21 Results for michael beasley

First Cup: Wednesday

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Scott Cacciola of The Commercial-Appeal: "Allen Iverson's abilities are a gift, which even he recognizes. In the same way that musical prodig...

Blog | October 14, 2009

Your Second-Favorite Team

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NBA fandom usually begins with the love of a team. My love of the NBA, for instance, springs directly from a childhood spent listening to Blazer games...

Blog | August 21, 2009

First Cup: Tuesday

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Mike Bresnahan and Broderick Turner of the Los Angeles Times: "Even though Kobe Bryant and Ron Artest had words during a couple of games last sea...

Blog | July 07, 2009

First Cup: Thursday

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...Absolutely,' the Heat president said Wednesday -- that's all I needed to hear about Michael Beasley's future. Start packing. Enjoy Toronto. Sorry it couldn't work out, because watching...

Blog | May 07, 2009

First Cup: Tuesday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Mike Monroe of the San Antonio Express-News: "Since we entered the new millennium, only one player has won the NBA's Most Valuable Player Award, ...

Blog | May 05, 2009

First Cup: Tuesday

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John DeShazier of The Times-Picayune: "The word 'pathetic' is too kind. The Hornets scored 15 in the first quarter, 39 in the first half ...

Blog | April 28, 2009

Monday Playoff Bullets

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Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Detroit Pistons Lay off Mo Williams's iPod.  Holy cow. This is certainly the longest document created this seaso...

Blog | April 20, 2009

Playoff Warmup Bullets

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Leaguewide Bullets These bullets would be a lot better, but I could not stop watching this. If that doesn't give you playoff fever, nothing will...

Blog | April 17, 2009

The Deep End of the Rotation: Assessing Playoff Benches

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Posted by Kevin Arnovitz You know the sequence well: It's the start of the second quarter in a pivotal playoff game. We see repeated camera shots ...

Blog | March 16, 2009

NBA: No Bodies Available

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Posted by Kevin Arnovitz The playoff run is heating up. It's a fan's dream, with top teams in both conferences jockeying for position with the...

Blog | March 09, 2009

First Cup: Friday

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Marc Berman of the New York Post: "With some in the Garden crowd surprisingly chanting 'We Want Steph" with 11:10 remaining in the fourth (others booe...

Blog | October 31, 2008

Experts Gaze into the Crystal Ball of 2008-2009

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...driving a resurgence of one of basketball's great rivalries. Other years have witnessed the rise of Michael Jordan, or the fall of Magic Johnson. Bigwigs, coaches, players, experts, insiders ... we asked all kinds of...

Blog | October 17, 2008

First Cup: Training Camp Wednesday

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Brian Hendrickson of The Columbian: "As the media was allowed into the season's first practice, No. 1 draft pick Greg Oden -- preparing for his first ...

Blog | October 01, 2008

First Cup: Thursday

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Lakers vs. Celtics Gail Goodrich writing in the Los Angeles Daily News: "There really is no other way to describe the Lakers' performance in Game ...

Blog | June 19, 2008

First Cup: Wednesday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...in the third quarter, here came those chants. 'You're . . . not . . . Jordan!' the fans sang, referring to Michael Jordan. No, clearly, at this point he is not." Gregg Patton of The Press-Enterprise: "With their...

Blog | June 18, 2008