Shaun Powell
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Part-time golfer, full-time sportswriter, lifetime dad. Find me at https://t.co/uVXQDmBkRt. Still searching for the perfect story to tell. Author of Souled Out.
Joined April 2010
I always ask locker room attendants in every NBA city to reveal who the best players are with their tips and their time. And three names are always mentioned: Steph Curry, Draymond Green . and Russell Westbrook.
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You wanna make Suns' fans really, really angry? Tell them: No Anthony Davis, no Jamal Murray, no Kawhi.
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Steph Curry this year has the Kobe Award, the Magic Award, and now shooting for the Russell Award. That would be a decent 2022 collection.
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This is why you never ever question an athlete's injury, as many did Kawhi Leonard and now Kevin Durant. You think KD wanted to sit out the Finals? Props for him for trying. Took guts.
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No thanks to the media?.
Thanks to all the @nba fans who voted me in as a starter, thanks to my peers around the league as well….13 of them thangs, shit doesn’t get old.
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This is good on so many levels.
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If the Clippers are tired after playing every other night for almost a month, it's because they fell 0-2 twice in the first two rounds and didn't take care of their biz.
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If you think the Warriors retiring Durant's number after three years is too generous, wait until the Raptors retire Kawhi's number after one year.
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We can choose what we have to remember 20 years ago, or what we want to remember. Thanks to Michael Jordan and everyone who made it easier for my family.
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Serious question: Would you rather your team win the title or the draft lottery this season?.
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Makes you appreciate what the 1971-72 Lakers did even more.
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You wanna knock Jamal Crawford's defense at age 39, fine. But if Melo had scored 51 in the final game last season and was still at home, NBA twitter would burn.
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Conley, on reports that he only wanted the East: "I don't know where that came from.".
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Serena was beat fair and square by Osaka. Everything else was secondary.
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It's funny because some of these ex-athletes-turned-pundits treated women horribly when they played. Horribly.
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While they wait on Kawhi, Lakers and Clippers watching other free agents get snapped up, and the landscape is getting dry.
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Stephen Curry must lead the league in straight swishes. Ball don't hit iron.
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Last year in summer league, Malcolm Brogdon shot 34 percent, averaged 10 points, didn't stand out and won Rookie of the Year.
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Kevin Durant before Spurs game. Looks anxious but next checkup is a week away.
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Kevin Durant chose Kyrie Irving over Steph Curry. LOL.
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For years Tim Duncan took less money so the Spurs could keep winning. You'll never see another like him again.
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Everyone taking LeBron to task for stepping over Draymond probably worshipped AI for doing same to Lue.
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Jeff Van Gundy once said about coaching security: "If they don't get you on your record, they'll get you on relationships.".
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For the 145th straight year, all is expected to be quiet on trade deadline day in San Antonio, home of the model franchise.
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I've heard many NBA players cite Kobe as the best of their generation. That's OK, Tim Duncan. We know the truth.
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Cannot stress this enough: Sean Marks has done amazing work in Brooklyn. My only issue is how he spells his first name.
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Texas Longhorns more popular in Oklahoma than Draymond.
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Warriors fans cheered Dave Chappelle but he's from Ohio and here for the Cavs.
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If nothing else, the OKC locker room suddenly becomes a better place for the media with PG13 and Melo around.
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This is quite the clap back.
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I laugh when people say Cavs-Warriors is a great series. It's not even better than Spurs-Clippers in 1st round.
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Remember, all decisions regarding length of the NBA schedule and when it began and ended were made in collaboration between the league and the union, just fyi.
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Athletes who were rightfully quick to condemn Donald Sterling are silent on Ray Rice.
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The $ given to Jodie Meeks and Avery Bradley doesn't bode well for the Heat trying to get help on the cheap.
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Nobody gets to the rim better than Tony Parker. One of the all-time best.
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If someone gives a concussion from helmet to helmet contact, he should sit out the game as long as the concussed player. Seems fair.
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Any athlete who defends Ray Rice is a coward, too. That includes his teammates and buddies.
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Pacers are targeting Xavier Henry in free agency to replace Evan Turner.
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ABC should have Mark Jackson sitting next to David Blatt instead of Van Gundy. Would make for lively chatter. .
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Boise State over Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl still the best college football game I've ever seen.
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I don't know Britt McHenry, but I saw the video and the "apology." She's sorry she got busted.
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Attention, pro athletes who spoke out (deservingly) against Donald Sterling: What say you about Ray Rice?.
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Keep this in mind regarding NBA free agency: Those who know don't tell, and those who tell don't know.
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Called it.
Just as cold as GS is, at some point they will be just as hot.
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Kobe said this is worst ankle sprain since 2000 and will be out indefinitely.
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Even more serious question: Why do college and NFL players require someone to squirt the water bottle for them?.
Serious question: why do college coaches require a state trooper escort to the midfield handshake?.
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Kevin Durant thinks all media say and act alike. When someone says that about a group of people, it's called stereotyping.
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I love how athletes think "the media" is one big group-think. By the way, when's the next mass meeting?.
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Not sure if the Mavericks are the proper measuring stick, but yeah, the Warriors look like the best team still standing.
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This wise guy on my train in San Francisco after Durant won.
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Did Blake Griffin, pending free agent, just play his final game as a Clipper?.
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Cavs should be more worried about JR Smith's shooting than Delly's. Smith is supposed to be a scorer, not Delly.
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If Bulls or Cavs had Hawks record, folks would be making them a lock for NBA Finals.
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I'm not saying the Nets must be transparent when making a coaching change, but there's more to the firing of Kenny Atkinson than they're willing to tell.
Sean Marks: “This was a time where the team needs another voice.”
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Kawhi Leonard is proof that you can grow by leaps and bounds and yet stay the same height.
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Ray Rice and any man who hits a woman is a coward. Any man.
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People please: Nobody's giving up assets for a one year Kawhi rental. He will decide where he goes. Basically a no trade clause.
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This all started when Jerry West arrived and said Blake Griffin had to go.
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Big question for Warriors medical staff: How did they clear Durant to play?.
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I had no issue with the Rams' hands-up protest. I wish players would also protest when one of their own smacks a woman.
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Air Canada Centre so quiet you can hear a No. 1 seed drop.
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January was a tragic month for Kobe Bryant and also Pete Maravich, who despite his greatness was a victim of poor timing in life and especially death.
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In 1981 Moses Malone carried Old Rudy T, Old Calvin Murphy, Billy Paultz, Robert Reid, Tom Henderson. Beat Magic and Kareem 1st round. Took two from Bird in the Finals. But this was before social media so who cares.
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Everyone blaming cameraman for sitting where he's supposed to sit.
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The NBA playoffs have a way of revealing who you really are -- as a coach, as a player, as a star.
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@Dwightdagreat That's why the stadium should've never been built there. Better solution was keep the original Hayward, put "Nike Stadium" in an easier to reach place to grow the sport.
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He mispronounced Anthony Davis.
LeBron James, in the wake of Draymond Green saying the same recently, calls DeMarcus Cousins "the best big man in our game.".
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Also, Jaren Jackson Sr was on that 1997-98 team that started the streak, and 20 years later Jaren Jackson Jr is on a team that helped end the streak.
164 players suited up for the Spurs since the 1997-98 season and contributed to San Antonio's Playoff streak. From Tim Duncan, who played 56,736 minutes, to Alex Scales, who played 9 seconds.
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Tim Duncan negotiated 4 contracts and never demanded to be league's highest paid player.
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Hearing the Cavs are trying to get Kevin Love without giving up Kyrie or No. 1 pick.
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Getting blocked twice in the final minute and swept by the Knicks basically sums up LeBron's first year with the Lakers.
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Doc Rivers and Chris Paul are smart men, so I don't buy their ignorance on Donald Sterling's past.
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David Stern also prioritized diversity away from the court. People of color and women found work in all facets of basketball. NBA was light years ahead of other pro leagues.
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Nontroversy: Create an issue that "people" are talking about, add fake outrage, rinse and repeat. Fill air time, get clicks.
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LeBron James can sell a return to Cleveland as going home and folks will understand. Can't sell LA, Chicago, NY.
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Kobe is wondering why D'Angelo Russell hasn't passed him the ball yet.
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The Warriors are sitting and eating popcorn while watching this movie about Cleveland.
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This is probably not the right time to mention Ty Lue turned down the Lakers job over money.
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Super Bowl week is when the media, showing a lack of creativity, beats a nontroversy to death. This year: Cam's dance.
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Too many folks confuse NBA All-Star with All-NBA. One is mainly about popularity. The other is mainly about legitimacy.
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Pretty much all advertising is gone from the Clippers. They'll look like the Masters during Martha Burke.
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The NFL and NBA drafts always get the instant verdict. Like folks have a crystal ball. Reality is this: We have no idea how these players will pan out and neither do the teams that took them. But go ahead and draw your conclusions anyway.
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For an undefeated team, UCONN playing some dumb basketball.
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If Kevin Durant wore size 17 shoe instead of 18, this outcome is different.
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Fave Anthony Mason memory: He and Xavier McDaniel fight at Knicks practice. Players try to break it up. Pat Riley: "Leave em alone." RIP.
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He left me his guitar. I can't play as well as my brother did, but I'll give it a try, especially on this day, in his memory. #neverforget
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Roy Hibbert has a triple-single going: no points, no rebounds, no hope.
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The same players bashing Donald Sterling for racism have no problem hawking sneakers made in sweatshops.
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Those two shots rank in the top-five in JR Smith's career.
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OK, I laughed. Loud.
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Regarding Al Horford: Never underestimate the heart of a wanna-be first-time champion.
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