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Kobe Bryant's Comments About Detroit Pistons Shouldn't Upset Pistons Fans (Yahoo! Contributor Network)

Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant's comments about the Detroit Pistons aren't cause for fans to get too bent out of shape about.

 

AP source: Knicks, Woodson could agree this week (The Associated Press)

NEW YORK (AP) The New York Knicks and coach Mike Woodson are completing a multiyear deal that could be announced this week, a person with knowledge of the situation said Tuesday.

 

Irving unanimous pick to NBA All-Rookie team (The Associated Press)

NEW YORK (AP) Rookie of the Year Kyrie Irving of Cleveland is the lone unanimous choice to the NBA's All-Rookie team.

 

Company pulls anti-Seattle, Oklahoma City Thunder T-shirts after receiving death threats (Ball Don't Lie)

The New York Times' Howard Beck, on his way from Los Angeles to Oklahoma City to cover Monday's Game 5 between the Lakers and Thunder, uncovered this rather shady T-shirt design on Sunday . The Thunder aren't exactly giving these rags out at the door, but that didn't stop our initial post on the T-shirts on Monday morning from inspiring a world of outrage on Twitter, and apparent death threats sent the way of Warpaint Clothing, the company that humorlessly put the duds together -- utilizing the former Seattle SuperSonics logo along the way. Rightfully, just one Thunder fan deciding to purchase this and pull it over their head is enough for us to break out the Patented BDL Tsk-Tsk Geiger Counter -- and as a result Warpaint has decided to stop selling the shirts because of death threats sent its way in reaction. To reiterate, Oklahoma City didn't wrest its current team out of Seattle because 37 selected fans and civic leaders won a free-throw shooting contest. It didn't "win" the team by being the quickest to press buttons in some trivia contest at a local chicken wing joint ( "PRESS 'B!' It's 'Romancing the Stone!' Hurry!" ), and the presiding genius of GM Sam Presti is no reflection on either level of fandom emanating from either Oklahoma City or Seattle. No, the current Oklahoma City Thunder are not the former Seattle SuperSonics mainly because former owner (and current Guy That Bilks You Out of Money Every Day For Your Starbucks Fix, You Silly Twit) Howard Schultz didn't think twice before selling a basketball team needing a new stadium to an ownership group from a city that had already proven it could be a fantastic host for an NBA team, with a new stadium at its disposal. [Related: Kobe, Metta World Peace technicals bury Lakers in Game 5 ]

 

Hawks-Celtics Preview (The Associated Press)

BOSTON (AP) John Havlicek against the 76ers.

 

Celtics look to close out Hawks in Game 6 (The Associated Press)

BOSTON (AP) John Havlicek against the 76ers.

 

Pistons getting creative to keep fans engaged (The Associated Press)

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) When Dennis Mannion became president of business operations for the Detroit Pistons last September, he took over an operation that had become an afterthought at best in the local sports scene.

 

Bobcats to interview Patrick Ewing (Yahoo! Sports)

The Bobcats have lined up interviews with assistant coaches Patrick Ewing and Mike Malone to fill their coaching vacancy.

 

Draymond Green expects to be late 1st-round pick (The Associated Press)

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) Draymond Green knows some NBA teams will think he isn't tall or quick enough to make it in the league.

 

76ers-Bulls Preview (The Associated Press)

DEERFIELD, Ill. (AP) It seemed almost unthinkable that the Chicago Bulls could be in this spot.