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Games of the Week: Special Summer League Edition!
It’s summer league! I love Summer League. Cheap reversible jerseys, high schoolish gyms, and unbelievable announcing gaffes. And these players. And I’m not talking about the lottery picks. I’m...
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Wild Speculation and Outlandish Guesses: Purchase or Pass…On, Offseason Edition
The Minnesota Timberwolves making the playoffs this season. Franklin Mieuli: Purchase. If Rubio comes back around midseason or before, this is a definite purchase. If complications keep him out the...
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Wild Speculation and Outlandish Guesses: Media Day Roundup Edition.
Over the past few days, notably last Friday and Monday, all NBA teams held their media days. Normally these are pretty boring affairs, a chance to see the new players in uniform, write the same story...
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OKCupid Season Preview: Dallas Mavericks (#10)
Details UsernameDIRKS_OFFICE LocationDallas, TX Age44/M DivisionSouthwest 2011-12 Record36-30 2011-12 Adjusted Record45-37 2012-13 Predicted Record47-35 Season GoalProfitable NBA Playoffs My...
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Houston, We Have an Anxiety Disorder
By now, the wizardry of the Phoenix Suns training staff is well known. Like the mythical phoenix itself, old, seemingly broken down players find rejuvenation in the desert of Arizona. Whether...
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Step Into My Cubicle, Royce.
Editor’s Note: I did not write this alone. This was a result of many conversations over the past couple of days with colleagues, individuals managing mental illnesses themselves, and of course,...
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Derek Fisher, it’s Time to Get Started.
For me, the iconic image of the lockout is the picture you see above. It was taken on October 3, 2011, after the players had rejected another stingy offer from the league. The picture is surreal....
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A good mailing it in column is to write about bemoaning the lack of competitiveness and hate in the league these days. Just use any of these quotes: “Larry Bird never would’ve accepted a smaller...
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Wild Speculation and Outlandish Guesses: Solve! That! Mess! Edition.
Now that we have begun the new year, excuses like “team x is still learning to play together” or “team y has had a difficult schedule” sound even flimsier than ever. There are some teams that were...
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Your Daily Treaty of Sevres, Your Nightly Battle of Marathon.
One could argue that the history of the modern world has been dictated by the rise and fall of various empires in differing regions across the globe. Conquest, coercion, colonialism,...
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