By David “D-Wil” Wilson
The time has come for the NBA League offices to take a step back and enter into a period of self-examination.
Kobe Bryant’s one-game suspension for unintentionally – at least that’s what all parties involved stated publicly – landing an arm-elbow across the bridge of the San Antonio Spurs’ Manu Ginobili’s nose clearly illustrates the need for David Stern and his office employees to look inward.
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By Brian Taylor
Being a number one, first-overall draft pick carries a lot of heavy expectations, pressure and scrutiny. But in 1994, one Naismith College Player of the Year paid no heed to that, and demanded one of the most ridiculous rookie contracts in the history of sports, and that one audacious guy was Glenn “Big Dog” Robinson.
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By David “D-Wil” Wilson
In an apparent “I hate O.J. Mayo and other famous young athletes” high school referee spree, some nameless ref (Mike Lazo, actually) went after Mayo for what I don’t know.
Was it because he flexed after a dunk?
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By David “D-Wil” Wilson
I’ve been a critic of “Little Stevie Wonder-Nash.” Naw, that’s not even fair. I’ve slammed Nash. Ciphered his stats into oblivion. Got in cross-country pissing contests with NBA-only bloggers about B.C.’s second most wanted import. Attributed his two MVP awards to white mainstream media bias (which I maintain is most def’, in part, true).
But…
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By Luke Middleton
The 2007 NBA All-Star Game starting lineups, as voted by the fans (who only watch games aired on ABC, apparently), have been announced.
The East will put Gilbert Arenas, Dwyane Wade, LeBron James, Chris Bosh, and Shaquille O’Neal up against Kobe Bryant, Tracy McGrady, Kevin Garnett, Tim Duncan, and Yao Ming. The game will be a duel to death. Or just another half-speed, half-effort, reel of forced highlights.
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By Ryan McNeill
The Toronto Star recently printed a great article on high school basketball player Dejuan Quest called “Nothing Stops Dejaun” that every hoops fans should check out. The article deals with a local high school player who competes in games while wearing a long sleeve shirt to hide the fact that he was born with a right hand without fingers.
Despite his physical limitations Quest scored a season high 17 points last week.
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By Michael Otter
With the lack of ‘quality’ basketball movies hitting the shelves of local video stores in recent years, I have decided to review a movie that was released more than ten years ago, “Rebound – The Legend of Earl ‘The Goat’ Manigault.” I decided to review this movie because, aside from being one of my personal favourites, I don’t believe that it has received the exposure it deserves among today’s younger generation of hoops fans.
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