Archives for July 2012

Gordon, Gay, Davis fail to make 12-man Olympic roster — for now

July 7, 2012 by Chris Sheridan

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SH Blog: Blake Griffin’s trick dunk off the side of gym

July 7, 2012 by James Park

Blake Griffin has become a lock to make Team USA’s Olympic Squad, according to Marc Stein of ESPN, confirming what our own Chris Sheridan reported back on Sept. 23. This can only mean one thing: expect a lot of highlight dunks in the upcoming Olympics games. According to a number of witnesses, Griffin provided a glimpse of things to come and put on quite a show today. If there is one thing no one can take away from him, it’s

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SH Blog: Deron Williams almost chose Dallas over Brooklyn

July 7, 2012 by Dan Malone

On Tuesday, Deron Williams decided to stay with the Nets, creating a fearsome backcourt tandem with the newly acquired Joe Johnson and the potential to create a Big Three with Dwight Howard, who still insists Brooklyn is the only place he wants to play. But Williams very nearly took an offer from his hometown Mavericks, and today admits that he would have taken less money to play in his hometown. Yesterday, Ray Allen did basically the opposite of what Williams did, taking

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Tweet of the Night: Micky Arison

July 7, 2012 by Chris Sheridan

Its 2:30am in London and I was just woken up with great news.Welcome to the family #20!! — Micky Arison (@MickyArison) July 7, 2012 So it looks like LeBron James had inside information on Ray Allen’s future uniform number when he tweeted this photoshopped picture of the NBA’s all-time 3-point leader a few nights ago:

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Lithuania-Dominican and Russia-Nigeria today for 2 Olympic spots

July 7, 2012 by Chris Sheridan

The Greeks are out, Bo McCalebb is out, J.J. Barea and Carlos Arroyo are out, and there won’t be any Angolans to elbow around at the 2012 Olympic men’s basketball tournament. On a day of wild swings and finishes at the quarterfinals of the Olympic qualifying tournament in Caracas, Venezuela, the field of Olympic contenders was reduced to four — Russia, the Dominican Republic, Nigeria and Lithuania. Two spots will be determined in today’s semifinals, with both of those teams going into

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Hamilton: NBA Free Agency, Week 1 in Review; Week 2 Ahead

July 7, 2012 by Moke Hamilton

Deron Williams stayed. Jason Kidd left. Steve Nash was traded, and so was Kyle Lowry. Thus far, the NBA’s free agency season has been dominated by point guards, but as we count down the days to the end of the moratorium on July 11, there are plenty of other deals, signings, and trades being made. On Friday, the Celtics were dealt a crushing blow (exactly how crushing will be determined in part by Jason Terry) when Ray Allen decided to join the Miami Heat.

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Hubbard: The Olympic rich get richer; and the good get better

July 7, 2012 by Jan Hubbard

LAS VEGAS – After a week of NBA teams throwing money around like a busload of retired tourists at a swarm of slot machines, it seemed only appropriate for the best, brightest and richest basketball players to assemble in this city of excess. Had they not been engaged in the task at hand, players probably would have walked around with smile reminiscent of Jim Carrey in The Mask. Salsa anyone? But they came to Las Vegas to play . . . play

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Tweet of the Night: Jarrett Jack

July 7, 2012 by James Park

Am I wrong for thinking ray allen is a traitor for signing with his rival team the heat? Tell me what u think!!!!!!

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JARRETT JACK

Tweet of the Night goes to Jarrett Jack, who took a big swing and called Ray Allen a traitor for leaving the Boston Celtics to join the Miami Heat. If you’re a Celtics fan, there’s reason to believe that Allen is a traitor. He left the organization and will take less money to play for a team he has played against in three consecutive postseasons – a rival team that took Boston out of the playoffs in seven games in

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