Worst of Game 4 of the NBA Finals
Basketbawful —
Note: Many thanks to Sturla for the graphic. I also used it for today's NBA Closer column on Deadspin. Ahmad Rashad: I'm going to let Basketbawful reader Sami take this one. "I was watching 'Live at the Finals with Ahmad Rashad' on NBATV an hour before Game 4 began. Ahmad was interviewing Andy Garcia when he asked what I assume to be one of the dumbest sentences ever uttered, to go Bill Walton on you, in the history of Western Civilization: 'Do you think Kobe Bryant is the greatest Laker ever?' (My wording may not be spot on perfect, but that was the question.) Was Rashad ...
The Morning After
Upside and Motor —
Photo from NBAE/Getty Images/Andrew D. Bernstein. This morning was definitely one of those days where Kobe wakes up with a splitting headache thinking 'What on earth did I do last night?' Only the headache wasn't because he hit the bottle too hard or because Phil was whispering sweet, existential nothings ...
The 2008 NBA Playoff Recap: What We Learned [Nba Season Wrapup]
Deadspin —
The 2008 NBA playoffs did more than just entertain us for the last seven or eight months. It taught us stuff. Some stuff we only suspected, and some other stuff we never even knew before. Here is that stuff. The Atlanta Hawks have fans...real, flesh-and-blood fans. Boston fans, on the other hand, apparently are bandwagon jumpers. The NBA will not tolerate "menacing" hand gestures. Ever. Kevin Garnett never forgets. "Third person" is LeBron James' preferred method of speaking. Basketball and rapper slap-fights can go hand-in-hand. Trash-talking Lebron ...
