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Flashback: March 5th, 2008. LeBron James posts 50 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds in the Cavaliers’ 119-105 win over the Knicks at MSG. He shoots 16-of-30 from the field, including 7-of-13 from 3-point range, while NYK fans stand and chant "M-V-P". One dude gets so excited that he runs onto the court, says hi, and is arrested. What a wild game.
And tonight, we get to do it all over again. (Well, minus "Super Fan No. 99" up there.) Cleveland at New York tips off around 7:30 p.m. EST, so ready your comments, grab a cold beverage, and hit the jump for some live-bloggin’ fun. See you in there.
Note: Tonight, 7:30 p.m. EST, BDL will be live-blogging The LeBron Show. Stop by!
Believe the hype? Yes, I do. And just to flame the fires of
emotion even further, there’s a sullen picture of Danny Ferry at Madison Square Garden.
There aren’t many good games tonight. Lakers and Nets should
be one-sided (though we tend to say that a lot about the Nets, and we tend to
be wrong a lot when it comes to the Nets), Indiana/Dallas might be pretty good,
but the other two (Golden State in Washington, the Suns and le Thunder) don’t
really inspire me.
And it’s not as if the Cavs versus a shell of a Knicks team
inspires me, but it does intrigue me. This could turn out to be one strange
game. We like strange.
The catcalls alone should be amazing. The way the leftover
Knicks respond to an improving Cavalier team should be fun to watch. We have no
idea who is going to suit up for the Knicks, we have no idea if it matters. I’m
just interested in the odd little train wreck of emotions, and I think it might
be worth your time as well.
And if you disagree? Well, you’ve never been shy about the
comments. So get blastin’, kids, and enjoy tonight’s action.
Cleveland Cavaliers: 10-3, 88.8 possessions per
game (26th in the NBA), 114 points scored per 100 possessions (1st
in the NBA), 104.8 points allowed per 100 possessions (13th), Stay.
New York Knicks:
7-6, 98.4 possessions per game (1st), 106 points scored per 100
possessions (14th), 107.4 points allowed per 100 possessions (22nd),
TVC15.
A look around the league and the web that covers it. It’s also important to note that the rotation order and starting nods aren’t always listed in order of importance. That’s for you, dear reader, to figure out.
C: Not Qualified To Comment. Where is Larry Hughes and what have you done with him, Harry?
PF: Waiting For Next Year. Who would’ve thought that a back-up power forward could cause such a stir?
SF: T-Shirt Cannon. By the time you have finished reading this sentence, Greg Oden will have fouled out.
SG: The Oklahoman, via Z. ‘Bout time: New Thunder coach moves Kevin Durant to small forward.
PG: SI, via CB. SI writers look at the possibility of either the Lakers or Celtics reaching 70 wins this year.
6th: Basketbawful. New Word of the Day: dot. As in, "Harry dotted Miles with a game-winner last night."
7th: ETB. Will Adam Morrison ever replicate the prolific offensive success he displayed in college?
8th: With Leather. I want to say this looked like a good idea at the time, but … nope. So stupid.
9th: The Blowtorch. D) Drew Gooden + Larry Hughes = Common.
10th: The Sporting Blog. Your daily Shoals’ wax: "If there’s one thing you should know about D’Antoni and Walsh, it’s
that they’re smarter than you. And the rest of the league. For them,
rebuilding the Knicks is going to be much more than just a
by-the-numbers reclamation project or a gimmicky free agent grab. This
is front office swagger to the fullest degree."
Vlogging, video blogging, mumbling aimlessly into a webcam, whatever you want to call it, I’m killing myself for missing this the first time around! A thousand apologies, You Been Blinded. I will never doubt you again.
Houston Rockets forward Ron Artest is video blogging for HipHopGame.com and naturally, it’s incredibly entertaining and candid. In just a mere seven minutes and 36 seconds, Ron-Ron demonstrates more inspired "blogging" than all of the Gilbert Arenas, Bosh, Boom Dizzle and Oden posts combined.
I’m not going to lie, that "I will NOT wear tight jeans!" declaration at the end had me in tears.
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One of our favorite things to do on Ball Don’t Lie is to show off — and purchase with rolled-up quarters — NBA players’ mansions recently put for sale on the open market. In September, I showed you Allen Iverson’s $3.9 million abode in Pennsylvania, and in January, KD linked to Wilt Chamberlain’s 2.5-acre pimp estate in Los Angeles.
Well now, via Dime, you can try and outbid us on retired NBA star Mark Jackson’s five-bedroom mansion in Calabasas, California — the gateway to the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area in northern Los Angeles County.
Jackson and his singer/actress wife, Desiree, placed their 1997 home — which Mitch Richmond and Keyshawn Johnson also owned and slept in, um, separately — on the market for $4,995,000, less than 18 months after they bought it for $4.7 mill.
Unfortunately, no photos are available of MJ’s swank pad, but here’s a few details courtesy of Big Time Listings. The mansion is 10,000 square feet (according to listing information), and has a professional theater, a gym, a steam room, a poker room and a bonus room. Other features include an oversized master suite with a large balcony, an attached office, a pool and a spa.
Yes, you read that correctly: Mark Jackson’s mansion has a "bonus" room. If that doesn’t warrant the $4.9 million price tag, I don’t know what will. That room could be filled with gold, I tell’ya! Gold!