Ric Bucher

Ric Bucher

@RicBucher Senior Writer, ESPN The Magazine
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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.
Another chapter in the Hunter/Fisher saga. Also file under, "It's not what you know, It's who..." http://t.co/0bJxQh4T

Sources -- Spending by NBA players association's Billy Hunter is investigated

May 22, 2012 - espn.go.com
Sources: Union aid for ex-VP probed Updated: May 22, 2012, 5:52 PM ET By Ric Bucher | ESPN The Magazine NBA players union executive director Billy Hunter utilized union funds to support former NBA forward Charles Smith's attempt to overthrow the National Basketball Retired Players Association, sources say, one of several maneuvers that inspired union president Derek Fisher to call for a business review of the union's activity.The players' union is currently being investigated by the U.S. Attorney's office in Manhattan, sources have confirmed. Recent reports by both Yahoo! Sports and Bloomberg News detailed a number of other expenditures and hirings made by Hunter without executive committee oversight. The financial support of Smith is another one, sources said.Smith, a former players' union vice president and ... Continue reading →
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?"
The best part of all this is having tweeps adamantly say I'm dissing/defending Kobe for exact same tweets.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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:...
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.
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