NY Knicks and Brooklyn Nets do little at trade deadline along with rest of NBASome trading deadline. It made the NBA slam dunk contest look exciting, with the Knicks and Nets doing little or nothing, and no big star moving to a new team. |
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MSG Network’s cameras lingered on Mike Woodson standing courtside Wednesday night in Indiana, exposing facial expressions normally not associated with a fearless leader. This was the face of a coach with intense media scrutiny in his future. |
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The Phoenix Suns have traded point guard Sebastian Telfair to the Toronto Raptors for center Hamed Haddadi and a 2014 second-round draft pick. |
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ESPN.com news services, ESPN.com The Oklahoma City Thunder made a move to shore up their bench by acquiring Ronnie Brewer from the New York Knicks for a 2014 second-round pick and cash considerations, Knicks general manager Glen Grunwald confirmed Thursday. |
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Barry Petchesky, deadspin.com Last month, as the Knicks were in Philadelphia to play the Sixers, J.R. Smith was up to his old tricks. J.R.'s got something of a history with Twitter, and women, (and asses), so it's not like the young lady who chatted him up via direct message couldn'… |
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Boston Celtics acquire Jordan Crawford from Washington Wizards for Leandro Barbosa and Jason CollinsFeb 21
Marc Stein, ESPN.com The Boston Celtics acquired third-year guard Jordan Crawford from the Washington Wizards for Leandro Barbosa and Jason Collins on Thursday, sources have confirmed to ESPN.com's Marc Stein. |
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Section 15: School’s OutFeb 21
Eric Bishop, nytimes.com When school's out, the N.B.A. makes for a nice father and son getaway. And for the Massaads, Barclays Center was on the agenda this year. |
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Warren Shaw, dimemag.com Many are already calling last weekend’s Slam Dunk Contest one of the most overhyped in years. Can we place any of the blame with Kenneth Faried? Probably not. He was quietly solid, and had a couple of dunks (speaking of the Statue of Liberty, off-the-gl… |
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Andrew Greif, dimemag.com The Oklahoma City Thunder are content to have Reggie Jackson be their backup point guard going forward, if today’s moves before the NBA trade deadline are an indication. The Thunder traded Eric Maynor to Portland. In return for Maynor, the Blazers sent … |
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Kelly Dwyer, yahoo.com The Boston Celtics are currently 25th in the NBA in offensive efficiency, and about to enter the home stretch of the 2012-13 season without the team’s best offensive facilitator in the injured Rajon Rondo. Desperate, and coming off of an embarrassing 14… |
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Dan Devine, yahoo.com Considering Terrence Ross won the 2013 Sprite Slam Dunk Contest at All-Star Weekend by jumping over a child, it seems only fitting that a child should offer us a very cool remix of perhaps the Toronto Raptors rookie's most picturesque competition dunk. … |
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Dan Devine, yahoo.com The NBA's 11-game Wednesday night slate was headlined by the first meeting of the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics following the death of longtime Lakers owner Dr. Jerry Buss, but it was highlighted by a pair of sensational performances by ascendin… |
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Mike Mazzeo, ESPN.com Brooklyn Nets coach P.J. Carlesimo admits Deron Williams won't be 100 percent this season. |
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Sean Sweeney, dimemag.com Philadelphia hasn’t had a year to remember. They are struggling to score, struggling to stay afloat, and Andrew Bynum hasn’t even suited up for the team yet. The 76ers are sitting at 22-30, 3.5 games out of the playoffs in the Eastern Conference. They… |
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Tom Ley, deadspin.com "Kevin, Kevin, Kevin!" he shouts. He finds that he enjoys shouting the word, so he does it again, "KevinKevinKevinKevin!" He slows it down, just to see what that might sound like, "Kevin!—Kevin!—KEVVINNNN!" Yes, that was ni… |
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Spencer Lund, dimemag.com With the regular season in its last few months, the cream of the league has risen to the top, and that means it’s time for prognosticators to start talking playoff seeds and possible matchups. One team once believed to be in the pretender category — t… |
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Kelly Dwyer, yahoo.com Though the Houston Rockets clearly won Wednesday’s Thomas Robinson/Patrick Patterson deal – acquiring a young forward whose work on a rookie contract will last longer than Patterson’s will, gaining more cap space along the way – it’s easy to for… |
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Lakers honor late owner Dr. Jerry Buss in pregame ceremony before beating rival Celtics (VIDEO)Feb 21
Dan Devine, yahoo.com Before the Los Angeles Lakers took on their longtime rivals, the Boston Celtics, on Wednesday night, the team celebrated the life and legacy of late owner Dr. Jerry Buss, who died Monday at age 80 as a result of kidney failure after being hospitalized. … |
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Countdown To The DeadlineFeb 21
Deadline day has finally arrived. Where will the Hawks ship Josh Smith? Will Boston opt to stand pat? Find all the latest news, rumors and analysis here as we live blog the trade deadline. |
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Dime Magazine, dimemag.com When Houston traded for James Harden, they were hoping, maybe even believing that they were getting a star. But we’re not sure anyone thought they were getting this. In Houston’s wild 122-119 comeback win over the Thunder, Harden not only had a defini… |
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The latest trade chatter leading into Thursday afternoon's deadline... |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Deron Williams scored 23 points and Nets escaped with a 97-94 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday night after Monta Ellis missed on a chance to tie the game with three foul shots in the final seconds. |
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