Love’s Streak Comes to End
Kevin Love recently had his streak of 53 consecutive double doubles snapped. This impressive streak ended on this past Sunday March 13th with a 6-point and 12-rebound effort. The streak started back on November 22nd 2010 against Oklahoma City. During the streak, Love recorded nine games in which he had ...
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March 16, 2011
All Star weekend recap
The 2011 All-Star Weekend at the Staples Center in Los Angeles started with John Wall dishing out a record 22 assists in the Rookie-Sophomore game and ended with Kobe Bryant showing that Los Angeles is still his city even with the emergence of Blake Griffin. The weekend also capped off ...
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February 25, 2011
World B Free – The Prince of Midair Part 4
As the player with maybe the greatest nickname in the history of the NBA, who do you think has the best nickname in the league today? I like Allen‘s nickname, ‘the Answer‘. When he first came into the league they asked him what he was called. He said ‘Some call me ...
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July 14, 2009
World B Free – The Prince of Midair Part 3
Who was the best player you went up against? You mentioned that MJ listed you as one of the toughest players he went up against. What about you? George “Iceman“ Gervin. He was one of the best players I ever played against. When this man was rolling, and this was like ...
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July 13, 2009
World B Free – The Prince of Midair Part 2
What is your take on the whole commercialization of streetball? All the interest that the sport gathers from sponsors and the media these days. The NBA and streetball are two totally different games. The players on the streetball courts have their own unique set of talents. But the level of attention ...
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July 10, 2009
World B Free – The Prince of Midair Part 1
Back in the 70ies and early 80ies, when the NBA's dress code was "flashy" and "funky", one player still managed to stand out. World B. Free. His over sized charisma and brash ballin' game made the Brooklyn born streetballer one of the league's most colorful personalities. Free scored 18,000 points ...
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July 9, 2009
Iverson: The Answer for whose question?
After being released by the Pistons before the Playoffs and even talking about retiring, the basketball world is asking itself: Where will the road take Allen Iverson? There is one thing you have to say about Allen Iverson. The man known as The Answer never shied away from anyone or anything ...
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May 14, 2009
“Nate the Great”?
Even in college, Robinson showed his fondness for bold actions and breaking unwritten rules. In 2004, the University of Washington guard picked a game against rival Oregon to unleash a mild controversy. His Huskies already had secured the victory with less than seven seconds left in the game. The first ...
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April 23, 2009
Chancey Billups would buy tickets to see Lebron
In Part 2 of this interview with FIVE, Billups talks about paying to see fellow NBA stars, Shaquille O'Neal, trade rumors, coming from Colorado and playing Wii with his daughters. With the game on the line, who would you take of all the NBA players? Oh man, there's a lot of them. ...
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April 17, 2009
Allen Iverson – last part of the interview
Does that responsibility make it easier for you to sleep at night or harder? Harder. What makes it hard for me to sleep is when things are not going right - like when we lose a tough game or when I'm not the main focus in games when I think I ...
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April 5, 2009
