Blake Griffin

NBA Series Preview & Prediction: Houston Rockets vs. Los Angeles Clippers

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Memphis Grizzlies eliminate Blazers, who face a lot of big questions
The Milwaukee Bucks face a bright future after playoff exit
The OKC Thunder have hired Billy Donovan as their new head coach

Chris Paul has long been one of the NBA’s best players. But Saturday night, he ascended into the echelon of timeless legends. His inspired, hobbled performance in the Los Angeles Clippers’ Game 7 victory over the San Antonio Spurs, 111-109, goes straight into a pantheon including iconic showings from Isiah Thomas and Michael Jordan. If you didn’t see his game-winner, you missed one of the sport’s finest moments:

The Warriors-Clippers rivalry rages on

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Bucks guard Khris Middleton is a breakout star
Phil Jackson sends video letter to Knicks ticket holders
Ranking the NBA playoffs’ biggest X factor players

If L.A. is basketball’s capital city, then California is most certainly its most important republic. And no NBA storyline is doing the state more good these days than the current rage between the Clippers and the Golden State Warriors.

 

Blake Griffin Gets Into Scuffle, Has Incredible Dunk (Video)

Griffin Still the NBA's Reigning Viral Superstar
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Blake Griffin Calls Donald Sterling “A Weird Uncle”
Blake Griffin Begins MVP Campaign With Jumpers, Not Dunks
Chris Webber Might Buy the Atlanta Hawks

It was an eventful weekend for Los Angeles Clippers MVP candidate Blake Griffin. Friday, he was on the wrong end of a hard foul committed by Utah Jazz forward Trevor Booker, with whom Griffin has a colorful history. Booker hit Griffin with a little extra mustard as he went to the rim, and Blake wasn’t happy about it:

Blake Griffin Calls Donald Sterling “A Weird Uncle”

Griffin Says Sterling Was "Off His Rocker"
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Chris Webber Might Buy the Atlanta Hawks
Most of the Spurs Are Skipping a Preseason Game, Including Gregg Popovich
Blake Griffin Begins MVP Campaign With Jumpers, Not Dunks

Donald Sterling’s a household name by now, and for all the wrong reasons. The disgraced, recently dismissed Los Angeles Clippers owner and L.A. area real estate tycoon has become a punchline. And perhaps no funnier term has been applied to Sterling than the Clippers star and 2014-15 MVP candidate Blake Griffin’s latest “weird uncle” tag.

Ranking All 23 NBA Slam Dunk Contest Champions

Ranking all 23 Slam Dunk Contest champions, starting with MJ and Dr. J.
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<p> Best Slam Dunk Contest Championship of All-Time, including Michael Jordan, Julius Erving, Dominique Wilkins, Vince Carter, Spud Webb, Dwight Howard, Nate Robinson, Larry Nance, Josh Smith, Kobe Bryant, Kenny Walker, Jason Richardson, Dee Brown, Blake Griffin, Cedric Ceballos, Harold Miner, Isaiah Rider, Brent Barry, Gerald Green, Desmond Mason, Fred Jones and Jeremy Evans.</p>
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Dwight Howard
Blake Griffin
Michael Jordan
Kobe Bryant
Julius Erving
Dominique Wilkins
Vince Carter
Spud Webb
Nate Robinson
Larry Nance
Josh Smith
Kenny Walker
Jason Richardson
Dee Brown
Cedric Ceballos
Harold Miner
Isaiah Rider
Brent Barry
Gerald Green
Desmond Mason
Fred Jones
Jeremy Evans
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Eliza Kapp is the New Orleans Saints' Hottest Fan

The 2014 NBA Slam Dunk Contests lifts off on Saturday, Feb. 15, in New Orleans. The Raptors' defending Slam Dunk Contest champion Terrence Ross, Pacers’ 360 windmill man Paul George, Wizards' John Wall, Trail Blazers' Damian Lillard, Warriors' Harrison Barnes and Kings' Ben McLemore will follow in the flight paths of MJ, Dr. J and Dominique.

Ranking All 22 NBA Slam Dunk Contest Champions

Ranking all 22 Slam Dunk Contest champions, from Michael Jordan to Jeremy Evans.
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<p> Best Slam Dunk Contest Championship of All-Time, including Michael Jordan, Julius Erving, Dominique Wilkins, Vince Carter, Spud Webb, Dwight Howard, Nate Robinson, Larry Nance, Josh Smith, Kobe Bryant, Kenny Walker, Jason Richardson, Dee Brown, Blake Griffin, Cedric Ceballos, Harold Miner, Isaiah Rider, Brent Barry, Gerald Green, Desmond Mason, Fred Jones and Jeremy Evans.</p>
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Dwight Howard
Blake Griffin
Michael Jordan
Kobe Bryant
Julius Erving
Dominique Wilkins
Vince Carter
Spud Webb
Nate Robinson
Larry Nance
Josh Smith
Kenny Walker
Jason Richardson
Dee Brown
Cedric Ceballos
Harold Miner
Isaiah Rider
Brent Barry
Gerald Green
Desmond Mason
Fred Jones
Jeremy Evans
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The 2013 NBA Slam Dunk Contests lifts off on Saturday, Feb. 16, in Houston. The Jazz’s defending Slam Dunk Contest champion Jeremy Evans, Pacers’ Gerald Green (2007 Slam Dunk Contest champion), Clippers’ Eric Bledsoe, Nuggets’ Kenneth Faried, Raptors’ Terrence Ross and Knicks’ James White will follow in the flight paths of MJ, Dr. J and Dominique.

With that in mind, we judge all 22 Slam Dunk Contest champions since the ABA introduced the competition in 1976 and the NBA brought it back in 1984.

NBA Rising Stars Challenge Mock Draft

We play the roles of Shaquille O’Neal, Charles Barkley in mock draft of rookie-sophomore game.
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<p> With Shaquille O’Neal and Charles Barkley set to pick sides for NBA All-Star Weekend's Rising Stars Challenge, Athlon Sports' editors Mitch Light and Nathan Rush do their own mock draft of the rookies and sophomores.</p>
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NBA All-Star Weekend is taking it back to the playground this year, with Shaquille O’Neal and Charles Barkley picking sides for the Rising Stars Challenge — formerly the Rookies vs. Sophomores Game (2000-11) and the Rookie Game (1994-98) — on Thursday, Feb. 16, on NBA TV. The actual game will be played on Friday, Feb. 24, in Orlando.

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