Jeremy Evans replaces Iman Shumpert in Slam Dunk Contest
Utah Jazz forward Jeremy Evans will replace Iman Shumpert of the New York Knicks in Saturday’s Slam Dunk Contest at All-Star Weekend. The NBA announced the switch Wednesday. Shumpert has tendinitis in...
View ArticleVideo: All-Star Weekend preview, but first Lin vs. Heat
Before All-Star weekend arrives, there is one last test game for a couple of teams. It comes Thursday night when the Knicks visit the Heat in Miami, and it is a test in many ways. For New York, now...
View ArticleNotes from around the NBA: February 23, 2012
Tonight’s TNT doubleaheader includes the league’s two best teams and a strong contingent of All-Star Weekend participants. In the first game (7 p.m. ET), the Miami Heat (26-7, .788) hosts the New York...
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Tweet of the Day: David Lee
#bbpBox_173503212702281729 a { text-decoration:none; color:#009999; }#bbpBox_173503212702281729 a:hover { text-decoration:underline; }My favorite night of TV every year as a kid was watching the NBA...
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Tweet of the Day: Jeff Green
#bbpBox_173619782317387777 a { text-decoration:none; color:#2FC2EF; }#bbpBox_173619782317387777 a:hover { text-decoration:underline; }I'm going with Chase Budinger...why? Cause he proved white men can...
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Tweet of the Night: T.J. Ford
#bbpBox_258771762383294465 a { text-decoration:none; color:#0084B4; }#bbpBox_258771762383294465 a:hover { text-decoration:underline; }Did y'all just see Evans block shot then BANG on the HEAD of...
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Tweet of the Day: Kenneth Faried
With just two games remaining on the NBA schedule before All-Star Weekend — Heat/Thunder, Clippers/Lakers tonight on TNT — most of the league has shifted its focus towards this weekends festivities in...
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NBA players react to All-Star Slam Dunk Contest
The Slam Dunk contest mostly turned out to be a snooze fest of sorts. Saturday night actually kicked off with a promising reverse dunk off the side of the backboard from former champion Gerald Green,...
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Top five memories from 2013 NBA All-Star Weekend
LeBron James came into the weekend with the hype he’s built through the monstrous 60 percent, 30-point tear that he’d been on for nearly seven straight games. Kevin Durant dropped (another) 30-spot:...
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Five Things To Watch: Utah Jazz
Generations of fans know the Utah Jazz as a model of stability. They were raised on Hall of Famers John Stockton and Karl Malone, coach Jerry Sloan and super significant owner Larry H. Miller, the...
View ArticleTweet of the Night: Jeremy Evans shares artistic talent on iPad
When you think of Jeremy Evans, you immediately think of the high-flyer on the Utah Jazz who won the dunk contest some years ago in impressive fashion. What you don’t think of is Evans (now on the...
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Bernucca: If Anthony Davis Was a Top-Five Player, Wouldn’t the Pelicans Be...
Can we now stop pretending that Anthony Davis is the second coming of Wilt Chamberlain? Can we now stop with the hyperbolic declarations that Davis is going to own the NBA in two years or that Davis...
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