Category: "Basketball"

Mitchell and Ford’s NBA Draft Running Diary

This NBA Draft might have lacked a lot of marquee talent, but it certainly was exciting with more trades than I can remember. It was a crazy night, and myself and Brady Ford give you our opinions on every pick from the first round as it happened with a running diary. John Mitchell: Welcome to [...]

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Mitchell and Ford’s 2011 NBA Mock Draft

What it may lack in talent, the 2011 NBA Draft makes up for in intrigue. No one can say with any certainty what any team will do with their pick. Regardless, John Mitchell and Brady Ford try their best to do just that.  John had the odds and Brady took the evens.  1. Cleveland Cavaliers [...]

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Headlines from Dallas and Miami the day after

I always like to check out headlines from the respective team’s home papers after big games to see what kind of clever wordplay they could come up with. Check out what they decided on. [READ MORE →]

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Study: Winning teams touch more.. So Dallas or Miami?

The Wall Street Journal recently looked at the number of times the Dallas Mavericks and Miami Heat touched each other through the first three games of the NBA Finals. The verdict? [READ MORE →]

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Refs steal spotlight in Game 3

In what has been a compelling and close series featuring three superstars (Dirk, LeBron and DWade, Sorry Chris Bosh, you’ll never be a legit superstar) between the Dallas Mavericks and Miami Heat, it seems all anyone is talking about today is wha…

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Shaq Announces Retirement on Twitter

Shaquille O’Neal, also know as The Diesel, Big Daddy, Superman, Shaq Fu, The Big Aristotle, The Big Shaqtus, The Big Shamrock, Dr. Shaq, etc, announced is retirement from the NBA earlier today on Twitter. Shaq posted a video on his twitter page that said the following directed toward his fans: “We did it. 19 years [...]

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The winner of the NBA Finals will be … American Airlines

Without a doubt, I can say the winner of this year’s NBA Finals will be American Airlines. They own the naming rights to both Dallas and Miami’s arenas.. In 1999, they signed a 30-year/$195 million agreement with Dallas, and in 2000, they s…

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[Video] Wade, Iverson and Hardaway breaking down the art of the crossover

The New York Times produced this awesome video of some of the greats discussing and breaking down their crossovers. While Iverson’s might be the most famous, I was always a fan of Tim Hardaway’s killer crossover. I remember practicing that …

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