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Michael Jordan didn’t draft Adam Morrison, says Bobcats exec

Its been a rough week for the Charlotte Bobcats. They lost out on the top pick in the draft despite having the best odds in the lottery, tried to pass off that result as a success, and held one of mo...

3 h ago

Some Celtics fans will wear Tim Donaghy masks for Game 3

In the wake of their Game 2 overtime loss to the Miami Heat, many Boston Celtics fans grew livid at several bad calls that helped decide the game. In particular, this Rajon Rondo missed lay-up involv...

4 h ago

Tim Duncan sets the all-time playoff blocks record (VIDEO)

Kelly Dwyer has already noted that, by any criteria, the Thunder were a lot better than the Spurs in their Game 3 blowout win on Thursday night. However, the Spurs had one very notable highlight. Wit...

5 h ago

The Charlotte Bobcats sell their few remaining fans super cheap tickets at 2-for-1 rates (VIDEO)

Its safe to say that things could not be going worse for the Charlotte Bobcats. Actually, thats not safe to say — Michael Jordans team could have fallen to fourth overall in Wednesdays NBA draft lott...

8 h ago

Remembering Jack Twyman, an NBA saint

Jack Twyman passed away on Wednesday, at the age of 78. The former Rochester and Cincinnati Royal enjoyed an 11-year NBA career that included six trips to the All-Star game, and two Eastern Conferenc...

10 h ago

C-a-C: Charles Barkley’s Lone Ranger cosplay game needs some work

I mean, no mask, no gun, no Tonto, no kerchief. This is just sloppy work, Charles. I expected more from a ... no, wait, I actually did not expect more at all. I didnt even expect this. On the plus si...

11 h ago

Orlando Woolridge passes away at the age of 52

Former NBA forward Orlando Woolridge, apparently under hospice care for a heart condition in the recent months, died on Thursday. The former Bulls, Nets, Lakers, Nuggets, Pistons, Bucks and 76ers for...

12 h ago

Kendrick Perkins yelled at the TNT crew because they knocked his defense, before agreeing with them

Apparently Oklahoma City Thunder center Kendrick Perkins was so incensed by the TNT broadcast trio of Marv Albert, Steve Kerr and Reggie Millers criticism of his Game 2 defense that he shouted incess...

12 h ago

Was Phil Jackson interested in taking over the Orlando Magic, and bringing Scottie Pippen in as coa...

This is a strange story, but a somewhat believable one. Former Orlando Magic guard and Charlotte Bobcat coach Sam Vincent, according to Vincent, attempted to recruit Phil Jackson to take over the Mag...

13 h ago

Behind the Box Score, where the Oklahoma City Thunder’s defense earned them a huge win

Oklahoma City Thunder 102, San Antonio Spurs 82 (Spurs lead series, 2-1) There is a risk that you run denigrating both sides, two proud and driven and talented squads, by pointing out that one of the...

15 h ago

Lil Wayne denied access to the Thunder/Spurs game simply because he did not have a ticket

We wouldnt purport to know much about the musical stylings of Lil Wayne, though we did see him do some rather distasteful things to a guitar once, but we do know that you usually need "tickets...

16 h ago

Robert Parish’s 1981 NBA championship ring fetches over $45k at auction (PHOTO)

When he retired from the NBA in 1997, Robert Parish had played in 1,611 career games, a record that still stands and is likely a long time away from being broken (the current active leader, Jason Kid...

1 day ago

J.R. Smith rode bikes with fans around New York after midnight

New York Knicks wing J.R. Smith is known as a real character, a super-talented player with absolutely no shooting conscience and a seeming inability to please his coaches with any consistency. Hes al...

1 day ago

Brian Scalabrine gave Rajon Rondo key advice before Game 2, says Brian Scalabrine (VIDEO)

Few players have ever become so beloved while doing so little on the court as Brian Scalabrine. In his time with the Boston Celtics, Chicago Bulls and New Jersey Nets, Scal has become a fan favorite ...

1 day ago

LeBron James missed two shots at the end of regulation, was still clutch (VIDEO)

As weve noted several times already, Game 2 between the Miami Heat and Boston Celtics was really great, with Rajon Rondo putting in a historically fantastic performance and Dwyane Wade pulling out se...

1 day ago

C-a-C: Kevin Garnett is bad at the STF, but he will not stop trying to apply it

Listen, I think we can all agree that Kevin Garnett is no Masahiro Chono when it comes to applying the STF. But its really important to him that he learns it, and I think we should all support him. S...

1 day ago

Anthony Davis wants to be able to say, ‘I shut Kobe down’ (VIDEO)

The entire basketball-observing world already expected former University of Kentucky star Anthony Davis to be the No. 1 overall selection in next months 2012 NBA draft; now that the 2012 NBA draft lo...

1 day ago

Celebrating Rajon Rondo’s ridiculous Game 2 (VIDEO)

In previewing the Eastern Conference finals matchup between the Miami Heat and Boston Celtics, I had a really hard time trying to figure out ways the Celtics could win games. Here are the two I was a...

1 day ago

Charlotte Bobcats look on the bright side after losing 2012 NBA Draft Lottery

The Charlotte Bobcats entered Wednesday nights 2012 NBA draft lottery with the best odds of snagging the top overall selection and the right to draft Kentucky star Anthony Davis, their grim reward fo...

1 day ago

Wally Szczerbiak calls former teammate Kevin Garnett’s late Game 2 work ‘horrible’ and lacking a ‘c...

The idea that Kevin Garnett is somehow not "clutch" is incorrect, tired and lazy. Thats without even getting into the fact that the idea of a "closer" in the NBA sense is an absolute ...

1 day ago

New Orleans Hornets fans celebrate 2012 NBA Draft Lottery win (VIDEO)

You can understand why plenty of people — tweeting players, whispering league executives and couch-bound joke-makers alike — cocked an eyebrow skyward when NBA Deputy Commissioner Adam Silver announc...

1 day ago

Behind the Box Score, where the Boston Celtics’ best somehow wasn’t enough

Miami Heat 115, Boston Celtics 111 (OT) (Heat lead series, 2-0) You cant reference the Boston Celtics output in Game 2 as "a perfect game," can you? Not with the loss, right? Not with that be...

1 day ago

New Orleans leapfrogs over three other teams to earn the top pick in the 2012 NBA draft

It wasnt quite as startling a jump as when the Orlando Magic parlayed a .500 record into Penny Hardaway, the Chicago Bulls took a less than 2 percent chance into the top overall pick and eventual MVP...

2 days ago

Days of NBA Lives: Wherein Spencer Hawes hates Noah Wyle

At this point, most of the NBA is on Twitter. Its a wild world of training updates, questions as to which movies they should go see, and explanations of their Call of Duty prowess. Every so often, th...

2 days ago

HBO is developing a basketball dramedy

By the end of its run last September, HBOs "Entourage" was pretty much only liked by frat bros and dudes with multiple Affliction shirts. The series biggest fans, though, were professional at...

2 days ago

The 10-man rotation, starring NBA teams coming correct out of timeouts

A look around the league and the web that covers it. Its also important to note that the rotation order and starting nods arent always listed in order of importance. Thats for you, dear reader, to fi...

2 days ago

Judging the team representatives of the NBA’s draft lottery

Weve done this before, two years ago, heading into the NBAs draft lottery. Its a pointless exercise to run a mock draft before the NBA actually settles on the first 14 picks of Junes draft, though th...

2 days ago

U.S. Supreme Court rejects man’s copyright claim on phrase ‘Let’s go Thunder,’ because duh

Welcome back to Ball Dont Lie, your one-stop shop for news on legal strife related to NBA-related terms and phrases. Next up: The end of the road for a remarkably ill-considered lawsuit over ownershi...

2 days ago

Create-a-Caption: Scott Brooks is having a bad day

Yeah, dropping into an 0-2 hole against a team playing video-game offense will do that to you, coach. Id say itll get better, but ... yknow ... I dont really expect it to. Oh, well. Buck up, chum. Ga...

2 days ago

Jack Haley’s ex-wife is selling her commemorative pendant earned from the 1996 champion Chicago Bul...

On April 21st, 1996, Chicago Bulls center/forward Jack Haley played in his lone game of the season against the then-Washington Bullets. In seven minutes of play Haley missed four of six shots, scorin...

2 days ago

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