Good morning. Let’s basketball.
Good morning, Kobe stole his fadeway from a cheetah
That and a helluva lot more in Monday’s GMIB.
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KEVIN DURANT IS HUMAN: ... or so he claims in a very, very interesting conversation with Sam Amick. He talks about free agency and really bristles at critics a few times, which is so un-KD to be, well, a little thrilling.
ROND-OH NO NOT AGAIN: Rajon Rondo broke his hand and will be out at least six weeks. No word yet on how he injured the hand. CelticsBlog did the math to determine that most players come back from this injury at the six-week mark, which is right around opening night.
KOBE IS AN INSPIRATION: Brilliant “Table for Three” interview with Kobe and Arianna Huffington. In said interview, Kobe claims Michael Jackson tried to teach him how to meditate at age 18 (failed), studying a cheetah’s movements led to Kobe’s successful fadeaway (!) and says Giorgio Armani gave him advice on what do after his playing career ends 15 years ago. Magical.
GO READ IT: Lee Jenkins on Erik Spoelstra’s rise.
BLOOD WAR IN TEXAS: What had been typical Mark Cuban sniping is now a full out war of words between the Rockets and Mavericks.
TIM DUNCAN RULES ALL: The Spurs brought everyone back in free agency because Tim Duncan came back.
DANGIT: A hamstring injury could have Tyreke Evans starting the season in street clothes. Come you you Pelicans!
CHART! With Eric Bledsoe’s deal, Kentucky players from the 2009-10 team have made about $230 million in future salary.
AMERICA’S NO. 1 FAN AT THE RYDER CUP WAS ... Michael Jordan and his cigar(s).
TIMING: In the middle of this retrospective of Robert Sarver’s first decade of Suns stewardship is the note that US Airways Center is the league’s eighth oldest arena and the public will soon be asked to help build a new gym.
THE ANNALS OF A FINANCE-BASED TRADE MARKET: Cleveland had just traded for Keith Bogans when the Cavaliers flipped him to Philadelphia with a second-round pick for a trade exception. That could, along with Brendan Haywood’s unguaranteed contract, help Cleveland improve midseason, all while keeping the Cavs under the tax line. Brilliant, really.
BORIS! Gregg Popovich delivers a Boris Diaw fat joke, Boris Diaw responds with an instant meme. God bless you, Boris.
THE RETURN OF THE GARBAGE BAG JERSEY: Not your best work, Warriors.
THE PISTOL SHRIMPS! Aubrey Plaza is on a rec league basketball team with other Hollywoodian women, and they are called the Pistol Shrimps and Steven Lebron interviewed them.
Happy Monday to you. See you next time.
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