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Tweet of the Night: Trevor Ariza reacts to being rejected by 5-foot-9 Isaiah Thomas

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Boston guard Isaiah Thomas is a relatively-tiny 5-foot-9, while Houston small forward Trevor Ariza is 6-foot-8 and one of the league’s premier defenders. So if Ariza were to take the ball hard to the rim, you wouldn’t expect Thomas to reject him. But that’s exactly what happened in a recent Seattle Pro-Am game: Ariza, to his credit, had an appropriate emoji response about the incident when asked on Twitter: ???????? https://t.co/M9W9TND8Zr — trevorariza (@TrevorAriza) August 29, 2015 Thomas, a Pacific Northwest native, didn’t directly comment on

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Fun Facts About the Upcoming NBA Season

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The Phoenix Suns’ Devin Booker, born October 30, 1996, is the youngest player in the NBA. Kobe Bryant and Kevin Garnett were NBA active players at the time of his birth. Among the 60 picks from the 2015 NBA draft, Devin Booker, Jerian Grant, Larry Nance Jr. and Joe Young had their fathers play in the NBA. Last season, 26 players that played at least one NBA game were sons of former NBA players, including reigning MVP Stephen Curry. That was

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Tweet of the Day: Warriors-Rockets rivalry escalates as Morey trades barbs with Golden State blogger

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The Warriors and Rockets were the two top teams in the Western Conference last season, led by the league’s top two MVP candidates in Stephen Curry and James Harden. Both sides seemed on a collision course all year for the Western Conference Finals. Ultimately, the Warriors prevailed on their way to an NBA title, and Curry (media) and Harden (players) essentially split the MVP hardware. Given all those high-profile meetings, it’s only natural for some animosity to develop along the way. It

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Tweet of the Night: Marreese Speights expects a tough upcoming year for many NBA players due to Draymond Green’s trash-talk game

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Draymond Green of the Golden State Warriors is known as one of the toughest defenders in the league in an unusual way. Unlike other stout defenders of his size and position who usually stick to defending guys that are within range of their height, Green can guard just about anyone at various times, whether it’s a point guard or a center. It’s that versatility he has on defense that allows the Warriors to play such unique lineups and styles on offense. It’s what almost

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Stance’s Uncommon Approach to Taking Over the Sock Industry

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Socks are no longer an afterthought in the fashion world and the NBA has taken notice. After years of players boasting about how comfortable their socks were, the league reached a deal with a previously little-known company called Stance to be their official sock sponsor. So how did they do it in such a short amount of time? Stance combined a performance ready sock with some incredibly innovative and creative designs to make it the hip and trendy option in youth basketball

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PODCAST: Scotto on Tristan Thompson with TSN 1050 Radio

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There are rumblings from several NBA executives agent Rich Paul could deliver another client to his hometown team next summer as I wrote in my latest piece for SheridanHoops. Paul has publicly stated his client Tristan Thompson won’t return to the Cleveland Cavaliers in the summer of 2016 if he signs his one-year, $6.8 million qualifying offer. That would make Thompson an unrestricted free agent in the summer of 2016 where he would be one of the youngest players on the market

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Bernucca: Darryl Dawkins Was The Coolest Guy on Earth – Or Any Other Planet

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In the late 1970s I was a very impressionable teenager desperately trying to be cool. But I didn’t want the charm of James Bond or the street smarts of The Fonz or the dance moves of Tony Manero. Besides, they were all fictional characters from movies and TV shows. I wanted my cool to be real. I wanted to be Darryl Dawkins. Dawkins died Thursday, leaving us way too soon at the age of 58. He claimed to be from the planet Lovetron,

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