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05.24.10

Links: Who’s Got Next? Blogs, NBA, Suns News, The Links | (0)
by Lang Whitaker The Atlanta Hawks hired Mike Woodson as head coach a few days after July 4, 2004. I’d heard it was going to happen before it actually happened; coincidentally, I’d been hired weeks earlier by SportsIllustrated.com to write a weekly column. My editor at the time emailed and said the Woodson hiring seemed right up my alley for a column. You know as much about the Hawks as anyone else out there, he said, so tell us what you think about the Hawks hiring Mike Woodson as coach. I didn’t know anything about his coaching philosophy or how he would ...
05.17.10

SLAM Radio: Jared Dudley Q + A Blogs, Media, NBA, Podcast, SLAM Radio, Suns News, The 2-4-1 | (0)
by Jonathan Santiago and Aaron Fischman / @DavisSportsDeli It’s not a match-up most NBA fans saw coming. Not this deep in the Playoffs. The Los Angeles Lakers and Phoenix Suns tip-off game one of the Western Conference Finals tonight. It’s a battle between big versus small, orthodox versus unorthodox, star power versus will power. Phoenix practiced Saturday and we had a chance to speak with Jared Dudley, the small forward who’s found his niche in the Suns small ball system. And fortunately, we were able to record the entire conversation into a podcast. Some of the topics we discussed with Dudley were his thoughts on ...
04.22.10

Links: Day Six Playoff Thoughts Blogs, NBA, Suns News, The Links | (0)
by Lang Whitaker I was actually going to not post anything here tonight because I have a couple of things I wanted to write about tomorrow, but I figured you Lakers and Thunder fans might want to talk it out tonight after that game. Particularly after the Thunder thumped the Lake Show 101-96. Oh, and the Suns are up 13 on the Blazers in the 4th when I’m posting this, and I didn’t even mention that the Bulls beat the Cavs. There. There’s your recap. Check back in this space tomorrow for, you know, actual content.
04.21.10

Links: Day Four Playoff Thoughts Blogs, NBA, Suns News, The Links | (0)
by Lang Whitaker It’s that time of year again. When I stay up until about 2:00 AM seven nights a week writing updates for the site, then have to wake up early and get to the SLAM Dome to crank out new issues. (Actually, tonight while I was watching the Celtics/Heat debacle, I edited the cover story for the issue of SLAM that’s going to drop in about three weeks, and the story is so good and really different than what we normally do. Really, the entire issue is awesome. I can’t wait to finish it and get it out there for ...
04.19.10

Links: Day Two Playoff Thoughts Blogs, NBA, Suns News, The Links | (0)
by Lang Whitaker OK, so there’s eight series currently underway, and eight games have been played so far. Of those eight games, the home team won seven of them. The only surprise winner came at 1:30 AM on the East Coast, so I’m sure it wasn’t watched by that many people. But the fourth quarter of the Suns/Blazers game was probably the most exciting quarter of the Playoffs so far. Some random thoughts… • Phoenix and Portland were pretty even for most of the night, but Portland got hot down the stretch, banged in a couple of threes, outhustled Phoenix and got the ...
04.16.10

Suns/Blazers Series Preview Blogs, NBA, Suns News | (0)
by Dennis Tarwood / @tuffyr The US Census, charged with ‘the actual Enumeration’ of the citizens of these United States every decade, must be absolutely thorough in their work. Therefore, it’s no surprise to anyone that one of the 10 questions asked of all Americans had to be the following: “How and when did you incur your season-altering injury for the Portland Trail Blazers?” Greg Oden (again). Joel Pryzbilla (twice). Brandon Roy (despite his best intentions to come back at some point in the Playoffs). Nicolas Batum (for the first half of the season). Rudy Fernandez (balky back and quad and so ...
04.15.10

Links: How I Voted Blogs, NBA, Suns News, The Links | (0)
by Lang Whitaker First of all, on Tuesday night we aired our final episode of the season of The Beat on NBA TV. I had a great time working the NBA TV crew all season, and a big thanks to NBA TV for letting me invade their air and rep SLAM once a week. Shout-outs to Marc Fein, David Aldridge, Damon Fisher, Jeremy Levin, Tony Lamb and Jim Allen. Hopefully we’ll do it again next year. I’m still waiting for my Suncatcher Awning, by the way. Changing gears, yesterday I turned in my official NBA Postseason Awards ballot. Last week I posted some ...
02.19.10

He’s The, He’s The Best All-Star 2010, Blogs, SLAMTV, Suns News | (0)
by Nima Zarrabi // Images Tom Hogan - Hoganphotos/Golden Boy Promotions Floyd Mayweather Jr. wants to ball. A member of Team Mayweather has found a basketball and has Floyd’s attention. A smile widens on Floyd’s face as he rushes over to the nearby court with members of his team in tow. Trash talk begins and a few wagers will likely be placed as Floyd starts dribbling the ball in excitement. We’re standing near the NBA TV studio setup at the Dallas Convention Center, right smack in the middle of Jam Session. It’s loud as hell in here, with obstacle courses, ...
02.18.10

Links: Trade Deadline Live Chat Blogs, NBA, Suns News, The Links | (0)
by Lang Whitaker We’re chatting about all the crazy trades today from 3:00 PM until 4:00 PM or so. Join us… Trade Deadline Live Chat
12.23.09

Links: The Fake State Of The NBA Blogs, NBA, Suns News, The Links | (0)
by Lang Whitaker FROM THE DESK OF NOT DAVID STERN 12/23/2009 To all NBA owners, executives, coaches, players, team staff and League partners, as well as our new friend, Comrade Prokhorov, I’d like to begin by wishing you and yours the best during this holiday season. I know the economy has been terrible in 2009, and the global economic meltdown has had a profound affect on many of us. (Not so much on me, though, because all my money is locked away somewhere the feds will never find it.) Attendance seems to be down, and our teams are being forced to be ...