TAG: Robert Horry
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Jun 9, 2011 / 11:30 am
By Sean Sweeney
You don’t need me to point out that tonight is the biggest game of the season. Massive. Enormous. Undertaker-huge. Rings are resting on these 48 minutes. The winners of Game 5s in the Finals win the series 77% of the time. If Miami wins, wrap it up. If Dallas wins, they have a death grip on it.
Because of the 2-3-2 format, Game 5s always seem to carry some type of legendary stench. The air is stuffy with expectations and formality. Just look at tonight, at all of the storylines. Read More »
Tags: Avery Johnson, Chicago Bulls, Dallas Mavericks, Detroit Pistons, dirk nowitzki, Dwyane Wade, Elgin Baylor, Houston Rockets, Karl Malone, lebron james, los angeles lakers, michael jordan, New York Knicks, Robert Horry, san antonio spurs, Utah Jazz, Vinnie Johnson, Willis Reed
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Jun 2, 2011 / 11:00 am
By Kevin Zimmerman
With the sudden retirement of Shaquille O’Neal from the NBA, we got to thinking about all the great players that the Big Social Security Applier played with during his 19 seasons in the league. There’s a long list of All-Stars, but in making the list, we ask this question: Who was at their best while playing with Shaq? For example, the Kevin Garnett that O’Neal played with this season won’t rank as highly as the 2007-08 Amar’e Stoudemire that he shared the court with in his Phoenix stint.
Obviously, we’ll save all the center slots for the Big Aristotle himself, but without further adieu, we present the First, Second and Third All-Shaq teams: Read More »
Tags: Amar'e Stoudemire, Anfernee Hardaway, Dwyane Wade, Eddie Jones, Horace Grant, Karl Malone, kevin garnett, kobe bryant, lebron james, Nick Anderson, Nick Van Exel, paul pierce, Penny Hardaway, Rajon Rondo, ray allen, Robert Horry, Scott Skiles, Shaquille O'Neal, Steve Nash
20 Comments » | Posted in NBA |
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Sep 27, 2010 / 12:30 pm
By Aron Phillips
The rainy day here in NYC has us talking in the office about the best NBA three-point shooters of all-time. And while the conversation started on Twitter, we wanted to bring it to the faithful at DimeMag.com as well. So if you needed one triple, and had any NBA player at your disposal, who do you go with? Read More »
Tags: Chuck Person, larry bird, ray allen, Reggie Miller, Robert Horry
101 Comments » | Posted in NBA |
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Jul 9, 2010 / 12:58 am
By Dime Magazine
Last night, NBA fans were given something we’ve never seen before. No, not just LeBron James‘ widely-criticized but highly-viewed “The Decision” TV special, but we saw an unprecedented collection of three superstar teammates form like the Justice League … Think about all the other “Big Three” combos: Bird, McHale and Parish were nowhere near as athletic as Dwyane Wade, LeBron James and Chris Bosh. Jordan, Pippen and Rodman were a different bunch, consisting of one explosive scorer, one Swiss Army Knife in the flesh, and one defensive/rebounding savant. Read More »
Tags: Brendan Haywood, Chris Bosh, David Lee, Dennis Rodman, Dwyane Wade, gerald henderson, gilbert arenas, Jermaine O'Neal, kevin garnett, Kevin McHale, larry bird, lebron james, michael jordan, Pat Riley, Paul George, paul pierce, ray allen, Robert Horry, Robert Parish, Ryan Gomes, Scottie Pippen, Terrence Williams, Travis Outlaw
82 Comments » | Posted in Smack |
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Jun 24, 2010 / 12:24 am
By Dime Magazine
Later on tonight, 60 ballplayers will live out a dream moment, while at least 60 more will feel the sting of getting pretty close to the dream but falling short. (Before re-focusing on making it the hard way.) That would be the NBA Draft, and as we get closer to the festivities at Madison Square Garden, the trade rumors and high-stock/low-stock speculation is running rampant … For the longest time it seemed the Nets were clearly taking either Derrick Favors or DeMarcus Cousins at No. 3, but yesterday Wes Johnson suddenly entered the picture: On one hand because he’s been killing in workouts, and because there may be a little handshake deal in place where if the Nets take Johnson, his agent will deliver them Carlos Boozer in free agency. Read More »
Tags: Carlos Boozer, Chris Douglas-Roberts, Corey Maggette, Daequan Cook, demarcus cousins, Derrick Favors, Dwyane Wade, Ed Davis, Eddy Curry, John Salmons, Landon Donovan, michael redd, Mo Williams, Quentin Richardson, Robert Horry, Wes Johnson
30 Comments » | Posted in Smack |
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Jun 16, 2010 / 5:39 pm
By Austin Burton
While I missed the majority of Lakers/Celtics Game 6 for my cousin’s high school graduation, everyone I know who watched the game had to come up with something to talk about during L.A.’s cold-blooded beatdown.
During the third quarter, one of my boys texted me: “Best role player ever in the NBA? Pippen?”
Depends on how you define a role player. To me, Scottie Pippen doesn’t count because he was too good. Read More »
Tags: Bruce Bowen, Dennis Johnson, Dennis Rodman, Derek Fisher, James Worthy, Kevin McHale, Michael Cooper, Robert Horry, Scottie Pippen, Tony Parker
47 Comments » | Posted in NBA |
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Jun 9, 2010 / 5:31 am
By Dime Magazine
The thing about Robert Horry that a lot of people didn’t appreciate: He wasn’t just knocking down one huge shot here or there at random intervals, he could take over an entire fourth quarter of a game by hitting multiple huge shots. As the 2010 version of Big Shot Rob, Derek Fisher reached that next level during the Lakers win over the Celtics in last night’s Game 3 of the NBA Finals … Kobe dominated the majority of a disjointed, ugly game that would have driven some basketball purists to hit the Crown Royal pretty hard, but for the first 10 minutes of the fourth quarter, Kobe couldn’t make a shot. That’s when Fisher (15 pts) took over, scoring 11 in the quarter on a series of fullback-style drives and last-ditch jumpers to beat the shot clock. Read More »
Tags: Adam Morrison, Derek Fisher, dirk nowitzki, Doc Rivers, john wall, kevin garnett, kobe bryant, lamar odom, Nick Anderson, pau gasol, paul pierce, ray allen, Robert Horry, ron artest, Sasha Vujacic, Shaquille O'Neal, Stephen Strasburg, Tony Allen
56 Comments » | Posted in Smack |
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Jun 4, 2010 / 3:34 am
By Dime Magazine
If you can’t teach height, then you can’t coach height, and so in that case you can see why the Celtics are in trouble. Remember how every Lakers fan claimed the ’08 Finals would have gone their way had Andrew Bynum been healthy, and every Boston fan responded by asking how their ass tastes? Last night we all saw what happens when L.A.’s big men are healthy and playing like they have some hair on their chests, before Kobe came in and delivered the fatal shots … Right off the bat L.A. looked to go inside, while Kobe looked to drive and put pressure on Boston’s defense. Read More »
Tags: Andrew Bynum, Austin Rivers, Brian Scalabrine, Chris Rock, Derek Fisher, Doc Rivers, Elgin Baylor, Gail Goodrich, Jack Nicholson, James Worthy, Jerry West, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, kevin garnett, kobe bryant, magic johnson, pau gasol, paul pierce, Rasheed Wallace, ray allen, Rick Fox, Robert Horry, ron artest, Shaquille O'Neal, Tim Duncan, Wilt Chamberlain
73 Comments » | Posted in Smack |
By Adam Flomenbaum
The Suns vs. Spurs is one of the most underrated rivalries in sports, and it even flies under the radar as an NBA rivalry. It seems that every year now we have a Spurs vs. Suns bloodbath to look forward to, although under different circumstances each time. Read More »
Tags: Amar’e Stoudemire, boris diaw, Channing Frye, Charles Barkley, David Robinson, George Hill, Grant Hill, Jared Dudley, manu ginobili, Michael Finley, Mike D'Antoni, phoenix suns, Raja Bell, Robert Horry, san antonio spurs, Shaquille O'Neal, Steve Nash, Tim Donaghy, Tim Duncan, Tony Parker
22 Comments » | Posted in NBA, We Reminisce |
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Dec 31, 2009 / 4:59 pm
By Austin Burton
Watching “SportsCenter” run their Top 10 NBA plays of the decade the other night — where the top three coincidentally involved LeBron and Kobe directly — I officially ran out of patience for this “decade” stuff. I know it seems fitting to have the best plays of the decade topped by (depending on who you ask) the best player of the decade, but was Kobe’s game-winner against the Suns in ’06 really the best play of the last TEN years? (I would have put Derek Fisher‘s 0.4 shot ahead of Kobe’s shot.)
So I have just one more piece to add to the decade celebration, then I’m done. Read More »
Tags: Antoine Walker, Ben Wallace, Chauncey Billups, Derek Fisher, Dwyane Wade, james posey, kevin garnett, kobe bryant, lamar odom, manu ginobili, pau gasol, paul pierce, Rajon Rondo, Rasheed Wallace, ray allen, Rip Hamilton, Robert Horry, Shaquille O'Neal, tayshaun prince, Tim Duncan, Tony Parker
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