NBA
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The Cavs (Finally!) Traded Dion Waiters. I Am Ecstatic. Here's Why.
1. At the moment, Dion Waiters is not a very good NBA basketball player. This is a fact most who follow the NBA agree on. He is average to below average in pretty much every advanced metric you can name — advanced metrics were basically invented just to prove that players like Dion Waiters were…
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NBPA Head Michele Roberts Is Not Fucking Around With Your Bitch Ass
When I first wrote about Michele Roberts, the D.C. lawyer named head of the National Basketball Players Association, I did not know much about her. But, you didn’t have to know much about her to assume that, as a Black woman elected head of a union comprised of several hundred millionaire alpha males, she’s a fucking bad-ass.…
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Why I Love NBA Basketball (…And Why You Don't If You Don't)
***Although originally posted a year ago, everything said here still rings true. So I’m saying it again (with some minor edits)*** As I type this, the remnants of a fried egg and bacon sandwich sits on a plate to my left. What was once a towering piece of sandwich art has been reduced to a dozen…
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Leaked: More Danny Ferry NBA Scouting Reports
The odd circumstances leading to Atlanta Hawks owner Bruce Levenson selling his interest in the team apparently stem from racially insensitive comments made by general manager Danny Ferry during a conference call in June, an act that led to the internal investigation of the Hawks and Levenson self-reporting his own racially tinged comments. What exactly…
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Exactly How Racist Was Atlanta Hawks Owner Bruce Levenson's Email?
It was quite a weekend in sports. Serena won again, the NFL proved (again) that we’re all hypocrites, and Steph Curry decided to go all Steph Curry against Mexico. He must be racist. For me, though, the most interesting sports-related item was the news that Atlanta Hawks owner Bruce Levenson would be selling his share…
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Meet Michele Roberts: 1st Woman To Head Pro Sports Union. Professional Bad-Ass
Look. I’d be lying if I said I heard of Michele Roberts, new head of the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) union, before today. Maybe some of you wonks or Washingtonians might have, but I hadn’t. Still, despite knowing nothing about her outside of her bio on her firm’s website, you have to be a Ceaser/Stringer/Leonidas/Lucy…
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There's Nothing Wrong With Being A Bandwagon Fan
(Damon’s latest at EBONY explains why he’s a fan of NBA players first, not NBA teams.) Growing up, my three favorite basketball teams were the Lakers, Bulls, and Warriors. I had a poster of Run TMC, a Bulls Starter jacket, and dozens of Laker t-shirts, sweats, and shorts. Since the Pittsburgh papers didn’t print NBA…
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Internet Troll Lebron James Opts Out, Heat Fans Pawn Jerseys
The top three likely destinations for Lebron James, new free agent, basketball icon, and maven internet troll. 1. Miami I honestly don’t think he’s leaving. Just wants to put some fire in D. Wade’s belly. And by “put some fire in D.Wade’s belly” I mean “convince D.Wade to start working out again and stop making…