Marc J. Spears
@MarcJSpears
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Sr. NBA writer @andscape @espn. @KJWines Ambassador. @HoopHall 2023. @LSU MA @SJSU BA @LangstonU Hon. Dr. @Hulu The Conversation Project. Inquiries: @CSETalent
Joined March 2009
Meski is “only the beginning” for Draymond Green and his partners in Bay Area restaurant scene. The Golden State #Warriors forward, Guma Fassil and Nelson German have tapped into Ethiopian/Domincan cuisine to create one of San Francisco’s hottest spots.
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Mavericks owner @mcuban: .“Kobe’s legacy transcends basketball, and our organization has decided that the number 24 will never again be worn by a Dallas Maverick.”.
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“Kamala Harris is a great candidate and I will support her,” @usabasketball head coach Steve Kerr said.
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"Fifty senators in Washington are holding us hostage," Steve Kerr said.
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Jimmy Butler is the first player to outscore, outrebound and out-assist LeBron James in a Finals game, including LeBron's teammates. Via Elias.
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Jerry West dropping knowledge to attentive Detroit Pistons rookie Ausar Thompson.
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Did Russell Westbrook just crip walk across the court while G’d up by the Eastsidaz played in the background? 😂😂😂 @SnoopDogg
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Stephen Curry, family and friends take picture at Oracle Arena before leaving.
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“I love those guys over there. I love most of those guys over there,” Wizards guard Jordan Poole said on his former Warriors teammates.
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Bucks guard @George_Hill3 says he missed the playing of the national anthem because he was in the midst of his pre-game ritual of “taking a shit.”
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Apparently there was an interesting workout at UCLA today.
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Zion Williamson was QUICKLY whisked out of the room after Pelicans were announced the winner of the draft lottery. Source said the former Duke star was rooting to go to New York, but now is going to New Orleans.
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Russell Westbrook and William Rondo having words. Security just asked Rajon Rondo’s brother to leave.
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Respect to Kevin Durant for trying especially with lots of money on the line.
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USA Basketball players are going to hug the NBA referees when they get back.
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Jaylen Brown and the Boston Celtics have agreed on a five-year supermax extension worth up to $304 million, the richest contract in NBA history, his agent Jason Glushon of @GlushonSM tells ESPN.
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Really hope the NBA cancels the Lakers-Clippers game tomorrow. Too much pain after Kobe’s passing. Lakers wouldn’t have to play again until Friday in LA. Clippers won’t have to play again until Thursday in LA. Won’t be hard to reschedule a game between two teams in the same city.
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Kobe & Gigi 🙏🏽. Hawks at Lakers. 11/17/19. (Just found this video in my phone.)
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Free agent forward Draymond Green has agreed to a four-year, $100 million contract with a player option in the final season to re-sign with the Golden State Warriors on the first day of free agency, sources tell ESPN’s Andscape. Green, Stephen Curry & Klay Thompson stay together.
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Anthony Davis: “Got two words. Stephen Curry. Joel Embiid.”.
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Stephen Curry: “It’s not a joking matter that Ja is hurt. But the rest of this is BS.”.
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New #Heat forward @andre talks about his trade to Miami with @TheUndefeated. Learn more about the veteran’s power move soon in @TheUndefeated and @espn I. A wide-ranging interview. #NBA
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For those speculating and curious about the Celtics' situation, Vice-President of Player Development and Organizational Growth Allison Feaster is not involved in this.
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Thank you for your brotherly friendship, humor, honesty and compassion. Glad we had a chance to tell each other we loved each other three weeks ago. You were a gift to this Earth as a friend, father and a man Sekou Smith. Rest In Peace to my brother. Prayers to your wife & family
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Ex-Detroit Pistons and HBCU Virginia Union star Ben Wallace will be inducted into the Class of 2021 for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, a source told @TheUndefeated. The 2004 NBA champion was a four-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year and a four-time All-Star.
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New Orleans Pelicans All-Star free agent center DeMarcus Cousins received calls from the Pelicans and Los Angeles Lakers tonight once free agency began and is expected to have meetings scheduled with both teams soon, a source told ESPN's The Undefeated.
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Several Clippers were so fatigued during Game 7 against Denver that they struggled to play stints longer than three minutes and asked out of the game for a breather in the fourth quarter, sources told @TheUndefeated.
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Ja Morant joins LeBron James and Kobe Bryant as the only players with multiple 45-point games in the playoffs before turning 23 years old. @ESPNStatsInfo.
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Josh Primo is a great young talent. Scores easy. Just 19 years old. Spurs had been developing this kid. The small market Spurs don’t just drop a player like that unless something detrimental happened off the court. Not sure what. Coach Pop declined comment. Very odd situation.
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Draymond said Wemby asked several NBA execs if he could use their no shooting process and they said he could.
What an odd way to NBA All-Star Saturday, especially considering Wemby was mad that Antman didn’t take the skills challenge serious last year.
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Hearing Ben Simmons was pretty ecstatic to not be traded from the Sixers to Houston for James Harden and believes his team is capable of bringing a title to Philadelphia. Doc Rivers is also a huge fan of Simmons and believes the best is yet to come with two-time NBA All-Star.
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Thunder guard Chris Paul says referee Scott Foster made a point to tell him before the Game 7 loss to the Thunder tonight that he also reffed his Game 7 loss to the Spurs in 2008 when CP was with the Hornets.
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The Shai Gilgeous-Alexander logo was posted Batman style on some landmark spots in Boston tonight, including the Celtics’ home arena after the big Thunder win.
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An NBA source in the know about Klay Thompson’s injury simply answered to me: “Not good.”.
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The NBA referees plan to walk together at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort hotel as a form of peaceful protest against the killing of unarmed black men and women at the hands of police, a source said.
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Darren Collison to @TheUndefeated: ‘I have decided to retire from the NBA’.The veteran point guard explains why he’s stepping away from the game #nba.
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The Lakers are hiring Phil Handy as an assistant coach, a source said. The former Raptors assistant will be at the front of the bench with the Lakers. He also coached in five straight NBA Finals winning two titles.
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Carmelo Anthony is starting.
New Blazers forward Carmelo Anthony is expected to play about 20 minutes tonight in his season-debut at New Orleans, a source said.
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Grizzlies suspend Ja Morant from all team activities after another video with a gun on social media.
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Raptors head coach Nick Nurse says he has heard a couple of players talk about going home.
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Word is new Mavs forward Anthony Davis is good with going to Dallas and has a solid relationship with team president Nico Harrison’s dating back to the latter’s Nike days. Now Davis also has centers to play next to him in Dallas.
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Jimmy Butler said the best game he ever had was when he was 17 year old playing against grown men in an adult league, not yesterday.
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Bucks forward Marvin Williams told @TheUndefeated he is retiring from playing in the NBA after 15 seasons. “I’ve been very blessed. God has been very, very good to me,” Williams said.
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Finally graduating! @LSU #Classof2019 Masters In Kinesiology - Sports Business Management. Special Thank You to @espn, @TheUndefeated, @meridak, @loonus and Sabrina Clarke for the support. Geaux 🐯!
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Pelicans rookie @Zionwilliamson says on IG he is “pledging to cover the salaries for all of those Smoothie King Center workers for the next 30 days.”
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Thank you for everything @kobebryant. When people ask me about you, I always say, “He was simply the best and the NBA isn’t the same without him.” The world won’t be the same without you either brother, but you made it a better place.
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The Detroit Pistons name Melanie Harris as President of Business Operations. She previously was VP and GM for Nike, Inc.’s Jordan Brand North America unit. Harris also served on Nike, Inc.’s Black Community Commitment taskforce.
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Celtics guard Derrick White will be replacing Kawhi Leonard with USA Basketball, a source told @andscape.
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Phoenix Suns guard Chris Paul is gifting every Winston-Salem State University graduate $2,500. Paul is also graduating from WSSU today.
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New Celtics center Enes Kanter via text to @TheUndefeated on why he didn’t return to Portland.
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Spurs coach Greg Popovich believes @Kaepernick7 will one day be celebrated like Ali, Tommie Smith & John Carlos are now after being vilified. “(Kaepernick) was very courageous in what he did. He did it for the right reasons. The same story will unwind as time goes on,” - Popovich.
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Clippers say they are constructing a new basketball arena along with a practice facility, team offices, medical facility, retail stores, restaurants and parking in Inglewood. Clips say it will be privately financed with no taxpayer dollars and built on property owned by the City.
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Perhaps the worst jumper taken in the history of the NBA.
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Twenty one years ago, I remember when Omar Cook didn’t make the Nuggets roster at age 19. He played 22 NBA games with Toronto and Portland with the last contest in 2005. To see him still playing professional basketball at age 40 in 2022 is incredible. Respect on your retirement!.
Omar Cook, the No. 4 all-time in assists average in EuroLeague, bids an emotional farewell to basketball.
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LeBron James and Kevin Durant lead NBA All-Star fan voting in their respective conferences.
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In the midst of all the green, there is one brave Los Angeles Lakers fan possibly rooting for a tie.
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Raptors head coach Nick Nurse says he got the game-winning 3-pointer play from an old coach Hubie Brown DVD.
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Whoever decided to put the kids from the charities on the 100 level in the very expensive seats is brilliant & deserves a raise. Those kids screamed and yelled in success and yelled in motivation in struggle. How can players not play hard for kids in need when that was once them?.
I was skeptical at first, especially about the new All-Star format. But this is first time I’ve seen a memorable #NBAAllStar Game and dunk contest in the same weekend after going to 20. Respect. NBA got it right. And even the losing charity came away with $100K. Good problem.
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Warriors GM Bob Myers tells James Wiseman and Nico Mannion that if Draymond Green yells at you it means he wants you to get better and not take it personal.
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Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell says the pain he feels is nothing compared to the pain family members of those that have dealt with police brutality have faced.
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Grizzlies head coach Taylor Jenkins said Warriors guard Jordan Poole grabbed Ja Morant’s knee and yanked it.
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Luka Dončić instantly won Lakers fans over with his stellar game from a basketball standpoint upon arrival. But to donate $500,000 to LA wildfire relief and to answer questions in Spanish after his first Lakers game will help the NBA star to become beloved by LA at a faster pace.
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Raptors & Celtics players met last night at their hotel about possibly boycotting tomorrow Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals and other potential measures in light of the Jacob Blake shooting, a source told @TheUndefeated. Source from both teams says everything on table.
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Sterling Brown and George Hill to read statements for Bucks.
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Just saw injured Rockets guard Chris Paul jump into a Maybach outside the Toyota Center and he said: “I will be all right.” I next asked about Game 6, Paul said: “Oh yeah,” before being whisked away.
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Clippers guard Lou Williams: “We had championship expectations. We had the talent to do it. We didn’t have the chemistry to do it.”.
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Former NBA star Chris Webber has finally been elected to the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame, several sources told @TheUndefeated. C-Webb will be announced as a member of Class of 2021 in Springfield, Mass., tomorrow.
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As tough as it was to do, Robert Sarver's racism, misogyny and more is as worse as Donald Sterling's and very well may surpass it. How does the Suns owner get a pass to return to his throne after a year suspension and not pushed out the NBA like Sterling? Confused by this result.
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The Kings appear to have landed a draft steal with Tyrese Haliburton with the 12th pick. He doesn’t play like a rookie.
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First the disrespect to Michele Roberts in the NBA Bubble in front of other NBA players and now this… He is who he is. Respect to stellar veteran producer Malinda Adams for her professionalism through that silliness.
Patrick Beverly tells female reporter from ESPN that she cannot interview him since she doesn't subscribe to his podcast.
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NBA commissioner Adam Silver's statement on the passing of Bill Russell.
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Former #Spurs star @TonyParker tells @TheUndefeated he is retiring from the #NBA after 18 seasons and is “not going to play basketball anymore.” Full interview & details here and on @espn: #Hornets #France #NBAFinals #SanAntonio #Charlotte #Ashvel.
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How does Los Angeles beat this opening ceremony in 2028?.
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Just imagine if this Clippers game was at Staples Center and how many trolling Lakers fans would have bought tickets to root for the Nuggets.
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NBA teams have a 6-56 series record all-time when trailing a Conference Finals 2-0. Two of the six series wins were by LeBron James teams in 2007 and 2018. @ESPNStatsInfo
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Ken Griffey, Jr., doesn’t get the respect he deserves as a 🐐. Greatest baseball player I’ve ever watched in person. Could do anything. Amazing athlete. Swing so pretty it could win a beauty contest.
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Philadelphia #76ers forward Tobias Harris and his brother are bringing affordable housing to Los Angeles. The brothers are aiming to help the city's housing shortage, set example of Black entrepreneurship. #nba #NBAPlayoffs @andscape.
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“As basketball players we’re supposed to shut up and dribble. I’m glad we’re doing much more than that,” Oscar winner @kobebryant.
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It’s no surprise to me that Warriors have interest in Kevin Durant, according to sources. So does more more than half the league. It’s KEVIN DURANT. You better make the call if you’re an NBA GM. It’s KEVIN DURANT.
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Suns point guard Chris Paul limped out of the arena with a very slow walk. @andscape learned that Paul had a left quad injury. When asked about his quad injury, Paul declined comment.
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"He's going to be in the Hall of Fame, but he knows my name now, too," said Pelicans guard Jose Alvarado about Chris Paul.
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For better and for worse, the Celtics have the most passionate fans in the NBA.
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NBA leaves a media seat and flowers for my late friend @SekouSmithNBA. Love you and miss you dearly brother. #nba #NBAAllStar
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Miss you brother dearly. World misses you, too. Love you always Sekou Smith 🕊 🤍
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For those familiar with the Clippers’ entire history, it’s pretty difficult to suffer the largest loss in franchise history.
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The Spurs very casually announce ex-NBA star Tim Duncan will be added to Gregg Popovich’s bench as an assistant coach. The Spurs say “Duncan, a 1997 Wake Forest graduate, played 19 seasons with the Spurs before retiring in the summer of 2016.” No mention of accolades & titles.
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