14 Results for michael beasley

First Cup: Wednesday

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Joe Freeman of The Oregonian "In a game that was equal parts depressing and exhilarating, the Trail Blazers overcame yet another significant injury to...

Blog | December 23, 2009

First Cup: Wednesday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Ira Winderman of the South Florida Sun Sentinel: "A day after it was confirmed that Michael Beasley had entered a Houston rehab facility, a clearer picture regarding the status of the Miami Heat...

Blog | August 26, 2009

John Lucas' Newest Project

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Posted by Kevin Arnovitz As Michael Beasley checks into a facility for psychological and substance-abuse counseling, his friends, family, and those who...

Blog | August 24, 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: Wednesday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Dave Krieger of The Denver Post: "Even on a night when they failed to execute the defensive plan their coaches had drawn up, the Nuggets beat the...

Blog | May 06, 2009

First Cup: Tuesday

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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

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

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

Tuesday Bullets

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...of Miami's 130-129 OT win over the Warriors. Dwyane Wade was the hero, but Michael Beasley, Udonis Haslem, and Chris Quinn all made HUGE game-saving plays. Jamal Crawford scored 40. The...

Blog | December 02, 2008

Tuesday Bullets

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...symbolizes his past (the gun) and his future (his new weapon of prayer)."Likely top pick Michael Beasley has a lot of cell phones (and his favorite TV show is SpongeBob Squarepants). You have...

Blog | March 11, 2008

First Cup: Tuesday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...best. Robinson deserved to have the day to himself. One of his fellow Hall of Fame classmates, Michael Jordan, had already stolen most of the national attention. But such things never mattered to Robinson. And...

Blog | April 07, 2009