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Julyan Stone and Carldell Johnson Just Got Themselves One More Fan

The Julyan Stone story via nuggets.com. The Carldell “Squeaky” Johnson story via nola.com. At the age of 28 Carldell saw his first regular season NBA action of his life last night in a Hornets win over the Suns.  

What We Have Waited For

Marcin Gortat, from “Polands” (as the AP photo on Yahoo tells us), backs down Timofey Mozgov in a preseason tilt from yesterday night.   Is it just me or does the ball look so very tiny in Gortat’s grasp? We all welcome you soon, NBA season.

2010-11 NBA Playoffs Recap: Day 11, Black Socks And Beatdowns.

Last night was, in a way, disappointing. Maybe I’m a bit spoiled from the incredible action the playoffs has given us already? As Sebastian Pruiti pointed out to me on twitter, last night was the first time in 9 straight days that we didn’t experience wire-to-wire excitement, and that’s something we should all be willing to live [...]

2010-11 NBA Playoffs Recap: Day 10, Where The Spurs Look Spent.

San Antonio Spurs 86 – Memphis Grizzlies 104 Lionel Hollins tanking at the end of the season so the Grizzlies can drop down to the 8th seed and play a 61-win team now looks borderline genius. Memphis beat San Antonio to take a 3-1 series lead. Only person I know that called the Memphis upset was Zach [...]

Oklahoma City Outlasts Denver To Take 3-0 Series Lead

Foul or no foul? You make the call. It took a career high in points (22) and rebounds (16) from Serge Ibaka and a late defensive stand, but the Oklahoma City Thunder are one game away from advancing to the 2nd round for the first time since they were in Seattle after a 97-94 game [...]

Oklahoma City Blasts Denver To Take 2-0 Series Lead

(picture via DocFunk) Oklahoma City used a balanced attack to blitz Denver 106-89 to take a 2-0 lead as the series shifts to Denver. Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook scored a combined 44 points, 28 fewer than in game 1, but it was James Harden’s 18, Serge Ibaka’s 12 and Nick Collison’s 10, and improved defense across [...]

Thunder Outlast Nuggets To Take Game 1

Whew. That is not only a sigh of relief for the win but just from that game in general, as the Thunder protected home court against the Nuggets with a thrilling 107-103 Game 1 victory. Kevin Durant (playoff career high 41) and Russell Westbrook (31) combined for 67% of the Thunder’s points, and OKC needed [...]

Double Dribble Podcast Ep.002 – FINALLY!

The playoffs are FINALLY here. Listen in on the Double Dribble Podcast as Ben Swanson joins Erroll and Shane as they breakdown playoff match ups, highlight advantages and give you their first round series predictions. A lot of interesting takes including some shocking upset predictions. Who? Tune in to find out!   Ep 002 – [...]

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