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This Week’s Delicious Hot Links: Where the Cavs Won the Lottery

What is a Hot Link? Well, to most people, it’s a type of spicy hot peppery smoked sausages often found at barbecues in Texas and South America. Here in Stacheketball, it’s a list of links from this week’s best of the NBA Blogosphere. Cavs: The Blog: John Krolik touches on a variety of topics related [...]

Time may have run out for Baron Davis

It has to be tough for any Clipper fan to put today’s Baron Davis trade into perspective. Like it always tends to be with him, the timing just seemed off. A few summers ago, he was the biggest free agent signing in franchise history, the hometown kid with a chance to make right after a [...]

Baron Davis Traded to Cleveland

The Los Angeles Clippers have agreed in principle to send Baron Davis and their 2011 first-round pick to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Mo Williams and Jamario Moon. Via Andrew Siciliano: Baron Davis is owed $28.8 million for two more years. Mo Williams is owed $17million. Moon has an expiring contract. YOU do the math. Information [...]

J.J. Hickson In Beast Mode

(Image: AP Photo/Tony Dejak) This photo is real. J.J. Hickson had several insane blocks last night versus the Clippers (including two against Blake Griffin).   This one was in the fourth quarter and put Quicken Loans into a tizzy.  By the way, the Cavs finally won a game, their first victory since Pluto was voted off planet island.  [...]

From Bad to Worse

This time last season, the Cleveland Cavaliers were 42-11, and once again favorites to make it out of the Eastern Conference.  They were, of course, led by LeBron James, and after losing to Boston in the 2nd round, doubt hung in the air on whether he would return to the team.  Then came July, when [...]

The NBA Trade Machine: I Love This Game

The NBA trade deadline is roughly three weeks away and there are a lot players who could be changing teams in the next coming weeks. Contenders like Chicago and Oklahoma City could be looking to make that move to put them over the top, the Lakers are possibly looking to shake things up, while the [...]

Garnett Toning It Down

  (KG and Pierce during Tuesday’s game against the Cavs) Pierce: KG, is that Joey or Stephen Graham? *points at Joey Graham* KG:  Does it make a difference? Pierce:  Nah, just wondering. KG:  That scrub.  I’ve been calling him f***in Billy the whole game. Pierce: Why? KG:  You’ve never heard of Billy f***in Graham? Pierce: [...]

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