Around this time last season, the NBA was clouded with uncertainty due to the likelihood of a lockout – which of course, actually occurred and caused us to miss 16 games. The NBA released the upcoming season’s schedule today full of exciting and intriguing matchups such as the Miami Heat opening the season against the Boston Celtics. The best part of the release is knowing that every single game will happen no matter what David Stern and Billy Hunter wish
Here is some video from the French Daily L’Equipe, in French, with a money quote at the end from Florent Pietrus, the brother of NBA veteran Mickael Pietrus. I am in Paris tonight, sitting next to a bilingual American musician friend who is embedded here, who translates for us: “I think it’s going to be tough for us, but I think it’s going to be tough for them as well,” Pietrus said. The French team took the Eurostar train from Paris through the
What, you thought the Americans weren’t going to be prohibitive favorites in London? Check out the odds on the Americans winning the gold medal. You have to put $8 down to win $1. You want a dark horse bet in case the unfathomable happens? Take Brazil at 40-1. In case you forgot, Brazil was ahead of Team USA for almost the entire first half of their “friendly” in Washington, D.C. less than two weeks ago. And they have the healthiest front line with
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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
