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– Tyreke Evans now owns Gary Neal’s eternal soul.
– People have been complaining about Dwight Howard, pushing the 10 second limit at the free throw line, all season. Last night he received a technical foul for taking more than the allotted time. That’s his 18th technical of the season meaning he’ll have to serve a one-game suspension. Punishment fitting the crime?
– This year’s NBA Hall of Fame Class was announced this week. Chris Mullin, Artis Gilmore, Dennis Rodman, Arvydas Sabonis and others all made this list. Now that that’s out of the way we can start arguing about who should be included over the next few years.
– Moving towards the playoffs, the Spurs are looking for a more aggressive George Hill on offense.
– With all the turmoil his knees have caused this season, Brandon Roy is carving out a new and smaller role for himself in Portland.
– Some excellent highlights of Gordon Hayward’s career night in Los Angeles. My favorite clip, is of Bryant turning to chase and berate the ref after Hayward strips him and takes it the other way for the layup. If he had devoted that energy towards chasing Hayward instead of the ref he could have prevented an easy bucket.
– Numbers can excite or depress. The final bullet from this Spurs-Hawks recap leans towards the depressive.
– From the All-Star break until their last two games, the Lakers have looked unbeatable. Losses to Utah and Golden State exposed some holes in their armor, but does anyone have a realistic shot of beating them in a seven game series?
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Joe Johnson – why sports have no soul. He got his money, so why play now?