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Blake Griffin Leaps Scorers Tables in a Single Bound
Posted by Kevin Arnovitz LOS ANGELES -- While the Lakers were commemorating their history Friday night by hosting the Warriors at the hallowed Forum, the Clippers were christening their future across town. Blake Griffin took the floor at Staples Center in his first official game as...
Late Friday Mini-Bullets
Shocking bit of news: Wayne Winston, the Indiana University professor I have quoted extensively in the last couple of weeks, and has been Mark Cubans' statistical consultant for the last nine years, just told me that his contract with the Mavericks has not been renewed. He assures...
How to Spend a Lot of Money Very Quickly
Rumeal Robinson is the latest in a long line of former professional athletes to fall on financial hard times. People sometimes wonder how such a thing could happen. Here's one way, as reported by Gus Garcia-Roberts of the Miami New Times: He made more than $5 million in NBA salary...
Marc Stein: Stephen Jackson a Warrior, for Now
Marc Stein writes: A couple notes of clarification on the prospect of Golden State dealing Stephen Jackson to Cleveland in a swap featuring Zydrunas Ilgauskas, as introduced earlier Friday in this piece from the Contra Costa Times and brought to our attention, as always, by the boys...
The Kevin Durant Conundrum
There is almost no one like Kevin Durant. You can make a case he was the best freshman player in the history of the NCAA, and in the two years since he has only gotten better. He's 6-9. He moves like a gazelle. No one can stop him getting his shot. He's a tremendous teammate...
The Third Rail of Politics, Right Here in the NBA
Rush Limbaugh has, through the years, said several callous things about the NBA, most of which I happily know nothing about. Chris Bernucca of Pro Basketball News, though, has been paying attention, and has strong reactions. Bernucca has been inspired consider his own love of the NBA...
Watch This Debate
A call, in baseball, to have machines call balls and strikes. If they're way more accurate, why wouldn't you? Machines are, I assume, a long way from being able to referee NBA games. But when the time comes, and the machines are simply better at telling us if that was a 3-pointer...
Josh Smith Eating Breakfast
Honestly, I'm not at all sure why this video was even made. It's Josh Smith eating eggs and a smoothie, shooting the breeze with the chef. The entire plot: Josh Smith likes food. Josh Smith likes trout sandwiches. As a native of Georgia, Josh Smith does not like all bacon equally...
First Cup: Friday
Doug Smith of the Toronto Star: "It is hugely significant that Chris Bosh will make his pre-season debut for the Raptors in Minneapolis on Friday night, but another development at the Air Canada Centre on Thursday was just as welcomed by the team's brass. As Bosh went through...
Blaming the Doctors is a Cop-Out
DeJuan Blair, drafted 37th overall despite projecting to be one of the best players in this draft, nabbed 19 rebounds in his first preseason game for the San Antonio Spurs. NBA general managers not named R.C. Buford are reportedly bitter at those smarmy doctors who wouldn't let...
Thursday Bullets
A prediction this year's champion will come from the East, where David Berri's numbers say Orlando, Boston and Cleveland are far ahead of the rest of the conference. They asked all the Blazers which NBA players they respect the most. Kobe Bryant and Tim Duncan tie for first...
Not Off the SEC's Hook: Mark Cuban
A judge had dismissed the SEC's insider trading case against Mark Cuban. It seemed like it was over. But ... the government is now pressing on in appeals court. No one seems to dispute that Cuban had a call from an executive in a company that he invested in, telling him about some...
First Cup: Thursday
Charles F. Gardner of the Journal Sentinel: "Brandon Jennings admitted he was in awe playing at the Palace on Wednesday night. But that feeling quickly faded for the Milwaukee Bucks' rookie point guard, as he was tossed into the fray for 27 minutes in the team's second...
What's With All the Good Young Rebounders?
Total rebound percentage is a powerful number to know. If a certain player is on the floor, what percentage of the missed shots does he grab? Big deal. Important to winning games. And if you want to be really good at it, it turns out you had better be young. Like brand new to the NBA...
"Smoking, Drinking and Flopping"
From the archives, a nice little tribute to Vlade Divac. They ask Del Harris if he taught Vlade Divac how to flop. He cracks up. "Did I teach Vlade Divac how to flop? Are you kidding me? He came over here and taught the whole NBA how to flop."
"If I wanted to, I could quit basketball and play in the NFL."
LeBron James, messing around as a wide receiver, assures the cameras he won't really do that. I'm no football expert, but does anybody think he's wrong?
Wednesday Bullets
Olympiakos is coming to Ohio to play the Cavaliers, and there will soon be a judge's ruling to determine whether or not they'll have to leave behind some little things like ... their team plane ... to satisfy former player Chris Morris' agent, whom the Greek Club stiffed...
First Cup: Wednesday
Terry Pluto of The Plain Dealer: "It's still hard to believe, Shaquille O'Neal in a Cavaliers uniform. Then there's LeBron James, the league's Most Valuable Player -- and he's yet to celebrate his 25th birthday. And there's Mo Williams, an All-Star guard...
How Not to Make a YouTube Highlight Reel
Earlier today I filled out a survey that asked me to name the best international player not in the NBA. Tough one, right? Just to jog my memory as to some candidates, I looked up at the players who won individual awards last year in the Euroleague. One of them was Panathinaikos big...
"No Water. Just My Woman."
If you were stranded on an island, and could have just one thing, what would it be? Andre Miller scores big romance points for his answer.
Tuesday Bullets
After all the Michael Beasley turmoil this off-season, and talking to so many people he's close to ... I have to say that I am 500% rooting for that guy to have a great year. He's mega-talented, and could be an MVP-type NBA player. It's a good thing for people to achieve...
Coleman Collins, Living in Germany
Perhaps you remember, not all that long ago, Coleman Collins -- professional basketball player and TrueHoop contributor -- wrote about visiting Germany where he played in 2007-2008. Well, guess what! He's living and playing there again. This time in Ulm. He writes: When you move...
First Cup: Tuesday
Broderick Turner and Mike Bresnahan of the Los Angeles Times: "Derek Fisher, 35, in his 14th season and the final year of a contract that pays him $5 million, said he plans on playing beyond the 2009-10 NBA season. 'I'm definitely not shutting it down after this season...
Wayne Winston: Mark Cuban's Stats Expert Isn't Bashful, Part 4
Wayne Winston is a professor at Indiana University and for the last nine years he has been Mark Cuban's stat guru for the Dallas Mavericks. Winston's recently published book "Mathletics," explains much of his work -- complete with formulas and spreadsheets. Earlier...
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