BE JAZZ to talk crossovers.This isn't a complete dissertation on the state of the crossover, obviously, but at least addresses key modalities. Straightforward: the x-axis asserts the function of the crossover while the y denotes perceived importance...
Slipping at Slow Speeds
August 13, 2009 by
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Nothing FD-worthy is happening, and I have a day gig, a book, and an impending wedding to worry about. So feast upon this clip of Kareem playing congos on one of my favorite modal beginner's standards, and try and decide what this means for BASKETBALL IS NOT JAZZ.Speaking of which...
Still Waters Run Shallow
August 10, 2009 by
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A profound believer in liberated fandom, djturtleface loves the worst or most peculiar teams in the league. In third grade he listed Rasheed Wallace as his idol, and currently writes for TheGoodPoint.com. He just started SB Nation's Memphis Grizzlies blog Straight Outta Vancouver...
Go Go Commerce!
August 07, 2009 by
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Like Nike needs my help in promoting this ad. But this is so classic, I have to post it. This is that strain of Nike ad-making that fueled the business up until recently, and helped create players as much as they helped create it. "The LeBrons" picked it up briefly, but this...
Stop This Man
August 06, 2009 by
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I said my basic peace on the Rashard Lewis suspension over at The Baseline. Read here for my (ahem) baseline analysis, plus the Manny coincidence. Excuse me if I'm not foaming and fuming about this one.To get a little deeper, even if you want to suspect certain players of juicing—especially...
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