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Vatican opposition to morally questionable sponsor could halt Bargnani’s move...
European-born NBA players have had an advantage during the lockout. As American free agents attempt to find jobs overseas, players like Timofey Mozgov and Andrei Kirlenko have signed elsewhere with...
View ArticleVideo: Vote this cat for Defensive Player of the Year
Many basketball fans do crazy things in the absence of an NBA season. Some burrow into holes and hibernate for the winter, others learn that there are important things in life outside of sports, and a...
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David Stern has the flu, won’t attend today’s labor meetings
NBA commissioner David Stern has been the primary figure in every collective bargaining negotiation of this lockout. It's difficult to conceive of anything happening without his presence. How would...
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League source says an 82-game schedule could still happen
When the NBA canceled the first two weeks of its season, the assumption was that those games were never coming back and the league would adjust its schedule to feature fewer than the normal 82 games....
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Deron Williams is finding Turkish basketball life to be very different
All-Star point guard Deron Williams was one of the first players to sign a contract in Europe to make money during the lockout. Not only that, but he made the decision way back in July, which suggests...
View ArticleVideo: LeBron James visits Liverpool, gives impersonal gifts
One of LeBron James's many forays into global iconography has been his partial ownership of the legendary Liverpool Football Club. It's not one of his major investments, but it's important enough that...
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Michael Beasley’s charity game lost key players, went very poorly
Enigmatic forward Michael Beasley has a not-undeserved reputation as a bit loopy, the sort of guy who's as likely to drop 25 points with ease as he is to check out of a game mentally and allow his...
View ArticleVideo: Rudy Fernandez goes off-balance from deep, even if it doesn’t count
Rudy Fernandez has been a frustrating player in his three-year NBA career. He came to Portland after the 2008 Olympics with big expectations and for some time looked entirely capable of meeting them....
View ArticleVideo: New Jordan Brand ad puts Melo, Wade, and CP3 in your pickup game
During the 1998-99 lockout, Nike put out several now-classic ads poking fun at our need for the game. Samuel L. Jackson and Spike Lee were (and are) more famous than most of us, but their passion at a...
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Serge Ibaka will play for Real Madrid for at least two months
One of the most enjoyable storylines for diehards over the past two NBA seasons has been the emergence of Oklahoma City Thunder forward Serge Ibaka, a high-risk draft choice with the 24th pick in 2008...
View ArticleVideo: Watch Brian Scalabrine doin’ work in Italy
Few American basketball players get mocked more than Brian Scalabrine: He stays at the end of the bench, is only sort of in shape in a league full of athletic specimens, and has red hair. When you...
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J.R. Smith has a personal luggage room, hates Chinese internet policy
When free agent J.R. Smith signed with Zhejiang of the China Basketball Association last month, I lamented his departure from the NBA landscape. Few players fascinate like Smith -- he frustrates fans...
View ArticleVideo: Mark Cuban sings ‘Purple Rain’ very poorly
Unlike many NBA owners, Mark Cuban is more than just a rich dude. He knows how to promote himself, whether that involves starring in reality shows or acting like a jerk to draw attention to one of his...
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Chris Paul and his family will appear on ‘Family Feud’
As a window into the mind of the average American, the "Family Feud" concept is something of a dinosaur. When the nation's culture was relatively uniform, it made sense that 100 random people would...
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LeBron might get help for his hairline, woos new players for Heat on Twitter
In addition to being the biggest loser who ever lost, LeBron James has a very terrible receding hairline. He tries to cover it up with a headband, but everyone knows that he is losing his hair....
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Mark Jackson isn’t planning on working many hours as a head coach
New Warriors head coach Mark Jackson has much to prove. As someone who's never held a coaching job at any level, he needs to earn the respects of his players and colleagues. Despite his reputation as...
View ArticleVideo: Joe Smith goes head-to-head with a talking pumpkin
The headline should make it abundantly clear that this video makes no sense. Joe Smith, NBA veteran and fairly talented rapper, sits next to a pumpking who talks in the "Clutch Cargo" style. The...
View ArticleVideo: End the lockout for the sake of this boy’s mental health
Everyone has bemoaned the lockout since July 1. We've been without the league for some time now, and it really sucks. Some fans, though, have taken it a little harder. We all love basketball, but not...
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Days of NBA Lives: Wherein DaSean Butler should just buy candy at the store
At this point, seemingly half the NBA is on Twitter. It's a wild world of training updates, questions as to which movies they should go see, and explanations of their Call of Duty prowess. Every so...
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Video: Nike says ‘Basketball Never Stops,’ makes ad to prove it
There's no NBA right now, but the lockout hasn't exactly lacked for basketball. If anything, the various summer league and exhibition contests around the country have provided fans more glimpses at...
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