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I had these shoes until my mom gave them away because "you never wear them" and "they were just sitting in a box". Sigh.

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I love that fact that some of these high school highlights are from the United Center

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The Globalization of Men's Olympic Basketball via TrueHoop

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He was great. If he'd have gone to a major college he probably would have been an NBA player. He was a surprisingly gifted athlete and unbelievably tough. But I ended up cutting him. He tried out for the Denver Nuggets and I cut his ass. But we always stayed close. One year he took a sabbatical (in the mid 1980s) and was going to stay at North Carolina for a while and then come with me (at Kansas). He ended up staying with me the whole year. When I was offered the Spurs job, I asked him to come with me. He was best man at my wedding and we've been close (ever since). Again, there's no better guy, no better coach, than him.

Larry Brown on Greg Popovich via Ball Don't Lie

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Fauxclusive! LeBron's E-mail Hacked! via Grantland

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When I’m on the break or in transition or in certain spots where a pass is about to be made, I’m not really looking at any one person. I see all 10 guys and one big shape and that shape is moving. It’s slack in some places and in some places it’s strong and I’ve just naturally developed a thing where I’m able to get into the weaker parts where that slack is so that one of my teammates is open. That’s the best way I can describe it: it’s like one big moving shape. If you look at one guy you’re not going to be that successful. But if you see all ten as one big moving shape then it’s better.

Royce White via TrueHoop

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Teams rebound after losing great players. But it's much harder for a great player to rebound after losing himself.

Shannon Owens of the Orlando Sentinel via TrueHoop on Dwight Howard's inevitable departure from the Magic

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I’m gonna come at you in the first quarter, I’m gonna come at you in the second quarter, I’m gonna come at you in the third. But I said, In the fourth, I’m gonna go over here, because this young kid could close out games. And he could make free throws. You could be mad at me, but I’m keepin’ it real. Phil is here to win Championships. This is why we’re here. We’re not here to be friends. We want to win Championships now.

Ron Harper to Shaq, via SLAM

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Mark Cuban absolutely destroys ESPN’s Skip Bayless on air

via Ball Don't Lie

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One week till the real season.

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I shouldn't have a problem. I'll be fine. That day will come, though. The key is not to let [expletives] like you see it when it gets here. I'm just gonna get out before you even notice a thing.

Kobe Bryant on retirement

via TrueHoop

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If they're picked to win the West, we certainly like that. That's a good sign. We're not too far away then.

Jason Terry, finding the silver lining in the 0-3 cloud.

via ESPN

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Kevin Durant, looking to lead the league in scoring and buzzer beaters this year.

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The great ones have bad games, average ones very rarely have great games.

Scott Brooks, on Russell Westbrook, a bad game, exchanges between teammates, and much ado about nothing - via ESPN

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When you see him run tonight, it will be the first time I’ve seen him run, too. We’ll see together.

Kevin McHale (on Dalembert’s readiness)

Kevin McHale might be the next Phil Jackson.

(via nbaoffseason)

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NBA Forever via The Basketball Jones

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On some level, you just have to enjoy the sausage and not worry about how it's made.

Hat tip to TrueHoop

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The factor that can’t be controlled is there are certain markets that are just more attractive to free agents. I mean get over it. Most people would rather go to LA than Cleveland. If you don’t like that then go buy LA.

Steve Kerr's advice to Dan Gilbert