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The following NBA Mock Draft considers the ability of the players and does not incorporate team needs. This has been updated to reflect the results of the 2012 NBA Draft Lottery.
Plenty of blame can be distributed for the Lakers' sluggish playoff collapse against the Thunder, but the majority of it should go to NBA commissioner David Stern.
What's bad about the NBA Pass? The whole point of cable/satellite media was to open up the market for telecommunications broadcasts from outside one's local viewing area. This is exactly what the NBA Pass is curtailing.
Everybody's talking 'bout Sus-pension, no pension, criticism, gamemanshipisms, One game, or two games, six games, no seven games...
Looks like God answered that prayer, and even though Linsanity was put on a side rail following Lin's knee surgery April 2, the Knicks' point guard is poised to try a comeback.
A group of young girls waits eagerly on a dirt-floored basketball court as Tamika Raymond or Ruth Riley or Tamika Catchings approaches. The moment the player steps on to the court, a look of hope and joy overcomes the youth.
ften people don't pay attention to what people say in ads. But this one -- starring Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder -- has a very interesting opening line.
It was once said that officiating is the only profession in the world where the ultimate compliment is silence. That is certainly true. Only the funeral directors, morticians and undertakers could relate.
The New York Times noted that a current linguistic trend called "vocal fry" is just one in a long line of largely female speech patterns that are seen often seen as a sign of stupidity. Young women who used vocal fry were being dismissed as insecure, naive, and dumb.
Whether or not Amar'e returns for Game 4 at the Garden, as he proclaimed he will on Wednesday, remains to be seen, but if the Knicks have any chance at prolonging this series, it is with him out of the lineup.
In the first episode of the NBRPA's new talk show Holding Court, former four-time NBA all-star Otis Birdsong equates Magic and Bird to Kirk and Spock respectively, declares the bank shot all but extinct, and ponders the idea of Bill Russell in a new NBA logo.
I'm all about second chances. And third chances, because hey, I'm not perfect either. But for Mr. World Peace, the elbow mistake was the icing on a very large cake baked from a long, sordid history of NBA citations, fines and suspensions.
So many extreme athletes and power players do outrageous things outside of their sport or job. Why? Because the thrill of an adrenaline rush is often exceeded by the agony of an adrenaline crash.
It remains to be seen how James will fare should the Heat make it to the Finals, but if his regular season is any indication he may fare much differently than last season.
Without a doubt, the members of the NBA union would be safer and would be better represented and protected if David Stern had come down harder on Metta World Peace.
It's about time people realize it is not OK to elbow your opponent in the head or punch a fan in the face. My question to the NBA: what exactly are you waiting for?
