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Delonte West's Mating Rituals Not All That Effective
You might remember, about a year ago, when Celtics guard Delonte West told Page 2 what he loves about ladies on Valentine's Day. A highlight:...

Well, That Trade Deadline Sure Was Worth Waiting Around For
By rule, we tend to not like trading deadlines: They inevitably lead to endless amount of chatter and empty discussion that ultimately leads nowhere. (Kind of like a day at Deadspin! Wee!) Everyone we know has been yammering about the Big Trades that are going to happen — with special EXCLUSIVES on ...

NBA Roundup: Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
Notes on Wednesday's games in the National Basketball Association ......

Some Las Vegas Celebrity Waldo
So here's a fun end-of-day game from The 700 Level: See how many "celebrities" you can spot in the stands of the NBA All-Star Game over the weekend. No bonus points, sadly, for recently conceived fetuses, just the night before, being mainlined Red Bull through umbilical cords....

NBA Roundup: OK, Your Stylish Dunks Don't Earn You Extra Points Anymore
Notes on Tuesday's games in the National Basketball Association ......

What's Eating Tim Hardaway?
You might have seen this already, but this clip from the "Jimmy Kimmel Show" — which, surprisingly, is rumored to have been in trouble of late — dips a bung into the brain of Tim Hardaway and pretty much captures is deepest, darkest, most desirable fears. Plus, it's Takei....

All Told, A Safe Weekend To Be In Vegas
You might remember this quote, last week, from Las Vegas mayor Oscar B. Goodman:...

Gilbert Arenas Is Playing Russian Roulette With His ACL
As always, the greatest moments of All-Star Weekend happen when the "game" isn't actually on, and The 700 Level found perhaps the best one. During a commercial break, Gilbert Arenas — of course — decided to satisfy a lifelong curiosity and, playing along with the "entertainment," dunked off a trampo...

That Sure Was A Great "All-Star" "Game"
Well, the All-Star Game in Vegas is finally behind us, and the best thing we can say is that no hungover players needed courtside IVs. That is not to be underestimated; it can be extremely difficult to work out dehydration while sprinting up and down the court. Of course, that assumes anyone's playi...

Danny Gans Is About To Rock This Bitch
The All-Star game tips tonight around 8:30, give a take a few minutes, depending on what Danny Gans (who the hell is Danny Gans?) feels like doing to the national anthem....

The Bunnies Are Not To Be Dunked On, Nate Robinson
I called Nate Robinson "annoying" earlier, but I may have been hasty in my judgment. From the Las Vegas Review Journal, via The FanHouse, comes this report of a dunk that Nate had planned for last night's contest....

You Will Dance With Shaq And You Will Like It
There aren't many good reasons not to like Shaq. This was Shaq having fun at the All-Star practice yesterday, forcing LeBron and Dwight Howard to have fun along with him. I realize that Shaq is not everyone's cup of tea, but when he retires, who's going to do stuff like this? It seems like Shaq is m...

Tonight Is All About Dick Bavetta
Despite the fact that the NBA won't let Dwight Howard dunk on a 12-foot rim, it still shapes up as a pretty promising All-Star Saturday night. At least three of the dunkers pretend to care about the event (screw you, Tyrus Thomas), Gilbert Arenas will lie, cheat, and steal in order to win the three-...

Bill Walton Drinks Alone
For random encounters with drunk athletes and/or celebrities, this could be the most promising weekend of all-time. Enrico Campitelli of The 700 Level is in one of the bloggers in Vegas this weekend, and last night, he ran into Bill Walton. Hammered, and all by his lonesome....

That Tim Hardaway Memorabilia Is Going Fast
We've been browsing around for reaction to the Tim Hardaway comments from Wednesday, and the first thing that struck us is the absence of same from a lot of the NBA blogs. We're not sure why. A few, however, are speaking out. Here's a sample....

Joumana Kidd Goes Nuclear On Jason
So, you know how the whole New Jersey Nets brass was concerned about how ugly the Jason Kidd-Joumana Kidd divorce proceedings might get? Well, The Smoking Gun has Joumana's countersuit to Jason's suit against her, and, holy cow, this thing really escalated fast. It's a huge document, so we're just g...

What Set Tim Hardaway Off
Yesterday, "Jim Rome Is Burning" showed the famous clip of Tim Hardaway throwing a television monitor onto the court. Our special investigative skills of video editing have uncovered why drew his ire. We should have all seen this coming back then....

NBA Roundup: You Win This Round, LeBron
Notes on Thursday's games in the National Basketball Association ......

Tim Hardaway, The ESPN Angle
With all the fun we're having Tim Hardaway today, a reader writes in and blames ESPN for the whole thing:...

Tim Hardaway's Deeper Hole
OK, so here's what we want to happen today: Every half hour, we want someone to call Tim Hardaway to ask him about his comments about hating gay people. You can ask him the same question every time, every half hour. It'll be great, because he'll find a way to dig himself an even deeper hole each tim...