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It occurs to me that whoever wins the Dallas-Phoenix Series will become prototype 1A for how to build a team in the newest version of the NBA.It could happen in a lot of ways. For example, if Phoenix wins--which could...
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One U.S. export that's clearly thriving: And1 Mixed Tapes. Look what they're doing to Germany. Dick Bavetta's mini-Riverdance warmup. Will Leitch of Deadspin is a fabulous writer on a number of topics. I just happened across an archive of...
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Liz Robbins answers the question in The New York Times, and please notice that Jerry Colangelo and his team the Phoenix Suns both helped to legislate the rule changes--and show the league how to profit from them. That's long-term strategy,...
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Givony talks to Andrea Bargnani's Italian agent, who denies rumors of some kind of deal (there have been whispers that Maurizio Gherardini, the GM at Benetton Treviso, might join the Raptors with Bargnani in a front-office position) for Bargnani to...
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Thomsen says that as an investment, the Bobcats appear not to be performing like owner Robert Johnson would have liked. And he reports that Jordan and Johnson were dining together in D.C. recently. But the real intrigue comes with the...
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I feel pretty comfortable saying that the last week has been one of the best in the NBA's modern history. Yet the league really doesn't get much attention at all from Sports Illustrated. It's the burden of the weekly format....
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Erin Podolsky in an e-mail to me two days ago: The even larger problem is that it seems the stons have forgotten how to run. Their offense looks like a slow Larry Brown halfcourt set wet dream right now, only...
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I didn't know. Nobody told me! It's good, too.You have to sign up for the ESPN Insider to read the blog by the former head coach (and Jack Ramsay's son-in-law). I won't republish the whole thing here, but here are...
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Brian Windhorst knows LeBron James as well as anyone covering the NBA. On his blog (after taking time to dispell the "Yankee Hat" rumors) he drops an interesting little tidbit: is it possible that the NBA's best star is not...
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If you're not a big basketball fan, please reconsider....