Sports 4 Dorks

“Coach…it hurts when I suck.”Cleveland Cavaliers: The Cavs hit a missing rung in their climb back to semi-respectability, losing 90-81 to the Atlanta Hawks. Lebron James scored more points in the fourth quarter (14) than any of his teammates did in the entire game. Seriously, the Cavs (James excepted) shot the ball like they were […]

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It’s
pretty obvious why: both these teams run an awful lot, they put up shots,
and they don’t mind giving a lick and a promise to the defensive end of things. 
I honestly don’t know what "a lick and a promise" means, but
I heard Tex Winter use it
once to describe one of Michael Jordan’s more porous evenings on […]

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I have 30 teams to pay attention, ten or 11 rotation players
on each roster to lord over, and I’m bound to miss some things. Some of you no
doubt would have me missing more than "some" things.
So I was pretty chuffed to take in an email from one of the
brains behind Bullets Forever, one Mike […]

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A look around the league and the web that covers it.
It’s also important to note that the rotation order and starting nods aren’t
always listed in order of importance. That’s for you, dear reader, to figure
out.
(We have point out, and I cannot stress this enough, that the first link in this list leads to a piece […]

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Christophe
from Ball in Europe found this, and it’s fantastic: a candid, German
interview with Dirk Nowitzki, which essentially allows him to explain the NBA
lifestyle to the uninformed. In subtitles. And Steve Nash sings a little.

Seriously, it’s great. And you can watch the rest of the documentary by heading
to YouTube and looking at all seven clips […]

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Football season is over in Washington (sorry, mate), so this means that the
Washington Post’s Dan Steinberg can devote more attention to the NBA’s
nuttiest team.

Yesterday, he
went into great detail regarding a vets vs. youngsters scrimmage that ended
Wizards practice, including some choice quotes (and pictures) of DeShawn
"the Locksmith" Stevenson. Steinz also followed up on a visual […]

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Monday
we head out to Boise, Idaho for the D-League Showcase, which might be
the most important few days for a D-League player. Tons of scouts from the NBA
and top overseas teams come out because every team in the league plays games in
one gym. It makes it easier for them to come see us because they don’t […]

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The trade deadline is on February 21st. From here
until then you’re going to hear a litany of trade suggestions from TV talking
heads (who usually don’t name names in lieu of screaming that certain teams
need "a big man who can score"), NBA scribes, beat writers on blogs, bloggers
on blogs, and message board denizens. It’s only natural, […]

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No
crappy submarine sandwiches in this one, just a breakdown of how the
Indiana Pacers like to defend under new coach Jim O’Brien. There’s no audio in
this clip, so you might want to pull up this video at the
same time (no, you’re
not about to be RickRoll’d, I promise).

I’ve been wondering all season how a team mostly made […]

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That was fun.
Thanks
to everyone who stopped by last night for the liveblog. Computer issues
forced me to peter out just as I was putting together what would have been a
hilarious and earth-shattering bit about Brad Miller dunking, but we appear to
be back on track for now.
I was a little behind the action, usually 15 minutes […]

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