Category: Articles
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MikeCheck: As NBA’s most prominent active HBCU alum, Covington applauds Grizzlies efforts to honor Black College community leaders
Starting Tuesday night at FedExForum, the Grizzlies will honor a different graduate in each of the team’s six February home games with an HBCU Empowerment Award. The franchise will also contribute $1,000 to the scholarship fund of the HBCU that the honoree attended.
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MikeCheck: Conley accepts NBA’s invitation to All-Star Saturday Night’s Skills Challenge in Charlotte
Mike Conley confirmed on Monday he has accepted the league’s invitation to participate in the Taco Bell Skills Challenge as part of the State Farm All-Star Saturday Night at the Spectrum Center. All-Star Weekend is Feb. 15-17 at the home arena of the Charlotte Hornets.
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MikeCheck: Temple’s path to NBA leadership paved by family legacy from Civil Rights era
As the league All-Star Game returns to Charlotte later this month, Temple is a little more than halfway through his three-year term as a vice president of the NBA Players Association. And All-Star Weekend is always a reminder of how much progress the league overall, and its players in particular, has thrived.
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#IMHO: Anthony Davis, Kevin Garnett and Jaren Jackson Jr., and LeBron
Grind City Media’s Lang Whitaker and Michael Wallace have been covering the NBA since shorts were short and socks were long, but their opinions about the League don’t always mesh. #IMHO is their weekly chance to weigh in on the most pertinent news from around the NBA. What’s lit? What’s lame? Find out each week…
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Lang’s World: We’re Ready for Season 2
Now that we’re into 2019, the season two draft is just a few weeks away. I’m assembling my crew and getting ready to put in hours scouting and prepping for the season two draft. Season one was not easy, but going through it taught me a ton, about myself, about my team, and about the…
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MikeCheck: As Garnett’s Grasshopper, Jackson Jr. applying key lessons from NBA legend’s tutelage
15-time NBA All-Star, 2008 NBA champion, 2004 MVP and soon-to-be Hall of Famer, Kevin Garnett knows every angle of the game. His “grasshopper” is a signature gather motion, with elbows extended, to set up an offensive move. He was reaching into his extensive bag of tricks to share with Jackson.
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#IMHO: The Nuggets, Marc Gasol and Mike Conley
Grind City Media’s Lang Whitaker and Michael Wallace have been covering the NBA since shorts were short and socks were long, but their opinions about the League don’t always mesh. #IMHO is their weekly chance to weigh in on the most pertinent news from around the NBA. What’s lit? What’s lame? Find out each week…
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MikeCheck: Conley’s impact growing on, off court as Grizzlies celebrate MLK legacy and embrace national volunteer month
As the longest-tenured player with the Grizzlies, no one on the roster gets Memphis as a basketball town quite like the 12-year veteran playmaker who, on the court, has dished and dazzled the franchise through some of its most challenging lows as well as it highest peaks.
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#IMHO: The Celtics, Rockets, The Brow and the MLK Celebration
Grind City Media’s Lang Whitaker and Michael Wallace have been covering the NBA since shorts were short and socks were long, but their opinions about the League don’t always mesh. #IMHO is their weekly chance to weigh in on the most pertinent news from around the NBA. What’s lit? What’s lame? Find out each week…
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Lang’s World: Ready For The Ride
While this season’s Grizzlies team and coaching staff is mostly new, Gasol remains the same, averaging about 16 points and boards, knocking down a few threes per game, and playing free safety for one of the NBA’s most stingy defenses. The 2018-19 season still has a ways to go, but Marc Gasol seems ready for…