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NBA Essentials: Mark Cuban on Shaq

NBA Essentials provides the must-see links, quotes and videos of the day.-- "I haven't had a man crush," Cuban claimed. "Shaq and I and Phil Jackson, for that matter, always would have these fun verbal sparring matches. It was always just fun and entertaining, and I think people extended that with Shaq to think that we...

NBA Essentials: Phil Calls Out Kobe

NBA Essentials provides the must-see links, quotes and videos of the day.-- " 'You know, my issue with the players is that they're not working hard enough,' Jackson said Tuesday night. 'They're saving steps. When you do that, you try to get by without having to exert yourself enough to win games the right way. And Kobe is...

NBA Essentials: Shaq to Dallas?

NBA Essentials provides the must-see links, quotes and videos of the day.-- "Shaquille O'Neal didn't just stay an extra day in Dallas because, as he claims, he wanted to visit the Grassy Knoll. We're told the Suns legendary center also stayed behind because he thinks all the grass in Dallas might be greener – and...

Anthony Randolph's Got Satanic Game

NBA Essentials provides the must-see links, quotes and videos of the day.Great piece over at FreeDarko, featuring words by Shoals and some killer "spectrum of positionality" graphs from Ziller. The Anthony Randolph one is the best: "[H]ere's Anthony Randolph's profile. We flipped it on its side and added some pentagrams to...

NBA Essentials, Starring David Lee, the Dubious Policeman

NBA Essentials provides the must-see links, quotes and videos of the day.-- David Lee recently appeared on PBS's The Electric Company, apparently co-starring with the GEICO gecko's less successful brother. If this NBA thing doesn't pan out, maybe Lee fall back on acting? I'm dubious about that.-- "One pick is not going to...