Tag: lebron james
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“The Minnesota Timberwolves have morphed into the most tortured franchise in professional basketball. Unlike the Clippers (a perennial laughingstock until recently), the Suns (a classic came-oh-so-close team), the Cavaliers (not even the second-most tortured franchise in their own city) and…
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Zach LaVine with 20 points 10 assists puts him is rare company. Teens with pts/ast dbl/dbl. LBJ 8 times, Dajuan Wagner, Marbury 3 times. — Jim Petersen (@JimPeteHoops) December 7, 2014 Perhaps the most interesting stat line in Saturday…
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Andy G: The Wolves took on LeBron James and the two-time defending champion Miami Heat last night, so they must’ve lost, right? No! For the first time in approximately forever the Wolves were victors over a team with LeBron James…
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The Timberwolves play tonight (6:30 CDT tip, views on FSN, sounds on WCCO 830). So, the Wolves aren’t in playoff contention. The Twins season is underway. The weather is nice should be getting better soon. Only the diehard are following the team…
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What LeBron James really means to the city of Akron, Ohio. “We see your shot charts and raise you ‘scrimmage’ shot charts.” – Basketball-Reference to NBA.com. Yet another way in which Kobe Bryant is misunderstood. Jacob Greenberg has a more introspective…
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After five days off that included a Mexican vacation and postponement of a Spurs matchup, the Timberwolves return to action tonight at Target Center. They face the two-time defending champion Miami Heat. The Wolves will be without Kevin Love, who…
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Andy G: In I Wear the Black Hat, Chuck Klosterman devotes a chapter to hating rock bands. He runs through a list of every band he’s ever hated, explains the specific point in his life, and why that particular group…
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“For the series, the Heat have scored 131.7 points per 100 possessions when James is on the floor without Wade, and just 100.8 when the two have shared the floor, per NBA.com. The Heat are minus-12 for the series, but…
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Heat @ Wolves. 7 PM CST. NBA-TV/CH. 29/830-AM. Yep. Streaking to the Finish The Heat (43-14) have won 14 straight and are on the cusp of the longest winning streak in franchise history. Miami has beaten the Wolves five consecutive times. If the Heat…
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“I try to stay away from that, and the reason is: I would never ask a player to play against a ghost; past, present, or future. We could only play against the guy that showed up while we were playing.”…
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A difficult but essential responsibility of any basketball coach is to get his or her players to “buy in.” By whatever psychological tactics necessary (with some famous coaches showing little-to-no bounds in their exploration), a coach needs to teach and…
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When I saw that the Wolves were a 8.5-point dogs, my naive optimism dwindled pretty significantly. Vegas usually knows what’s up. In this case, Ricky Rubio was sitting out. The Wolves were on the tail end of a road back-to-back. …
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“We’re the Miami Heat, and he’s Jeremy Lin.” – President Barack Obama, referring to his campaign versus Mitt Romney’s Story time, kids.
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Andy G: It’s been announced that Chris Bosh will be out indefinitely with an abdominal strain. While “indefinitely” is ambiguous and Spoelstra says the MRI results were a pleasant surprise (no tear, apparently) it sounds like there’s a good chance…
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Dear Wes, With the announcement that J.J. Barea will not play (pulled hamstring, likely to return on Sunday versus Dallas) in tonight’s game versus the Miami Heat (7:00 CST, Target Center), I wanted to take this bit of time to write…