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Tweet of the Day: This just in, Kevin Durant…Still nice.

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There once was a time when Oklahoma City Thunder superstar Kevin Durant wanted to separate himself from his “nice guy” image. Nike rolled out a marketing campaign just for the occasion, touting a slogan that stated, “KD is not nice.” Au contraire, mon frère, Durant is still (perhaps) the nicest guy in the midwest—if not the entire league. In lieu of the tragedy that has hit residents in Moore, Oklahoma, Durant has pledged to help ease the pain [as reported by Royce Young of DailyThunder.com]. [blackbirdpie

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Draft Lottery Probability Chart

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NEW YORK — You know why the dateline for the Draft Lottery says “New York” instead of “Secaucus, N.J.?” Because they dynamited the old NBA Entertainment Studios where the lottery was held for more than a decade, so if they wanted to do the ping-pong ball thingee amid a pile of rubble. So the Millennium Hotel in Times Square is the place where the fate of the 14-non-playoff teams will be decided, and the team that has the most to lose by

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Bernucca: Small Market Dilemma is the NBA’s Big Lie

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This summer, when your favorite team’s owner or GM tells you a certain player is financially out of reach, here’s how you know he is lying. His lips are moving. NBA business is booming, folks. And not just for the so-called big markets. Take a quick look at the conference finals, which feature four teams from middle to small markets collecting millions for every home playoff game. Take a look at the Sacramento Kings, who were just sold for a record $525 million

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StatBox Playoff Breakdown- Grit & grind Grizzlies begin with defense and end with victories

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It’s no fun to talk about the struggled of the hurting, reeling, futile Chicago Bulls. They shot roughly 25 percent and scored 65 points without three leading players (if you include Derrick Rose). It almost seems like the Heat feel bad for the Bulls. A more interesting story is of a long-overlooked franchise seizing its window of opportunity to advance further than it ever has before: the hard-nosed Memphis Grizzlies. With Russell Westbrook out for Oklahoma City, Memphis knows it can move on

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Sheridan: Four Players Who Need to Step Up

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Well, we have one series tied at 2-2, and if the basketball gods smile on us we are on our way to four Game 7s. We can’t all be that lucky, can we? But we can hope. (Note to self: Powerball reminder). But if we are going to get to four Game 7s, we are going to need to see some improvement from at least one player on each trailing team (plus the Warriors, who are tied 2-2 but are at

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Podcast: Grizzlies Best Team Left in West?

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You can certainly make that argument, though a lot remains to be determined over the rest of the second round. But this much we know: The Thunder are a shell of the tam that went to the NBA Finals last season, and they have nobody who can stop Mike Conley (and, to a lesser degree, Marc Gasol). The Golden State Warriors are green, as they showed at the end of Game 1, and the San Antonio Spurs are going against an

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Tweet of the Day: George Karl

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The NBA’s active wins leader among head coaches, having accumulated 1,131 career victories, has now been honored with his first piece of hardware for individual achievement. Denver Nuggets head coach George Karl was honored Wednesday as the 2012-13 NBA Coach of the Year.

Honored to receive coach of the year award. Tribute to great players and assistants. Many others equally deserving.
May 8, 2013 10:12 am via Twitter for iPhoneReplyRetweetFavorite
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George Karl
George Karl with the Red Auerbach Trophy. Coach Karl led the Nuggets to the league’s fourth best record (57-25), the third seed in the Western Conference and an impressive league-best 38-3 record at home. That’s a

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