There are a number of contextually-appropriate ways to craft this post. One would be to forgo words entirely, and represent Chris Wilcox’s entire season with a series of videos. That would involve one part of this: For every eight parts of this: Note the headline on that second clip. Someone was so amused/enraged by Wilcox’s [...]

Here’s a sweeping general statement involving super specific statistics that may or may not mean anything: In the 1423 minutes Rajon Rondo played this season, the Boston Celtics were outscored by 1.3 points per 100 possessions. When he sat (including all contests after he tore his ACL), Boston was better than their opponents by 1.8 [...]

Final Grade: Avery Bradley (C+)

In his third year in the league, in which promising players often make brash leaps from benchwarmer to starter, from starter to star, Avery Bradley took a big step back. But his regression might be deceptive. When he returned to the Celtics’ lineup on January the 2nd after two in-season months recovering from offseason shoulder [...]

The NBA Store: Where You Can Buy This Painting

Posted by Zach Lowe on Dec 22, 2009 491719 comments2009-12-22+15%3A43%3A56Zach+Lowe

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This is a painting of Pau Gasol. It is, frankly, terrifying. That beard is positively Biblical. Almost Amish.

What is Pau staring at? Is he watching Kobe shoot another 20-foot fallaway? Is he angry? Pensive?

One thing is for sure: This is only like the 22nd most ridiculous thing you can buy at the NBA store, where I ran around for 30 minutes on Sunday because my girlfriend was kind enough to indulge me on our way to Rockefeller Center.

Hey, kid! I know what you want for Christmas: A white warm-up T-shirt featuring the name and number of a guy who hasn’t played in three weeks because his coach hates him!

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