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When asked Wednesday night if he was being asked to make personnel decisions with a mind toward the  economic downturn, Dunleavy responded that he’d spoken to ownership and was told “to make basketball decisions.”    Other than a vague report from Johnny Ludden about a deal between the Spurs and Clips[...]

Want to achieve posterity at the Elias Sports Bureau? Here’s a formula for you: Schedule back-to-back games against a team whose frontcourt consists of Shaquille O’Neal and Amare Stoudemire.  Suit up only one big man — a 20-year-old rookie drafted in the second round. Go. Whatever overarching philosop[...]

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From the NBA: NEW YORK, Feb. 18, 2009 – Zach Randolph of the Los Angeles Clippers has been suspended two games without pay for striking Louis Amundson of the Phoenix Suns in the face, it was announced today by Stu Jackson, NBA Executive Vice President, Basketball Operations. The incident, in which Randolph was assessed[...]

One of the maxims of NBA basketball is that no matter how heated things get on the court, punches never find their intended target.  Players dance around, jaw at one another, but relative peace prevails. Tonight, Zach Randolph flouts that unwritten law, and connects with a left-handed jab to Louis Amundson’s face. Rand[...]

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Michael Lewis’ piece from the Sunday New York Times on Shane Battier and the Rockets has made the rounds, but I wanted to zero in on a particularly insightful morsel buried deep in the article: I spent the second half with Sam Hinkie, the vice president of basketball operations and the head of basketball analytic[...]

PHOENIX — I don’t care much for ROY debates, but Eric Gordon demonstrates tonight that he belongs prominently in any conversation about this class of rookie guards.  But we knew that. Regarding his play tonight, well, it’ll be familiar to anyone who’s watched him all year.  He shoots the lights [...]