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Tweet of the Day: David Lee

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After billboard signs, a team meeting and a Time Warner Cable presentation, the Los Angeles Lakers lost the Dwight Howard sweepstakes. Howard chose to take his talents to H-Town, joining forces with James Harden the the Rockets. [Tweet of the Night: Dwight Howard makes official announcement of his decision to play for Houston] The Lakers—as a team—are moving on without the All-Star center. However, it appears that the Lakers’ PR and marketing staffs are not on the same page with basketball operations. Golden

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StatBox Free Agency Breakdown: Houston and Golden State among the weekend’s big winners, Lakers, Mavs and Bucks lose out

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While you were barbecuing, partying, working, relaxing or otherwise enjoying your extended July 4 weekend, a total of 14 teams made notable moves ranging from The Dwecision down to the smart or foolish signings of role players. And since we live in a country where instant gratification rules the day and short attention spans allows games like Candy Crush to reap $633,000 a day in revenue, we here at Sheridan Hoops will break everything down for you into bite sized Winners & Losers

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Hubbard: For Howard, the Sacrifice is Less Greed

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While Dwight Howard was meditating on the great mystery that was his future, NBA veterans were reminded of one of the tenets of free agency that comes in the form of a saying. It is a little raw, even for a writer-friendly site like this one, but to paraphrase, the saying is: “Easy women and greed are undefeated in the NBA.” To be fair, that is pretty much true for all sports, particularly as it relates to cash. Athletes often talk about

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Tweet of the Night: David Aldridge

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We are a mere two hours from NBA free agency being official, and this summers biggest haul, obviously, is Dwight Howard. According to SheridanHoops’ Moke Hamilton in his must-read Top 50 Free Agents piece, Howard comes in at No. 1.  [Read more…]

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SH Blog: League may block future deal involving KG and Clippers; Deng, Granger, Aldridge candidates to be traded

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The 2012-2013 season is officially over, but Monday proved that the league never sleeps in the summer. The day kicked off with updated details on the Doc Rivers situation with the Los Angeles Clippers. While an agreement has been reached for Rivers to coach the team, they are still touching up on the formalities of a contract. More importantly, the Clippers can forget about acquiring Kevin Garnett any time soon, from ESPN.com: “The official completion of the deal that will send Doc Rivers

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Miami Heat championship parade nearly catastrophic

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As with most any sports championship, the victor is often treated to a parade in their home city. Some parades have ended famously in tale of tragedy, such as the incident wherein the Copa del Rey trophy was crush by Real Madrid’s tour bus during their La Liga championship parade in 2011. The Miami Heat could have lost something much more valuable. Watch LeBron James narrowly avoid decapitation multiple times during the Miami Heat championship parade today http://t.co/8YaIe0wMFy — BuzzFeed (@BuzzFeed) June 24, 2013 [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBu56Ybu5FI&hl=en_US&version=3] It

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Bauman: Five everlasting memories from 2013 NBA Finals

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The 2012-13 NBA Finals were a sight to behold. Long. Epic. Utterly unpredictable from game to game, quarter to quarter. The door was seemingly slammed shut by San Antonio… yet somehow reopened and slammed shut by Miami. Here are five everlasting memories of the phenomenal basketball from one of the most inspirationally played championship series ever: 5. Game 6 and Game 7 won’t be forgotten / Spurs veteran trio not enough / Heat too hungry to contain: Game 6 won’t soon be forgotten. Neither will Game 7. Tim

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