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Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here… highlighting the big storyline. Because there’s nothing quite as satisfying as a good morning dump. Jeremiah recalls a Celtics’ West Coast road trip wherein his father flew from Los Angeles to his collegiate game in Indiana and back to California in the [...]

France’s Nic Batum is the latest Olympian to target an opponent’s groin. This photo shows Batum punching Spain’s Juan Carlos Navarro below-the-belt in the closing seconds of today’s quarterfinal game. Batum, who was not ejected, seemed proud of his actions. Here’s a tweet from Yahoo’s Adrian Wojnarowski: Finally, I asked Batum if he felt like his [...]

Paul Pierce and Rajon Rondo are teaming up with Michael Jordan to help President Obama raise some campaign cash: The Hall of Famer will headline a celebrity basketball game on Aug. 22 in New York that will double as a fund-raiser for President Obama, the Obama campaign said Tuesday. Other high-profile participants in the Obama [...]

The second matchup of the tournament will have Paul Pierce and Mickael Pietrus facing off.  Both plays were significant in their own way, and both symbolized things to come… or so we thought.  Check out the descriptions of the matchups below. #2 Seed: Paul Pierce’s Cold-Blooded Three: The Celtics dropped the first two games in Miami [...]

On Tuesday, the NBA tweeted that Celtics foward Brandon Bass was visiting China this week. I got in touch with some of the fine folks over at Hoop China for the details. Bass is participating in Lenovo’s NBA “Legends of Summer” tour. It’s basically an event where NBA players visit venues in different Chinese cities. [...]

Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here… highlighting the big storyline. Because there’s nothing quite as satisfying as a good morning dump. “We’ve looked, and I wish we had the money to add him,” Rivers told the Argentinian website Olé. “We could really use him.” The Celtics were reportedly [...]

Another poll, another win for Rondo’s kicks. This time it’s his Nike Hyperfuse 2011 away p.e. It wasn’t even close as RR’s pair beat Marquis’ U.A. Micro G “Juke” 234 votes to 100 votes. Without further ado, here is our next poll: 13) KG Anta KGII alternate green/black colorway These are my favorite colorway of the [...]

ESPN Boston’s Chris Forsberg caught up with Avery Bradley today at a promotional event: “For any athlete, especially me being a young athlete, it’s hard for me to not to be able to wake up every day and play the game of basketball,” said Bradley, who visited the Dill family Tuesday to unveil the first [...]

Dionte Christmas and other former college ballers from schools in Philly & DC took part in a unique type of hoops event this past weekend. The B.A.L.L. hoops showcase featured some of Philly’s best against a squad of elite hoopers from DC. Saturday’s game was played at the Charles Smith center in the District, while [...]

Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here… highlighting the big storyline. Because there’s nothing quite as satisfying as a good morning dump. As Carmelo Anthony crumpled on the floor with his hands cupping his groin, mayhem unfolded on the United States‘ sideline. Tyson Chandler and Deron Williams screamed at Argentina players and threatened to meet them at midcourt. [...]