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Playoff Talking Points: Dead Reckoning

No one with a wife and kids, or the need to eat leafy greens, has time to watch all this basketball. But we do. So, as a service to the public, here are the Playoff Talking Points you need to fake it at the water cooler: • Pistols at Night: Like the forest, the playoffs have no shortage of stories. There are...

Report: Tyreke Evans Named NBA Rookie of the Year

Tyreke Evans will be officially named the NBA's Rookie of the Year either Thursday or Friday, according to a report on Sactown Royalty (disclaimer: yes, the proprietor is FanHouse's own Tom Ziller, although that only serves to make this more reputable). The news is logical in that Evans joined Michael Jordan and Oscar...

Bucking Expectations, Milwaukee Strikes Fear in East

For nearly a decade, they were sitting Bucks. Now, the rallying cry is "Fear the Deer.'' One of the NBA's most surprising resurgences this season has been that of the Milwaukee Bucks (38-30), who have won 14 of their past 16 games after a surprising victory Saturday at Denver. Last summer, the Bucks were shedding...

How Durant Cured Small Market-itis

I'm not entirely sure what "small market" means these days, but I know it's bad. In fact, I'd go so far as to suggest that it's replaced "thug" as the NBA's most loaded bit of language. "Small market" is also easily among the most vague phrases in sports. When first we said it, did it refer to actual market size...

Brandon Jennings Not Bipolar, Just Joking

Well, Brandon, you really got me. I was dumb enough to think that you were serious about being bipolar. Good thing you set me straight. Don't believe everything you read on Twitter, I guess. So dumb, in fact, that I wrote a lengthy piece on what this casual revelation said about changing attitudes toward mental illness in...

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NBA Star Pays Homage To Local Business With A Tattoo

Professional athletes, and particularly NBA players with their skin-emphasizing uniforms, know a thing or two about tattoos -- even with so many of them ill advised.

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05/09/12 NBA Trade Speculation: 15 Players Guaranteed to Be... Source: Bleacher Report Brandon Jennings was put on the trading block during this season, but no move was made to ship him out of town and the Milwaukee Bucks brass instead brought in Monta Ellis to form a talented backcourt duo.
05/08/12 A Plus charity benefits from some big-name boosters Source: The Seattle Times - Seattle WA The morning started with basketball, but this was no ordinary game of hoops.
05/08/12 Jennings, Ellis, look forward to bigger things next... Source: On Milwaukee - Milwaukee WI One of the great qualities in sports are the nuances, the way a game can be broken down to the smallest degree, the way a final outcome can be explained away by subtleties long forgotten by games end or never seen at first blush.
05/05/12 You Gotta Lotta 'Splainin To Do pt.3 Source: Black Athlete Coach Larry Brown needs to explain why Michael Jordan has spies in Charlotte? 3.
05/04/12 Jennings' agent surprised PG isn't immediate priority... Source: Sporting News After a year in which he averaged 19.1 points and 5.5 assists, third-year point guard Brandon Jennings might seem to be a pretty good candidate for a contract extension in Milwaukeeâhe is eligible for one this offseason.