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NBA Draft 2009
Where Awkward Happens: Reading The Body Language Of NBA Draft Picks
The David Stern handshake is a newly drafted player's baptism into the NBA. It is also, often as not, hilariously awkward. We asked body language maven Patti Wood to analyze some of these moments from yesterday's Draft. More »
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By Tommy CraggsComment by Thats_Juan_Lucky_Pierre: Not pictured: Toney Douglas leg humping anything in sight when the Lakers called his name. 2 Responses | Other threads
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Another Reason To Scrap The NBA's Age Rule: It's Probably Illegal
Here, via New York employment lawyer Louis Pechman, is yet another sensible argument against the NBA's minimum-age rule: It violates state discrimination laws. More »
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By Tommy CraggsComment by Gourmet Spud: ...even Dick Vitale, who never offers an opinion that can't be expressed via catchphrase, hates the rule. I believe his exact... 5 Responses | Other threads
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David Falk Says The NBA Players' Union Better Pucker Up
The war is coming—between the NBA Players Association and their league—and if you believe superagent David Falk the players should be prepared to bend over and take what's coming to them. More »
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Comment by T-dawg: Die a painful death, NBA. Fucknut thieves. How about those Huskies and Zaga? Pro basketball sucks. 8 Responses | Other threads
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David Stern Invites Seattle to Watch Their Ex-Girlfriend With New Boyfriend
On the weekend before the NBA finally returns to action after its six-week sabbatical after the NBA Finals, we must take one more moment to remember one city that will not be joining the rest of us in our journey this season as Oklahoma City tries to pretend they can support both an NBA franchise and a Toby Keith's I Love This Bar & Grill restaurant. Don't worry, though, Seattle... you can totally join in if you want to! More »
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By TuffyComment by TracyHamandEggs: Dear Whiny asshole, Forcing a team to remain in a city where they didn't want to remain, and where they won't... 9 Responses | Other threads
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Jason Kidd Calls Out NBA "Double Standard" For Failure to Speak on Spain Photos
The NBA's love affair with China—and vice-versa—has been well chronicled by the national media. But in the wake of the Spanish team posing with slant-eyes or slit-eyes (I'm still not sure why there are two names for this), NBA players are starting to take note that the NBA is much quicker to penalize American players for their actions than they are foreign ones. At least that's what Jason Kidd told Yahoo Sports. More »
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By Clay TravisComment by Come a little Miroslav Klose You're My Kind of Man: @Absurd Hero: Has Nacho Vidal taught the Iberian nothing of racial harmony? /needs more interracial porn//preferably black women/non-black men///worships Nubian queens ...... more » | Other threads
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tim donaghy
Tim Donaghy's Sense Of The Dramatic
From the minute the general public learned the name Tim Donaghy, everyone has been waiting for a day like yesterday. The point of Tim Donaghy's infamy is not his gambling; it's all about whether or not he could provide any insight into the back rooms of an NBA that has always seemed a little shady. You have to give Donaghy credit for one thing: The man knows timing. More »
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By Will LeitchComment by twentyfivemillionreasons: The fed's interest in Donaghy was about gambling and betting, no? What he just put out there didn't have... more » | Other threads
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david stern
Seriously, David Stern's Seattle explanation makes no sense. [Hot Dog And Friends]
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seattle sonics
This Is What It Sounds Like When A Franchise Dies
Blazer's Edge brings us this video of NBA commissioner David Stern, officially killing off the Seattle Sonics franchise, and all the hopes of their fans. It's almost grueling to watch. More »
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By LeitchComment by Philistine: Oklahoma City is also the headquarters for Sonic Drive In Restaurants. Coincidence? more » | Other threads
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WNBA Avoids Minor Labor Pains
Kids, get off the danged roof, open the garage door and shut the engine off: The WNBA isn't going on strike after all. More »
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By LeitchComment by RagingRomones: @Berto: The Sequel: Although I do admit I would bang the shit outta Swin for Cash. /fixed more » | Other threads
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tim donaghy
One Guy, Pleading Guilty, Blah Blah
If you're all excited — or even, say, a-twitter — about Tim Donaghy's impending guilty plea in federal court today to those whole charges of game fixing, well, settle down there, Paco. More »
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By LeitchComment by Carmen McFanzone: @GlenAndersonLikesBoys: "I fixed the games? I fixed the games?" And again, the witness replied: "I fixed the games." more » | Other threads
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tim donaghy
David Stern's First Round Of Damage Control
So, as we look back on David Stern's fascinating press conference earlier today, we have a few thoughts. More »
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By LeitchComment by Bad Barbecue: The phrase "institutional limitations" makes me tired. If you were to say "instiprostitutional labiamations",however, I may listen. more » | Other threads
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David Stern Press Conference, Going On Now
Right now, NBA commissioner David Stern is addressing, for the first time, the whole Tim Donaghy situation. We are curious to see if he can avoid picking up the lectern and throwing it across the room. More » -
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This Donaghy Situation Is Not Likely To Improve
So here's that video The Sports Feller was talking about in his excellent Tim Donaghy column this weekend, the compilation of rather insane calls in Game 3 of the Western Conference semifinals between the Spurs and Suns, reffed by one Tim Donaghy. The point is not necessarily that the video shows definitively that Donaghy was shaving points; the point is that we, suddenly, terrifyingly, have no idea. More » -
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Will The Mob Kill Him First, Or Will David Stern?
We usually take front page New York Post stories with a grain of salt — unless they involve the she-male muscular type — but today's is a potentially huge one: An as-yet unnamed NBA ref may have been fixing games for the mob. Yeah. We'd call that a big story. More » -
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How Do They Sleep At Night? On A 10-Foot High Pile Of Money
You might remember back, a few months ago, when we told you about the brothers Silna, the former owners of the ABA St. Louis Spirits who, to this day, get one-seventh of the revenue of all NBA television contracts even though they haven't owned a team in 30 years. Well, with the new NBA/ABC/ESPN contract signed yesterday, they're raking in even more free cash. More »
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By LeitchComment by The Meathead: The story I always heard was that they forgot an expiration date on the contract the Silnas signed...any truth to... more » | Other threads
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nba playoffs
Suns Lose In Worst Way Possible, For Everybody
As many have already pointed out, last night could not have gone any worse for ... well, for just about everybody involved in the Suns-Spurs series. A blowout victory for the Spurs would have been painful, but at least it would have been quick, and we all could have convinced ourselves that the Suns would have lost no matter what. If the Suns would have won, the whole matter could have been washed away by one team's determination. More » -
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What? The NBA Can Discipline Officials? Really?
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We're Avoiding "With Leather" Jokes, But You May Feel Free
We'd like to thank NBC Sports for using the pictured headline on their site last night, in reference to David Stern acquiescing to the demands of his players to bring back the old basketball, so we didn't have to. It's nice when global corporations do our work for us. More »
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By LeitchComment by magilacudy: Sorry, message board posters they are making the old new basketballs out of Barbaro. more » | Other threads
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Players Sue For Their Right To Bitch
Unfair labor practices. That's what it's come to in the NBA, with the players association taking the unprecedented step of going to the National Labor Relations Board and filing two unfair labor practice chargers against the NBA. One of them is about the new basketball. The other is about their right to complain to the refs. More »
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By mjdeadspinComment by Marty McSuperFly: Somewhere, I saw it mentioned that players get fined for every one of these zero-tolerance technical fouls. If that's... more » | Other threads
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Welcome To The NBA; We Don't Want No Trouble
David Stern would like to remind you that, per the NBA's collective bargaining agreement, guns are not allowed in The Spectrum; or any other NBA facility. So just hand those over ... nice and slow ... and you can pick them up on your way out. Um, the one in your boot, too. More »
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By rickchandComment by supermike3: if they armed the crowd, too, then no one would get shot. just arm everyone. everyone gets a gun. ... more » | Other threads
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nba
David Stern Has A Thing For Cows
I missed it in Marc Stein's Friday blog update, but Stein mentioned that part of the reason that the NBA changed the basketball they use might be complaints from PETA, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. PETA is claiming responsibility, anyway. From their official website: More »
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By mjdeadspinComment by lorne bialystok: Don't forget how Vince McMahon was cornholed by a Panda bear. more » | Other threads
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Is Mark Cuban Going Insane?
We feel we have to legitimately ask: Is Mark Cuban losing his mind?
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By LeitchComment by ThisIsNotMyRealName: We should all be very glad that Mark Cuban has an place to vent his frustrations (his blog, courtside). If... more » | Other threads
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david stern
Contact Foul On The Commissioner
The 76ers and Rockets were so looking forward to the NBA's All-Star break that they didn't even bother to show up last night. Both were blown out by 30+, and both looked like they could've been beaten by any of the teams assembled for the RadioShack Shooting Stars challenge. More »
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By mjdeadspinComment by mmutoni: Lebron doesn't do the Roc sign as a reference to Jay-Z, it's actually a sign for his hometown of Akron,... more » | Other threads
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The Future? The Future Is You, Buying Our Phones
This morning, in the Conde Nast building in New York City — known around here as "the place where your soul goes to die" — ESPN alpha dog George Bodenheimer, NBA commissioner David Stern and Sports Illustrated managing editor Terry McDonell spoke with The New Yorker's Ken Auletta about "The Electronic Future Of Sports." The subtitle was not, "Buy ESPN Mobile," but it might as well have been. More » -
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It's A White Christmas In Sports
The yearly report from SportsBusiness Journal on the 50 Most Powerful People In Sports Business is out, and, like the rest of on-field sports, it's almost all white people! Who can forget that classic Brian Scalabrine-Fred Hoiberg battle last night? Someday one of those guys is gonna dunk! More » -
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Zoot Suitin' Boogie
All right, we've avoided this long enough: We now have to acknowledge this whole NBA dress code thing. What sparked us into action? Why, Mark Cuban, of course, who addresses the "controversy on his blog. His take: It's a matter of owners not knowing how to relate to their players, which is a shock to us, really. (Also, horrifyingly, Cuban threatens to just "wear a Speedo." Please. Please. Stop it.) More » -
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China And David Stern: A Perfect Match
Street and Smith's SportsBusiness Journal reports that the NBA is considering merging with the Chinese Basketball Association. They haven't released any possible terms for the league, but we have a few guesses: More »
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