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Denver Nuggets Have Granted Clearance For GM Masai Ujiri To Speak With The Toronto Raptors

TheMistress — Fri, 24 May 2013 16:27:23 +0000

Prior to Friday, all reports of Denver Nuggets’ GM Masai Ujiri being swindled by the Toronto Raptors have been waved off as mere reports since the Nuggets team had not granted clearance for Ujiri to speak with the Raptors. However, that all changed via a report by Adrian Wojnarowski: The Denver Nuggets have granted the Toronto Raptors [...]

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Kobe Bryant Stars In New NBA Finals 2013 ‘BIG’ Campaign (Video)

TheMistress — Fri, 24 May 2013 13:58:59 +0000

Thursday night, this ‘BIG’ commercial will air that occurred during the 2002 NBA Finals when Kobe Bryant dunked all over New Jersey Nets’ Todd MacCulloch. Remember, this was when Brant was donning the No. 8 jersey; the Lakers would sweep the Nets in this NBA Finals. One of my favorite images of the video is the gentleman touting [...]

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Kevin Durant Continues To Uplift Oklahoma City; Nike Joins In His Efforts (Photos)

TheMistress — Fri, 24 May 2013 13:14:36 +0000

Kevin Durant may just be one of the greatest human beings – not just for a professional athlete – that I’ve witnessed in the past decade. After a tornado devastated Moore, Oklahoma, just outside of Oklahoma City, Durant has used his name, face, and monetary means to help those that have suffered. He began by [...]

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The Pope Is Digging His “The Pope” Boston Celtics Jersey (Photos)

TheMistress — Fri, 24 May 2013 12:55:41 +0000

Boston Celtics minority owner James Pallotta presented a special Boston Celtics jersey to Pope Francis during his trip to the Vatican on Wednesday and by all accounts it seems The Pope enjoyed his tailored made jersey. H/T Celtics Instagram

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Stan Van Gundy Admits There’s A Possibility He Never Coaches Again

TheMistress — Thu, 23 May 2013 19:37:52 +0000

On the heels of Stan Van Gundy stating he isn’t looking to coach next season in the NBA, here comes a report where Van Gundy admits there’s a possibility he may never coach again via Orlando Sentinel: Asked what if there’s a chance he will never coach again, Van Gundy replied: “I guess there’s a chance. [...]

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Report: J.R. Smith Had Fluid Buildup In His Left Knee During Playoffs

TheMistress — Thu, 23 May 2013 16:19:42 +0000

Hey, don’t you just love those post-elimination NBA reports that teams send out as they often come across as excuse-laden; here’s another one from the New York Post that reports J.R. Smith had fluid in his left knees during the playoffs, which comes after the announcement of Carmelo Anthony’s torn labrum. The Post has learned J.R. [...]

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Chris “Birdman” Andersen: Miami Heat’s Backup Gem

TheMistress — Thu, 23 May 2013 16:09:43 +0000

The Miami Heat were able to come away with a Game 1 win against the Indiana Pacers in the Eastern Conference Finals in which the storylines on Thursday are on LeBron’s ”easy shot” and on the fact if Vogel made a mistake or not in benching Roy Hibbert during the final stretch. For all intents and purposes, [...]

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Shane Battier Unintentionally Nails Roy Hibbert In His Male Bits (Video)

TheMistress — Thu, 23 May 2013 01:40:30 +0000

It’s Game 1 of the much anticipated Eastern Conference Finals between the Indiana Pacers and the Miami Heat; and perhaps this play that happened during the final two minutes of the first quarter didn’t go as expected for Roy Hibbert. Shane Battier was in the attack motion going to the rim as Hibbert jumped, Battier [...]

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Jerry Stackhouse Discusses His Epic NBA Fights (Video)

TheMistress — Wed, 22 May 2013 21:31:36 +0000

Bomani Jones and Dan LeBatard of Highly Questionable had the lovely task to interview Jerry Stackhouse, in which Stackhouse discussed his epic NBA fights and one in particular where he beat the snot out of Kirk Snyder. The following season Snyder would actually thank Stackhouse for given him a beaten. One of the better parts of the video [...]

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NBA Playoffs: “Murdering You On Your Own Shit” Awards; Part 4

TheMistress — Wed, 22 May 2013 15:28:47 +0000

This marvelous idea is really a friend of the NBA Mistress’ brain child, MHI(@MIA_Heat_Index), who began this series of posts last season where he ranked the 20 best playoff performances on the road in the past 20 years. Piggybacking his idea, I will not be ranking the road playoff performances, but rather listing these incredible feats [...]

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