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2010-03-08 12:10:38 - Ball Don't Lie - NBA - Yahoo! Sports
You witnessed the first leg of the Award Tour on Friday, now here's the second batch.
With a whole lotta yelling.
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2010-03-05 06:15:57 - Ball Don't Lie - NBA - Yahoo! Sports
Each weekday morning, BDL serves up a handful of NBA-related stories to digest with your banana bread.
Mike Wells, Indianapolis Star: "Greg Oden slowly jogged on an anti-gravity treadmill earlier this week as his Portland Trail Blazers teammates wrapped up a morning practice ...
Read More2010-03-03 14:30:33 - Ball Don't Lie - NBA - Yahoo! Sports
And, yes, over some reader objections, I will continue to post Seattle SuperSonic photos when referring to Oklahoma City in vintage terms, as I have for the last two seasons. I understand the unease, but this team is part of my history, part of our history, and I'm not going to let people forget. Not on my watch. I don't even own a watch.
Read More2010-03-02 15:55:22 - Ball Don't Lie - NBA - Yahoo! Sports
Prior to someone from SLAM (I think it was Lang Whitaker,
but I could be wrong) giving Joel Przybilla(notes) the nickname "Ghostface Przybilla,"
the greatest nickname in NBA history was for Brad "the Vanilla Gorilla" Lohaus.
The current best nickname is, of course, "Ghostface Przybilla....
Read More2010-03-01 07:30:51 - Ball Don't Lie - NBA - Yahoo! Sports
The Suns and Spurs won't be winning any championships this year, unless something rather drastic happens. There's a sound chance that neither team will make it out of the first round, and if a lower-rung team gets hot and the Suns run cold, Phoenix might not even make the postseason. But Sunday's turn, working agai...
Read More2010-03-01 06:20:20 - Ball Don't Lie - NBA - Yahoo! Sports
Each weekday morning, BDL serves up a handful of NBA-related stories to digest with your waffles.
New Jersey Star-Ledger: "A New York State Supreme Court judge on Monday ruled against every objection raised by opponents of the Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn, moving the Nets another step closer to making the area their n...
Read More2010-02-23 15:00:10 - Ball Don't Lie - NBA - Yahoo! Sports
Lakers fans always vote the team into an appearance on NBA TV's Fan Night, and why not? They're the defending champs, one of the nicer teams in the league to watch, and opponents gun for them every night out. Throw in Kobe Bryant'sRead More
2010-02-22 09:30:20 - Ball Don't Lie - NBA - Yahoo! Sports
Each weekday morning, BDL serves up a handful of NBA-related stories to digest with your crackers and Canada Dry Ginger Ale. (Note: Sorry this is so late — I've been sick to my stomach all morning.)
Josh Robbins, Orlando Sentinel: "The gamesmanship started in the moments before tipoff. Read More
2010-02-18 06:00:54 - Ball Don't Lie - NBA - Yahoo! Sports
What's the latest trade talk? Ball Don't Lie is back on the case like Bunk and McNulty. We'll update this post through Thursday's 3 p.m. ET trade deadline with Twitter feeds, columns and Yahoo! messages from some of the best basketball reporters and bloggers around. Refresh 'til you drop, friends.
2010-02-16 14:00:42 - Ball Don't Lie - NBA - Yahoo! Sports
Despite flailing a bit recently, dropping games and dogging it on the defensive end, the Mavericks are still tops in their Division, and recently pulled off a major deal for a former All-Star and solid 7-footer (not the same person, sadly), while their closest divisional rivals are Read More