J.A. Adande

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J.A. Adande joined ESPN.com as a columnist in August 2007 after 10 years at the Los Angeles Times. Adande is seen frequently on ESPN's Around The Horn, Pardon The Interruption, SportsCenter and other programs.

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The Suite Life

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By J.A. Adande It's a Friday night in Los Angeles. Am I at the Laker game or the...

Blog | November 07, 2009

Magic Speaks On Isiah

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By J.A. Adande We haven't heard much from Magic Johnson after Isiah Thomas sounded off on Johnson's...

Blog | November 02, 2009

Magic and Bird: The Past On the Present

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By J.A. Adande Despite the tone the title of their new book, When the Game Was Ours might indicate...

Blog | November 02, 2009

A Good Look for the Mavs

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By J.A. Adande LOS ANGELES -- The Dallas Mavericks beat the Lakers in Staples Center, they shot 32 free throws...

Blog | October 31, 2009

Colangelo Still Wants Pro Coaches on Team USA

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By J.A. Adande Deep down in the whispery regions of the NBA, there are concerns that the seeds for...

Blog | October 29, 2009

Looking For The Real Amare

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By J.A. Adande LOS ANGELES -- Same building, same court, much different Amare Stoudemire. Stoudemire's last regulation NBA game...

Blog | October 29, 2009

Blake Griffin's big problem

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By J.A. Adande Blake Griffin's greatest attribute very well could have been his downfall this preseason. He doesn...

Blog | October 28, 2009

David Stern talks

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By J.A. Adande A quick Q & A with NBA commissioner David Stern, who was in L.A. for...

Blog | October 27, 2009

The TrueHoop Expansion

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...com has a formidable team of NBA reporters. Guys like Marc Stein, Chad Ford, Chris Sheridan, J.A. Adande, John Hollinger and Chris Broussard are stars. They break big news stories routinely -- the kinds of...

Blog | October 20, 2009

Monday Bullets

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I agree 100% with the eloquent insight from J.A. Adande and others, who say (I paraphrase crudely) of Michael Jordan's speech: What did you...

Blog | September 14, 2009

Now Lobbying, via Twitter, for a Head Coaching Job: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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A series of Twitter posts from Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, in response to J.A. Adande's story about who might succeed Phil Jackson one day as Laker coach: I just...

Blog | August 19, 2009

Lamar Odom in Purple and Gold: Meant to Be

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Lamar Odom and Lakers fans can now continue their friendship. (Photo by Jeff Gross/Getty Images) J.A. Adande and Marc Stein report that the Lakers and Lamar Odom have come to terms. Doesn'...

Blog | July 30, 2009

The TrueHoop Stat Geek Smackdown Community Leaderboard

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...Thunder 61 Trey, The Blowtorch 60 Chad Ford, ESPN Expert 60 Chris Broussard, ESPN Expert 59 J.A. Adande, ESPN Expert 59 Brett Pollakoff, NBA FanHouse 58 Henry Abbott, ESPN Expert 58 Michael Jackson, ESPN...

Blog | June 03, 2009

Wednesday Bullets

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...Theory. It should be the same science at work." Great George Karl line from a J.A. Adande article about J.R. Smith: "'Keep his confidence up?' Nuggets coach George Karl...

Blog | May 27, 2009

The TrueHoop Stat Geek Smackdown Community Leaderboard

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...Rose, ESPN Expert 54 Neil Paine, TrueHoop Stat Geek Smackdown 54 Brett Pollakoff, NBA FanHouse 54 J.A. Adande, ESPN Expert  54 Trey, The Blowtorch 51 Henry's Mom, TrueHoop Stat Geek Smackdown...

Blog | May 19, 2009