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05.14.10

On Shaq’s Failure to ‘Win a Ring for the King’ DwyaneWade, KobeBryant, LebronJames, ShaquilleOneal, Suns News | (0)
by Tom ZillerFiled under: Cavaliers, Heat, Lakers, SunsThe 2007 NBA Finals have long been the perfect example of how great teams beat great players. In that series, LeBron James, the greatest player on the planet, couldn't do enough for the Cavaliers to steal even one game from the solid, deep Spurs. It wasn't as if San Antonio didn't have great players in Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker. It was that LeBron was clearly the best player involved in the series, and because of the teams' imbalance, he couldn't get a single win. Supporting casts really, really matter. I dare ...
05.04.10

Playoff Talking Points: The Future Is Cloudy Andrew Bynum, AndrewBynum, Dwight Howard, DwightHoward, Hedo Turkoglu, HedoTurkoglu, Kobe Bryant, KobeBryant, Lamar Odom, LamarOdom, LeBron James, LebronJames, Pau Gasol, PauGasol, Playoff Talking Points, PlayoffTalkingPoints, Rajon Rondo, RajonRondo, Ron Artest, RonArtest, Suns News | (0)
by Bethlehem ShoalsFiled under: Cavaliers, Celtics, Hawks, Jazz, Lakers, Magic, Spurs, Suns, NBA PlayoffsNo one with a wife and kids, or the need to eat leafy greens, has time to watch all this basketball. But we do. So, as a service to the public, here are the Playoff Talking Points you need to fake it at the water cooler:o. Anything Goes: I have no idea what's going to happen tonight, and neither to do you. Ordinarily, that would be a good thing. In sports, we live for suspense and upheaval. Otherwise, why bother watching anything but the final quarter? Why ...
12.03.09

Doing Lines: Kobe and Wade Go for 40 Allen Iverson, AllenIverson, Amare Stoudemire, AmareStoudemire, chris paul, ChrisPaul, doing lines, DoingLines, Dwyane Wade, DwyaneWade, jason terry, JasonTerry, Kobe Bryant, KobeBryant, Suns News | (0)
by Brett PollakoffFiled under: Grizzlies, Heat, Hornets, Lakers, Mavericks, Nuggets, Rockets, Suns, NBA Last NightEvery night there are some stupendous, silly, stupid, or downright outlandish individual lines from around the lig. Doing Lines lets you know which one tops the list.The last time we got together, three different players scored 40 points or more on the same night. Well, maybe it's not as rare of an occurrence as we thought, since we were just a single point away from it happening again on Wednesday.Chris Paul missed by one with 39, but Kobe Bryant and Dwyane Wade each delivered, with 41 ...
12.03.09

NBA HouseCast: Magic Fall, Celtics Impress, Lakers Survive Dwight Howard, DwightHoward, Kevin Garnett, KevinGarnett, Kobe Bryant, KobeBryant, NBA HouseCast, nbahousecast, Steve Nash, SteveNash, Suns News, vince careter, VinceCareter | (0)
by Brett PollakoffFiled under: Celtics, Heat, Lakers, Magic, Mavericks, Pistons, Rockets, Suns, Trail Blazers, NBA Last Night, ThunderWelcome to the NBA FanHouse podcast, where our writers get together a few times a week to talk about everything going on in the world of hoops. Want to participate? Leave a comment, or follow us on Twitter @NBAFanHouse. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
12.03.09

Doing Lines: Kobe, ‘Melo, Mayo Drop 40 carmelo anthony, CarmeloAnthony, Channing Frye, ChanningFrye, chris bosh, ChrisBosh, doing lines, DoingLines, Dwight Howard, DwightHoward, joe johnson, JoeJohnson, Kobe Bryant, KobeBryant, oj mayo, OjMayo, Suns News | (0)
by Brett PollakoffFiled under: Grizzlies, Hawks, Lakers, Magic, Nuggets, Raptors, Suns, NBA Last NightEvery night there are some stupendous, silly, stupid, or downright outlandish individual lines from around the lig. Doing Lines lets you know which one tops the list.It's not every day that we get to see a player hit for 40 points or more in an NBA game. So on Sunday, when we had three different players meet or surpass the mark, it's definitely something worth discussing. Especially when two of them did it in the same game. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
07.01.09

Suns, Spurs Making a Play for Odom? Kobe Bryant, KobeBryant, Lamar Odom, LamarOdom, Suns News | (0)
Filed under: Lakers, Spurs, Suns, NBA RumorsIt's July 1st, which means the free-agent season has officially begun in the NBA. While some teams have made legitimate and official contact with players, there are some others where rumors and speculation continue to be all we have in trying to figure out what may be on their minds.Not every rumor deserves our attention, but a couple that popped up Wednesday regarding the Lakers' Lamar Odom seem to make so little sense, that they need to be, at the very least, touched upon.Buried deep in an L.A. Times article about Kobe Bryant's upcoming ...
07.01.09

Suns, Spurs Making a Play for Odom? Kobe Bryant, KobeBryant, Lamar Odom, LamarOdom, Suns News | (0)
Filed under: Lakers, Spurs, Suns, NBA RumorsIt's July 1st, which means the free-agent season has officially begun in the NBA. While some teams have made legitimate and official contact with players, there are some others where rumors and speculation continue to be all we have in trying to figure out what may be on their minds.Not every rumor deserves our attention, but a couple that popped up Wednesday regarding the Lakers' Lamar Odom seem to make so little sense, that they need to be, at the very least, touched upon.Buried deep in an L.A. Times article about Kobe Bryant's upcoming ...