Tag: dwight howard
Culture of Hoops
Dwight Howard Burns Twitter Troll
Professional athletes are expected to be docile when confronted with insults. If an athlete responds in kind, they are publicly vilified by the media and fans for being too sensitive and lacking self-control. However, on...
Culture of Hoops
The Dwightmare saga ends: One year later
August 10th, 2012: the day the Dwightmare ended for the Orlando Magic. The day the landscape of the NBA changed. The day the Magic, just three seasons removed from their second trip to the NBA...
Culture of Hoops
The BMF 3-on-3: Acquisitions
The BMF 3-on-3 is a weekly throwdown between three members of the Baller Mind Frame team answering three questions! Editor-in-Chief, Dennis Velasco, will moderate every week. This week, in the inaugural edition, Eric DePriester and...
Culture of Hoops
The Orlando Magic Top 5: Centers
The center position has been celebrated and scrutinized in the Orlando Magic’s 24-year history. All-time greats like Shaquille O’Neal and Dwight Howard have graced the Magic’s parquet court, but those weren’t the only important centers...
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2013-14 Redeem Team: 10 NBA players coming back strong
This is a game of seconds. One second you're on top of your game and everybody loves you; the next second you get injured or you just lose your focus and your mojo goes out...
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Are the Warriors better off without Dwight Howard?
Conventional wisdom says that striking out on arguably the best center in the league would hinder a team greatly, but that might not be the case for the Golden State Warriors. When Dwight Howard chose...
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Dwight Howard's new playpals: Prose and parody
I hate to prolong the Dwightmare any further, but as a bitter Los Angeles Lakers fan trying to satiate himself with signing unproven talent on minimum contracts, I’m desperate for some grins and potshots at...
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NBA players on the move: Top 10 old faces in new places
Remember how excited you were to see where some of your favorite NBA players would be headed during free agency, and possibly by trade? Do you remember some of the trade scenarios you played out...
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Dallas Mavericks: A Dwightmare post-mortem
Once upon a time, a fledgling NBA franchise owner took an NBA Draft day flyer on a tall, awkward German kid who seemed not to have been told that bowl cuts were out . Fifteen...
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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...
