Category: NBA
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Goodbye, John Jenkins... Hello, David Lee
Sigh. In your 21 games in Dallas, we hardly knew you, Mr. Jenkins. Image courtesy of TJ Macias/The BMF Well, that’s a tiny little bitty lie since we knew you averaged 3.3 points and 1.0...
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Pacers Survive in Orlando, 115-112
Image courtesy of Erik Drost/Flickr. The Indiana Pacers, after coming from behind to steal a game in Oklahoma City from the Thunder, were able to hang on against the Orlando Magic on the road for...
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Welcome Back: DeMarcus Cousins Carries Kings Past Denver Nuggets, 116-110
Image courtesy of Sacramento Kings/Facebook. The Sacramento Kings somehow, someway, are still looking to snatch that eighth seed in the remaining games of the season. In fact, it was a large part of the conversation...
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Clarence Weatherspoon and the Dark Days of Hell
Image courtesy of Down Town Ball/Instagram The early nineties were a dark era for the Philadelphia 76ers. Wins were few, losses were plentiful and seats were empty. The front office was in disarray and coaches...
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Allen Iverson and Tyronn Lue: The "Step-Over" Brothers
Image courtesy of the Philadelphia 76ers/Facebook. Tyronn Lue had a good NBA career; not great my any means, but respectable nonetheless. He was an 11 year vet, a two time champion, a once irrelevant bench...
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Ranking the NBA Title Favorites
All-Star Weekend has now come and gone (highlighted by a terrific dunk contest ), and as NBA fans are well aware that pretty much means that we're in the home stretch of the season. While...
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City to City, Coast to Coast: Ish Smith is Mr. Opportunity
Image courtesy of the Philadelphia 76ers/Facebook . The ball never stops bouncing for Ish Smith . Undrafted, undersized and overlooked, the journey to basketball stardom is a never ending one. Five years, eleven different teams,...
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West Dominates NBA All-Star Game in Defense Optional Glory, 196-173
Screen capture courtesy of the NBA/YouTube. By a 196-173 margin in the NBA All-Star Game, the Western All-Stars defeated their Eastern counterparts. (Insert "this was Kobe Bryant 's last All-Star Game comment here and 657...
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The 2016 NBA All-Star Skills Challenge: The Story of the Big Men
Screen capture courtesy of the NBA/YouTube. This was the best Saturday night in NBA All-Star Weekend history! Saturday night, for all its ups and downs, is the best night of All-Star weekend, even better than...
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2016 NBA All-Star Weekend: The Greatest Slam Dunk Competition Ever?
Screen capture courtesy of the NBA/YouTube. As athletes continually develop superhuman abilities, the anomalies within sports can become rather elementary. Milestones like a completing a touchdown catch or making a deep two-point shot are often...
