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Advancing to their sixth straight conference finals last night, the Detroit Pistons have proven to be a testament to balance and sharing the wealth. Even after losing Ben Wallace, the defensive centerpiece of the ‘04 championship team, the Pistons have maintained their success by relying equally on All-Stars Chauncey Billups, Rip Hamilton, […]

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When he wants to be that is. That’s just one of the thoughts put forth this morning from the very fired up Cavs blog “Cavalier Attitude” (along with a host of other things, from the size of Boobie’s stones to the TV cameras catching KG allegedly saying some seriously unfortunate things).
First up, LeBron’s […]

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Mitch Lawrence’s column in this morning’s New York Daily News says that one of Mike D’Antoni’s first orders of business after he’s introduced this afternoon as the new head coach of the Knicks will be to try and figure out a way to get some of his favorite Suns (Boris Diaw and Leandro Barbosa) […]

I may be a Philly guy, but I can’t help but like Kevin Garnett. Over the years doing the mag, he’s always been one of the best guys to work with (see THIS VIDEO where he does his Ric Flair imitation for me on camera as Exhibit A).
Garnett’s all heart, whether it’s in front […]

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SI’s Ian Thomsen writes that no one does more with less than does LeBron. True. But that’s a pretty obvious statement (we’ve killed his supporting cast and front office tons of times in this space), and not the most interesting part of the article.
Way down in the story though is buried a little […]

Now that the hoop world has had a little while to digest the coaching move the Knicks made, more well-thought-out opinions are everywhere.
Some say the hiring of Mike D’Antoni was a great move.
Peter Vecsey thinks that Donnie Walsh blew it by taking D’Antoni over Mark Jackson.
And in Chicago, they’re not exactly broken up […]

Bounce posted this clip of Mike bringing down a backboard during a Nike exhibition game in Italy back in ‘86.

You think play has been chippy on-court in these playoff series? Things have been so heated, emotions have apparently spilled over to members of the media from opposing cities to the point where things (almost) got physical.
(Thanks to Need4Sheed.com)

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That’s a theory being posed by a story in Newsday this morning, that goes so far as to speculate what position ‘Bron would play for the Knicks. From the article:
Come hell or high loss totals along the way, Walsh will get the Knicks under the salary cap by 2010. The Garden is always an […]

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Today, Converse and Eastbay have announced the launch of “MyChucks,” a contest where participants design their own Chuck Taylor All Star kicks with the chance to have Converse actually make the shoe and sell it exclusively by Eastbay.

As part of the contest, Kyle Korver submitted his own design, which will be featured online, along […]

This story in the Chicago Sun-Times breaks down how R. Kelly leases a gym in Chicago for his crew so that he can blow off steam … and apparently do a bunch of other R. Kelly things (including throwing a ball at a reporter watching him play).
One of our favorite highlights from the article:
Though […]

Back-to-back plays that sum up one the best games/individual matchups of the playoffs…

Is the face of a flopper?
Apparently the Chris Paul love-fest hasn’t overcome everyone in the hoop universe. You’d be shocked to learn that Spurs fans don’t like him, which it totally understandable.
From Pounding the Rock today (complete with a great post headline by the way):
If flopping is a scourge then Paul is one of the […]

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Solid Cavs blog Cavalier Attitude is understandably distressed over the way LeBron & Co. are playing against Boston. CA describes ‘Bron as “befuddled,” correctly pointing out that James is playing into the Celts’ hands by settling for long jumpers over and over and over again.
Another object of Cavalier Attitude’s ire? Anderson Varejao. From […]