Here at the Sports Jerks depository, we like to give you a weekly roundup of the NBA’s hobbled. As our Week 19 Injury Report deftly points out, the Chicago Bulls and Minnesota Wolves are walking bandages at this point. Surprisingly, the New York Knicks, or the oldest team in history, have proven more resilient with […]
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If it seems like Kirk Hinrich is on this list weekly, it’s because he is. I can’t remember the last time the injury report didn’t feature half of the Bulls and Timberwolves lineup. If there is one thing you can take away from this seasons’ injury reports, except, of course, timely and helpful information to
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While the NBA All-Star break doesn’t typically have the same visible turnaround effect as the MLB All-Star break, there will always be guys that get hot afterward which makes it seem related to the break when it really isn’t. That said, let’s take a look at some guys who are heating up since the break,
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Whether because of an embarrassing inability to pronounce their names, a deep-seated favoritism for native-born players, or the tired paranoia that “foreigners are stealing our jobs,” fans tend to overlook capable foreign-born players. Sure, Tony Parker, Dirk Nowitzki, and Steve Nash have gotten their due mostly, but even Gregg Popovich alluded to an overseas snubbing.
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This week’s stock market features a few names we haven’t seen all year, possibly ever, in the buy category while some perennial All-Stars have made their way into the sell category. A seasoned fantasy day trader knows that name value is the worst thing to base transactions on. Value shoots up and falls down quicker
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Hibbert Proves His Worth As All-Star Shover It was almost Malice in the Palace 2.0 in Indy last night after Roy Hibbert and David Lee tried to establish their presence beyond the standard tussling involved with boxing-out. There’s no doubt that the Warriors’ Lee started the incident, by shoving the lanky and usually passive Hibbert
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We are approaching the 60-game mark around the league which means just about everyone is nursing something or other. While most players are playing through soreness at this point, let’s take a look at some guys that aren’t going to be playing at all this week. Joe Johnson (heel): After missing the Nets’ last two
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After making a bold move for Ronnie Brewer, the Oklahoma City Thunder have further bolstered their roster by adding a player that used to be one of their own. Derek Fisher, the five-time NBA champion, who apparently is fully healed after nursing a knee injury, has rejoined the Thunder. That means that OKC, who recently
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