Tag: nba
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City of Hope: Boston Is Pulling for the Celtics
I cannot and will say that I knew the Boston Celtics would make the postseason. No one in this universe had the Celtics playing late in April, not myself or any other highly optimistic Celtics...
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Supine Musings: Confused Dallas Mavericks Gift Wrap Game 1
From an outsider’s perspective, an outsider who would only glance briefly at the showy ESPN notification on their iPhones every quarter during Game 1 of the Dallas Mavericks, Houston Rockets showdown, the game seemed to...
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Golden State Warriors Take Strange, Entertaining Game 1
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . Game 1 between the Golden State Warriors and New Orleans Pelicans felt like a series of tiny contests. The Pelicans' 4-0 start followed by a Warriors 10-0 run in...
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LeBron James Is Not the Best Player in the NBA This Year
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . Baller Mind Frame's No Layups brings you the hottest NBA stories on the web mixed with personal opinion from our very own Aaron Lanton . Check it often and...
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Wizards vs. Raptors: Someone Has to Win
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . It's hard to get excited about a 5-seed. In fact, a 5-seed has never won the NBA Championship. So, there's that. But it's particularly hard to get excited when...
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2015 NBA Playoffs: Perception vs. Reality
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . Chazz Reinhold said it best. "With every death, there comes rebirth. It's the circle of life." Another wonderful NBA regular season has been put to rest, but it has...
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Live From The Couch: NBA Playoff Preview
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . BMF Contributor, Brandon Allen Harrison, and newcomer Jonathan ‘JC’ Collins bring you the most unabashedly biased NBA basketball talk live from the couch in Los Angeles, California. The Rundown:...
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NBA MVP Shares: Part Two
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . In Part One of my MVP Shares column , featured on Tuesday, I explained my somewhat radical NBA MVP Shares idea and announced my honorable mention candidates. As promised,...
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James Harden in Prime Position for the Playoffs
Image courtesy of 2O/Wikimedia Commons . James Harden had a marvelous 2014-15 showcase by any standard. Playing a significant portion of the year without Dwight Howard , and a recent string of games without Patrick...
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A Reminder: Don't Sleep on the San Antonio Spurs
Image Courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr Hey wrestling fans, remember back in the day how every Hulk Hogan match was the same? Hogan would march down the aisle to one of the all-time great entrance themes,...
