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Kobe Calls Andrew Goudelock “The Mini Mamba”… How Would That Look? (Pics)

February 1, 2012 / Blog

Lakers rookie guard Andrew Goudelock has scored in double figures three of the four games which he’s been the backup point guard. Following The Lakers easy win over the Bobcats, Kobe said this, “…he’s got a little nickname now, we call him mini-mamba…” Goudelock hopes it sticks. Of course we had to have some fun with this, so check out The Black Mamba if it were Andrew Goudelock. Hmm… he doesnt look too intimidating for a “mini-mamba”. One thing is [...]

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Kobe On Passing Shaq’s Scoring Record: “It Was Inevitable”

February 1, 2012 / Blog

The Lakers enjoyed a rare easy 106-73 win over the Bobcats. The LA Times caught video of Kobe following the game with this right here when asked about gaining in on Shaq’s scoring record. Here it is in simplest terms from Kevin Ding of The OC Register Kobe Bryant is 69 points away from Shaquille O’Neal and fifth place on the NBA’s all-time scoring chart. Asked about passing his ex-Lakers teammate, Bryant said Tuesday night: “It was inevitable.” The NBA’s [...]

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Michael Jordan Says Kobe Deserves To Be Compared To Him

January 31, 2012 / Blog

This is an audio interview between Lakers author Roland Lazenby & L.A. Times’ Mark Medina on Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant. The topic of discussion is Lazenby’s biography on Michael Jordan expected to release in 2013 titled “MJ:The Life”. Michale Jordan told Lazenby that Kobe Bryant is the only player that deserves to be compared to him. He even defended Kobe, saying it was silly for people to criticize Kobe for copying some of the moves he did. Jordan says [...]

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Blake Griffin $<#!&* On Kendrick Perkins!

January 31, 2012 / Blog

Tonight Blake Griffin did something to Kendrick Perkins but we cant think of a word for it. We would say dunk, posterize, or slam, but this… is more than a dunk…

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Justin Anderson Rises Over Chapelgate Christian Academy

January 28, 2012 / High School

Last night Montrose Christian Academy’s Justin Anderson soared above the defense at home versus Chapelgate Christian Academy. Montrose strolled through Chapelgate 67-31. The Montrose Mustangs are now 14-2.

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Kevin Durant – “Who cares who’s better between Westbrook and me?”

January 28, 2012 / Blog

Via CSNBayArea On Friday night before the Thunder vs. Warriors game, CSN Bay Area’s Matt Steinmetz had just finished doing a segment on the Chronicle Live during shoot around. I was a guest on Chronicle Live he said, I was talking about Durant, Russell Westbrook and the game itself. Following his segment Durant tapped him on his shoulder and here is the conversation they had below. Via CSN Bay Area —- After I was done with the hit, I [...]

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Bill Walker Thinks LeBron James Sucks

January 28, 2012 / Blog

Photo credit: Deadspin This video certainly caught our attention of Bill Walker back in 08′ in a debate amongst his fellow teammates about who they would pick between LeBron and Carmelo. Bill Walker had a few extra things to say about LeBron. We thought it was interesting to watch this video considering Walkers baptism last night. Maybe he’s a believer now. (haha get it?) Bill Walker set season-highs for 21 points and 3-pointers made (seven) last night, hitting 7-of-12 shots [...]

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LeBron Dunks On 2 Defenders (Bill Walker & Jared Jeffries)

January 28, 2012 / Blog

Last night LeBron James dunked on the Knicks like there was no tomorrow. Check it out.

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D Rose Scores Season High With New Shoes…Coincidence?

January 28, 2012 / Blog

Just yesterday CSN Washington’s Christopher Cason wrote that Derrick Rose would be unveiling the new black and red colorway of his new sneaker adi-zero 2.5 against the Bucks. Was it coincidence that Rose had his best game, scoring a season high of 34 points? The adiZero Rose 2.5 is the lightest shoe he has ever worn, weighing in at 11 ounces. The adiZero Rose 2 only weighed 12.6 oz. According to CSN Washington Rose was unavailable for comment about why [...]

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(Video) LeBron’s Says Favorite Play Was Wade’s Dunk On Landry Fields

January 28, 2012 / Blog

Despite a prior 8 game losing streak for the Knicks, the Miami Heat went out last night without anything short of a 100% effort. LeBron and Wade accumulated 59 points of the Heats 99 points. With highlight after highlight the Miami Heat showed no mercy.The Heat won this game 99 to 89.

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Ron Artest Says He’s Bored With Defense…Kobe Bryant Understands

January 27, 2012 / Blog

Photo credit: Bleacher Report Metta World Peace formerly Ron Artest has had career-low scoring numbers. Thanks to The LA Times, they approached Ron himself to pin point this issue. “I got bored with defense because it was so easy for me to stop people over the years,” World Peace said after Thursday’s practice. “I just got bored with it.” As crazy as this sounds, Kobe actually agrees with his explanation. “It’s about finding an edge,” Lakers guard Kobe Bryant said. [...]

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“Oooh,” James said quietly. “That’s not good.” – About Knicks Loss Against Cleveland

January 27, 2012 / Blog

The Miami Heat had their own issues when James, Wade and Bosh all hit the court last year. So it doesn’t come as a surprise to James that the Knicks are having trouble meshing well together. The issues becomes apparent when you suffer a loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers. Via New York Daily News “It’s never going to work just right over night,” James said. “We were the prime example of that. It took us time. We were 9-8 at [...]

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Durant #17 On 2012 Power 100 List Of Most Powerful Athletes

January 27, 2012 / Blog

Photo by NBA How the rankings are made:(via Bloomberg Businessweek) The ranking was developed by CSE, an integrated sports and marketing firm in Atlanta, and Horrow Sports Ventures. In addition to 2011 on-field metrics, total earnings, and social media presence, the ranking incorporates such off-field metrics as athletes’ name and face awareness, appeal, influence, and trustworthiness using Nielsen/E-Poll N-Score data from Encino, Calif.-based research company E-Poll Market Research. The ranking comprises only professional athletes playing in the United States. Coaches, [...]

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Kobe on Blake Griffin: “You have to enjoy and admire his stuff, because it’s pretty sensational stuff.”

January 26, 2012 / Blog

In the two Lakers-Clippers games this season, 11 technical fouls have been called. So much for a rivalry eh? We’ll leave that up to you to decide. Kevin Ding from the OC Register tweeted Kobe’s response to a question about Blake Griffin’s circus shot below. Kobe said this: “You have to enjoy and admire his stuff, because it’s pretty sensational stuff.” The Lakers restored order last night against the LA Clippers breaking their losing streak. Check out Blake Griffiin’s highlights [...]

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The Sickest Dunk In College This Year?

January 26, 2012 / Blog

Oklahoma State point guard Keiton Page Brown throws a long-distance lob pass to Brown, who catches it one-handed behind his head and emphatically throws it down over 6-foot-2 guard Matt Pressey. Let’s go to the polls on this one!

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Brian Scalabrine Is The White Mamba! Official Mixtape! Sick Highlights! … No Really

January 26, 2012 / Blog

Photo credit: Total Pro Sports Hopefully Scalabrine isn’t catching too much heat for last nights disappointing loss. The Bulls almost had a great win in their hands and Scalabrine took a good shot, an open shot. Anyways we figured it would be thoughtful to share his one game mix tape against the Nets, to remind us all just how talented Scalabrine really is. He’ll make the shot next time. A huge shout out to The Basketball Jones‘ Trey Kerby for [...]

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D. Rose Is Pissed With Loss Against Pacers

January 26, 2012 / Blog

Derrick Rose was pretty pissed after Wednesday’s loss against the Pacers and that’s understandable. After being handed your first home loss since March 28th of last season, especially from the likes of the Pacers you probably wouldn’t be happy either. I don’t think after a loss you have a good taste regardless, said Ronnie Brewer to CSN Chicago. The Pacers played relentlessly handing the Bulls their first home loss in nine games this season finishing off the Bulls with a [...]

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Sneak Peek At Mavs Championship Rings, Est. Worth Of $1,400,000

January 25, 2012 / Blog

Via ESPN Dallas Right above is as close as a sneek peek as you will get of the Dallas Mav’s championship rings until the ring ceremony tonight before the host the Timberwolves. One month into the season and more than seven months since the Dallas Mavericks won the franchise’s first NBA championship, their hardware has finally arrived. Mavs owner Mark Cuban said he paid a total of $1.4 million for the rings for the 15 players and the entire coaching [...]

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“I’m not worried about Matt Barnes and what he thinks about me flopping or not” – Blake Griffin

January 25, 2012 / Blog

Via LA Times It’s no question at this point in the season that the LA Clippers are a force to be reckoned with. Depending upon who you ask, the Clippers may be on the verge of being the best team in the NBA. This can be easily overlooked when compared to other teams in the NBA such as the Miami Heat or OKC Thunder. All star guard Chris Paul has a supporting cast of Blake Griffin, Deandre Jordan, Mo Williams, [...]

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Durant’s Movie “Thunderstruck” Rumored To Release By Spring

January 25, 2012 / Blog

Photo by Chris Landsberger, The Oklahoman / Getty Images Source: AP / The Basketball Jones / NewsOK Durant wasn’t certain he wanted to be a movie star and a basketball star. After working on his first movie titled “Thunderstruck” Durant told AP that he was sticking to basketball. He never realized the time put in by most actors saying that the initial filming session included days when he was on set from 6 a.m. until 7 p.m. and scenes were [...]

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Has LeBron James Changed Since Last Season?

January 24, 2012 / Blog

Video credit: The Jungle via Jimrome.com Adrian Wojnarowski and Jim Rome have a discussion about LeBron James. Has he changed since last year?

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(Video) Wizards Coach Fired

January 24, 2012 / Blog

From Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports! : After a 2-15 start, the Washington Wizards fired coach Flip Saunders, league sources told Yahoo! Sports.The Wizards have talked to assistant Randy Wittman about taking over as the interim head coach, but no agreement has been reached. In his third season with the Wizards, Saunders was the victim of the Gilbert Arenas gun suspension, injuries and the ultimate breaking up of the Antawn Jamison-Caron Butlerplayoff core. He finished 51-111 as Wizards coach.In [...]

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Bynum said of Gasol: “Both of us aren’t playing with each other too well”

January 24, 2012 / Blog

Gasol is averaging a career-low 15.8 points a game right now on the Lakers losing streak. Yesterday he told the LA Times that he would like more chances to attack from the post. Brown has often positioned the Gasol outside the lane in his offense, occasionally requiring Gasol to drift near the three-point line. “It’s just an adjustment they’re going to have to make because they’re playing a different style of basketball.” – Brian Shaw, Current Pacers Assoc. Head Coach [...]

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Russell Westbrook Has Dunk Of The Night In Pistons’ Blowout

January 24, 2012 / Blog

Westbrook is looking like he was well worth the money. He’s a great fit for OKC.

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