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Harbaugh’s Peyton/Alex Re-Set: Is this a sign of something the 49ers didn’t actually want to reveal?

Tim Kawakami — Thu, 31 May 2012 18:01:33 +0000

-Late on this one, so it goes… What NFL coaches do and say are not always the same thing, and yesterday the 49ers’ Jim Harbaugh just gave us a master class example of the do/say dichotomy. Harbaugh has a reality of his own. He is not alone and sometimes I believe a warped sense of [...]

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Warriors land the 7th pick: Real-world decisions, and an uncompromising lottery outcome

Tim Kawakami — Thu, 31 May 2012 04:34:59 +0000

* Straight from tonight’s website, with a topper… -I’ve said it before: The Warriors’ off-season pivots from here, and having their own first-round pick means they’ve got many more options on the table. Or on the white board, as GM Bob Myers put it tonight. If they...

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Warriors stay in the 7th slot, keep their pick: The rewards of proper tanking

Tim Kawakami — Thu, 31 May 2012 00:39:27 +0000

The Warriors got what they tanked for, and if you’ve been reading me over the last few months, you know I do not mean that at all derisively. You do what you have to do to set yourself up for the best possible result, and for the Warriors that meant losing as much as possible [...]

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Warriors lottery primer: On 72.66% karma, what’s at stake, and the path after tonight

Tim Kawakami — Wed, 30 May 2012 18:28:11 +0000

A few weeks ago I wrote that, after years of lottery misfortune, I believed the Warriors were due for a lottery karma change, and today is the due date. It’s a big, big, big night for Joe Lacob, Bob Myers & Co.–do they stay in the top 7, which means they don’t have to send...

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My fifth annual NBA No-Defense team: Carmelo Anthony, Amare Stoudemire, Carlos Boozer and more

Tim Kawakami — Tue, 29 May 2012 20:53:24 +0000

Early warning: The lock-out muddled everything and put a higher focus on interpretations instead of pure stats, including for this list, which is fairly interpretive, anyway. What did the 66-game steeplechase (plus assorted playoff series) bring us? Lots of starts and stops, held breaths,...

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Barry Bonds’ dwindling gravitational pull, even in the Giants’ clubhouse

Tim Kawakami — Tue, 29 May 2012 02:12:05 +0000

* Straight from tomorrow morning’s paper, with a topper… -There are aspects of this I didn’t deal with in the column: Maybe Barry Bonds didn’t want to cause too much of a splash in the clubhouse and so stayed away from most of the players… And two, maybe he looked so...

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Bochy pre-game: On Melky Cabrera, adjusting for Freddy Sanchez’s setbacks, and Memorial Day

Tim Kawakami — Mon, 28 May 2012 20:50:13 +0000

* Barry Bonds popped into the Giants’ clubhouse about an hour before the game and yes, he looks extremely skinny these days. He also was in a pretty good mood, from what I could tell, mostly because we exchanged pleasantries for the first time in many years and Bonds spoke with reporters for...

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Your pending NBA champion: San Antonio (in 6 over OKC, in 5 over Miami, or something like that)

Tim Kawakami — Sun, 27 May 2012 15:51:23 +0000

Timing this to make sure I draw maximum derision if Oklahoma City topples San Antonio right away in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals tonight… -Let’s just do this systematically and calmly (you know, the Spurs way): Win or lose tonight (and I’m definitely thinking...

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Alex Smith shows a new, interesting, dare-we-say-Harbaugh-ian edge (but it’s not that new)

Tim Kawakami — Fri, 25 May 2012 22:54:56 +0000

Alex Smith said it without much prompting, and he had to know it would create some ripples and reaction, not just in 49ersland but across the NFL universe. Here’s a good overview of Alex Smith’s comments about Cam Newton’s stats earlier this week and Panther LB Jon Beason’s...

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The Warriors’ Lacob/San Francisco path: Glitz, promises, big names and an end to the rollicking Oakland feel

Tim Kawakami — Thu, 24 May 2012 17:59:22 +0000

* First off: Absolutely essential, and memorable, piece by Marcus Thompson II on the disrespectful way Warriors ownership has treated the vital Oakland fan base that endured all these losing years. -I haven’t said or written much about the emotions of the Warriors’ planned abandonment...

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