Posts by Grantland Channel
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NBA All-Star Weekend B.S. Report Extravaganza! (With Video!)
Bill Simmons talks with Roy Hibbert, Kevin Durant, Dirk Nowitzki, Joakim Noah, and Paul Millsap during All-Star Weekend.
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‘The Finish Line’: Episode 1
This is the first episode of ‘The Finish Line,’ a behind-the-scenes look at Steve Nash’s season.
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Grantland Channel’s NBA Countdown Video Extravaganza: The Blazers, Alpha Dogs, and Stock Up, Stock Down
Three NBA Countdown videos? Three NBA Countdown videos! Happy holidays! Above, Bill Simmons tells the tale of the resurgent Portland Trail Blazers, who won it all in 1977 only to watch bad draft picks and bad luck lead to decades of frustration for their passionate fan base. In the second video, after the jump, Bill, […]
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Grantland Channel: Fake NBA Trades With Bill Simmons and Doug Collins!
In a segment from NBA Countdown, Bill Simmons fake-trades Blake Griffin for Kevin Love, Arron Afflalo to the Thunder, and Paul Millsap to the Rockets while Doug Collins explains why those deals won’t happen in real life. Also, Simmons somehow fake-trades LeBron James and Dwyane Wade to the Celtics; Collins doesn’t have to explain why […]
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Video: Inside Justin Bieber’s Hotel After-Party With Diplo and Riff Raff
(Listen to the full podcast on the Grantland Network here.) Mission Accomplished: Diplo Wins In the words of that great and wise orator Harvey Dent, “You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.” Well, unless you’re Diplo. As recently as mid-2010, arguing about Diplo really was a thing […]
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Video: Bill and Jalen’s All-Stars!
Bill Simmons and Jalen Rose identify their “J & B All-Stars,” who are not necessarily the best players in the NBA, but are the players who have a rare mix of entertainment value, uniqueness, and mystery that has garnered them unflappable devotion.
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Grantland Channel: The Coach Who Never Punts
The numbers are on Kevin Kelley’s side. So why aren’t more teams following his lead?
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Video: Method Man Tells His Origin Story
Twenty years after releasing Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), Method Man returns to Staten Island’s Park Hill Projects to detail how he became known as a rapper, the recording of the legendary album, and his special technique of serving drugs to customers in automobiles.
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Grantland Channel Video: Wale and Jalen Rose
Wale opens up to Jalen Rose about his once-promising career as a college running back, his career as a hip-hop artist, and why no elite professional athletes choose to play in Washington, D.C. For this episode of the Jalen Rose Report With Wale, click here.
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503 vs. 206: The Historic Portland-Seattle Hardwood Rivalry
Off and on for more than 40 years, the best basketball players from Portland and Seattle have battled each other in small, packed gyms with little media fanfare. Find out what got the rivalry restarted as the two cities play a home-and-home series for pride and the right to call themselves the best in the […]
