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Owen Crisafulli

Avid Boston sports fan who enjoys covering the greatest franchise in NBA history (the Boston Celtics, in case that wasn’t clear) and the rest of the league. 

Best team ever? '17/'18 Boston Celtics 

Favorite player? Isaiah Thomas 

Signature move on the court? Airballing step back threes

Articles From This Author

Giannis Antetokounmpo
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Giannis Antetokounmpo offers a stern warning to the rest of the NBA amid another strong season - "Do I think I'm better this year? One hundred percent. Do I believe I've shown it? No."

By Owen Crisafulli
Ja Morant
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Ja Morant speaks on his confrontation with Andrew Nembhard in the Memphis Grizzlies' latest win -“I checked his temperature. He didn’t have a fever”

By Owen Crisafulli
Boston Celtics forward Grant Williams
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Grant Williams reveals the two players who gave him his “Welcome to the NBA” moments

By Owen Crisafulli
Joel Embiid & Nikola Jokic
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Joel Embiid takes a subtle shot at Nikola Jokic after a monster fourth-quarter performance against him -“That’s when you find out who’s who"

By Owen Crisafulli
John Wall
Old School

John Wall reveals what his "welcome-to-college" moment was at the University of Kentucky - "F*** practice…I wanted to transfer"

By Owen Crisafulli
Grant Hill
Old School

Grant Hill reveals the first person who busted his a** in the NBA - “He showed me that anybody on any given night was capable of giving it to you”

By Owen Crisafulli
michael-jordan-kenny-smith-vernon-maxwell-min
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“No Rodman, no Grant? Oh we smacking them!" - Kenny Smith believes the Houston Rockets would have won the 1994 & 1995 Finals even if Michael Jordan was still on the Chicago Bulls

By Owen Crisafulli
Pat Riley & Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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Pat Riley has a surprising choice for the greatest player in the history of the NBA -“I always said that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was the greatest player”

By Owen Crisafulli
Giannis Antetokounmpo
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Patrick Beverley commends Giannis Antetokounmpo for his trash-talking abilities - “He’s wild, man”

By Owen Crisafulli
Damian Lillard & Patrick Beverley
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Damian Lillard responds to Patrick Beverley’s comments -“Con man. Flip from above the rim”

By Owen Crisafulli
Shannon Sharpe
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Shannon Sharpe apologizes for causing an altercation with the Memphis Grizzlies -"I take full accountability for what transpired"

By Owen Crisafulli
Patrick Beverley
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Patrick Beverley believes the NBA has never been more competitive than it is now - "This is some of the best basketball ever played"

By Owen Crisafulli
Aaron Gordon & Nikola Jokic
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Nikola Jokic explains the key to Aaron Gordon's career year with the Denver Nuggets -"I think this year he's playing really simpler"

By Owen Crisafulli
Shannon Sharpe
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"People think because they pay money…you can say whatever you want" - How Shannon Sharpe's previous comments on courtside fans came back to bite him

By Owen Crisafulli
Al Horford
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Al Horford explains the underrated piece of the Golden State Warriors that makes them so tough to beat - “They’re a great defensive team”

By Owen Crisafulli
Ben Simmons & Jacque Vaughn
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Jacque Vaughn rips Ben Simmons after his latest ejection - "We need him to be productive, and that is without the fouls"

By Owen Crisafulli
Tony Parker & Dejounte Murray
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Dejounte Murray shades Tony Parker for joining the Charlotte Hornets after he took his job - “I know he didn’t like it"

By Owen Crisafulli
John Wall
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John Wall offers a bold take on the 2016-17 Washington Wizards - "We were gonna beat the s**t outta LeBron James"

By Owen Crisafulli
Luka Doncic & Spencer Dinwiddie
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Spencer Dinwiddie compares James Harden to Luka Doncic - "Luka participates on the defensive end"

By Owen Crisafulli
April 7, 2021; Houston Rockets guard Kevin Porter Jr. and John Wall celebrate after Wall's basket against the Dallas Mavericks at Toyota Center
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John Wall warns Kevin Porter Jr. and Jalen Green about getting adjusted to losing - “If you go to any other teams you’d be out the f***ing league, you wouldn’t play”

By Owen Crisafulli
Bol Bol
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Bol Bol drops brutally honest take on his time with Denver Nuggets amid breakout campaign - “I could’ve worked a lot harder”

By Owen Crisafulli
Mark Cuban
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Mark Cuban fires back at the artist who painted a "Please send help" Luka Doncic mural in Dallas - "It's disrespectful"

By Owen Crisafulli
Tracy McGrady
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Tracy McGrady reveals his five favorite players to watch in the NBA right now

By Owen Crisafulli
Tyson Chandler & Chris Paul
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Tyson Chandler doesn't care that Chris Paul hasn't won in the NBA Finals - "He's a champion"

By Owen Crisafulli
Andre Iguodala
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Andre Iguodala's hilarious reaction to dunking in two straight games for the Golden State Warriors - "Bones were creaking a little bit"

By Owen Crisafulli
Charles Barkley & Jaylen Brown
Off The Court

Charles Barkley hilariously roasts Jaylen Brown's fashion statement in the Boston Celtics win over the Brooklyn Nets -"That is not a man's sweater"

By Owen Crisafulli
Desmond Bane & Jordan Clarkson
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Desmond Bane believes he would be able to beat Jordan Clarkson in a fight - “I think Jordan Clarkson’s not really the fighter type”

By Owen Crisafulli
Al Harrington & Don Nelson
Old School

Al Harrington recalls the story of how he was roasted by Don Nelson for attempting to give a motivational speech ahead of a big game

By Owen Crisafulli
Richard Jefferson/Los Angeles Clippers
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Richard Jefferson breaks down the recent turmoil surrounding the Los Angeles Clippers - “There’s a lot of cooks in the kitchen and that is never a good recipe”

By Owen Crisafulli
Jayson Tatum & Kevin Durant
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Stephen A. Smith believes that Jayson Tatum should be a starter over Kevin Durant in the Eastern Conference 2023 NBA All-Star voting

By Owen Crisafulli
John Collins
Trade Rumors

John Collins offers an honest take on NBA players' lack of control amid trade speculation - "You saw it with Kevin Durant, right?"

By Owen Crisafulli
Yao Ming
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Cuttino Mobley speaks on Yao Ming's incredible transition to the NBA - "Yao went from the gardener in a war to the warrior in a garden”

By Owen Crisafulli
Joe Lacob
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Joe Lacob's surprising comment on Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, and Draymond Green's future with the Golden State Warriors - "Better to trade a player a year too early than a year too late"

By Owen Crisafulli
Steve Kerr
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Steve Kerr offers his thoughts on the league-wide increase in scoring this season - "Transition defense is at an all-time low"

By Owen Crisafulli
January 3, 2023; Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo attempts a dunk over Washington Wizards' Daniel Gafford at Fiserv Forum
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Giannis Antetokounmpo on his failed dunk over Daniel Gafford - “I’ve been here a decade, the legs are gone, I don’t have the legs to get that high”

By Owen Crisafulli
Nikola Jokic
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Nikola Jokic with a stunning admission on his passing prowess -"There are really moments when I throw a pass not knowing where my teammate is"

By Owen Crisafulli
Kawhi Leonard
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Ivica Zubac defends Kawhi Leonard's public perception -"He's a normal guy…he just doesn't like talking to the media"

By Owen Crisafulli
Isiah Thomas
Old School

Isiah Thomas thinks the Malice at the Palace wouldn't happen if he was coaching the Indiana Pacers - "There wouldn't have been no Malice at the Palace if I was coaching that team"

By Owen Crisafulli
Bill Russell
Old School

Bill Russell had a shocking admission on his dominant championship run with the Boston Celtics

By Owen Crisafulli
Anthony Edwards
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Anthony Edwards' surprising answer to the hardest player he has had to guard in the NBA

By Owen Crisafulli
Drew Gooden & LeBron James
Old School

Drew Gooden agrees with fans who say the 2007 Cleveland Cavaliers team was the worst team LeBron James led to Finals -"I think they might be halfway right with that one"

By Owen Crisafulli
Rudy Gobert
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Rudy Gobert fires back at fans saying the Minnesota Timberwolves overpaid for him - "The average fan might not understand what I bring to the table"

By Owen Crisafulli
Stephen Curry vs. Boston Celtics
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Derrick White details what it was like for the Boston Celtics to guard Stephen Curry in the 2022 NBA Finals - "Just constant paranoia"

By Owen Crisafulli
Kevin Garnett on the state of the NBA
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Kevin Garnett praises the Brooklyn Nets for overcoming all their chaos amid their recent hot streak

By Owen Crisafulli
Baron Davis
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"Dudes wanted to have good games in the Staples Center"- Baron Davis on why players used to have extra motivation when playing the Los Angeles Lakers

By Owen Crisafulli
Dillon Brooks
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Dillon Brooks incinerates refs for allowing Klay Thompson to get away with taunting him all throughout their Christmas Day matchup - "It was a circus"

By Owen Crisafulli
Ja Morant
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Ja Morant doubles down on his claim that he is not concerned about any other team in the western conference - "I’m standing on that. I stamp it"

By Owen Crisafulli
Kobe Bryant & Gilbert Arenas
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Gilbert Arenas on Kobe Bryant -"Everyone who he clashed with is just lazy people"

By Owen Crisafulli
Kevin Durant
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Kevin Durant is frustrated because he’s getting so many technical fouls this season -"I am not even using foul language"

By Owen Crisafulli
Tyrese Haliburton
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Tyrese Haliburton and Matt Barnes respond to Wally Szczerbiak calling him a “wannabe All-Star” -“I couldn’t tell you what he did as a basketball player”

By Owen Crisafulli