National Basketball League News and Rumors
Bulls' Watson doing well after foot proceduresESPNChicago.com, ESPN.com Chicago Bulls guard C.J. Watson was "doing well" after procedures on both of his feet Thursday morning, according to his publicist. |
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Brian Windhorst, ESPN.com Miami Heat stars LeBron James and Dwyane Wade felt some kinship with the Los Angeles Lakers after both teams suffered difficult Game 2 losses this week. |
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Andrew Greif, dimemag.com What is it with Spurs fans and shaving their heads into the likenesses of their favorite players? Earlier we showed you the cut that combined Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili on one dome. That was intense, yes — but did it earn anyone an in-sch… |
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Dan Devine, yahoo.com Jon Brockman had kind of a rough third year in the NBA, you guys. The 24-year-old forward appeared in only 35 games for a Milwaukee Bucks team that missed the playoffs, averaging just under seven minutes a contest and taking a definitive step backward i… |
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Nuggets general manager Masai Ujiri says backup point guard Andre Miller wants to stay in Denver and the team will work hard to make that happen. |
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Sean Sweeney, dimemag.com The Spurs are now officially old. Okay, so their average age (26.9) is actually the lowest of the Tim Duncan era. But Danny Green, Tiago Splitter and Kawhi Leonard are not the Spurs. Duncan, Manu Ginobili, Gregg Popovich and Tony Parker are. Up until to… |
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Joanne C. Gerstner, nytimes.com Indiana Pacers Coach Frank Vogel is still a mostly unknown face in the N.B.A. But that could be changing soon if his team continues to play well against the Heat. |
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Dan Devine, yahoo.com After an Andrew Bynum bucket with 2:08 remaining in the fourth quarter, the Los Angeles Lakers looked to be sitting pretty. They held a seven-point lead over the Oklahoma City Thunder thanks to nearly 46 minutes of gritty ground-and-pound that made the … |
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Ananth Pandian, dimemag.com With the series tied up at one game a piece, and Dwyane Wade thinking they celebrated too much at the end of Game 2, the Pacers have made a bold choice by having a “Gold Out” at tonight’s game. Fans attending the game will be receiving a gold shirt … |
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Anthony Olivieri, yahoo.com LostLettermen.com is a college football and men's basketball website that regularly contributes to Ball Don't Lie. Today it looks at the current whereabouts of former NBA player Walter McCarty. Walter McCarty is singing a happy tune because despite bein… |
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It's tempting to reduce the Lakers' second loss to the Thunder as one star failing in the clutch while another succeeded. But as Zach Lowe explains, the story is more complicated. |
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Atlanta’s Offseason Starts With Josh Smith4 hours ago
Sean Sweeney, dimemag.com Atlanta’s final game of the season, a 83-80 Game 6 loss in Boston, was probably decided on a 20-foot jump shot from Josh Smith. For everything he improved on this year, for the way his numbers jumped (18.8 points, 9.6 rebounds a game), a near All-Star s… |
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Dan Devine, yahoo.com After the combination of a sprained medial collateral ligament in his left knee and the defensive efforts of the Philadelphia 76ers (and primarily Andre Iguodala) had him looking less than his best in the first two games of the Eastern Conference semifi… |
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Timothy Burke, deadspin.com Last night the internets buzzed about the veracity of a photo showing the lower third graphic from a TV newscast identifying Lakers ne'er-do-well Metta World Peace as "Lakers Idiot." Our pals over at Busted Coverage asked this morning if it wa… |
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Derrick Rose Is Now Getting Around With A Walker5 hours ago
Dom Cosentino, deadspin.com With his recovery expected to take eight to 12 months, we all knew the Bulls' superstar was in for a grind. But this is just so sad. Until we saw this photo, we had no idea his rehab regimen would also include bingo games, afternoon naps, and the occasi… |
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Dan Devine, yahoo.com It's just like my dude Marie Joseph Eugène Sue wrote in "Mathilde" — "La vengeance se mange très-bien froide." (Some people might know "Revenge is a dish best served cold" from "The Godfather," but I feel pretty c… |
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TNT Should Not Have Allowed This Morbidly Obese Sixers Fan To Participate In The Shirt-Off7 hours ago
Timothy Burke, deadspin.com The Utah State Aggies have a superfan named Wild Bill who distracts free throw shooters by wearing bizarre, Disney-inspired outfits that often reveal his generous girth. |
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Dime Magazine, dimemag.com So much has been made about age in this year’s NBA playoffs that everybody is overthinking the obvious. Here’s all you need to know: Young teams (Clippers, Thunder, Sixers) don’t win championships without experience, while old teams (Spurs, Lakers, … |
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Kelly Dwyer, yahoo.com Oklahoma City Thunder 77, Los Angeles Lakers 75 (Thunder lead series, 2-0) The Oklahoma City Thunder were down seven points in this contest with two minutes left to play, with just 68 points to their credit. And though we've seen comebacks that overcome… |
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Thunder rally late to edge Lakers, lead 2-015 hours ago
Associated Press, ESPN.com Kevin Durant scored 22 points, including the go-ahead basket with 18 seconds left, and the Oklahoma City Thunder scored rallied for a 77-75 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 2 of the Western Conference semifinals Wednesday night. |
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