Good morning. Let’s basketball.
Dirk Nowitzki should have shared his leftovers with Rajon Rondo
Good morning. That joke explained and more in Friday’s NBA newsletter.
WHAT A WEEK! We’re up to $4.566 in our Sleep Train Foster Kids fundraiser. Dope! Let’s hit $5,000 today on our way to $10,000 by Christmas. Spread the word, give a few bucks if you can spare it. Shout out to our dope Thursday donors Chris Johnson, Dan Devine, Adam Vann, Matthew Howell, Jeff Lang-Weir, Peter Lyons, Josh Fangmeier, Kyle Rapoport, Ted Brasfield, Jamey Bryant, Brandon Davison, Paul Antonson, Mike Pendleton, Gregory Kornbluh, Charles Smith and two anonymous donors, one of whom took the initiative to call himself Greg-Monroe’s Soul. I want to see if anyone can top that in terms of making me spit coffee. The bar is set high!
SCORES SCORES SCORES ...
PHI 91, BKN 100
LAC 80, CHI 83
ATL 94, OKC 107
NYK 97, SAC 99
BOOGIE VS. KRISTAPS FOREVER: Can I just say that the late battle between DeMarcus Cousins and Kristaps Porzingis was a phenomenal thing to watch, even though the Latvian was getting the better of Boogie in the final moments? Boogie set off a string of skirmishes that ended with a vicious spin move dunk. Soon after, KP hit Boogie with an ethereal floating and-1. Magic all around. The Kings survived solely because of this WHAT THE FUGUE Rajon Rondo dunk. RONDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, indeed.
DAMN BLAKE: Blake Griffin goes for the hard block, instead nearly takes off Taj Gibson’s head. Flagrant 2, Clippers’ comeback in Chicago falls just short, despite Chris Paul nailing a casual 40-footer.
POST-POST-JORDAN: Really fun read from Amos Barshad in The Fader on the cultural niche and impact of Porzingis. Via REDEF.
DOIN’ THEIR OWN THING: The Spurs are using the three-pointer less and less. Why?
DEANDRE JORDAN DUNKED ON GREG MONROE SO HARD A DEER CRIED, by Zito Madu.
I CHANGED A LOT: This wide-ranging Klay Thompson interview is real interesting. I like the note about pursuing non-sports interests in younger days.
ON THE SIXERS: Ken Berger reports that Josh Harris, who owns the Sixers franchise, approached Adam Silver about fixing the franchise, not the other way around. Berger also reports that Sam Hinkie is no longer in power with the Jerry Colangelo hire.
HOW ARE THINGS GOING IN CHARLOTTE? Well, the local newspaper has a headline that reads “Triple threat Nicolas Batum deserves max deal next summer with Charlotte Hornets.” So.
KOBE’S IMPACT: The truth behind how detrimental Kobe has been this season.
ON THE OTHER HAND ... D’Angelo Russell looked pretty dope on Wednesday. There’s hope.
IT’S ALL-STAR VOTING TIME: Google is working with the NBA to make it easier than ever this season.
OH WOW: The only thing better than Karl-Anthony Towns impersonating Shaq’s “BARBECUE CHICKEN” thang is Shaq immediately calling KAT “seven-foot Drake” and making up a funny “Hotline Bling” line on the fly. Shaq is pretty funny and KAT is really quick on camera.
REST IN PEACE, DOLPH SCHAYES. Best player of the 1950s in my book, and the first great NBA wing.
Happy Friday. See you next time.
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