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Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban: more fan than owner

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Most NBA owners are your typical everyday-businessmen, usually very conservative with their money, but yet they sip on $5 coffees from Starbucks six days out of the week. They also sit in a luxury box during home games and occasionally will make the trip to away games. They are laid-back at games, rarely showing any emotion almost stoic, acting like they don't care whether or … [Read more...] about Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban: more fan than owner

Cody Zeller and Christian Watford returning to Indiana Hoosiers for 2012-13

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Let the preseason No. 1 speculation officially begin for Indiana basketball. The Hoosiers, widely expected to enter the 2012-13 season at or near the top of the polls, got huge news for their chances on that front as the university's athletics department announced in a release that forwards Cody Zeller and Christian Watford would return for their sophomore and senior … [Read more...] about Cody Zeller and Christian Watford returning to Indiana Hoosiers for 2012-13

Best player in NBA position by position: Dwight, Love, Lebron, Kobe, Deron

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One of the greatest things about basketball is how simple the positions are: 1-5. Instead of saying "power forward" or "point guard" you can just say "the four" or "at the one." And this is what's lacking in both the All-NBA team and the USA Olympic Dream Team. The All-NBA selections are the top five players in the league, regardless of position. The '09-'10 team lacked a four … [Read more...] about Best player in NBA position by position: Dwight, Love, Lebron, Kobe, Deron

Kevin Love and Kevin Durant put up MONSTER numbers in T’Wolves-Thunder game

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Stat line of the night goes to Kevin Love's 51 pts, 14 rebs, narrowly edging out Kevin Durant's 40 pts, 17 rebs and Russell Westbrook's 45. The Minnesota Timberwolves lost to the Oklahoma City Thunder 149-140 in 2 OT. We're going to see Kevin Love and Kevin Durant putting up MONSTER numbers like these for years. The two young bigs are going to dominate Western Conference … [Read more...] about Kevin Love and Kevin Durant put up MONSTER numbers in T’Wolves-Thunder game

Michael Jordan “flu game” ad from NBA All-Star Weekend (video)

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To me, the NBA Golden Age will always be the '90s. I appreciate and enjoy the game today, but it peaked in the 1990s, period. Just like rap and r&b music. If that makes me a crotchety old man, so be it. In Game 5 of the 1997 NBA Finals, with the series between the Chicago Bulls and the Utah Jazz tied at 2, Michael Jordan played despite being feverish and dehydrated from … [Read more...] about Michael Jordan “flu game” ad from NBA All-Star Weekend (video)

Indiana Pacers now selling ads on media box score printouts

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  It's a tough economy out there. Gotta hustle for every dollar. Even those ultra-lucrative NBA beat reporter consumer dollars. The Indiana Pacers are playing well, there's a gap between them and the soft underbelly of the Central Division. There's also a gap between them and the Chicago Bulls. Winning record aside, the Pacers are hurting at the gate- just one … [Read more...] about Indiana Pacers now selling ads on media box score printouts

Michael Jordan’s Charlotte Bobcats: on pace for NBA’s worst season ever

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It's the very definition of irony. Not coincidence or "a bummer" mislabeled as irony, which you'll hear from third-rate television and newspaper journalists everywhere. Michael Jordan, who won six titles with the Chicago Bulls, and is widely considered the greatest player in NBA history, has been an abject failure as an owner. His NBA franchise, the Charlotte Bobcats, is … [Read more...] about Michael Jordan’s Charlotte Bobcats: on pace for NBA’s worst season ever

Indiana Hoosiers’ Christian Watford League-Bound?

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When Christian Watford committed to Indiana University at the beginning of his senior year of high school in 2008, he dubbed himself Christian "LeagueBound" Watford on Facebook. The Birmingham, Ala. native just might have been on to something. Now a junior forward at Indiana, Watford has displayed tremendous progress from as recently as last season, enough so that fellow … [Read more...] about Indiana Hoosiers’ Christian Watford League-Bound?