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NBA Tier Rankings
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . Let's clear something up before we move forward: any sort of NBA power rankings column that you read from October through mid-February is complete garbage. I apologize if that...
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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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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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Exclusive Interview: Bonnie-Jill Laflin Talks NBA, Kobe's Legacy, Her Charity 'Hounds & Heroes', & More
Image courtesy of Bonnie-Jill Laflin. NBA’s first female scout. Assistant general manager of NBA development team. Animal rights activists. Model. Actress. Bonnie-Jill Laflin has done it all. Check out her Instagram page -- with all...
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Making the Case: A Third All-Star Team Just for DeMarcus Cousins
Screen capture courtesy of the NBA/YouTube. In the past week, Justin Bieber provided Los Angeles Clippers point guard, Chris Paul , with more than 20,000 All-Star votes. Which begs the questions, when will Snooki get...
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Hateful Eight: The Sacramento Kings are now Playoff Contenders
Image courtesy of Michael Tipton/Flickr . The Sacramento Kings seem to finally be getting their house in order. After a rough beginning to the season, the Kings may have created a standard of repetition for...
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Should Kobe Bryant Play For Team USA?
Image courtesy of Airman 1st Class Daniel Hughes/Flickr. Allow me to answer the question posed in the title right off the bat: yes. Overwhelmingly yes. Yes, Kobe Bryant should play for Team USA during the...
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Piera's Picks: How the Nike Kobe line became a reflection of his career
Today's Piera's Picks is slightly different. Actually, it's very different. Today's piece is about wins and losses, ups and downs, and how one of the greatest basketball careers has influenced shoes like no other. After...
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Lakers Undecided on Keeping Metta World Peace for the Season
A looming decision awaits the NBA future of Metta World Peace , Tarik Black and Marcelo Huertas . But Huertas and World Peace both downplayed uncertainty on whether the Lakers will retain them after this...
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Good Defense, Bad Offense: Sixers Fall Flat to Kobe-less Lakers
Image courtesy of the Philadelphia 76ers/ Facebook . While most twenty-something-year-olds were out popping bottles and taking “look-how-much-fun-I’m-having” pictures for Instagram, the Sixers hopped on a plane to Hollywood looking to start 2016 on a...
