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NBA Fandom Games: Toronto Raptors
Whereupon an NBA free-agent fan sets about selecting a team to root for during the 2013-14 NBA season. Somewhere around half of all NBA teams are selling their fans a lie. It’s commonly either the...
Culture of Hoops
Baller Mind Frame's 2013-14 "that would be cool" rankings
The other day, our friends at ESPN released their preseason NBA rankings, which as you'd expect, were derived from expert analysis and a delicate procedure of hooking Nate Silver's brain up to a car battery....
Culture of Hoops
BMF Podcast 2: Entitlement and Titles
In this episode, DV talks about allegations of NBA players wanting other NBA players to link up and join where they are, or are going, to form a "Big Three" and what not ala the...
Culture of Hoops
In support of the unsung NBA free agency acquisition
It's no surprise that over the past week, the NBA free agency conversation has been almost exclusively focused on Dwight Howard. By all accounts it's a perfect ESPN spin cycle story: best free agent available...
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Best "video bombs" of the 2012-13 NBA season
The NBA is serious business! The amounts of sweat that accumulate, the muscles being torn and twisted, the mental fortitude needed to succeed (unless you're Dwight Howard) and of course the grueling grind of a...
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2013 NBA Finals: Miami Heat win and the shot Tim Duncan won't forget
Tim Duncan's missed hook shot may not have exactly been a brick, but it may as well have been. When I was 13 years old, my dad signed me up at the local JCC (Jewish...
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NBA Finals 2013 Game 6: Spurs' Loss and one more chance at greatness in Game 7
One free-throw. One rebound. That's how close the San Antonio Spurs were to sending the Miami Heat and LeBron James into "rethink greatness mode." One Ray Allen bomb from downtown is all it took to...
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NBA Finals Game 5: The more things change, the more they stay the same
What has been different about the San Antonio Spurs in Game 5 of the NBA Finals? Something that had been missing in all of the previous four games of this championship series. The game of...
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NBA Finals Game Four: The Big Three Come Out to Play
This is how we all knew LeBron James could play, but haven't seen since the Miami Heat's Eastern Conference Finals series against the Indiana Pacers. No big deal. And, oh yeah, Dwyane Wade and Chris...
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NBA Finals Game 3: Everything's Bigger in Texas, Including 3-point Shooting
Just as it appeared momentum had swung violently in the Miami Heat's direction in Game 3 of the NBA Finals, the San Antonio Spurs reeled back on their home court to hand the Heat their...
