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Devin Kharpertian
As a rule in the past decade, the NBA has generally done everything possible to shift away from its reputation as a fighter's league, cleaning up its image with a barrage of stricter rules and harsher punishments. It's done wonders for the league's image and style of play.
Yet Jerry Stackhouse, former Brooklyn Nets guard and favorite superhuman here at The Brooklyn Game, lives in a world outside of this new reality. He's a relic from the NBA's past, a player we can celebrate with equal parts universal fear and respect.
On "Dan Le Batard Is Highly Questionable" with Dan Le Batard and Bomani Jones, Stackhouse cheerfully reminisces about these important times in his personal and professional life, when he beat the living snot out of a teammate or opponent. With a giant smile on his (and everyone else's) face, Stackhouse laughs about his infamous run-in with Kirk Snyder (and Snyder's odd reaction a year later thanking him), giving Christian Laettner a black eye and frying shrimp with him the next day, and more.
I can't tell the stories any better than Stackhouse. Watch above.
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In what was "quite a journey" according to Brooklyn Nets CEO Brett Yormark, Brooklyn's Barclays Center won the Sports Business Award's Sports Facility of the Year in its inaugural season. According to Yormark, Barclays Center has hosted 157 events since Jay-Z opened the arena in September with eight shows in nine nights, attracting 1.7 million patrons in that time.
No confirmation if the award was won solely due to the magical energy radiating from the oculus.
Video of the Yormark interview from Sports Business Daily below.
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Each day that there's a playoff game, we'll have three things to watch in the NBA playoffs. Each note will be accompanied by a contest. We'll announce winners after each round. Here's today's three things to watch:
1) Miami starting off well. Miami losing even one game in the playoffs so far shocked me, and it was clearly an anomaly: they've won their four home playoff games with an average of 19 points per game. I won't talk at length about Miami's brilliant positionless offensive and defensive principles, but any team facing them in the playoffs has a major uphill battle towards victory. I won't pick Indiana to win a game this series until they actually do -- and until then, I expect Miami to cruise at the highest level.
2) Fights! That's not to say the game will be easy, or fun, or without struggle. David West is arguably the strongest player in the league and boxes -- no, he actually does boxing -- in the offseason. Udonis Haslem and Tyler Hansbrough had issues in last year's playoffs. Hansbrough and Wade, too. Miami currently sits atop the NBA's throne, and that means teams are gunning for them. Chicago did. Indiana will, too.
3) Balance. While the safe money is almost always on LeBron James or Dwyane Wade leading a game in scoring, there's a chance that doesn't happen tonight. Putting aside that the Pacers have gotten unlikely high-scoring contributions from their entire roster, if the Heat use James and Wade as creator-passers and spreading the ball around, finding Chris Bosh open near the basket and in the corner and their other three-point shooters. Wade is also fighting a knee injury which has hampered his effectiveness. James is a multipositional cyborg -- which iteration of him will we see tonight?
Devin Kharpertian
If the Brooklyn Nets want Phil Jackson in their organization, it won't be in a coaching capacity. Jackson's reiterated many times that he's not interested in a return to coaching. But in an interview with the Hall of Fame coach on The Dan Patrick Show, Jackson says the Nets offered him the opportunity to coach, not an opportunity in the front office.
Jackson expressed that the Brooklyn situation was the most appealing coaching offer to him, calling it "a good situation," but turned it down. Jackson has said before that he's interested in a return to basketball in a front-office capacity, but the Nets only offered him the head coaching position.
The Nets coaching search has stalled while two candidates (Indiana Pacers assistant Brian Shaw and Memphis Grizzlies head coach Lionel Hollins) complete playoff runs.
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Brooklyn Nets forward and Pensacola, Florida native Reggie Evans likes the atmosphere in New York City, the excitement, the buzz, the hustle. But he doesn't forget where he came from.
Evans, home in Pensacola, hosted his eighth annual Reggie Evans BBQ For Pensacola this past weekend, feeding hundreds in his home neighborhood of Pensacola Village. Evans hosted the BBQ on the weekend of his 33rd birthday.
“I pretty much feed everyone there,” Evans told Bill Velona. “That was me growing up. Sometimes you may need help with a meal, sometimes you may need help with a piece of clothing. Just knowing somebody made it, I think it means a lot. A lot of kids in the area know me personally, so if they see me doing things like that, hopefully it will rub off on them.”
His charity doesn't stop there. On July 13th, Evans will host the first annual Reggie Evans Pro Athlete Charity Softball game in Pensacola.
Athletes slated to play include teammates MarShon Brooks and Andray Blatche, Miami Heat forward Rashard Lewis, as well as fellow Pensacola native athletes Derrick Brooks, Justin Gatlin, Johanna Long, Trent Richardson, Michelle Snow, Fred Robbins and Tyronne Green.
Evans says he thought of the idea before training camp this season, and the proceeds from the game will go back into the Pensacola community.
Read More: PNJ.com -- Evans relishes his time at home
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Check out our gallery honoring C.J. Watson's season in photos, AKA #QuietStorm.
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WENDIGOOOOOOOOOO (AP)
Each day that there's a playoff game, we'll have three things to watch in the NBA playoffs. Each note will be accompanied by a contest. We'll announce winners after each round. Here's today's three things to watch:
1) San Antonio's continued dominance. The San Antonio Spurs crushed the Memphis Grizzlies in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals, in a 105-83 laugher in San Antonio. The Spurs hit 14 three-pointers, shot 52.6% from the field, and never had a real threat from Memphis, who many anointed as the favorites in the series. Grizzlies starters shot just 40.9% from the field and didn't have a shot after going down 31-14 after one quarter. The Spurs have one of the most consistent, fluid offenses in the NBA, and Memphis -- who have both the defensive player of the year in Marc Gasol and one of the game's elite perimeter defenders in Tony Allen -- could do nothing to stop it. At home again in Game 2, will the Grizzlies make the necessary adjustments?
2) Zach Randolph. One of the aforementioned adjustments the Grizzlies have to make is getting Zach Randolph involved in the offense. Randolph turned in a terrible Game 1 performance, going just 1-8 from the field and finishing with just two points in 28 minutes of action. The Spurs stymied Randolph with a mixture of hard work and strategy -- pushing Randolph out of the paint and swarming him with defenders that could help off their man. If that analysis tells us anything, it's that Randolph can take advantage if his teammates show a bit more commitment to acting as a threat. Randolph averaged 16.1 points per 36 minutes this season and 19.7 per game in the first two rounds of the playoffs -- can he counter?
3) San Antonio's balance. The Spurs had five players score in double figures in a rout and Tim Duncan wasn't one of them. Manu Ginobili wasn't one of them, either. That should tell you all you need to know about San Antonio's balanced offensive approach, one that values the right shot over the top shooter. The Spurs have a bevy of offensive weapons, specifically with three-point shooters. When they're hitting, there's a lot of points to go around.
Devin Kharpertian
The Brooklyn Nets will host their annual draft combine in conjunction with the Houston Rockets and Los Angeles Clippers tomorrow and Thursday at their practice facility in Rutherford, New Jersey. 44 players will attend the combine in four 11-player sessions (one at 9:30 A.M. each day, one at 11:15).
A full list of players and workout times (courtesy of the Nets) after the jump... MORE →
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Here is the link for "The Backyard Philly Project". Amazing documentary #FerashaFilms #PennTown
6 hours ago Last night my wife and I attended a private screening. "The Backyard Philly Project".Powerful and a must see thx 4 the invite @KyleKorver
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VIDEO: @DeronWilliams Top 10 Plays of 2012-13 (VIDEO) http://t.co/QbyEstPi9l #Nets via @Thebkgame
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Pare che Peyton Siva stia impressionando e non poco i #Nets alla #DraftCombine. #rookie #draft #NBA
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RT @BrooklynNets: The #Nets Shop by @adidas at Coney Island is officially open for business. http://t.co/HXxNZllon7
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