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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"LeBron James can’t be a human being. Either that or he is some highly evolved version of a human being that is way ahead of his time," declared The Hoop Doctors after watching LBJ crush a few Hawk heads on Saturday. I think you might agree. Good lord, LeBron!

I honestly can’t decide which dunk is […]

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Check your pocket, Eddie …
According to sources familiar with the situation (see: Majority, Unsilent), the Washington Wizards have relieved Eddie Jordan of his coaching duties. Team President Ernie Grunfeld handed E.J. his pink slip in a meeting this morning. (And you thought your Monday sucked.)
In five full seasons Jordan guided the Wizards to four playoff […]

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Minnesota 106,
Detroit 80
Detroit
continues to have major offensive issues. The team was first in offensive
efficiency at the time of the Allen Iverson trade, they’ve now dropped to 10th,
and the defense has fallen off as well. Sunday was a pathetic showing, just 87
points per 100 possessions, and the final score actually indicates a game that
was closer than […]

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Each weekday morning, BDL serves up a handful of NBA-related stories to digest with your breakfast water.
Detroit News: "Antonio McDyess is coming back to play for the Pistons. Andy Miller, McDyess’ agent, confirmed Sunday the former All-Star and Olympian will re-sign with the Pistons next month. Detroit dealt McDyess, Chauncey Billups and project Cheikh Samb […]

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Despite an ugly blood splotch in the corner of his right eye, Lakers forward Vladimir Radmanovic was cleared by the Los Angeles medical staff to play Sunday night against the Kings. He just had to wear some Bono-like protective goggles …
Vladi got poked in the eye by Denver’s Carmelo Anthony in Friday’s win over the […]

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For a lot of us, it’s going to take a while to stop calling
the guy "Scotty Brooks," because he’s
a coach now. The man deserves our respect, and for us to lose that extra
syllable.
Brooks
was a pretty underrated guard during his playing career. The UC-Irvine grad
didn’t have the foot speed to hang with opposing guards defensively, […]

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Rumors abounded for a spell, but what we appear
to finally have is the truth: the Knicks just dumped Zach Randolph off on
the Los Angeles Clippers. Donnie Walsh has become the un-Isiah.
There’s no point in killing the Clippers too much for making
what is essentially a pretty pointless move. They don’t need Zach Randolph, at
all. The […]

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The Houston Comets, a franchise that won the first four WNBA championships, is disbanding.

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The Boston Celtics’ Doc Rivers and the Los Angeles Lakers’ Phil Jackson today were named the NBA Eastern and Western Conference Coaches of the Month, respectively, for games played in October and November.

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