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[blazers21ntnp]

Heat go to Cleveland march 20

And April 15.

 

[brandon3000]

Heat go to Cleveland march 20

thanks i must have missed it...

 

[atlsfinest]

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/bask...id-stern-dwight-howard-magic-agent/56524980/1

David Stern calling our Dwight's agent

Asked what he thought of the Howard situation, which threatens to engulf another season for the Magic, Stern chided Fegan.

"It's very unique, especially if it's driven by a quote source that happens to be Dwight's agent," Stern told USA TODAY Sports in a telephone interview. " 'A source in the meeting. Oh, OK, who might that be?"

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[brandon3000]

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/bask...id-stern-dwight-howard-magic-agent/56524980/1

David Stern calling our Dwight's agent

Asked what he thought of the Howard situation, which threatens to engulf another season for the Magic, Stern chided Fegan.

"It's very unique, especially if it's driven by a quote source that happens to be Dwight's agent," Stern told USA TODAY Sports in a telephone interview. " 'A source in the meeting. Oh, OK, who might that be?"

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STERN IS ON A ROLL!!!!

this tubby nets fan is my favorite nba fan. I know that feeling... and it feels good man

 

[goldmember]

i hear you, but with the bulls potentially out of contention I feel like this will be a highly anticipated match up. I full expect the knicks to be a top 3 seed in the East this year, same with the lakers in the west.

Nothing new for the Lakers.. They were top 3 last season

 

[brandon3000]

i hear you, but with the bulls potentially out of contention I feel like this will be a highly anticipated match up. I full expect the knicks to be a top 3 seed in the East this year, same with the lakers in the west.

Nothing new for the Lakers.. They were top 3 last season

okay.... whats your point?

 

[Kimchi Papi]

To me there's nothing better than a great assist...Came across the best assists from last season so I thought I'd share...Enjoy...

 

[buc em]

STERN IS ON A ROLL!!!!

this tubby nets fan is my favorite nba fan. I know that feeling... and it feels good man

They needa give him season tickets next to Kanye and Kim.

 

[harlemtothebronx]

Stern gives no *****.

 

[airjordan jb23]

Stern gives no *****.

 

[Bert.]

thanks for posting that assist video

 

[xbiker47]

Stern

 

[IATT]

Royce Young ‏@dailythunder

Nazr Mohammed has officially signed with the Bulls.

 

[blazers21ntnp]

Great read on Adam Morrison from Grantland...

And then there's Armstrong's summer league teammate. The one with the slithery, shoulder-length hair, who was first hyped, then mocked, and finally discarded by the league he always dreamed he'd one day reach.

I ask to talk to Adam Morrison before a game one afternoon, but he declines, preferring to do it afterward. We meet again the next night, as Morrison walks out of the locker room. His eyebrows are furrowed and his lips are stuck in a half-smile, but I can't tell if this is a look of distrust or if it's just Adam Morrison looking like Adam Morrison. "You know why I didn't want to talk to you before the game last night?" he says. "All of these are just so negative. It's 'How come your hair's so long?' and 'How come your career's been so ******?' I don't want to be thinking about all of that before I have to play."

Whatever his strategy, it works. Morrison is one of the stars of the summer league, averaging 20 points per game on 55 percent shooting, including 62 percent from 3. It's impressive, but still a far cry from what was once expected. At Gonzaga, he was legendary. A volume shooter with a mop top and a mustache, Morrison seemed like a gift from some sort of hipster god to basketball's young and white fans.

Charlotte drafted him third overall in 2006, and if you're reading this, you probably know the rest. He bombed. After a decent rookie season (12 points per game), he sat out the next year with a torn ACL. Charlotte traded him to the Lakers. In Los Angeles, he celebrated two titles from the end of the bench. The next season, Morrison entered training camp with the Wizards. He got cut. He disappeared.

So to recap: Adam Morrison wasn't as good at basketball as people who get paid to guess who will be good at basketball thought he would be. And because we've collectively decided that undeserved hype is akin to moral failure, Morrison is now guilty of one of the game's greatest sins. "Everyone knows I've taken a lot of flak," he says. "But I'm not a bad dude. I haven't stabbed anybody. I'm not on probation. I was drafted high, and I wasn't good enough to warrant that. I get it — I really do — but sometimes, it's just like, man, come on."

After he was cut by Washington, Morrison didn't touch a basketball for eight months. He didn't watch games until the playoffs rolled around the following spring. He caught up with old friends, spent time with his two daughters. "It was awesome," he says. "People think when you're not playing you've crawled into a hole or something, but I was just hanging out, getting away from everything." During that time, Morrison says he thought constantly about quitting the sport for good. He'd read the blog posts, heard the jokes. He knew he was a punch line. "Everyone was killing me after we won in L.A.," he says. "They were all saying, 'He got a ring and he doesn't deserve it. He should give it back.' That sort of thing. I hated that."

Morrison mockery hit late-night shortly after the Lakers won the 2010 title, when Jimmy Kimmel invited members of the team to his show. Kimmel played a Morrison highlight montage, showing him in street clothes, fist-pumping and high-fiving and bench-sitting his way to a title. After the clip was over, Kobe Bryant said, "First of all, let me just say that was funny as hell. But secondly, let me just say that that's a testament to our team, honestly, because Adam can really play. No, like, really. He can really, really go. And for him to take a step back and to do things like that really helped us get to that championship level."

After his hiatus, Morrison looked for opportunities overseas. In most of the top leagues, he couldn't even get a tryout. "Nobody wanted me," he says. Nobody except Red Star Belgrade. In Serbia. On his ride into the city from the airport, Morrison saw collapsed buildings that still hadn't been rebuilt since the 1999 NATO bombings. But the Serbian league allowed Morrison to recapture what he'd lost in the NBA. "I got to have the ball," he says. "I got to come off screens, run pick-and-rolls, play with the ball in my hands. Everyone knows that I'm not going to be effective if I'm standing in the corner. It was good to actually play that way."

He went from Serbia to Turkey, where he saw little action for Besiktas, one of the best teams in Europe. Though he insists the experience overseas was worthwhile, he has decided he won't do it again. He'll play in the NBA or he won't play at all. If no team signs him, he'll return to school, finish his degree, go into coaching, and spend time with family. So on this night, here he is, lighting up Vegas, taking one last chance.

On the court with the Clippers, Morrison has reclaimed his alpha role. He's shouting for the ball nearly every time down the floor. He gets jumpers off screens and off the dribble, tip-ins in the paint, and trips to the line. In a game against San Antonio, Morrison hits a shot and prompts guard Cory Joseph to explode. "Somebody guard him!" he screams as the Spurs head back on offense.

After we finish talking outside the locker room, Morrison shakes my hand and starts to walk away. He stops and turns. "Just don't kill me, man," he says. "I've gotten enough of that." He continues to the bus. Lakers coach Mike Brown passes and calls out, "Great game, Adam." Morrison says, "Thanks," and keeps walking.

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id...et-their-careers-back-track-nba-summer-league

 

[jjs07]

From BDL...9 minutes of Eddie Jones dunks

The one he caught starting @ 2:30....the pass/dunk are

 

[blazers21ntnp]

From BDL...9 minutes of Eddie Jones dunks

Thanks a lot for posting that, one of my favourite players growing up. Chick Hearn on the calls.

 

[Peep Game]

i find it hilarious that the Heat only got 12 back to back games this seaon

Rockets got 21 :x

Heat pound go to Cleveland march 20

 

[shoeking2101]

That was a great read about Morrison. I've always felt that he was written off prematurely after he blew his ACL in his follow up to his solid rookie season. The Lakers could really use his shooting with Nash having the ball and could assist them with scoring off the bench, something that the Lakers could desperately use.

 

[essential1]

The rest of the movie parodies he's done are in the Lakers Off-Season Thread

 

[pmatic]

Fan Gets AWFUL James Harden Tattoo on His Arm

We have seen our share of bad fan tattoos over the last year, but this one is just atrocious.

It looks like he did the tattoo himself in prison with a butter knife. How could any woman take him seriously seeing this monstrosity on his arm?

He is going to have to wear long sleeve shirts forever.

Link

 

[pepperjackchees]

No disrespect to Knicks fans, but the Lakers might actually win their Christmas game this year.

 

[blazers21ntnp]

Fan Gets AWFUL James Harden Tattoo on His Arm

:x Looks like Bill Duke w/ a mohawk & beard.

 

[finallyfamous]

That is so bad

 

[jpzx]

When healthy...

PG- Rubio
SG- Roy
SF- Kirilenko
PF- Love
C- Pekovic
6th- Derrick Williams

Isn't a bad lineup to run with.

 

[CP1708]

When healthy = 19 games total. Roy and AK won't hold up, and no telling how Rubio feels when he gets back.

They have a nice mix of names and some talent, but they need a lot of luck to keep them afloat for a while.