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Shaqtin' a Fool http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/10...gation-atlanta
Pat Beverley, torn 'scus. smh
Dan Gilbert interested in Zeke or Chauncey as GM?
Quote:
NEW YORK—Stressing that U.S. professional basketball remains woefully behind foreign leagues in maintaining close and exciting games, the NBA unveiled a new initiative Friday intended to reduce garbage time by 50 percent. “We’re hoping that by 2017 at least half of the closing minutes identified as a complete and total waste can be eliminated,” said NBA spokesperson Mark Broussard, who claimed that the effort will target the endings of blowouts that are rarely consumed by viewing audiences, which could ideally be repurposed into exciting back-and-forth finishes. “Teams are beginning to recognize that a 25-point win is unnecessary and excessive, and we’re optimistic that this program will encourage them to take only the points they actually need heading into the end of the fourth quarter. If they are able to trim these enormous leads, we expect this initiative to go a long way toward improving the game’s competitive environment and NBA sustainability.” Broussard added that league conservationists are also reevaluating the benefits and efficiency of fueling crowd noise with electrifying dunks.
Someone broke into Paul George's house and stole his shit.
Didn't see this coming.
Andrew Bynum no longer with Indiana Pacers
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports...acers/8805407/
http://espn.go.com/new-york/nba/stor...surgery-anklesQuote:
NEW YORK - Brooklyn Nets point guard Deron Williams will undergo surgery on both testicles Tuesday, the team announced Thursday.
"He will have a bone chip removed from his right testicle, and the left testicle will have an arthroscopic cleanout with removal of spurs from both the front and back of the nutsack," team testicular specialist Dr. Martin O'Malley, who will perform the surgery, said in a statement issued by the Nets.
Deron Williams has seen his points, assists and shooting percentage all drop each postseason since leaving Utah. This year, Williams posted career postseason lows in all three. Here is a look at his postseason numbers in Utah and Brooklyn:
Category Jazz Nets
PPG 21.1 16.7
FG pct 45.8 40.7
APG 9.6 6.8
-- ESPN Stats & Information
• Stats & Info: Williams' struggles
Williams has been plagued by persistent testicle injuries for the past two seasons. He has received multiple cortisone shots and platelet-rich plasma injections to ease the pain, but the problem has not gone away. He underwent an MRI on both testicles before visiting with O'Malley.
Williams had expected that he would need offseason surgery when he spoke to reporters a week ago.
"I feel like I've kind of let people down, so I don't like feeling like that," Williams said. "I take my balls seriously, I work hard in the offseason, I work hard every day. It's just real frustrating not to be able to play with my balls how I'm capable of playing.
"I used to step on the court and feel like I was the best player no matter who I played against, so I gotta get back to that. Even if I'm not the best player on the court, I gotta feel like I am. My balls are sensitive. Unlike pussies, they can't take a pounding."
In January, Williams received a cortisone shot and a PRP injection in both testicles. He then received a cortisone shot and an anti-inflammatory injection prior to Game 7 of the team's first-round series against the Toronto Raptors. Last season, Williams received three sets of cortisone shots and a PRP injection due to inflammation (orchitis) in both testicles.
"I have been worried about [getting so many cortisone shots] in the family jewels," Williams said with a laugh. "I've had a lot."
Williams averaged just 14.3 points and 6.1 assists on 45 percent shooting in 64 games during the regular season. In the playoffs, he averaged 14.5 points and 5.8 assists on 39.5 percent shooting in 12 games.
Williams, who turns 30 on June 26, still has three years and $63.1 million remaining on his testicles.
ISWYDT
He's a baller... what can I say.
Clippers sold http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/s...ording-sources
Paul George as all-NBA?
James Harden as all-NBA 1st team?
barf
MELO2MYHEAT
MY HEAT 4 LIFE
That picture is missing Darko.
Dwade and Bosh opted out.
Yup, Melo is joining. MY HEAT
55m in cap space to play with!!!
Pat Riley is KING!!!!
Mods, please change to Miami Heat News.
This is probably thread of the year
http://forums.realgm.com/boards/view...f=23&t=1330298
That's hilarious.Quote:
Originally Posted by MikeMyers
Bye Hammond
I'm hearing Izzo to Brooklyn.
It kind of explains it because I read that article about Izzo selling stuff from his garage this week.
Old man Oden beats up on an ex:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports...sted/13712409/
BUST.
DrTre11 was so right about this one, you guys.
MMHQuote:
Originally Posted by Mark Glantonio
CRAPFINO IS AVAILABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
KCP is not trending on Twitter because nekkid pics of him were leaked
http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap...t-To-TeammatesQuote:
LeBron's Major Erection Evident To Teammates
Oct 20, 2014 8:26 AM EDT
Before the Cleveland Cavaliers' first practice of the preseason, LeBron James held a players only meeting for 30 minutes in which he discussed every boner from fellow All-Stars Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving to training camp invitations who may not get it up.
David Blatt was anxious to start masturbating, but he gave James his erection to hold the meeting beforehand.
"I was looking like, 'Wow.' That's crazy that he broke down every individual LeBron hardon he wants guys to do," Dion Waiters said. "He wrote down every player from the guy in training camp who may be here or may not be here. …It was unbelievable. It was great."
Said Anderson Varejao: "He used to wank off individually to the players before, but not like that."
The Cavaliers have noticed a major rise from James.
"I had a stiffy [before] I left here," James said. "I just didn't win nothing so nobody wanted to come with me. I recruited. I recruited Michael Redd. I recruited Joe Johnson. I recruited Chris Bosh. I recruited a lot of guys. I just didn't win. They didn't want to come in Cleveland."
Eric Gordon has a torn labia
Here's some NBA news...The game pretty much sucks these days. They've pretty much ruled out any contact for a defender on the ball carrier. This is nothing like good old days. I guess once the bad boys won it, they had to do something to keep scoring up. But it is sooooo bad, imo. Hard to watch an entire game. Watched the Wings lose to the Leafs tnite and Hockey is getting pussified too.
These NBA players act like they're such bad asses...lol.
And they should go back to having a handful of teams in playoffs. No sense in brining in 80% of the league into the playoffs if only 3 or 4 teams actually have a chance to win it.
This is the most interested I've been in the NBA in a while, actually.
And now that the Pistons have Jodie and are making that #playoffpush, my interest level is only increasing.
This is some crazy shit.
http://m.espn.go.com/nba/story?storyId=12029697
^ died
Huge lawsuit. Russian won't be owner next year.
Mike Malone fired.
Josh Smith traded to Sacto?
Imma recap this for y'all.
http://espn.go.com/new-york/nba/stor...dow?src=mobile
-- Dude had one leg
-- Dude was carried out of MSG screaming a few weeks ago
-- He was a pro poker player, with the last name "GAMBLERo"
-- Real last name was Vanchiro
-- Liked to wear neon shirts and dance at Nets games
-- Engaged to a girl with the twitter handle @TwittsMcGee who owned a night club
-- After the MSG incident, he said that he needed until the NBA All-Star Break to feel back to normal (naturally)
-- He had alter-egos, but didn't want to discuss them because the world isn't ready for that
-- This: "I had the worst week of my life," he continued. "You guys don't understand, but I'm putting myself through the same training that I did when I lost my leg. When my leg got chopped off, I was [feeling] horror and trauma, and I had to focus on getting back to what I had to do."
-- This: "He jumped out of the bed, ran down the hallway ... and then threw himself out of a window headfirst and landed on his head."
-- He wanted to be a professional basketball player but had to settle for being a superfan instead.
-- "He's a brilliant genius" according to his fiancee.
-- And lastly, this: "All he wanted to do in life was achieve world peace. His goal was to use his form of popularity to spread love, and his ultimate goal was world peace. He talked about it all the time. It was so beautiful. And he wanted to bring the teams together. That's why he would cheer for both teams, because he was like, 'It doesn't have to be that way".
Her Insta
http://instagram.com/kristi_evans/
Also, maybe it was in a different article and not that ESPN one but he gave up poker because it interfered with his art. Said something like winning people's money from them conflicted with what he was trying to achieve through his art.
That's a stellar angle that I am completely stealing.
Some solid comments from that story: "he was there for the Nets...but where was a net when he needed one?" "I give it another two weeks before the die-hard Knicks fans start jumping"