Gravity Is Just A Word To Russell Westbrook

Russell Westbrook isn’t the “ideal” point guard many prefer seeing. I’m pretty sure he couldn’t care less as long as he can scrape the ceiling before barely planting his feet. [...]
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Will Ferrell Should Announce The Starting Lineups For Every NBA Game

In a “who in the hell left the gate open?” moment, funnyman Will Ferrell was granted the privilege of announcing the starting lineups for last night’s Hornets-Bulls game and he [...]
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This Year’s NBA Rookie-Sophomore Challenge To Feature An Innovative Twist

NBA fans pining for Ricky Rubio to toss an off-the-backboard alley-oop to Blake Griffin may get their wish granted well before the Spanish point guard ever becomes an All Star. [...]
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Forever Green: Paul Pierce Passes Larry Bird On Celtics’ All-Time Scoring List

Photo: Paul Pierce NBA legends are still being molded but the ones that gutted it out with one team — through the thick and thin times — has all but [...]
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Jeremy Lin Does It Again, Knicks Win

I didn’t want to believe in Jeremy Lin at first. Dude burst onto the scene with a miracle game – after being cut by the Warriors and Rockets earlier this [...]
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Kobe Bryant Passes Shaquille O’Neal To Become Fifth All-Time Leading Scorer

Kobe Bryant’s rocky relationship with the City of Brotherly Love took another interesting turn last night. In front of a packed Wells Fargo Center, the Laker brought his career scoring [...]
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Eric Rosado Presents “Sh*t Knicks Fans Say”

Feb 6th

Posted by J. Tinsley over at The Smoking Section

“When I went to sleep the other day, they were losing to Miami. Woke up, and they were losing to Boston.” There’s been “sh*t (insert type of people) say” videos [...]
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Kevin Love, To Stomp Or Not To Stomp?

Feb 5th

Posted by Gotty™ over at The Smoking Section

Minnesota’s Kevin Love scored 25 points and snagged 18 boards to lead the Timberwolves to a 100-91 win over Houston in Saturday night’s action. Nothing but an ordinary night for [...]
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Orlando Bound: The 2012 NBA All-Star Starters Revealed

Feb 3rd

Posted by TC over at The Smoking Section

Three sets of teammates, two coasts and one batch of jerseys not worth their pixels in tie-dye, best describe the latest news for NBA All-Star Weekend 2012. The starters for [...]
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First Look: NBA All-Star 2012 Jerseys

Feb 2nd

Posted by Gotty™ over at The Smoking Section

While we don’t know exactly who’ll be wearing them yet, we get an early glimpse at the jerseys for the upcoming NBA All-Star game, which will take place on Sunday, [...]
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Deron Williams & Paul George Liven Up Pacers-Nets Game

Feb 1st

Posted by Ben Lampin over at The Smoking Section

It’s been a great week for dunks, to say the least. LeBron James jumped over John Lucas III on Sunday. Blake Griffin “Mozgov’d” Kendrick Perkins just a day later. But [...]
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Blake Griffin Puts Kendrick Perkins On The Summerjam Screen

Jan 31st

Posted by J. Tinsley over at The Smoking Section

Photo: Jose3030 Just a day after LeBron cleared John Lucas in a single bound, Blake Griffin single handedly broke the Internet and made SportsCenter his own personal playhouse by baptizing [...]
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Kyrie Irving’s Game-Winning Drive Sinks Celtics

Jan 30th

Posted by AJ over at The Smoking Section

We’re around the first quarter mark of the 2012 NBA season, and it’s been difficult to ignore the hype surrounding Kyrie Irving. His stellar play continued Sunday night, as he [...]
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NBA Dunks: The Weekend Jams

Jan 30th

Posted by Gotty™ over at The Smoking Section

Just a random round-up of the weekend’s above the rim action starring John Wall with co-star Charlotte’s Tyrus Thomas, JaVale McGee on DeSagana Diop and Tyrus Thomas (again), Tyreke Evans [...]
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LeBron James Jumps Over John Lucas For The Dunk

Jan 29th

Posted by Gotty™ over at The Smoking Section

In the first half of Sunday’s matchup between the Heat and Bulls, Dwyane Wade throws up the pass, LeBron catches the oop…and John Lucas becomes a very important footnote in [...]
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Andre Iguodala’s Birthday Gift To Himself

Jan 29th

Posted by Gotty™ over at The Smoking Section

“‘Dre is such an unselfish guy on offense,” Sixers coach Doug Collins said of his shooting guard Andre Iguodala after Saturday night’s 95-74 win against the Pistons. On the same [...]
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LeBron James Lobs, Alley-Oops & Dunks All Over The Knicks

Jan 28th

Posted by Gotty™ over at The Smoking Section

Just another night in South Beach as the Heat pounced on the Knicks, winning by a final score of 99-89. LeBron James finished with 31 points, 8 rebounds and 7 [...]
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Deron Williams, Nets Ice Sixers In OT 97-90

Jan 26th

Posted by S.Cadet over at The Smoking Section

The sun doesn’t shine much on the Nets these days. Deron Williams is practically working as a temporary employee and he’s put up some stinkers so far. However something clicked [...]
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Should The Heat Trade Dwyane Wade For Dwight Howard?

Jan 25th

Posted by David D. over at The Smoking Section

Ever since Bron donned his lumberjack shirt and declared on national television that he’d be heading to Miami, analysts wondered if he and D Wade would be able to share [...]
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Kevin Love Pulls Down $60 Million Deal With Timberwolves

Jan 25th

Posted by AJ over at The Smoking Section

Apparently, rebound addict Kevin Love likes the direction that the Minnesota Timberwolves are headed. The 23-year-old power forward recently signed a contract extension with the only ball club he’s ever [...]
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Rudy Gay Cranks Two Dunks In 12 Seconds

Jan 25th

Posted by Gotty™ over at The Smoking Section

Rudy Gay only had 11 points in the Grizzlies Tuesday night loss to the Trailblazers, but four of those points were highlight reel worthy since he notched them up in [...]
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Kevin Love’s Game Winning Three Breaks The Clippers 101-98

Jan 21st

Posted by S.Cadet over at The Smoking Section

A Friday night game featuring the Clips and the T’wolves would’ve got the gas face anytime before this season. News of an injured Chris Paul probably had cats heading for [...]
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Russell Westbrook Signs $80M, 5-Year Extension With OKC Thunder

Jan 20th

Posted by AJ over at The Smoking Section

Basketball’s best young tandem can count on spending another half decade together, as Oklahoma City re-signed All-Star point guard Russell Westbrook to a five year contract, believed to be worth [...]
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Utah’s C.J. Miles Dunks On Lamar Odom

Jan 20th

Posted by Ben Lampin over at The Smoking Section

C.J. Miles is a role player, bouncing between the starting lineup and the bench for the Utah Jazz. Few casual fans know his name. He plays in Utah, so off [...]
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Jamaal Magloire’s Definitely Not The Guy To Have At The Line In The Clutch

Jan 14th

Posted by Ben Lampin over at The Smoking Section

Last night, in the waning moments of a long, hard-fought contest, the Toronto Raptors found themselves trailing the Indiana Pacers by just three, 93-90. Their leading scorer and go-to player, [...]
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On John Wall, The Wizards & The Case of Young Talent on Bad Teams

Jan 11th

Posted by S.Cadet over at The Smoking Section

Second-year prospect John Wall had a shaky rookie season thanks to a lingering injury. Nevertheless, fans anticipated a breakout year for him and the Washington Wizards this season based on [...]
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Blake Griffin Bangs On The Bucks

Jan 10th

Posted by Gotty™ over at The Smoking Section

Oh, the free NBA League Pass is no more and the withdrawal symptoms have already begun to set in. To help cope, we share with you these two nasty Blake [...]
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Get Used To This: Ricky Rubio To Derrick Williams

Jan 8th

Posted by J. Tinsley over at The Smoking Section

While formulating our predictions prior to the season, one that was thrown around – that ultimately didn’t make the cut – was Kevin Love, Ricky Rubio and the Minnesota Timberwolves [...]
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Heat Defeat Hawks In Triple OT, 116-109

Jan 6th

Posted by David D. over at The Smoking Section

A few days ago, the city of Atlanta was excited about its beloved Hawks ending the Miami Heat’s undefeated season. And by “the city of Atlanta” I mean “the 33 [...]
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DeMarcus Cousins Won, Paul Westphal Fired By Kings

Jan 5th

Posted by Gotty™ over at The Smoking Section

Who do you part ways with – the big-money, young player or the head coach? Betting men will always say the coach and that’s just what the Kings did today [...]
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