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2013 NBA Draft Caps
The 2013 NBA Draft caps have been revealed, and thanks to SLAM , we can see what the league and adidas have in store for incoming rookies about to take the stage on June 27th...
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Stephen Curry and His Daughter Throw Shade at LeBron James
Stephen Curry is one funny dude that seems to enjoy having a laugh at the cost of his fellow NBA superstar. LeBron James did not shoot well in Game 3 of the NBA Finals, which...
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NBA Finals Game 2: LeBron Adds a Defensive Play to his Highlight Reel
This was supposed to be LeBron's game to dominate vengefully after the San Antonio Spurs pulled out a victory on the Miami Heat's home court with Tony Parker's miraculous bank shot ( see it again...
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NBA2K14 Reveal - LeBron James and Video Game James
Off the bounce, NBA2K14 will be played for hours at my house when it's released. I may even try to break my personal record of 30 hours of straight gameplay. Hmm, no wonder I'm obese....
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Heart Of New York: Meditations On J.R. Smith
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . J.R. Smith is the New York Knicks. Not in the way Michael Jordan was the Chicago Bulls or Johnny Carson was late night television, but in the sense that...
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Carmelo Anthony Really Loves to Shoot the Basketball
Carmelo Anthony definitely raised his level of play this past regular season and it kind of transitioned in the NBA playoffs. I say "kind of" because Melo seemed to play like his former self, taking...
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NBA Finals - Game 1: San Antonio Spurs will a victory ... and I still hate LeBron James
I don't want LeBron James and the Miami Heat to lose every single game. I just don't want them to win when it counts the most. And I feel great after seeing the Heat burn...
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Baselines vs. Bass Lines
Hoops and hip-hop merged together as a unified cultural phenomenon around the world in the last couple of decades. The video below is a tribute to the two cultures merging as one, extracting hip-hop lyrics...
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Tony Parker's INCREDIBLE Buzzer-Beater in Slow Motion
When Tony Parker made his move to the basket, it wasn't enough for him to just almost lose the ball three times. He then proceeded to trip himself up and fall to the hardwood. Not...
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NBA Finals: Mad Men Style
With the NBA Finals upon us, writers, bloggers, and sometimes-writers are scrambling for unique angles from which to approach the series. Me? I'm where I always am: Half-reclined on a secondhand couch with some carbohydrate-and-cheese...
