Good morning, Steve Ballmer is screaming about the Clippers
That and more in Tuesday’s NBA newsletter.
Good morning. Let’s basketball.
BASKETBALLERS! BASKETBALLERS! BASKETBALLERS! We knew that new Clippers owner Steve Ballmer is a maniac when placed in front of a camera or a crowd. Now we have more proof. And now every NBA writer secretly hopes the Clippers win a title so we can see the spectacle.
BROW BEASTIN’: Anthony Davis stole the show in Chicago and is taking over Team USA, writes Ricky O’Donnell.
A COMPLICATED MESS: Interesting read on the Greg Monroe-Stan Van Gundy affair.
BRAND BETRAYAL: Noted NBA hipster Matt Bonner was forced to buy a new car. The horror.
BORN READY TO OWN A FANCY CAR: Fred Kerber crashed Carmelo Anthony’s All-Star practice session in NYC and got a few words with the Knickerbocker. But nothing beats this passage: “One of the last to arrive was [Lance] Stephenson, who pulled up as a passenger in a new Rolls Royce and then blew past the only questioner just like a guy who, well, pulled up as a passenger in a new Rolls Royce.”
CAPTAIN KYRIE: Kyrie Irving talks about needing to improve as a leader. I’m actually not so sure he needs to worry about that any more.
DO THE RODMAN: Ian Mahinmi airballed two consecutive free throws during a French national team exhibition. Blessed.
Happy Tuesday. See you next time.
