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Hoops Roundup (NBA Edition): News & Notes On Bruin Ballers
DC deservedly has been getting all the headlines in recent weeks among the group of Bruins alums balling in the NBA. Thought today would be a good day to check in with some news and notes concerning some other Bruins who are also making their marks in the Association. Let's start with Matt Barnes....
NBA Celebrating Its "Remarkable" Rookie: Darren Collison
Bob Licht on NBA.com notes how our DC has emerged as one of the most remarkable "rookies" during this NBA season. The classic Ben Ball warrior has teamed up with Marcus Thornton to become "the most talked about rookie tandem in the NBA." From NBA.com: Collison, the 21st pick in last June's point...
The Prince - Luuuuuuuc - Sends A Message (Tweet) To Bruin Nation
LRMAM is on twitter. If you are not following you should over here. Earlier today we tweeted Luc: @mbahamoute Luuuuuuuuuuuuuuuc ... we miss you in Westwood. Come visit Pauley next time you are in LA. LRMAM didn't waste any time in tweeting right back (becoming the first Ben Ball warrior to...
Something Special Brewin? Malcolm Jones Honored As Gatorade National Player Of The Year
Many of us have followed college athletics long enough to know that we shouldn't always get too excited about hype around big time recruits. It is especially true these days in the world of college basketball. Sometimes recruits in hoops such as JF, AA, and KL live up to all the hype. Other times,...
Challenges For The Caretaker Of Westwood: Will Howland Adapt & Adjust?
I am an eternal optimist when it comes to talking about Coach Howland's basketball program in Westwood. For good reasons he is loved around this community and has earned the moniker "the Caretaker of Westwood" as the heir apparent of the greatest Coach ever to lead any American sports team. That...
Tough Being A Ben Ball Warrior
JF is back on the Lakers bench as he is busy rehabing so that he can get back in time for hopefully a title run and a revenge meeting with the Celts. Meanwhile, in his freetime JF is doing a little blogging over at Playboy.com. I will skip all the joke about hey I only go there for the articles....
Let's Grow The Westbrook Legend: VOTE for Russell
Let’s see. RW was just named the NBA Rookie of the Month. All those sick dunks we got so accustomed to in Westwood: <!-- TOKEN_1231367074346_TOKEN --> UCLA's Russell Westbrook dunk (via hawk10101) Russell Westbrook Shares His Get-Out-And-Vote Song (via NBA) Same stuff...
"If I take that ball away, who are you?"
The question came from Lela Nicholson, who is none other than grandmother of Baron Davis. Here are some of the answers from B'Diddy courtesy of L. Jon Wertheim of SI.com: In the summer of 2006 Davis, who was then with the Golden State Warriors, addressed the Congressional Black Caucus in...
The Prince, NBA & His Experience At UCLA
LRMAM was in town to take on the Lake show this week. Ramona Shelburne from the DN caught up with the Bruin Prince, who had some interesting comments re. his time at UCLA: Mbah a Moute played a team-high 31 minutes in the Bucks loss to the Lakers on Sunday night, finishing with 14 points , six...
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