Sports 4 Dorks

As most of you know, I co-host a daily NBA podcast at The Basketball Jones.
This season, for reasons unknown, Tas, JD and I have decided to try our
luck with video. I figured I might as well share it here with you. As
always, questions, comments and feedback are appreciated. Hit us up.

On today’s show, Tas and […]

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The continuing melodrama of Charles Barkley, Dwyane Wade and their trusty T-Mobile cellular telephones unveiled a new television commercial last night with the addition to the mix of Yao Ming, a waitress and live shrimp. Take a bite.

David Barron of the Houston Chronicle informs us that the new spot, titled ‘Yao’s Comfort Food’ and produced […]

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The Knicks are trading for Al Harrington, and really, it
doesn’t matter.
We can read quite a bit into it, you can let the deal worry
or excite you if you’re a fan of New
York or just a general NBA hopeful, but it really is
just something to chew on early in the season. It won’t make […]

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Boston
98, Detroit 80
I suppose it isn’t fair to ask the Detroit Pistons to play
the defending champs twice in 11 days, a scant few weeks after trading the
team’s most celebrated player and identity-shaper for the whirlwind and
identity-shifter that is Allen Iverson. But we shouldn’t completely dismiss
these two big losses. There’s a kernel of truth in there, […]

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Each weekday morning, BDL serves up a handful of NBA-related stories to digest with your Teddy Grahams.
Peter Vescey, New York Post: "Donnie Walsh is set to pull the trigger on his first substantive move as KnicksNew York Knicks president, The New York Post has learned. Knicks sources said a deal for Al Harrington was to […]

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Slip on your sweats, call in some thin-crust pizza, and switch the channel to TNT, (American) basketball brethren: Detroit at Boston — a repeat of last year’s Eastern Conference Championship Series — tips off at 8 p.m. EST. "It’s early, but it’s exciting," Iverson says. I couldn’t agree more. So ready your comments and questions, […]

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The Milwaukee Bucks activated scoring leader Michael Redd, sidelined nearly a month by a sprained right ankle, before their game Saturday night against the Cleveland Cavaliers.

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The New York Knicks set a record for first-half points at the present Madison Square Garden to take an 82-64 lead over Golden State on Saturday night.

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New York Knicks president Donnie Walsh said Stephon Marbury’s situation has “spiraled down,” but provided no solution Saturday for how the team will part ways with the disgruntled point guard.

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Golden State scoring leader Stephen Jackson missed the Warriors’ game against New York on Saturday night because of a sprained left wrist.

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