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RicBucher

  1. "@SWeissmanESPN: Kawhi Leonard proving why he was @ricbucher's X factor. KD proving it doesn't matter." Let's give Ibaka some love, too. about 23 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®
  2. Risking my man card w/this but the topic trended so someone's interested. Guessing @SamanthaRubin is a big factor. espn.go.com/video/clip?id=… 1:26 PM Jun 1st via web
  3. Aannnddd in the accompanying podcast Hubie Brown explains how to get the most out of Pau and where he'd be a great fit: insider.espn.go.com/espnradio/play… 4:55 PM May 31st via web
  4. W/help from GMs pretending to be Mitch Kupchak, four potential deals for Pau Gasol if Lakers go that direction: insider.espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id… 4:53 PM May 31st via web
  5. To be digested together, alpha dog/last shot topic, written: insider.espn.go.com/nba/conversati… And discussed via Insider podcast: insider.espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id… 12:06 PM May 27th via web
  6. Insider podcast w/a NBA psychologist talking alpha dogs vs. leaders. LBJ/Wade, KD/Russ, TD/Manu all part of it. insider.espn.go.com/espnradio/play… 9:56 AM May 26th via web
  7. Son, 7, and his team won local AAA baseball title. My hope for him and his pals: they won't be at a bar 20 years from now reminiscing. 9:04 PM May 25th via web
  8. @KDonhoops You said first P&R of the game. That was later. Hibbert's actually most vulnerable when his guy is not directly involved in P&R. 5:42 PM May 22nd via web in reply to KDonhoops
  9. @KDonhoops Save for the first pick and roll of this game. (Wrong. LeBron, as he is want to do, passed up the floater to assist a 3-pter.) 5:35 PM May 22nd via web
  10. JJ Redick called it on Gottlieb's show today: Heat figured out how to attack Hibbert. He won't/can't step up on P&R. 5:24 PM May 22nd via web
  11. Another chapter in the Hunter/Fisher saga. Also file under, "It's not what you know, It's who..." espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id… 4:53 PM May 22nd via web
  12. Ws owner Joe Lacob raises bar again on Mark Jackson: says team will play 57 games in new arena (41 reg + 16 playoff). "Right, Mark?" 10:21 AM May 22nd via Twitter for BlackBerry®
  13. The best part of all this is having tweeps adamantly say I'm dissing/defending Kobe for exact same tweets. 11:20 AM May 19th via Twitter for BlackBerry®
  14. Some suggesting DC MJ v. Kobe now isn't apt because of age difference. It's NBA minutes on the body, not age. And Kobe already has more. 10:38 AM May 19th via Twitter for BlackBerry®
  15. By the way, I hate when I do this on Twitter as much as you all probably do. Apologies. My rant cup runneth over. Belongs in a column. 11:06 PM May 18th via web
  16. Yeah, Pau and Bynum shoot a high FG pct. But how many times do they kick it back out to Kobe w/-7 seconds after burning the clock? 11:03 PM May 18th via web
  17. the team he has around him. No Fisher. No LO. No playoff-tested shot or playmakers. He's not the same, granted, but neither is his team. 11:01 PM May 18th via web
  18. What I really don't get on the Kobe criticism is two-fold: one, that he's drawing doubles and kicking more now than ever. And two:... 11:00 PM May 18th via web
  19. All the "is he or isn't he" willing to take the shot talk is only half the convo. Can he attack from places difficult to guard is part, too. 10:47 PM May 18th via web