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Click here to read Trevor Winter: The Moonlight Graham Of Terrible NBA Players

Trevor Winter: The Moonlight Graham Of Terrible NBA Players

Winter reminisces with Asylum about his five minutes in the NBA. "You have five fouls to give," Flip Saunders said before a game against Shaq, "and for every foul you don't use, we'll fine you $1,000." Mission accomplished. [Asylum]

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By Tommy Craggs

More Vanilla Ice With My NBA, Please: A Canadian's Perspective

Last night, at the Raptors-Nets game, Vanilla Ice inexplicably appeared as the halftime entertainment. Resident Canadian high-end potato salesman, Gourmet Spud, was in attendance. He filed this report. More »

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By Gourmet Spud

Bill Wennington, Luc Longley, And Will Perdue Were Once Called "Bang Gang," T-Shirt Alleges

Could we talk about this t-shirt for a moment? Because it is so very wrong. More »

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By Tommy Craggs

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Click here to read John Starks Wants To Help You Transition Out Of Your Pants

John Starks Wants To Help You Transition Out Of Your Pants

Starks on his new zippered-pants company: "Not just basketball, but tennis, soccer, track and field, whatever you have to do to be able to transition in and out of your pants, we want to be leaders in that space." [TrueHoop]

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By Tommy Craggs

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Click here to read Gilbert Arenas Addresses Gun Incident With Very, Very Serious Op-Ed

Gilbert Arenas Addresses Gun Incident With Very, Very Serious Op-Ed

"I have done a number of things wrong recently," Arenas writes for tomorrow's Washington Post op-ed page. Chief among them: sullying his good name by writing for the Washington Post op-ed page. [Washington Post, via FamousDC]

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By Tommy Craggs

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Click here to read Just When Things Were Looking Up For Jayson Williams

Just When Things Were Looking Up For Jayson Williams

The troubled former star's South Carolina house was burgled, with thousands in memorabilia taken, including Wilt Chamberlain-signed shorts and a Tupac handwritten lyric sheet. Someone made a G today but they made it in a sleazy way. [NY Post]

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By Barry Petchesky

Click here to read Donovan McNabb Is So Totally Going To Dunk London Fletcher. Cannonball!

Donovan McNabb Is So Totally Going To Dunk London Fletcher. Cannonball!

Update on the NBA-NFL rivalry: Kobe Bryant sells sneakers via gun violence whereas Donovan McNabb, cocktail umbrella behind ear, threatens Pro Bowl n00b London Fletcher (née Susan Lucci) with some badass hazing: "He'll get initiated at the pool bar." [USAToday]

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By Katie Baker

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Click here to read Nike's New Kobe Ad Addresses The Timely Theme Of Gunplay

Nike's New Kobe Ad Addresses The Timely Theme Of Gunplay

"I'll do whatever it takes to win games," Kobe says in the ad, which you can find in this week's Sports Illustrated. "I don't leave anything in the chamber." That Nike, always on the cutting edge. Full ad below. More »

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By Tommy Craggs

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Click here to read Hedo Turkoglu: "Ball"

Hedo Turkoglu: "Ball"

Maybe it's the noise, maybe it's the language barrier, but Hedo stymies TSN's Jack Armstrong with a nonsensical one-word answer. The answer to life, the universe and everything: "ball." More »

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By Barry Petchesky

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Click here to read Is Gilbert Arenas Crazy Like A Fox?

Is Gilbert Arenas Crazy Like A Fox?

The odd thing about the announcement of Gilbert Arenas' season-ending suspension was the claim that he asked for it. Literally. Why would someone want to be suspended for a whole year? Obviously, he gets more money that way. More »

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By Dashiell Bennett

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Click here to read Greg Oden Bares His Soul After Baring His Pole

Greg Oden Bares His Soul After Baring His Pole

Oden held a press conference with Portland media, and did the right thing in owning up to the photos. Now that the news cycle has played out, maybe we can put Greg Oden's penis behind us. More »

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By Barry Petchesky

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Click here to read Greg Oden Would Like To Apologize For His Appearance

Greg Oden Would Like To Apologize For His Appearance

"Those pictures were taken and sent over a year and a half ago. I've definitely grown since then." [95.5 The Game]

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By Barry Petchesky

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Click here to read Last Night's Winner: People Who Don't Play Football

Last Night's Winner: People Who Don't Play Football

In sports, everyone is a winner—some people just win better than others. Like athletes who are suddenly going to get a lot more attention now that football season is drawing to a close. You've heard of "sports," right? More »

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By Dashiell Bennett

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Click here to read Javaris Crittenton Pleads Guilty To Gun Charge, Gets Probation

Javaris Crittenton Pleads Guilty To Gun Charge, Gets Probation

The Washington Wizards guard plead guilty to a misdemeanor weapons charge today—as opposed to the felony weapons charge handed to Gilbert Arenas—and will get one year of probation and a fine. Don't worry, it gets weirder. More »

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By Dashiell Bennett

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Click here to read Today's Knicks Giveaway: Cognitive Dissonance

Today's Knicks Giveaway: Cognitive Dissonance

The Knicks are at a 10-year-high, and among the tops in the league, in new season ticket sales. The selling point is hope for the future. The Knicks lost by 50 today. [NY Times]

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By Barry Petchesky

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Click here to read Glen Davis And The $25,000 Magic Words

Glen Davis And The $25,000 Magic Words

For a Big Baby, Glen Davis sure knows a lot of grown-up words. (NSFW language, I guess) More »

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By Barry Petchesky

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Click here to read Thunder Owner Reaches Piddly Settlement In Frivolous Lawsuit

Thunder Owner Reaches Piddly Settlement In Frivolous Lawsuit

Clay Bennett will pay Sonics season ticket holders $1.6 million (the equivalent of Kevin Ollie), because he raised the price of tickets after the team moved to Oklahoma City. I'm not sure how that works, either. [Seattle Post-Intelligencer]

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By Barry Petchesky

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Most NBA Fans Still Don't Know How To React When There's a Transsexual On The TEE-VEE

Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and the blogosphere to bring you everything you need to know to start your day. More »

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By DAULERIO

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Click here to read Rabbi Phil Jackson Worries About Donald Sterling's Soul

Rabbi Phil Jackson Worries About Donald Sterling's Soul

"If you do a good mitzvah, maybe you can eliminate some of those things. Do you think that Sterling's done enough mitzvahs to eliminate some of those? How about all those other incidents that we have on file?" [LAT]

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By Tommy Craggs

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Click here to read Blake Griffin's "Clipper Luck" Continues

Blake Griffin's "Clipper Luck" Continues

Blake Griffin's busted knee is not healing properly. He needs more surgery and will not play at all this season. That is a tremendously unbelievable bummer. [LA Times]

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By Dashiell Bennett

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Click here to read Knicks Fall To Yet Another Opponent: Ghosts

Knicks Fall To Yet Another Opponent: Ghosts

The Knicks were crushed by Oklahoma City last night, but an opponent far more deadly than Kevin Durant was to blame. It seems the team had trouble resting up because their hotel was haunted. More »

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