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You know how the last day before you go on a much-anticipated vacation you are pretty much useless at work? Your body is at the job but your mind is doing tequila shots in Cancun. That was pretty much the Bulls at the Celtics Wednesday. It’s ugly. Joan Rivers without plastic surgery ugly. This is…
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Andre Miller three-quarter court alley-oop to JaVale McGee (VIDEO)
Feb 13, 2013, 9:48 PM EST
Andre Miller is as good a lob passer as there is in the NBA, but even this is at the edge of his range. JaVale McGee can be as good a finisher as there is in the NBA, but he is as capable of a blooper as a highlight play. Yet it all worked out…
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Stephen Curry practices for Three Point Contest, he’s not going to be easy to beat (VIDEO)
Feb 13, 2013, 8:30 PM EST
Stephen Curry takes just shy of seven three pointers a game and hits 44.7 percent of them. He shoots 54.7 percent on corner threes (but he’s better from the right than the left recently) and shooting 43.5 percent from above the break. Here he is practicing for the All-Star Saturday night Three Point Contest. With…
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Carmelo amazed with LeBron’s run, but says don’t give him MVP yet
Feb 13, 2013, 7:00 PM EST
Carmelo Anthony is as impressed as everyone else with LeBron James’ historic run — six games in a row with more than 30 points and shooting better than 70 percent overall in that stretch. It’s getting LeBron mentioned in the same breath with Jordan. Which is jumping the gun a bit. And so is just…
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Brandon Jennings says everything is good with Bucks. So stop asking.
Feb 13, 2013, 6:28 PM EST
Brandon Jennings had no choice but this. If you watched what the disaster that was Dwight Howard getting out of Orlando, it had to be that even if you want to leave town you insist vehemently that you don’t. The rumors have been out for a while now that Brandon Jennings is unhappy wants out…
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Here is our regular look around the NBA — links to stories worth reading and notes to check out (stuff that did not get its own post here at PBT) — done in bullet point form. Because bloggers love bullet points like Bobby Flay loves chipotle. • Knicks coach Mike Woodson was on ESPN radio…
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Magic’s Hedo Turkoglu suspended 20 games for positive steroid test
Feb 13, 2013, 3:41 PM EST
Tell me again how nobody in the NBA would do steroids… The Orlando Magic’s Hedo Turkoglu has been suspended 20 games by the league for testing positive for methenolone, the league announced. Methenolone is an anabolic steroid. Turkoglu’s suspension starts Wednesday night and he can return March 27 (vs. Bobcats). Turkoglu released a statement through…
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What you’ll see in Dunk Contest: James White vs. Gerald Green (VIDEO)
Feb 13, 2013, 3:10 PM EST
A lot of casual fans shrugged when the NBA All-Star Dunk Contest lineup was announced — these are pretty much guys from the end of the NBA bench. But those of us basketball junkies high-fived each other (virtually) because the NBA went out and got dunk contest guys to do it. Specifically the Knicks James…
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The Extra Pass is a column that’s designed to give you a better look at a theme, team, player or scheme. Today, we look at what has gone wrong with the Golden State Warriors lately. There has been no bigger darling of the first half of the NBA season than the Golden State Warriors. Pegged…
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Could Nerlens Noel’s injury shake up the NBA draft? Not really.
Feb 13, 2013, 2:01 PM EST
UPDATE 2:01 pm: The word is in and Nerlens Noel has a torn ACL for which he will have surgery in the next few weeks. The X-rays were negative and there doesn’t seem to be other damage. Expect him to miss six to eight months. Which really sucks for Kentucky. But it’s not going to impact…
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Okay Celtics fans, you want the good news first or the bad? Good, you got it — Rajon Rondo had successful surgery on his knee on Tuesday. Of course, you pretty much never hear a team describe these surgeries any other way — how many successful surgeries has Greg Oden had? — but still this…
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Shaquille O’Neal was led out of Staples Center in handcuffs Tuesday night. But that was by security guard Will Ferrell as part of a joke. A few years ago you might have thought Kobe Bryant would have ordered Shaq’s removal — their relationship was still frosty and competitive going back to their days as teammates.…
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James Harden said he wants to play Wednesday night, because when doesn’t a real competitor want to play? But with him already playing through a bruised left knee then tweaking his ankle in the third quarter on Tuesday night, Harden is not going to suit up for the Rockets against the Clippers on Wednesday, tweets…
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That we are even having this conversation speaks to how well LeBron James is playing. As a sports culture have mythologized Michael Jordan to the point he’s superhuman and unassailable. Nike deserves some credit for that. To mention anyone playing at a Jordan-like level is to bring out MJ’s defenders (does he really need defenders?)…
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Well aren’t the Cavaliers lucky. The San Antonio Spurs haven’t been able to get all three of their big stars — Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili — on the court in the same game since Jan. 13. But they all will suit up and play on Wednesday in Cleveland coach Gregg Popovich told…
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Brooklyn Nets GM Billy King wants to be a player at the trade deadline. Maybe it’s because he realizes his very expensive Nets roster is on the third tier in the East. Maybe it’s because King’s contract is up at the end of this season. Maybe when you combine those two facts with an impatient…
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Will Ferrell acts as part of Staples Center security at Lakers game (VIDEO)
Feb 13, 2013, 9:09 AM EST
This is classic. Comedian Will Ferrell is a regular at Lakers games but on Tuesday night he jumped in as one of the red coat Staples Center security detail for a joke during the Lakers win over the Suns. Here is the shot of him that was broadcast as part of the Lakers game. What…
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Report: Mavericks interested in Brandon Jennings. If Bucks move him.
Feb 13, 2013, 8:40 AM EST
The Milwaukee Bucks have tested the trade waters for Brandon Jennings — he’s a restricted free agent this summer they think is going to potentially get offers larger than they want to match. So do you trade him now and get something for him? The Bucks will listen. The Mavericks are interested if Milwaukee is…
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Welcome to PBT’s roundup of yesterday’s NBA games. Or, what you missed while reading up on the gory, unromantic history of Valentines Day… Lakers 91, Suns 85: The Lakers won this one eventually, but as has been the case plenty of times throughout the season, they made it unnecessarily difficult on themselves. L.A. managed to…
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It seems like we should just rename this the LeBron James and two other guys of the night award, given the tear the league’s reigning MVP has been on over the last six games. We’ll get to that shortly, but first, a couple of other performances that are more than worth mentioning. Third Star: Dwight…
