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Friday Boxscore Breakfast, Starring John Salmons’ Good Luck for the Bucks

Mar 12, 2010 11:32am

Milwaukee is more than happy to let John Salmons share lead scoring duties with Andrew Bogut and ball handling duties with Brandon Jennings....

The LeBron Puzzle Becomes a Little Clearer

Mar 11, 2010 9:01am

It's official: the New Jersey Nets are now the number one destination for LeBron James this July....

Dwight Howard is the NBA’s Most Impossible Player to Gameplan For

Mar 10, 2010 7:25am

Dwight Howard Photos Credit: Icon SMI By: Zachariah Blott Imagine being an NBA coach, and your squad is about to face the Cavaliers. What do you do about LeBron James? Who do you have that’s willing to stick him, has the quickness to not get embarrassed on the perimeter, and has...

Checking in with the NFL’s 2010 Free Agents

Mar 9, 2010 2:18am

2010 NFL free agency is not a bonanza, but there are some serious playmakers available in unrestricted free agency....

Thanks for Joining Us, Courtney Lee

Mar 9, 2010 1:28am

By Brian Spencer Oh hi, Courtney Lee. Good to see you! We’ve been anxiously awaiting your arrival in New Jersey for, oh, damn near 4 months now. Better late than never, I suppose? You might remember Lee as the only real asset the Nets received in last summer’s deal that shipped Vince...

From ETB’s Archives: The Case for Streaming in Fantasy Hoops

Mar 8, 2010 5:33pm

Karina Taylor and Christina Riddering Photo Credit: Icon SMI By Brian Spencer With just 2 weeks remaining until the fantasy hoops playoffs roll around, I’m left to grasp at one last straw with two of my three teams currently on the outside looking in: streaming. Few strategies are as polarizing as the daily...

Curling Enthusiasm Sweeps the Globe

Mar 6, 2010 8:03am

Every four years in the wake of the Winter Olympics the world is gripped with inexplicable enthusiasm for the sport of curling....

The NBA’s Two Biggest Free-Agent Busts of the Season Play for the Same Team

Mar 5, 2010 7:30am

Ben Gordon Photo Credit: Icon SMI By Brian Spencer Not good, Joe Dumars, not good at all. As far as leashes on NBA GMs go, Dumars has had as long a one as any executive in the league, and deservedly so. He was the man behind the curtain of the franchise’s dominance during...

Friday’s Boxscore Breakfast, Starring Jason Kidd’s Night For the Ages

Mar 5, 2010 7:29am

Chris Paul & Josh Smith Photo Credit: Icon SMI By: Zachariah Blott Jason Kidd and Josh Smith have a historically monstrous night: Fans at last Friday’s OT showdown between the Hawks and Mavericks were treated to a rare triple-15, a near quadruple-double, and one of the oddest plays in NBA history....

Is There Anything Bill Walker Can’t Do?

Mar 4, 2010 9:19am

By Brian Spencer Well done, Bill Walker. I’m not sure how much longer this can last; it could end as soon as Wilson Chandler returns to the Knicks and to the starting lineup. Regardless, it’s a good feeling to see a kid like Walker, graced with so much natural talent, but along...

Fast Team, Slow Pace; Slow Team, Fast Pace

Mar 3, 2010 10:01pm

Four teams with a dichotomy: two with a fast pace but low volume of fast break points, and two with a slow place but healthy fast break numbers....

Stephen Curry is Silencing the Doubters

Mar 1, 2010 9:01pm

Stephen Curry Photo Credit: Getty Images By Andrew Thell Back in June of last year every player outside of Blake Griffin was subject to the typical pre-draft chatter. Was Brandon Jennings’ head screwed on straight and was he anywhere near NBA ready? Is Jordan Hill anything more than another NBA bust tweener?...