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Hoopla / Mar 27, 2008 / 9:20 am

Not Cool, Shaq

By Dime Magazine

Photo. Chenoa Maxwell
There’s a story on ESPN.com this morning about how Pat Riley is bothered by Shaq’s repeated bashing of the Miami Heat players and organization in the media. Normally, we wouldn’t pay Shaq’s comments a whole lot of mind because it’s usually Shaq just being Shaq, right? And usually his comments are pretty entertaining. […]

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Hoopla / Mar 4, 2008 / 11:10 am

Down With the Drill Sergeant

By Dime Magazine

L.O. is down with the drill sergeant (Photo. Tadder)
RealGm links to a story in the Palm Beach Post today about Pat Riley’s reputation as a taskmaster who alienates some players with his task-master approach:
MIAMI — Lamar Odom was neither shocked nor offended the first time the Heat medical staff gently pinched the flesh above his […]

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Pat's Sixers Blog / Feb 8, 2008 / 11:40 am

Dunk of the Year?

By Patrick Cassidy

The Palm Beach Post says that Rodney Carney’s transition dunk on Dwyane Wade last night in Philly “might hold up as the dunk of the year.”
Not sure about that, but it was pretty vicious. Here’s the clip below (including Wade cramming on Carney’s face later in the game).

Carney hasn’t done much this year, and it […]

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Hoopla / Feb 6, 2008 / 10:19 am

Killing the Deal

By Dime Magazine

Photo. Estevan Oriol
Yahoo! Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski talked to multiple NBA GMs about the pending Shaq/Matrix trade. Let’s just say that it hasn’t gone over well:
“What are they (expletive) thinking?” one Western Conference executive blurted late Tuesday night.
“I have no clue what they are thinking,” one Eastern Conference scout said. “Shaq retired two years ago.”
“It seems […]

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