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• Nuggets' Russell Westbrook is first to 200 triple-doubles

Westbrook has now logged more career triple-doubles than Magic Johnson and Larry Bird combined....2024
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• Michael Jordan Wanted To Retire In 1992 And Play Baseball But He Didn’t Because He Needed To Win Three Titles In A Row: ‘Bird And Magic Never Won Three In A Row’
Michael Jordan wanted to retire from the NBA in 1992 and play baseball. However, the Chicago Bulls legend didn’t because he wanted to do something Larry Bird and Magic Johnson never did: win three titles in a row. “I had sat with him a year earlier and he told me what he was gonna do,” […] The post Michael Jordan Wanted To Retire In 1992 And Play Baseball But He...2024
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• Tatum joins Bird in NBA record books amid hot start to season

Jayson Tatum and Larry Bird are the only NBA forwards ever to accomplish this feat through the first two games of a season....2024
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• Scottie Pippen Didn’t Enjoy Playing With Clyde Drexler On ‘The Dream Team’: ‘His Energy Was Terrible, He Always Had His Head Down’
NBA legend Scottie Pippen didn’t enjoy playing with Clyde Drexler on “The Dream Team.” “The Dream Team” was the 1992 United States basketball team. The roster featured Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley, Karl Malone, Chris Mullin, Drexler, Patrick Ewing, Pippen, David Robinson, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Christian Laettner and...2024
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• Sam Presti Lobbies NBA To Change Expansion Draft Rules

Sam Presti spoke about the NBA considering a change to its expansion draft rules where each team is only allowed to protect a maximum of eight players who are either under contract or are restricted free agents. Given the age and depth of the Oklahoma City Thunder core, they could be a team that is adversely impacted by the ability to protect only eight players. "The thing to note about the rules ...2024
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• The Purple Row staff shares their favorite Charlie Blackmon memories

Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images Celebrate one last game with us... TONIIIIIIGHT! It’s official. Charlie Blackmon announced his retirement on Monday, and the final week of the season has been dedicated to honoring his illustrious 14-year career playing mile high baseball. There have been so many on- and off-field moments throughout Blackmon’s tenure that endeared him to so many fans...2024
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• Cooper Flagg is ready to define the next generation of basketball superstardom

Photo by Jim Poorten/NBAE via Getty Images How Cooper Flagg is growing into the next generation’s version of an NBA superstar. Cooper Flagg walked into USA Basketball practice with nothing to lose and everything to prove. He was just about the youngest person in the building, competing against more mature and more accomplished players with far greater pedigrees. He entered the scrimmages ...2024
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• Grant Williams highlights lack of media attention on U.S. women’s basketball at the Olympics — and he’s right

Photo by Michael Gonzales/NBAE via Getty Images When Caitlin Clark was left off of the Olympic basketball roster, media companies’ and fans’ interest in the games shouldn’t have wavered. We’re watching an all-time great team dominate their competition. Grant Williams, who is currently on the ground at the Paris Olympics, called out the sharp disparity in media coverage between the men’s a...2024
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• The Celtics championship needs an asterisk — but so does the rest of NBA history

Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images A look back through NBA history will reveal that there is deeper context for almost every NBA championship, making the asterisk discussion stupid (at least in its current form). Asterisks are wonderful things. With a simple little star after any word, one is enabled to write outrageous things all over the internet while maintaining plausib...2024
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• The Celtics’ rivals handed them a championship one bad trade at a time

Photo by Joe Murphy/NBAE via Getty Images The Celtics’ ripped off their rivals in trades all the way to a championship The West is a pecked-over, apron-strewn, parity-fest. The East has more superstar divas on first and second-round losers than it does 50-win teams. If 2023-24 turns indicative, it will be the Rest of the NBA vs. Boston for the next few years. Not only did the 2023-24 Bosto...2024
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• The Knicks vs. Pacers rivalry, explained by Reggie Miller trash talk, a John Starks headbutt, and more

Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images The Pacers and Knicks are apparently forever destined for chippy series’ in the NBA playoffs. Nobody can ever get the last word if the trash talk never stops. NBA Hall of Famer Reggie Miller is still running his mouth, and New Yorkers are still giving it right back to him as if it’s 1994. The rivalry between the New York Knicks and the Indiana Pacers re...2024
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• ‘If you show it, they will watch’: The meaning of Year 28 for the WNBA

Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images How big stars, airtime, and fan consciousness are shaping the WNBA in Year 28. When he was arguably America’s most successful football man, when his beloved Bears were defending champs and the NFL’s first dynasty, George Halas stood in his friend’s office and looked upon the technology that maybe, just maybe, held the key to survival for his still-fledgli...2024
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• March Madness is coming. These are men’s college basketball’s burning questions

Photo by Steven Branscombe/Getty Images If you’ve been too distracted by football to pay enough attention to college basketball for the last few months, fear not. We’re here to answer your questions and get you in the mood for March Madness. Have you been so consumed by football for the last five months that you’re woefully behind on what’s been happening in the world of men’s college bask...2024
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• NFL taunting needs to be celebrated, not penalized

Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images ‘Let the guys taunt’ The subject of taunting is back on the menu. On Sunday it was Zay Flowers’ turn, when the Ravens receiver was critically flagged in the second half for taunting Chiefs’ DB L’Jarius Sneed. And yes, to be 100 percent clear: This was absolutely taunting by the letter of the law. Agree with the taunting call? pic.twitter.com/StcuPKSoEe...2024
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• NBA MVP is doomed to fully become a regular season award
Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images Chasing the NBA MVP has become a fool’s errand. In Game 7 of the 2016 NBA Finals, Steph Curry, the first unanimous MVP in NBA history, and reigning 2015 MVP and champion, had a shitty game. He shot 6-of-19 from the field and Golden State was outscored by three points when he was on the floor. The game was an anxious rock fight from the tip, with the Cav...2023
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• What makes Denver's Nikola Jokic so great? He's an amalgamation of Hall of Famers
Nikola Jokic is an amalgamation of Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, pre-injury Arvydas Sabonis and Bill Walton, Hakeem Olajuwon and yes, even LeBron James....2023
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• The Purple Row staff shares their favorite Charlie Blackmon memories
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• How Nikola Jokic became the best basketball player in the world
Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images Nikola Jokic’s hard journey to becoming the best basketball player in the world fully paid off. Putting a label on Nikola Jokic’s game has long been a nearly impossible challenge for evaluators. Jokic himself might be the only person to effectively do it. As he was leaving home in the northern part of Serbia to enter the 2014 NBA Draft, Jo...2023
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• Big Man, Big Personality: The Oral History of David Ortiz's MLB Adventure
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• Off-Court Fight Keeps Clippers, NBA Wondering Who Blake Griffin Really Is
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• Memphis' Main Man: How Big Macs, Blues City Made Marc Gasol NBA's Top Center
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"The school’s success in 2023-24 evoked the halcyon days of Larry Bird, and reversed decades of mediocrity for one incredible run."

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"Karl Malone makes $5 million auctioning off 1992 Dream Team memorabilia of Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, more"

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"Celtics vs. Heat: Jayson Tatum wins first-ever Larry Bird Eastern Conference Finals MVP award"

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"Thompson, who’s finally just months away from making his return to the Warriors’ lineup, gave the entire Dub Nation a teaser of him getting back to game shape with the perfect costume […] The post VIDEO: Warriors’ Klay Thompson teases return, goes full Larry Bird for Halloween appeared first on ClutchPoints."

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"Magic Johnson remembers the exact moment he and Larry Bird passed the torch to Michael Jordan"

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"Kawhi Leonard, who won a title with the Raptors before joining the Clippers, becomes just the fifth NBA player to win the AP male athlete of the year award, joining Larry Bird, Michael Jordan, LeBron James and Stephen Curry."

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"Here’s Why Doug Gottlieb Believes Larry Bird Is Better Than LeBron James"

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"Larry Bird is reportedly stepping down as the Indiana Pacers' team president."

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"I lost to Larry Bird and his Celtics."

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"Four is still twice as many as the next most, by Larry Bird, and only seven players in all have done it at least once."

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"Smith, who covered the entirety of Jordan's Bulls career and remains the foremost authority on all things MJ, makes his case through personal observation and interviews with countless others, from Magic and Larry Bird to Isiah Thomas, Grant Hill and Barack Obama."

• Sam Presti Lobbies NBA To Change Expansion Draft Rules
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• Cooper Flagg is ready to define the next generation of basketball superstardom
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• Grant Williams highlights lack of media attention on U.S. women’s basketball at the Olympics — and he’s right
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• How does 2024 Team USA match up against 1992, 2008 and 2012 variants

Photo by Jonathan Brady/PA Images via Getty Images We know this 2024 team is good, but is it legendary? The 2024 Olympic Games are almost here, and one of Team USA’s most-fascinating medal chances come in men’s basketball. A renewed, committed roster is looking to assert itself on the world stage, all in an attempt to prove that the United States is still the dominant force in basketball. ...2024
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• The Celtics championship needs an asterisk — but so does the rest of NBA history
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• Central Notes: Bird, Pacers, Pistons, Portis
Six players who participated in a pre-draft workout for the Pacers on Wednesday were surprised when a Hall of Famer showed up to watch them, writes Zion Brown of The Indianapolis Star. Larry Bird, who was hired as a consultant last June, walked into the gym to observe the prospects, who noticed his presence immediately. […]...2024
• The Knicks vs. Pacers rivalry, explained by Reggie Miller trash talk, a John Starks headbutt, and more
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• ‘If you show it, they will watch’: The meaning of Year 28 for the WNBA
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• Grant Williams highlights lack of media attention on U.S. women’s basketball at the Olympics — and he’s right
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• The Celtics championship needs an asterisk — but so does the rest of NBA history
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• Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown continue their Celtic rise
One quick example, in the all-time Boston Celtics playoff scoring leaders (total points) list: 1) Larry Bird 3,897 2) John Havlicek 3,776 3) Kevin McHale 3,182 4) Sam Jones 2,909 5) Paul Pierce 2,843 6) Jayson Tatum 2,711 7) Robert Parish 2,683 8) Bill Russell 2,673 9) Jaylen Brown 2,365 10) Tom Heinsohn 2,058...2024
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• Jaylen Brown Named Larry Bird Eastern Conference Finals MVP

Jaylen Brown was awarded the Larry Bird Eastern Conference finals MVP after the Boston Celtics completed a sweep of the Indiana Pacers on Monday. Brown averaged 29.8 points, five rebounds, three assists, and two steals for the series. Brown received five out of nine votes, with Jayson Tatum getting the other four votes. "He was unreal this whole series, a complete player on both sides of the ball ...2024
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• Jaylen Brown wins Larry Bird Eastern Conference Finals MVP award as Celtics return to NBA Finals

Brown scored 29 points in the series-clinching win Monday...2024
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• Jayson Tatum passes Larry Bird for impressive NBA playoff record

During Game 2 of the 2024 Eastern Conference Finals, Jayson Tatum passed Larry Bird for the most total playoff points through the first seven seasons of an NBA career....2024
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• The Purple Row staff shares their favorite Charlie Blackmon memories
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• Caitlin Clark is already the face of the WNBA. But she’s not the savior

NBAE via Getty Images Caitlin Clark will do great things for the WNBA, but she is merely the leader of all the momentum the league has going for it. It’s about 10:00 p.m. at Brooklyn Academy of Music on Monday night, and the WNBA-est part of the WNBA Draft is unfolding. Well, perhaps third. It was tough to compete with Kate Martin — who merely showed up to support her Iowa teammate Caitli...2024
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• Indiana State’s ridiculously fun NIT run is a reminder of how dumb the selection committee was

Grace Hollars/IndyStar / USA TODAY NETWORK Indiana State rock and they should have been dancing. Indiana State was one of the feel-good stories of college basketball this year. The school’s success in 2023-24 evoked the halcyon days of Larry Bird, and reversed decades of mediocrity for one incredible run. In the end a 29-6 record wasn’t good enough for the selection committee, who snubbed ...2024
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• Max Verstappen is Larry Bird and other thoughts on the final day of F1 pre-season testing

Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images Is Ferrari “Team Two” behind Red Bull and other thoughts on the last day of F1 testing Perhaps it was veteran driver Fernando Alonso who put it best during pre-season testing this year. “I think 19 drivers in the paddock now will think that [they] will not win the championship,” said the Aston Martin driver to Autosport. That 20th driver? None other tha...2024
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• March Madness is coming. These are men’s college basketball’s burning questions
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 13, 2024

Photo by Jennifer Stewart/Getty Images Pitchers and catchers report today! Anne Rogers projects the Opening Day roster. The Royals believe Isbel is their best center field option and are counting on power in their corner outfield with Melendez and Renfroe. One major roster battle this spring is that fourth outfielder spot (or fifth, counting Nelson Velázquez below). Drew Waters, who can p...2024
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• Caitlin Clark’s crossover superstardom is the greatest show in sports

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Caitlin Clark’s transcendence is changing women’s sports for the better. When Michael Jordan arrived in Paris in 1997 for a preseason corporate showcase known as the McDonald’s Championship, the French press treated his appearance with Christ-like reverence. “Michael Jordan is in Paris,” wrote the local tabloid France-Soir, as memorialized in David Halb...2024
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• Is Stephen Curry the Best Shooter Ever? Yes, Say Many of NBA's All-Time Marksmen
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• LeBron James May Never Match the Feats of Michael Jordan, and That's Just Fine
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• Reggie Miller: Kevin Durant Traded a Sacred Legacy for Cheap Jewelry
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• Kevin Durant Is Still the MVP We Know and Love
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• Paul George Injury Update: Pacers Star Says He Will Return vs. Heat
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• Pacers hoping George can play this season
Larry Bird hopes Paul George can return to the game this season after breaking his leg in a gruesome accident last summer -- perhaps as soon as next month....2015
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• Larry Bird 'couldn't imagine' joining Magic Johnson and Lakers
Larry Bird 'couldn't imagine' joining Magic Johnson and Lakers...2016
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• Warriors' Curry and Cavaliers' James unanimous picks for 2014-15 All-NBA First Team
The Golden State Warriors' Stephen Curry and the Cleveland Cavaliers' LeBron James headline the 2014-15 All-NBA First Team, the NBA announced today. Curry, the 2014-15 Kia NBA MVP, and James received First Team votes on all 129 ballots. This marks the first All-NBA First Team selection for Curry and the ninth in 12 seasons for James, who tied Larry Bird, Magic Johnson and Oscar Robertson for the ...2015
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• How does 2024 Team USA match up against 1992, 2008 and 2012 variants
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• Mad Huascar Smashes His Way To Be His Own IL-Land
Huascar Ynoa fractured his hand and he will be out for a couple of months. He hurt himself when he punched a bench. I wonder if he exclaimed, "Sonavabench!" How now Kevin Brown. Blergh, I'm a big dummy, my name is Huascar Ynoa. By the way, the title refers to Madagascar, the island nation that accounts for 80% of the world's natural vanilla. The other 20% is Larry Bird, Tom Arnold and Tim Allen. Y...2021
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• Indiana Pacers 2014-15 Season Preview: Roster Breakdown, Win-Loss Prediction
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• The Purple Row staff shares their favorite Charlie Blackmon memories
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• Generational scorer Jayson Tatum surpasses Larry Bird for playoff mark

In the Celtics' win over the Pacers on Thursday, Jayson Tatum took hold of a prestigious record....2024
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• Jayson Tatum passes Larry Bird for impressive NBA playoff record
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• The Knicks vs. Pacers rivalry, explained by Reggie Miller trash talk, a John Starks headbutt, and more
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• Watch Larry Bird throw down most shockingly vicious dunk of career

John Tomase is taking a trip down memory lane to a 1983 game in which Celtics star Larry Bird turned heads with a Jayson Tatum-esque dunk....2024
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• Caitlin Clark’s crossover superstardom is the greatest show in sports
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• Pacers news: Larry Bird’s role with Indiana gets unfortunate update
Larry Bird is one of the most accomplished individuals to ever be involved in the NBA. From being one of the greatest players to ever play during his time with the Celtics to becoming an important part of the Pacers front office following his career, Bird has seemingly done it all. However, there was speculation […] The post Pacers news: Larry Bird’s role with Indiana gets unfortunate ...2022
• Jayson Tatum sets unthinkable Celtics record not even Larry Bird or Bill Russell achieved
The Boston Celtics pulled off a scrappy win against the Brooklyn Nets on Sunday, earning a 1-0 lead in their playoff-opening series matchup. The game was down to the wire and was only decided via a clutch buzzer-beater courtesy of Jayson Tatum, who nailed a fading close-ranged jumper as time expired. Tatum’s game-winner at TD […] The post Jayson Tatum sets unthinkable Celtics record no...2022
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• Off-Court Fight Keeps Clippers, NBA Wondering Who Blake Griffin Really Is
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