Tag: NBA basketball

ESPN’s Marc J. Spears caps for LeBron James on national television

Brandon King

For approximately the last decade the propaganda arm of Klutch Sports, AKA, the LeMedia, has been on a jihad to convince the basketball populace that LeBron James is the best basketball player ever to grace an NBA hardwood.  To push their rhetoric, the Klutch media machine has several prominent talking sports personalities in its employ, with many of them infesting outlets ESPN and FS1. Whether it be Shannon Sharpe, Nick Wright, Brian Windhorst, Colin Cowherd, Kendrick Perkins, or the host of other affiliated gasbags, when it comes to spreading the…

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Tennessee State lays 67-42 beat down on UT Martin to secure No.1 seed and share of OVC crown

Brandon King

Image via Tennessee State Athletics In what is easily one of the program’s most pivotal games in three decades, the Tennessee State showed the moment was not too big, emphatically defeating UT Martin, 67-42.  Tennessee State’s defense set the tone, holding the Skyhawks to just 32.6% (15-46) from the floor, 19% (4-21) from downtown; they were even more stringent in the first half, where they allowed Martin to shoot 29.2% (7-24) from the field. The TSU defense forced 19 Skyhawks turnovers, which translated into 20 Tennessee State points.  The Tigers…

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Game Preview: Tennessee State takes on UT Martin for No. 1 seed

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OPENING TIP: Tennessee State closes the OVC regular season Saturday at UT Martin with a 1 p.m. tip on ESPNU. The Tigers can clinch the No. 1 seed in the upcoming OVC Tournament with a win — which would mark the first time TSU enters the tournament as the top seed since 1995. Tennessee State is coming off a 79-71 victory over SEMO on Thursday, while UT Martin defeated Tennessee Tech in its last outing. At worst, the Tigers will finish tied for second in the regular-season standings and no lower…

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SEMO lays 89-52 donkey kicking on Tennessee State

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image via Tennessee State Basketball SEMO jumped on Tennessee State early and never took their foot off necks, as they put an 89-52 beatdown on the Lady Tigers. The Redhawks defense causes problems for TSU all evening, holding the Lady Tigers to just 35% (18-52) and 25% (4-16) from downtown. The Lady Tigers als has a difficult time securing the basketball, as the Redhawks turned TSU over 28 times, which turned into 36 SEMO points. After Kik Roberts’ layup tied the contest at 2 apiece, SEMO into a 17-0 run.…

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Tanking Is Back in the Spotlight, But the NBA’s Real Problem Runs Deeper

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written by Contributor Hodari P. T. Brown The NBA’s long-running battle with tanking is once again front and center. Recently, the Utah Jazz and the Indiana Pacers were fined for sitting healthy players during critical fourth-quarter stretches of regular-season games before All-Star Weekend. The perception was clear: positioning for the draft lottery mattered more than winning that night. For Utah, the strategy worked in one game. In another, it backfired and the Jazz won anyway. That irony underscores the complicated nature of tanking. You can attempt to lose strategically, but outcomes are never guaranteed. Still, the issue forced…

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Aaron Gordon challenges Zach LaVine to run it back

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It is hard to believe that it has been a decade since Aaron Gordon and Zach LaVine turned the 2016 NBA Slam Dunk Contest into one for the ages as each continued wow the crowd with one jaw dropping dunk after another. the contest is still talked about to this very day, not only because of the incredible display of the two standout participants but because of the result, which is mired in controversy.  Many people who saw the contest, believe it should have ended in a tie or that Gordon should…

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Official images of the “Pine Green” Nike Air Foamposite Pro

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Fourteen years after its original 2011 debut, Nike is pulling the “Pine Green” Foamposite Pro out of cold storage. Official images of the well-received colorway show the sneaker in all its glory.  It sports an iridescent pine green Foampisite upper with a large black jewelled Swoosh adorning the lateral side. Black takes care of the inner, while an additional and embroidered green Swoosh is seen on the rear heel. The front pull tab features green stripes, while “FOAMPOSITE” appears on the rear tab.  Underneath resides a blue-tinted translucent rubber outsole.  As it…

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Lakers extended head coach JJ Redick

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The Los Angeles Lakers have extended head coach JJ Redick. Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka casually dropped the news as he ran down the team’s achievements this off-season, which includes signing Luka Doncic to a 3-year, $165 million extension and adding DeAndre Ayton, Marcus Smart and Jake LaRavia. The former NBA player turned podcaster and LeBron flunkie, partnered with James on the Mind Games, er, Mind the Game podcast. The show was billed as breaking down and educating the fans on the game of basketball, but served as an extended…

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Josh Giddey, Bulls agree to 4 year, $100 million deal

Brandon King

After protracted negotiations that languished throughout the offseason, the Chicago Bulls and Josh Giddey have agreed on a 4-year, $100 million deal.  With no major free agents acquired, resigning Giddey was a high priority for the Bulls. The two sides were initially far apart on numbers as Giddey’s side was reportedly looking for approximately $30 million a year, while the team was looking at paying the potentially budding star closer to $20 million per annum.  The restricted free agent is coming off a 2024-25 season in which he averaged 14.6…

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LeBron James attempts to rewrite history again on podcast

Brandon King

Since its inception back in 2024, we rightfully coined Lebron James’ Mind the Game as a propagandacast. Despite its stated purpose of dissecting the “X’s and O’s” of basketball, rather than elucidating the masses on the intricacies of the game of basketball, the show has proven to be merely another vehicle to rewrite history into a pro-LeBron narrative.  In a recent episode, the subject of super teams was being bantered about, and here is what LeBron had to say:  “But I mean the game is going to continue to evolve,…

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