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May 29, 20201 min read
05/29/09: Kobe and crew knock off Carmelo’s best team
On this day 11 years ago, the Lakers beat the Nuggets in Game 6 of the Western Conference Finals, 119-92, to clinch the series and knock...
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May 29, 20202 min read
The All-New York native team
New York City and basketball go together like pandemics and $1,200 checks. It is the unquestioned mecca -- especially for point guards....
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May 29, 20201 min read
The Grip Asks: Is this Reddit user onto something?
A few days ago, this year-old Reddit post resurfaced. It asked, simply, and ingeniously: “Serious question: why can’t 4 Warriors...
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May 29, 20203 min read
Michael Jordan is the poster boy for the great player-bad general manager paradox
As a player, Michael Jordan had too many memorable moments to count. As an owner/executive for the Wizards and then the Bobnets/Horcats,...
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May 22, 20201 min read
Biggie Smalls’ contribution to NBA history
Biggie Smalls would have been 48 yesterday. The great rapper didn’t have much connection to the NBA -- not that that’s stopped today’s...
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May 22, 20202 min read
The Grip’s equation for deciphering the all-time top-10 list
We have good news. We’ve created a simple but foolproof equation for deciphering the 10 best NBA players of all-time. Here it is: A...
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May 22, 20201 min read
05/22/2006: The Mavericks squeeze by the Spurs
On this day 14 years ago, one of the great second-round series ever wrapped up, with the Mavericks defeating the Spurs in San Antonio in...
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May 18, 20201 min read
Some of the best times hip hop name-dropped MJ
A great barometer for how popular an NBA player is can be answered in one simple metric: Has he been name-dropped in a hip hop song? For...
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May 18, 20201 min read
"The Mailman doesn't deliver on Sundays"
The 1998 NBA Finals was memorable enough that it often overshadows the 1997 NBA Finals, which also featured a six-game series between the...
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May 18, 20202 min read
MJ’s final (Bulls) moments are why he’s untouchable
The reason Michael Jordan will always be the Greatest of All-Time is because he had a sense of the moment that no one in the history of...
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May 13, 20201 min read
The Double-A Southern League of the mid-’90s dug the long ball, especially when hit by the greatest
Sunday’s episodes of “The Last Dance” covered Michael Jordan’s foray into baseball after his first retirement. Decades later, this...
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May 13, 20201 min read
The NBA is inching toward a consensus plan to bring the season back
Adam Silver had a conference call last night with all of the important people, which went pretty well, according to Woj: “Owners and...
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May 13, 20201 min read
No one murdered defenders like Dr. J
The NBA version of Dr. J (1976-’87) had glimpses of his mystique, like the dunk above, but the ABA version of Dr. J (1971-’76), fresh off...
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May 13, 20202 min read
New York’s last basketball title
Three years after the Knicks won their second title, in 1973, New York basketball won another title, when the ABA’s New York Nets beat...
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May 8, 20201 min read
Toni Kucoč’s 1994 buzzer-beater over the Knicks
GIF’d above is the game-winner Toni Kucoč hit in Game 3 of the 1994 Eastern Conference Semifinals against the Knicks, in the first...
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May 8, 20202 min read
“The Last Dance” is basically a commercial for Michael Jordan. Should that matter?
In an interview on the Dan Patrick Show earlier this week, “The Last Dance” director Jason Hehir said this, about episodes seven and...
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Apr 24, 20201 min read
The Grip asks: Is this the greatest buzzer-beater ever?
The shot alone is a worthy candidate for greatest buzzer-beater, but the surrounding circumstances elevate it to another level. Four...
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Apr 24, 20203 min read
Prepare to enter the terrifying mind of Dennis Rodman
We’ve almost made it to Week 2 of “The Last Dance,” or as we like to call it, “Week 2 of content-wringing from ‘The Last Dance.’” At one...
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Apr 24, 20201 min read
Coronavirus symptom-free after contracting James Dolan
(A screenshot from the time James Dolan promised a “successful offseason,” then signed four power forwards instead of Kyrie Irving and...
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Apr 20, 20203 min read
The background characters of “The Last Dance,” episodes one and two
The first and second episodes of "The Last Dance" premiered on ESPN last night. [WATCH: Episode 1|Episode 2] Though a little bit...
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