tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26917879040139197262012-02-01T04:32:52.327-08:00Get it right, or pay the price...Embarcadero Baumberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695034244888312236noreply@blogger.comBlogger2261100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2691787904013919726.post-77512156201690695252007-05-10T16:15:00.000-07:002007-05-10T16:22:55.126-07:00

We're getting a full-on real site. It's still under construcshe, but if you want to take a peek: www.sportswag.orgHit it up! There's nothing there yet, but soon it'll be your favorite workplace diversion. For now, keep coming here everyday for goodness of all kind. Today's been slow (and I've been busy at work), but in general there's goodness...Thanks to Au; loyal contributor, good Catholic,

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Thank you, thank you, thank you, is all I can say to The Painted Area for posting this golden video of JRich humiliating Boozer in the Rook-Soph game a few years ago. As a Clevelander living in San Fran, there is nothing more satisfying than seeing Carlos Loozer get pwned, by a Warrior no less (even if he was still a Cav at the time). I can't believe the crowd didn't erupt and rush the court,

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Previously I blogged about Jay-Z's involvement with the New Jersey Nets, so in the interest of full disclosure, it is worth noting that Usher is a minority owner of the Cleveland Cavs.I would also be clapping if I owned part of the Cavs. Every player on the Cavs starting five logged double digits in game two, and LeBron James was truly on fire, scoring 32 points and contributing 12 assists. The

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TrueHoop noticed something in my own local paper, the SF Chronicle, that I missed. Probably because I don't read that commie rag too religiously (read: at all). It's kind of sad how much I don't pay attention to local news (that commie comment was just to make me feel better... and they are a bunch of pinkos). At any rate, for those of you linkophobes who didn't click above, the gist of the

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Yeah, that's an anagram for Bulls, Warriors, Suns, Nets. Call it a 2nd round losergram. A burner's sill owns rust. The Bulls went down 2-0, but I still cling to the belief that this one's going 7 games. The Baby Bulls shot like 30% from the field last night. That won't happen in Chicago. As soon as they rediscover their stroke, this will be an interesting series. I promise.The Nets didn't

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Ho-ly sheet! The Pistons play against the Bulls demonstrates they are in no mood for a repeat of their performance against the Cavs in the second round of the NBA Playoffs last year. Yes, Detroit beat Cleveland in the second round, but it was in a grueling seven game series that left them weakened to the eventual champs, the Miami Heat.I know I said the Pistons would win this series, but can I

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First, big thanks to GasFace for his guest bloggerizing of the Swag. We got straight gassed, son. Stay tuned for more from the Gas one, as the Bulls-Pistons and Cavs-Nets series' unfold.Next, after yesterday's Phoenix v. San Antone melee, there can be no doubt Steve Nash is the league's MVP. Either him or TDuncs, but whichever one of them it is, it sure as hell isn't Dirk "Early Exit" Nowitzki.

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Back in 2004 Bruce Ratner bought the NJ Nets for $300 with the help of an investment team that included Jay-Z .Make no mistake, this new management team has been making power moves. As well as I thought Jason Kidd meshed with Kenyon Martin, there is no doubt that Vince Carter is leagues better. Jason Kidd, Vince Carter and Richard Jefferson are an East coast version of the Phoenix Sun's run and

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First, a tip of the hat to the Cap'n for the invite and congrats to his Warriors for their surprising and dramatic upset over the Mavs. Game 6 was one of those games that reaches beyond NBA fans. Even if someone doesn't watch basketball, all you have to do is tell them about Stephen Jackson's seven three-pointers or Baron Davis balling out with a pulled hamstring and they suddenly share the

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Yes we! Bay Area fans are the 6th man of this squad. We just humiliated the Mavericks. It's on!! Next round here we come!! Go Warriors!!!!!!!!Incidentally, as the game was ending just now on TNT, Cuban said something angry to the camera as he passed by. It was inaudible, any lip readers with Tivo, get on this.

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6 and a half minutes to go, Warriors up 21. The Bay Area is about to explode. Make no mistake, after this game wraps up in about 15 or 20 minutes, we will take to the streets.Lock up your daughters, lock up your wife. Lock up your back door and run for your life.When I finally calm down, I'll get in depth about the greatest playoff upset in history. The City is back.

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I suppose this would count as the first of the coming wave of football posts. As you loyal Swagites well know, the only sports we really enjoy to the fullest here at Sport Swag are basketball and football. And since the basketball season will finally be coming to an end soon enough, we will fill our days with football news and nonsense. Here's the first; file it under nonsense... extremely

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Another slice of life (death?) from With Leather. Lacrosse is a painfully boring sport, but hits like this would go along way to getting the sport off public access and on a more respectable channel... like Spike TV.

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No shocks here. Suns and Spurs finish off the ill deserving Nuggs and Lackeys. Kobe's a punk. Nash is a gamer, the true MVP. Spurs Suns is about to be an excellent series. Tomorrow night, Bay Area get ready...

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Brendan Haywood didn't play a single minute in Game 4 and left the bench area before the buzzer sounded. He was also the first Wizard out of the locker room. To make his future in Washington even more of a long shot, the nameplate above his locker stall already was missing when reporters filed in for post game comments. Washington PostWhat the hell is the deal? First Telfair gets fired via

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When asked about relations between the Mavs and Warriors, Matty Barnes had this to say (from Mercury News):"The bottom line is, we don't like each other," Warriors forward Matt Barnes said. "We don't like them, they don't like us. It's going to get chippy, there's going to be hard fouls and that's the way we like to play."I love this kind of mean spirited trash talk. Matt Barnes deserves special

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Part of me loves Mark Cuban. His fire, his money, his team, the fact that he's one of a small handful of owners who look like they genuinely love the game and want their teams to win beyond profits.The other part of me wants to punch this whiny, spoiled, entitled, chubby faced, goatee-sporting assbag right in his man-boobs. When he bitched and moaned about a referee against Dallas, I ignored it

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It's good to live in the Bay Area. Baron Davis, Matt Barnes, Stephen Jackson, Mickael Pietrus are legends. 5:49 to go in the fourth quarter of game 5. Warriors up a point and they have the ball. Is history about to be made?UPDATE: The answer is no. history will have to wait for thursday night in Oakland...

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Apologies to Nathaniel Friedman on my Slate rant yesterday. He commented on the blog, and I re-read his article. I still don't quite "agree," but I can see where he's going with it. I really kind of misunderstood it when I read it yesterday. He's not advocating a shortening from the standpoint of someone who obsesses over basketball (me), but rather the "casual fan." And I can understand that

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Apparently Slate, the respected online magazine, thinks a "sports nut," is someone who encourages you not to follow sports. This is Nathaniel Friedman. And this is what he thinks about the NBA playoffs. (Hat tip to GasFace for bringing this to my attention)I'm shocked frankly, because I think he's also one of the guys behind FreeDarko which is a sweet blog.He opens it up with a jaw dropper:Even

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In the pantheon of satisfying Cleveland sports moments (and believe me, it's a wee tiny pantheon), LeBron's psych out of Agent Zero at the end of game 6 of the 2006 playoffs ranks very high. For two reasons: LeBron wrote himself into playoff lore by whispering in Arenas' ear, and the Cavs won their first playoff series in 200 years. But I just found a third; I frickin' hate Arenas.What kind of

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No really, I'd love to see this dude in a dunk contest.The NFL draft happened this past weekend. Much reason to celebrate in Oakland, San Fran and Cleveland. So I'm happy. But the Bills have locked up my new favorite player, John Wendling. Peep this nugget of gold (purloined from With Leather):Yeah, that's 66 inches. Note to opposing quarter backs: throw high.Real high.

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That's for damn sure.The Bulls are the toast of the town once again. They absolutely embarrassed the Heat on Saturday, completing an improbable 4 game sweep of the defending champs. So much for the "Baby Bulls." These are men.And these men may be the best team in the East. Detroit no longer looks like the clear favorite. They can turn it on and off at will, but they don't look nearly as

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San Antone and Denver is an interesting series. The Spurs are clearly superior, but Denver is an excellent team and they're playing their asses off. Houston and Utah is damn sure turning into a 7 game duke-fest for supremacy. So none of them can be lumped into the group of teams whooping serious ass in the first round.The Bulls and Pistons successfully completed sweeps, humiliating their

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READ THISNow tell me you're not thinking the same thing as me: This D'Alessandro guy is a pinko, socialist, turncoat, french fries & gravy eating mofo if ever I've seen one. It is a truly glorious place, this vast white suburb of Detroit, inhabited by 32 million people of generous spirit. The best part is they really want nothing in return, which is convenient because those of us on this side of

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If you're asking do I watch WNBA? The answer is no. Given a choice between watching WNBA and watching warbly 1987 VHS copies of "This Old House," I would choose the latter. WNBA is barely more interesting than baseball.Until this! Woah! Punching out an opponent. That's very Ron Artest of Miss Jackson. Of course when when she was detained by the multiple Israeli soldiers armed with M16 grenade

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This would be way cooler if there was an actual race course and the karts shot stuff at each other. But it is kind of a cool concept. This might be the next step for those pocket RCs.

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Maybe... Check this nauseating little bit from the Toronto Star about how Bryan Colangelo got Anthony Parker from Maccabi Tel Aviv:Colangelo offered $1 million and then $1.5 million to try to get Parker out. He thought that would be enough: Under the terms of the NBA's collective bargaining agreement, the most a team can pay to buy out a player is $500,000.The rest of the money comes from the

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LeBron's Sprite commercial that's been playing every 35 seconds on TNT playoff coverage, and just came on as I'm writing this (let's see if I can finish the post before the commercial ends... awww crap), is just awful. It's painfully not funny. Like a dentist dressed as a clown, but who isn't being jolly and is scaling your gums without anesthesia. You've seen it; it has Bronny shooting up a

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The Bulls racked the Heat last night, and it's official: I love the freakin' Bulls. Luol Deng and Adres Nocioni are both in my top 10 list of players the Cavs need before they can take the next step, and Hinrich is the prototype of what a point guard should be. Ben Gordon doesn't always take the smartest shots, but he can hit from anywhere, and more & more I find myself impressed with his

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Gazaaah! Telfair's done. But the controversy might be just beginning... Check this from the Boston Globe."I wanted to let you know that we have removed Sebastian's nameplate from his locker in Waltham," wrote Grousbeck. "The facts and circumstances of his case have not been determined but he does not have a Celtics locker and we do not anticipate that he will." Boston GlobeWell that was a weird

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Or just opening fire? Interesting factoid: Sebastian Telfair has had more double-doubles in his career than run ins with the law over gun beefs. That's right, in 3 seasons the documentary film star has had 3 double doubles and 2 gun snafus. When you do the math on that, the Celtics finally realize what the rest of the league has known for a while; Sebastian Telfair sucks, and is not worth the

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I feel like George W at an Enron investor's party... everything's coming up Houston. For the second time in 3 days, TMac and Yao dominated Utah in the second half, and snatched victory from their conservative, sometimes polygamist, clutches. Actually, Mehmet looked pretty impressive and gave Yao some problems in the first half. But with his shooting stroke gone cold, the lusty Turk couldn't

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With Leather has this up, and now I do too. Why? Because it's just the fucking coolest thing I've ever seen.Watching this makes me want to go to a rave, find the nearest person spinning the idiot-lights on the end of the strings and punch them out.God I hate ravers, and I love Japanese kids who make the whole scene look worthless and stupid. This dude obviously watched the Smothers Brothers YoYo

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Call him Baron, call him B-Diddy. Call him what you want, just call him domination.Baron Davis in Game 1 against the Mavs:33 points, 14 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 steals, 1 block, 4 three pointers, 55% FG, 88% FT, 3 TOsIf we see a better game than that all playoffs long, I'd be surprised.

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For Cleveland transplants to the Bay Area, such as myself, there hasn't been a playoff this exciting in a looooooong time. In fact, the Cavs and Warriors haven't won playoff games in the same year since the 1991-92 season. So for 415/216 hybrids like myself, yesterday was a foreign emotion. I couldn't believe my eyes; both the Cavs and Warriors won, and pretty handily at that. Neither team

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I am not on fire so far. I picked home court to hold across the board, and for my troubles I got screwed by the team I picked to win it all, and the team everyone else picked. San Antonio and Dallas both lost, at home, in their game 1 match ups with clearly inferior teams. Could it be that they've both drawn their Achilles' heels in the first round? If San Antone were playing Golden State and

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The regular season is over, so I removed the scoreboard. It may make a resurgence as we start to blog about Football and (ugh...) Baseball. But for now let's make room for our new Tag Board, brought to you by CBox. It's pretty tight; kind of like an even quicker more visible, less relevant and completely unnecessary version of the comments section (which, by the way, is still there). AND I

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LUKE RIDNOUR2006-07: He was supposed to have a breakout season, especially after a contract extension. After a series of inconsistencies and bouts with insecurity, however, Ridnour did not give the organization any security about his future as a starting point guard. He averaged fewer points, assists and steals than last season and his numbers declined badly after the All-Star break, resulting in

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Freshman sensation Greg Oden will leave Ohio State after one season to enter the NBA draft, The Dispatch has learned. Oden, who is in Indianapolis for an aunt’s wedding, is expected to make an announcement Friday. He is widely anticipated to be the first pick in pro basketball’s amateur draft on June 28. Columbus DispatchYeah, no shit.

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God damn I'm psyched. After a relatively lackluster regular season, the true season begins this Saturday. A 2 month spectacle of the best in the world doing what they do. And I'm so pumped for the playoffs I'm absolutely about to lose it. Let's take a peek at the match ups:1-8sDallas Mavericks vs. Golden State WarriorsA lot of people are talking a lot of yang about Golden State's chances. Yeah,

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In a brief 10-minute session with the media, Gilbert also touched on several other subjects:o The owner said he would not have a problem paying the luxury tax in order to keep restricted free agents Anderson Varejao and Sasha Pavlovic, who figure to command major dollars in the offseason. Medina GazetteThat's what I want to hear. We need to keep Pavlo and the Brazilian Dandy. Without their

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I'll do a more exhaustive version of this at the end of the playoffs, but for now let's see who's who in the NBA. Adrian Wojnarowski put this into a nice format today, so I'll do mine the same way.Most Valuable PlayerSteve NashWoj makes an interesting point when assessing Nash's career best season by saying Amare's return buoyed Steve's numbers. Well, I agree Amare's return made the Suns better.

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"Why yes Ms. Coulter, I think your vision for a more conservative United States is... is... what's the word I'm looking for? Oh yes. DY-NO-MITE!!" As mayor of TV Land, I declare this to be the greatest birthday party for Jimmy Walker ever!>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>"Oh Brad, it's just you, I thought someone was robbing the bank...">>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>"Officer, how many

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The Grizzlies are expected to talk to former Denver Nuggets general manager Kiki Vandeweghe, among other candidates, about taking over the front office. Memphis Commercial AppealI have two words for Memphis fans who think Vandeweghe will return them to grace: Kenyon Martin.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Regardless of whether he retains his job as coach of the Sonics or if owner Clay Bennett decides to

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So you're a gazillionaire owner of one of the biggest market pro basketball franchises on the planet. Maybe the biggest. Who cares if your team has the worst roster of overpaid, underachieving layabouts. Or that your insane coach/president is literally throwing stacks of hundred dollar bills into an incinerator on guys like Steve Francis, Malik Rose, Jerome James and Jared Jeffries. Or that

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Of course you did. I'm not completely oblivious. I took the hint when you left a rim with a net in my bed. When I woke up, covered in Gatorade, I figured it was a message from the basketblogging mafia (Get it? That was supposed to be a play on the Godfather, think about it for a few minutes) telling me to bow to their will or be damned to the dustbin of blog failures. Well I won't bend over

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Honestly now...God ShammgodHim and World B. Free need to hold an annual Ridonkulous Names Charity Streetball Tournament. Apple Blythe Allison Martin (Gwyneth Paltrow's kid) & Pilot Inspektor Riesgraf Lee (Jason Lee's kid) will be the guest MCs for the event.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Jewish Jordan? More like Jewish Jud Beuchler. Looking for Mr. Goodman...>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

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Jason Kidd and Vince Carter both put up triple doubles in the same game. V. Carter 16-28 FG 16 REB 10 ASS 46 PTS J. Kidd 4-12 FG 16 REB 18 ASS 10 PTS 9 TOYes that's right, Kidd was 1 TO away from a quadruple double. Nuts! Has 2 trip dubs on the same team in the same game ever happened before?

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See, here's my problem with the myriad people coming to Richardson's defense on his stupid, bigoted, yet warm hearted statements about Jews: once you start giving passes for "good" intent, you create more confusion over what is and is not acceptable. Jewish propensity for financial and legal positions is based in an ages old tradition of getting hunted down, murdered, enslaved or expelled by

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From a Wizards press release:Washington Wizards President of Basketball Operations Ernie Grunfeld announced today that guard Gilbert Arenas has sustained a lateral meniscus tear in his left knee, and the tear will be repaired by arthroscopic surgery. Arenas, who suffered the injury in the first quarter of Washington's game vs. Charlotte on April 4, is expected to be out for 2-3 months.Dude, the

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When there was talk before Jamal Crawford was hurt that Knicks guard Steve Francis might be bought out, the Cavs were said to be interested. But the word is they'll pursue Cleveland native Earl Boykins after the season. Chicago TribuneYou know I love Boyk. Not only because he's a baller, but because we have a lot in common. I rep 216(Cleveland) for life, just like him. I am a short guy from

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The Celtics had the ball for one last possession, and West made a move to the basket when he apparently stepped on Varejao's foot and fell to the ground. Cleveland was called for a foul, and West made both free throws to give Boston a 98-96 lead."Well, I didn't fall on my own," West said. "It was just one of my veteran moves. I drew the contact. I drew the contact and fell to the floor. The refs

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Monday's been pretty slow on the news front, and I've been pretty busy with my job that pays. I'll give you a hint, it's not blogging about basketball. Anyhoo, this little item from CBS Sportsline caught my eye... and then jabbed a fork in it and twisted. It's by Mike Freeman. Like Jemele Hill, I'm hoping this dunce isn't long for the journalism world...I'm right. I'm right in thinking that the

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I'm watching this utterly ridiculous Darius Miles mix, and I'm thinking, "who the hell likes Darius Miles this much? This person can't be American." And sure enough, this person clearly has no grasp of English, or the American body language of a completely not great player. This person is psyched for Darius Miles' return. I didn't even notice he wasn't playing this season until, like, 15

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My first instinct is to make fun of his (supposedly) purposefully misspelled name. But then I keep thinking about D-W-Y-A-N-E Wade and I feel like I might be opening a can of worms that might splash guys I actually like. So let's table the discussion on how you spell Michael. Micheal Ray Richardson, for those who don't remember, had solid career per game averages of 14.8 points, 5.5 rebounds, 7

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At least two NBA coaches believe that Houston is planning to play again. Houston, whose contract expires this summer, retired in October 2005 with chronic knee pain. Until then, he remains the second highest paid player in the league at $20.7 million behind Minnesota's Kevin Garnett ($21 million). New York Daily NewsI have 2 questions: 1) Why

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Good player.How can this not be considered one of the greatest dunks ever?

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Rony Seikaly? Check. Derrick Coleman? Check. '87 cheese Sportcenter set? Check. Best video ever.

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Urgy gets sentenced to 14 in the slammer.Read it Here.Wait a second, the guys who got attacked with machetes and gasoline survived?Fuck yeah! Kevin Willis rules:The Mavericks are going to bring in Kevin Willis for a workout on Thursday to find out if he might be a viable option for their vacant roster spot. This is a sign of how shallow the pool of available big men is

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Wow, what can be said about an article this putrid? Other than just, "wow." Where to begin? When my brother, Ball Hog, called to my attention an article that claims Kobe is not only far and away the best player in the NBA now, but even better than Jordan, I actually got excited. I was expecting a John Hollinger-esque number breakdown with statistics, and coefficients that might tackle the age

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2003 was obviously the best draft class since the one that featured Jordan, Barkley, Stockton and Olajuwon. LeBron, 'Melo, DWayde, Bosh, and Josh Howard are all bona fide A-list stars now. The next tier is stacked with talent as well; Hinrich, David West, Luke Ridnour, TJ Ford, Kaman, Diaw and Barbosa. The C-List stars from that class are also nothing to scoff at; Mikael Pietrus, Darko, Zaza,

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It is unlikely that Francis will return next season. The Knicks reneged on a buyout agreement with Francis after Jamal Crawford suffered a season-ending ankle injury. A Cavs source said that the team was made aware of Francis' pending buyout and had internal discussions about acquiring him. New York Daily NewsInitially I thought, "Oh great,

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Appearing via phone on the Stephen A. Smith show on ESPN Radio 1050 in New York, Artest said: "I'm not retiring." Citing club sources, ESPN.com's Marc Stein first reported that Artest wanted to retire at season's end. ESPN.comThere's a huge surprise. Artest spoke too soon and now is rethinking his declarative statements. Here's a crazy concept, Ron... SHUT THE FUCK UP. That's it. At all

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Zach Randolph is an offensive/rebounding beast. But he's also a discipline case, as evident by his latest stunt (strip club bereavement). They're gonna want to trade him, so they've gotta showcase him. Who would want him now? I'm looking at you Minnesota.If KG forces a trade, ZR could become an appealing prize to the TWolves. Also considering their point guard woes, a KG for Randolph, Jack,

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Artest's teammates weren't the only ones he told of the news. Friday, he told the editors of www.hiphopgame.com, a Web site for which Artest writes a personal diary. Artest was unavailable for comment before the Kings defeated the Phoenix Suns 107-100 Sunday at Arco Arena, and he did not speak after the game, either. Sacramento BeeArtest told HipHopGame, "I'm retiring from the Kings, to spend

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But according to a source close to Artest and away from his basketball life, he is very serious about retirement. According to the source, who didn't want to go on record for fear of reprisal, Artest plans to play overseas for a year or two, with hopes that he can put the seemingly nonstop turmoil behind him in a more discreet environment while leaving open the possibility of a return to the NBA.

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In 1986, playing fantasy basketball must've been extraordinarily difficult. Playing by adding up the stats from newspapers. No internet. That must've sucked hard. But Larry made things easier to take. Peep his line from the 1986-87 season. ABSURD.74 games played, 41 minutes per game, 28 points per game, 53% field goals, 91% free throws, 9 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 steals, 1 block, 1 three

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I am now gonna post an open letter Ralph Nader sent to the King. He asks LeBron to "pressure" Nike to fix the practices of warehouses all over the world where people work in shitty conditions. Let me preface by saying I think Nader is an ass. A well meaning ass with a vision for a wonderful world. A world I wish I lived in. But he doesn't know how to achieve it, so instead he just kicks as

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Rappin' Ronnie has to stay away from his family, as he pleaded no guilty to charges that he roughed up his wife, wrongfully imprisoned her and, in a Placer County first, charges that he's an all around prick with a misshapen head. Fortunately for him, those charges are all misdemeanors. You see, in Placer County, there were two cousins, Luke and Bo...Read the whole thing here, from RealGM.

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Kobe on the recent Dallas Morning News article claiming he contacted Kevin Durant to pitch him for Nike:"That's crazy. Don't just print something that's just completely false that makes no sense whatsoever. It's just really unprofessional." Los Angeles Times / March 21Look, I like Kobe as much as the next guy (read: not at all). And he is maybe the best player on the planet. Nonetheless, his

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Johnny Stee back again - with an interesting bit of news:EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ—New Jersey Nets shooting guard Vince Carter announced Wednesday that he had hired an on-court assistant to handle all his non-scoring-related basketball duties. "I'm proud to introduce Miss Juliet Werner, who will be dribbling for me, setting my picks, attempting to get me steals, doing my passing, and all other manner

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This is intriguing as hell to me. Chauncey in Orlando kills 3 birds with 1 stone. First, Orlando gets the veteran leadership they'll need when Battie is no longer starting, and Grant Hill finally faces the music and retires. Second, the Magic get the solid shooting stroke and extra scoring punch provided by one of the best pure shooters in the league (maybe the best clutch shooter in the

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Watching basketball on Sunday has become painful (when it's not on TNT or FSN). It must be made clear now and forevermore: if basketball has a "soundtrack," those songs should mostly be hip hop. The reasons: it is clearly the music of choice of most of the league, it is the most popular music form on the planet, it actually fits the game, which is a constant changing of beats as the ball

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I certainly am no fan of the guy. I was glad to be rid of him in Cleveland, still, looking at this highlight reel of nasty dominating offensive prowess (culminating in an absolute posterization of Steve Nash) you have to wonder what happened to that explosiveness that Minnesota could so desperately use. I take responsibility for his shit night last night in Oakland; I was mercilessly heckling

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I just got back from the Warriors Wolves game tonight, to which I had 11th row tickets. Golden State looked better tonight than I've seen 'em all year. They exhibited something I haven't seen from them... ever: defense. They held the Wolves to 36% from the field tonight, including an embarrassing 16% from downtown. I can't imagine what a quiet plane ride the Wolves are gonna have tonight.

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If Ira Newble truly wants to find a team that would offer more playing time, he holds a player option on his contract for the 2007-08 season. But agent Steve Kauffman isn't going to let him walk away from a $3.4 million contract since he'd be a minimum-salary player on the open market. Despite his recent upsurge, Newble probably isn't going to get a lot of minutes since he plays the same position

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Gerald Wallace is one of my favorite players in the game right now. Both as a multi pronged Fantasy WMD, and as a solid, versatile swingman. He's one of the few guys in the league that can give Bronny and Kobe fits, he can shoot from anywhere on the court, he's a high flying dunksmith, and he's the polar opposite of Artest in terms of media whoring. He's everything you wanna see out of a combo

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Yikes, you get the feeling there are a thousand more where these came from.

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"I couldn’t deal with the NBA," Cuban said. "There was things that I couldn’t imagine happening in the Finals that happened in the Finals. You don’t even know a tenth of it – stuff I didn’t get fined for and that was just too outrageous for me to even say publicly. And so I was like, ‘I’m done.'"I'd like to coin the phrase "Cubanized" and use it describe situations where your boss thinks you and

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Attention, loyal swagites: I am now going to be blogging for a new sports website called First Bounce Fly. Now you have extra opportunities to lap up the Cap'n's wisdom. Now don't wig out, of course I'll still be running the Sport Swag, and I will not slow my posting regimen even a jot. Not one tittle I tell you. There will now just be double the Cap'n to go around. For starters, I'll be

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The third coaching casualty of the season came earlier today as the Bucks axed Terry Stotts. As with Casey and Bickerstaff, this is another guy I didn't think deserved to be fired. He's had his back broken all year by injuries to his 3 best players, Redd, Simmons and Villanueva, on a team that is just not that great to begin with. He's done an admirable job, but I guess that's that. From the

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I have a soft spot in my heart for Karl, because he did take the Cavs to the playoffs in the '84-85 season. That feat puts him in a pretty exclusive club; the Cavs have only seen the postseason 14 times in 37 seasons (We went out in the first round in 10 of those 14 seasons). His colleagues in Cavs coaching legend are also an impressive bunch, other than Karl, the only Cavs coaches to take us

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We don't need no water. That's right, the Cavs are peaking at just the right time. The most recent spanking was a 24 point bitchslapping applied to the Kings by a Bron-less Cavs squad. It's getting ugly for the rest of the league. With just under a quarter of the season to go and the playoffs looming, the Cavs are suddenly the best team in the East, and when they're on I wouldn't hesitate to

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Serbians show British soccer hooligans how it's done.Girl showcases NBA's new plan to stop Bronny in the paint.For those of you nutters who think college basketball is better than the pros.For those of you out of touch oldies who think fighting is a new development, here's a couple classics involving no less than 6 current or soon-to-be hall of famers.Rodney King getting worked by the friendly

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Bernie Bickerstaff will not be returning as the head coach of the Charlotte Bobcats. Read the whole story here, from Yahoo! Sports.Much like the firing of Dwayne Casey earlier this year, I'm not crazy about this move. Bick has been, in my opinion, one of the best GMs in the league over the last couple seasons, putting together the hottest looking young core of 1st round picks in the league.

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Whoah, did anyone else see that coming? I thought Andrew Bogut was one of those Vegemite sandwich toting friendly Aussies, like out of a Men at Work song. Turns out he's one of those angry rugby playing, foul mouthed, bird flipping Aussie dudes who may or may not be a skin head. Bogut apparently gave the crowd an eyeful of his lewd gesturing after getting ejected with 48 seconds to go in a

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I think way too much is being made of this. Fan favorite Anderson Varejao tried to knock down a three at the end of the Cavs win over the Pacers on Sunday. The game was essentially over with seconds remaining, and the Cavs up 11. But the Cavs were also 1 point away from free Chalupas for all in attendance. Varejao clanked the three and then got death stares from a fleet of Pacers, and Cavs

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Former NBA forward Robert Traylor has agreed to play for Gestiberica Vigo of the Spanish league. Traylor is 6-8 and played in the NBA from 1998-2005 with Milwaukee, Cleveland and New Orleans. He compiled career averages of 4.8 points and 3.7 rebounds per game. Probasketballnews.comI don't know if this is good news or bad news. I loved the Tractor, so I'd like

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Many fans said they were touched by the sincerity of Artest's apology to his family, teammates and fans during a news conference Saturday. "I was very moved by that. It was all coming from his heart," said Kings fan Barbara Rust. "I thought it was very sincere and made a big impression on me." News10.netRust went on to say that she thought Michael

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The secod installment in our continuing series on guys who wasted good years of their careers being useless jackasses. In vloume 2 we present, for your viewing pleasure, the Reign Man. Shawn Kemp.

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Everybody seems to agree that Chauncey has no choice but to leave Detroit. I'm not sure I understand why; I thought the whole point of letting Big Ben walk last off season was so they could afford to pay Billups this off season.From Mark Kiszla at the Denver Post:Billups would be receptive to the idea of a sign-and-trade deal that could land him with the Nuggets, according to agent Andy Miller,

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Slop

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First off, the other day when I posted Artested Development, I thought I was being an uberclever genius. Turns out I was not the first genius to think of that clever title. LeBron is "back," which in itself is misleading as it suggests he was not balling all year, and everyone's jumping back on board. I'd love to hear what Kevin Brewer thinks after Bronny single handedly owned the Pistons last

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Henry Abbott at TrueHoop seems to think Lindsay Hunter came off well in his press conference on his drug bust. I would agree, with the exceptions of parts like this(from Detroit News, via HoopsHype):"I know how I am, my wife knows, people who know me, know me. You can't control how people judge you. It's the league rule, and I have to abide by it. I hope people are not thinking I'm walking

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Lindsay Hunter just got slapped with a 10 game suspensh from the league for testing positive. No, not for testing positive with audiences, for drugs. Read this(from FanBall): Guard Lindsey Hunter was suspended for 10 games on Wednesday, the NBA announced. Hunter tested positive for phentermine, which is on the banned list. A search on webmd.com shows that phentermine is a prescription used to

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Dear 'Shardy,Don't sign with New York. It would just end badly for you. I know how hard it is to resist the apple's draw. But if you want to be the #1 or, at least, #2 guy on a squad, don't go to New York. The fans are great, the arena is great, and the team could become not so bad. The problem is with a guy called Zeke. He has proven this year that he did amass enough talent to win some

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It pains me to show a Cav getting posterized, but this dunk is as nasty as they come.That's good old KJ sticking it to just plain old Hot Rod Williams. And just to give the Rod some dignity back, here's him rocking someone else's world on both ends.

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From ESPN's Daily Dime, a sick list of the greatest big men to rock the court. Just reading the accolades for this list makes your mouth water. I think I might agree 100% with this list, which, in itself, is an achievment; I never agree with anything. Maybe I'd shuffle the rankings a bit, for statistical dominance and longevity, I'd probably slide David Robinson in ahead of Walton. But I

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Over at the Washington Times, hyperbole is becoming fact. And at an odd juncture. Kevin Brewer writes, in an alarmist titled piece "Reign Over?," that Bronny has gotten worse. Maybe. So much so that while last year he was in a class with Shaq, Dr. J and Jordan (According to Brewer. I'd argue he was in a class by himself), this year he's not even in the top 15 players in the league. I'm not that

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