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[15 May 2010 | 3 Comments | 456 views]
Antoine Walker: Shimmying His Way Back to the NBA

LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh……….Antoine Walker?

The former Celtic non-great has decided to try and make a comeback to the NBA, joining names like LBJ, D-Wade, and CB4. Let’s just hope he’s not holding out for the max contract he never had.
Recently, Walker has been working out with former coach Rick Pitino’s Louisville players in preparation for a comeback. Walker has been out of the NBA since 2008, but there’s much more than a normal comeback that he has to overcome.
Walker is one of the laziest players to ever play …

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[3 Apr 2010 | 4 Comments | 294 views]
Kenyon Martin: You Wouldn’t Like Him When He’s Angry

Imagine this…
You’re an NBA player, out with an injury, and you’re leaving the arena after a big win against an opponent you haven’t beaten all year which keeps your team from continuing to slide down the conference standings. Then, you get to your car giant Range Rover, open the door, and TONS of popcorn comes tumbling out of it.
APRIL FOOLS!!!!  (But that’s subjective…)

This is the case of Kenyon Martin of the Denver Nuggets, who was pranked on April 1 after a big win over the Blazers at the Pepsi Center. …

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[23 Mar 2010 | 4 Comments | 285 views]
Nets CEO is Not Amused by Fan Wearing Paper Bag

Shooter: The Nets are so bad.
Readers (all together): How bad are they?
Shooter: The Nets are so bad that even their CEO can’t hold back his frustration.
As the end of the season approaches for a team that is now 7-63 and in grave danger of breaking the all time futility mark in NBA history, Nets CEO Brett Yormark took his frustration out on two paying ‘fans’ who wore paper bags with holes for eyes during Monday’s 99-89 loss to the Miami Heat.
Between the third and fourth quarter, with the Nets down …

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[25 Feb 2010 | One Comment | 402 views]
The Last Straw for Caron Butler

I’d just like to say for the record that this is not a made up story, and I will do my very, very best to not be biased.
The NBA made a phone call to new Dallas Mavericks F Caron Butler on Tuesday to tell him not to bring straws the arena. Sayyy whattt???

Yes, straws. Butler has had a habit of chewing on multiple straws throughout each game to calm himself down. It’s a habit he has said started as a teenager and he has gone through around 12 straws a …

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[22 Feb 2010 | No Comment | 144 views]
Rodman Retires From Coaching, Undefeated

That’s right, Dennis Rodman retired (for now) from his two game coaching career, undefeated.  Oddly enough Rodman coached the Elmira Bulldogs of the Eastern Basketball Alliance to victories over the New York Wizards in one of the games (both teams are now 7-1).  This move was obviously a marketing ploy for the EBA which I had no idea even existed.  Dennis Rodman (who is probably broke, just a guess) was paid $40,000 per contest and Charles Berch, the operations of basketball manager at Elmira, was hoping Rodman would draw a …

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[2 Feb 2010 | 4 Comments | 271 views]
The Magic is Gone: Frank Visits VC in Orlando

….and that is how the Orlando Magic went down the tubes.
Ok, maybe I’m getting ahead of myself here. But let me explain how a team that goes to the Finals one year, to remaining one of the top teams the first half of the next year, to losing in the first round in the playoffs.

Last spring, the Magic beat the favored Cleveland LeBrons to make the Finals for the second time in their history. The team was built around their all-star center Dwight Howard and terrific role players in SF’s …

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[27 Jan 2010 | 2 Comments | 773 views]
Glen Davis: Don’t Call Me ‘Big Baby’

It’s been a tough year for Glen Davis – completely at the fault of himself. But there is still one other thing that could make the year worse for him: a nickname that is worse than ‘Big Baby’.
To start the season, Davis missed the first 27 games due to an off-court fight that led people to question his focus and maturity. How he could jeopardize his season and career by being involved in a fight is beyond me, but I had certainly hoped he had learned his lesson. Looks like …