Archives for July 2012

Tweet of the Day: HoopsHype

July 23, 2012 by James Park

Marc Gasol: "On a bad day for the '92 team, the current team would lose by just 15 or 20 points against them."

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Tweet of the Day goes to HoopsHype for quoting Marc Gasol’s thoughts on the debate of The Dream Team versus today’s USA Team. As you can see from the quote, he wasn’t shy in stating his opinion about just how much better the Dream Team was. There has been a number of different reactions since Kobe Bryant made his infamous claim that his current team could beat the best team ever assembled, from Michael Jordan and Charles Barkley laughing

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Sheridan: Diary of the Uncredentialed, Edition II

July 23, 2012 by Chris Sheridan

BARCELONA — Memo to Kevin Love: If you don’t knock someone on their ass tomorrow, and if you continue to play as though you have a sense of entitlement rather than a job to do, you are going to be watching Anthony Davis take your minutes as the last big man off the bench. That advice is based on solid intel, because the powers that be at USA Basketball are not happy that the Kevin Love they came to appreciate two

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The top 20 remaining free agents

July 23, 2012 by Chris Bernucca

We are three-plus weeks into free agency, and the cupboard is not quite bare. There are still some good players out there, whose choices are narrowed to two primary options: (a) go for the money and play for a loser, or (b) pass on the money and play for a winner. More than two-thirds of NBA teams have no cap room remaining. The ones that do mostly are those in rebuilding mode – Sacramento, Charlotte, Cleveland, Houston, Toronto and Minnesota. There are

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Scola: Rockets said they wanted to go younger

July 23, 2012 by Chris Sheridan

BARCELONA — Courtesy of Luis Scola, we bring you a small piece of tangential news today regarding the Dwight Howard saga, this from the player who was amnestied by the Houston Rockets in what appeared to be a clear cut attempt to clear cap space to acquire the Orlando Magic center. “They (general manager Daryl Morey and VP of player personnel Gersson Roses) called me right around draft day and they said they had drafted power forwards, and they told me

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SH Blog: Bulls face uncertain future with Rose injured

July 22, 2012 by Dan Malone

The basketball world is focusing in on Barcelona, where Team USA narrowly defeated Argentina today. For coverage of that, check out Chris Sheridan’s piece on why there’s no need for Team USA to panic, and also be sure to read his Diary of the Uncredentialed, and Jan Hubbard’s look back at the Barcelona Games in 1992, twenty years later. Here’s today’s news from all over the NBA: First reported by Peter Vecsey of the NY Post on Twitter, the Bulls will sign

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Team USA wins by 6 vs. Argentina, but no need for panic

July 22, 2012 by Chris Sheridan

// BARCELONA — “Was that was the final margin was? Six?” Usually the reporters ask the questions and the players provide the answers. But the tables were turned as I spoke with Chris Paul after Team USA’s 86-80 victory Sunday night over Argentina, and those questions came from him. Yes, the final margin was six – 86-80, to be precise. But the margin earlier was 20, and the score was 16-1 in the early going as the Americans were making their first seven

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San Antonio Spurs Offseason Moves & Analysis

July 22, 2012 by Chris Bernucca

UNDER CONTRACT: F-C Tim Duncan, G Manu Ginobili, G Tony Parker, G-F Stephen Jackson, F Boris Diaw, C Tiago Splitter, F Matt Bonner, G Danny Green, F Kawhi Leonard, G Patty Mills, G Cory Joseph, F DeJuan Blair, G Gary Neal DRAFT PICKS: G Nando de Colo (2009) FREE AGENTS: None MOVES: The Spurs approached free agency the way men approach a mall. They didn’t browse or waste hours walking around and looking. They walked in knowing what they wanted, made their purchase, and left. GM R.C.

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Tweet of the Day: Manu Ginobili

July 22, 2012 by Chris Sheridan

360 degree view of the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona. We play USA here tonight. 360.io/CpmhQX — Manu Ginobili (@manuginobili) July 22, 2012 The big game is not tonight. There is a game, yes, but it is not the big one. That’ll come Tuesday night when the Americans play Spain in Barcelona at the arena pictured in Manu’s tweet above. What is notable about tonight’s US-Argentina game is that it is the only friendly the Americans will play against a team they are

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