Basketball

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"Brown played James for the final 24 minutes, explaining afterward, "I wanted to see if the young fella could carry us."" - chrisofspades from Bookmarklet

Shaq is on the wrong team. None of the power forwards complement him. - Rodfather

"LeBron James wants NBA players to give up their No. 23s to honor of Michael Jordan." - chrisofspades from Bookmarklet

"The New Orleans Hornets have responded to their 3-6 start by making the first coaching change of the young NBA season, firing Byron Scott on Thursday, according to NBA coaching sources. Byron Scott Scott Sources said the Hornets made the decision to dismiss Scott following New Orleans' 124-104 loss in Phoenix on Wednesday night and will formally announce the move later Thursday." - chrisofspades from Bookmarklet

sorry B, it wasnt your fault - chrisofspades

"Two years ago, Chicago Tribune columnist Rick Morrissey wrote that Bulls first-round draft pick Joakim Noah(notes) would never become a productive NBA player. In fact, Morrissey was so certain the ex-Gator forward would be an NBA bust that he said he would slather his June 2007 column with salsa and eat it if Noah ever turned out to be a "useful" basketball player." - chrisofspades from Bookmarklet

click through for a video of the guy actually eating the newspaper - chrisofspades

“When the officers went to place the handcuffs on Mr. Jones he did resist by moving his hand forward instead of behind his back. They were forced to take him to the ground to get better control of him and he did sustain some injuries to his face,” Wakefield said. - Shey, Jamaican of FF from Bookmarklet

Yeah. Right. - Shey, Jamaican of FF from iPhone

Damn. - Derrick

Tie Domi? Trust me, he's got one - Shey, Jamaican of FF

"This also isn’t a new issue for Sterling. Four years ago his company agreed to settle a similar 2003 racial discrimination suit for an undisclosed sum – “one of the largest ever obtained in this type of case,” according to the judge – and a reported $5 million in plaintiff legal fees. Sterling’s attorney Robert Platt said in a statement that the Sterlings “vehemently and unequivocally deny that anyone was discriminated.” The company, Platt claimed, only settled because “the cost of continuing litigation far exceeded the cost of settlement.” Apparently, Sterling is so cheap he won’t even spend money to defend his reputation against a racial discrimination charge. If you’re innocent (and rich), you’d think squashing the possible assumption that you’re a despicable racist is a project worth dropping some cash on, but hey, this is Donald Sterling. You also wouldn’t think someone could run the Clippers like he has." - chrisofspades from Bookmarklet

Antoine Walker entered the NBA’s maximum-contract financial elite in 1999, the year Boston signed him to a six-year, $71 million deal. He was to be the talent and star-presence the Celtics would rebuild around, a big man with a smaller man’s ball-handling skills. And at 22, he would instantly be very rich, with a champion’s wallet even if not yet a champion’s game. As Rick Pitino, then the Celtics president and coach, put it, Walker “will never have to worry about money again in his life.’’ Pitino’s prediction, like so many things about his tenure with the Green, proved way off the mark. - Shey, Jamaican of FF from Bookmarklet

lol! - Shey, Jamaican of FF

Hedo Turkoglu played 12 points 7 rebound 3 assists - ★ Soner Gönül

Match resume: http://video.ntvmsnbc.com/... - ★ Soner Gönül

justin.tv has been dmca'd. "Content from this channel removed at the request of the copyright holder." - chrisofspades

I'm down - Richard Lawler from email

ok :) - Shey, Jamaican of FF from email

The ABA had the inside track on landing Kareem in 1975, but forgot to actually give him the signed $1M check upfront that they'd already put together as part of their deal. - Andrew C from Bookmarklet

"The NBA has put into writing a rule allowing players on the move to gather the ball, after driving or catching it, and then take two steps. Throughout NBA history, the rulebook said players could take one step." - chrisofspades from Bookmarklet

Lebron's crab dribble just cried a single tear - chrisofspades

"The NBA Video Rulebook website is intended to help explain the Rules of the NBA game to all interested parties - our teams, the media, and our fans. The videos in each section illustrate examples of different kinds of fouls and violations, with detailed descriptions and explanations of each play." - chrisofspades from Bookmarklet

this is absolutely brilliant. the NFL needs to follow suit. - chrisofspades

Basketball season is around the corner SQUEE! - Rodfather

"Some jerk beat Chris Bosh to registering the domain www.chrisbosh.com. So Bosh went after the cybersquatter. All sorts of legal wrangling later, Bosh has won damages, his domain ... and a zillion other domains the same guy had been squatting." - chrisofspades from Bookmarklet

nice, though reading through the list, I don't see why the cybersquatter can't hold onto "kobestopper.com" ...but good for Chris Bosh. - .LAG liked that

because Ruben "Kobe Stopper" Patterson might need that domain ;) - chrisofspades

I think some of the cheerleaders are taller than that guy. - Louis Gray

someone needs to let David Stern know that ShanWOW needs to be in the dunk contest this year. - chrisofspades

"Here lies the problem for sports media — the players have control. While preparing for this column, I realized I had two options. I could spend another one thousand words talking about the problems this presents for people like myself who work in this industry or I could organize a roundtable discussion with players on Twitter to weigh in and share their insight. That is, after all, what people want these days, right? So I rounded up several players who are active on Twitter for a lil' discussion." - chrisofspades from Bookmarklet

I dunno, for me the funniest panel is the first. - Andrew C

"Having missed the Kardashian Kids' saga to this point, I went on E! Online, which featured video of the episode in which Kim uses her hand-held to hack into the voice mail of Khloe's (now former) boyfriend, Rashad McCants, the NBA guard now with Houston. Sure enough, McCants has more women on the line. As their affectionate messages come over Kim's speakerphone, Khloe leaves the room in tears. Don't miss the episode in which the Lakers go on their first road trip." - Jason Toney from Bookmarklet

Sweet. Can't wait. - Dan Hsiao

yup - Richard Lawler

Does anyone in the NBA have an answer for this? - Shawn Kirsch from Bookmarklet

SICK - Shey, Jamaican of FF

One of the best dunks I've ever seen was on an And1 mixtape - an attempted layup was blocked, and another guy caught the blocked ball in midair and dunked it all in the same leap. - Andrew C

"NBA Legend Dominique Wilkins scored a game-high 28 points to go with five rebounds and two steals in a 20-minute performance" - David Vasileff from Bookmarklet

Dominique Wilkins is 49 years old - David Vasileff