United States (GOLD)-Kobe Bryant took over. Props to my friend Dave for telling me last weekend that Kobe wouldn't let Team USA lose the gold medal. I kind of dismissed that idea because A) I didn't think the U.S. would ever be in a tight spot like Spain put them in, and B) I thought Kobe's defense   more...
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I've been meaning to link to this for a while... The Grizzles have signed Iranian Center Hamed Haddadi. [via Upside and Motor] As you have probably read somewhere else (I know I've seen it a few dozen times), Haddadi was the only player to average a double-double (16.6 points, 11.2 rebounds, 2.6   more...
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Spain's Olympic basketball team posed for an advertisement prior to the Games which appears to show all its players slanting their eyes, a move that could offend its Olympic hosts in Beijing. The ads, for a Spanish courier company, appeared in the Spanish-language newspaper La Marca.As the uproar   more...
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After playing possom, the Grizzlies have made an offer worth $58 million to Josh Smith. Atlanta has 7 days to match it, but will they with Josh Smiths negitivity about returning to ATL???If Atlanta doesnt match the offer... Where does that put the Grizzlies?The starting 5 will be:Mike Conley at   more...
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