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RT @shighkinNBA WHY DO YOU HATE JAVALE MCGEE, @JADubin5?
The hands-down greatest basketball player of all time, JaVale McGee, turns 25 today. Unfortunately, while his greatness is self-evident to some, there is a contingent of basketball fans who is...
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Six Degrees of Rondo: The Long, Strange Journey of a Mid-to-Late First Rounder
Photo via aapfarrington on Flickr. Rajon Rondo’s name seemingly pops up in trade rumors around this time every year. The mercurial, unpredictable floor general, whose name has become as synonymous...
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The Circle of Life: Rajon Rondo and the Big Three Construct
Illustration by Maddison Bond. The moment that will stay with me when thinking about Rajon Rondo’s season-ending ACL tear is watching Paul Pierce find out. After the Celtics pulled out a thrilling...
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2013 All-Star Profiles: Dwyane Wade
Photo via ->>Hamish of Flickr. Watching Dwyane Wade in 2013 is akin to watching a great band at a mid-to-late-career crossroads. He’s not washed up, though he sometimes looks it, and his health...
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2013 All-Star Profiles: LaMarcus Aldridge
Illustration by Maddison Bond. LaMarcus Aldridge’s talent has never been truly appreciated, even among the legendarily rabid and territorial Blazers fanbase. When he came into the NBA in 2006, he was...
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Welcome to Atlanta, where we got options
rofltosh (Flickr) The Hawks didn’t trade Josh Smith on Thursday. This was the closest thing to a blockbuster that could have feasibly happened before the deadline, and Danny Ferry opted to ride out the...
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Two Sides to Every Rebuild
Photo via marc falardeau on Flickr. When the Cavs and Magic face off tonight, they will have a lot of things in common. Both teams have redefined or are in the process of redefining their identities...
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15 Footer, 2/25/2013: Playoff Implications (Or Not)
Photo via Heiko Brinkmann on Flickr. As February draws to a close, we’re getting to the point in the season where every game that isn’t in the Bobcats-Suns tier has playoff implications. Teams are on...
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Sean & Jovan Compare NBA Players to Rappers
A couple weeks ago, I appeared on ClipperBlog Live, a Google Hangout-based show held after every Clippers game on HP’s TrueHoop sister site ClipperBlog. I’d made a few appearances previously, but this...
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Lion Face/Lemon Face, 2/25/13: The Wilson Chandler Show
Lion Face: Bradley Beal The Wizards’ third overall pick had another stellar game, something that’s becoming a regularity for him lately. His shooting mastery was the only thing watchable about a game...
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Andrew Bynum Considering Surgery, Future Up in the Air
When the Philadelphia 76ers traded for Andrew Bynum as part of the four-team August blockbuster that sent Dwight Howard to the Lakers, they thought they had landed a franchise center. But Bynum has...
View ArticleVIDEO: Serge Ibaka Hits Blake Griffin in the Groin
(video via Beyond the Buzzer) Serge Ibaka appeared to deliberately hit Blake Griffin in the groin as they battled for position late in the fourth quarter of the Thunder’s 108-104 Sunday win over the...
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NBA Heads to Philippines for Exhibition Game
The Philippines’ new MOA Arena. Photo via InterAKTV. The NBA is making good on its promise to expand on its international footprint even further. A source told the Filipino site InterAKTV that the...
View ArticleBirdman: An Appreciation
There has been no shortage of things written about the Miami Heat’s 23-game win streak. Most of the focus is, as it should be, on LeBron’s slow, inevitable march to immortality. But if you put aside...
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Tomorrow Never Knows
My life as a Blazers fan has been dominated by five words: “Point Guard of the Future.” Since Damon Stoudamire, a different potential floor general has been brought in nearly every year, each one...
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Today we remember the Los Angeles Lakers
Brad Rempel, USA TODAY Sports Kobe Bryant is dead wrong. A few hours before the Lakers closed out their worst season (record-wise) since moving to Los Angeles in 1960, Kobe made his feelings known on...
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Two Sides to Every Rebuild
Photo via marc falardeau on Flickr. When the Cavs and Magic face off tonight, they will have a lot of things in common. Both teams have redefined or are in the process of redefining their identities...
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15 Footer, 2/25/2013: Playoff Implications (Or Not)
Photo via Heiko Brinkmann on Flickr. As February draws to a close, we’re getting to the point in the season where every game that isn’t in the Bobcats-Suns tier has playoff implications. Teams are on...
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Sean & Jovan Compare NBA Players to Rappers
A couple weeks ago, I appeared on ClipperBlog Live, a Google Hangout-based show held after every Clippers game on HP’s TrueHoop sister site ClipperBlog. I’d made a few appearances previously, but this...
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Lion Face/Lemon Face, 2/25/13: The Wilson Chandler Show
Lion Face: Bradley Beal The Wizards’ third overall pick had another stellar game, something that’s becoming a regularity for him lately. His shooting mastery was the only thing watchable about a game...
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