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During an 18-month investigation, Yahoo! Sports identified multiple athletes that purchased promissory notes from Success Trade. Among them were Detroit Pistons guard Brandon Knight, Cleveland Browns cornerback Joe Haden, San Francisco 49ers tight end Vernon Davis, former Washington Redskins running back Clinton Portis and former Chicago Bears defensive end Adewale Ogunleye. Yahoo! Sports

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Jason Terry has been a human pinata for the better part of the last three days, subjected to ridicule for getting posterized by LeBron James in the Heat's win over the Celtics in Boston Sunday. Many observers believe Terry -- just like when the Pistons' Brandon Knight got dunked on by the Clippers' DeAndre Jordan -- simply should have gotten out of the way as James was about to catch the alley-oop. Cuban vehemently disagrees with that assertion. "More credit for Jet. I'm of the opposite category," the Mavs owner said last night. It's the gutless who worry about what they look like in a poster and it's the real guys, the real players who have no problem playing the game. "Like I said before, I give credit to Brandon Knight, I give credit to Jet. You do your job and not care about the posters or the tweets. Those are the kind of guys teams wants." Newsday

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Frank wasn't there for the March 10 game at Staples Center when the Clippers center put Knight on a poster as he was away tending to his ill wife. But when asked casually before Monday night's game about the uproar on social media and ESPN, Frank was critical. "They're called 'game-quitters,' they're in the gam,e but they're really not in the game, so they bail out just because they don't want to be dunked on. USA Today Sports

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"I mean, to me, I don't know what the culture, whether it's an AAU environment — I hate to blame that — or what the situation is, but when I read that and saw that stuff how it was such a ... it just goes to show you we're celebrating the wrong (stuff). We really are." Frank added: "If Brandon could have fouled the guy (and stopped the basket), DeAndre Jordan, the way he shoots free throws, it would've been a total non-issue. But at least Brandon has the courage to put himself out there to make a play. And the fact that people laugh about it and joke about it, I don't know USA Today Sports

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Jackson knows firsthand the experience of being victimized by an iconic dunk. The Phoenix Suns’ Tom Chambers tossed down a famous two-handed jam in 1989, while Jackson, then a point guard with the New York Knicks, futilely tried to draw a charge. In the wake of Knight’s victimization by Los Angeles Clippers center DeAndre Jordan earlier this week and the Pistons in town Wednesday night, someone had to remind Jackson of his moment on a poster nearly 25 years ago. “The funny thing is that the people talking about the lists of the dunks -- the younger announcers forget about it until, you can tell, the one with a little bit of gray hair says, 'What about the Mark Jackson one?'” he said. “Then all of a sudden, it lights up. It was comical, because a lot of my players didn't know it was me. “They were talking about the Tom Chambers dunk, and a couple of the older guys said it was me in the picture. Then all of a sudden, it's 'that was you, Coach.’ It's a bad, bad memory.” Detroit Free Press

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Why I like how Joe Dumars and Brandon Knight do their jobs: Dumars, talking to Knight about contesting DeAndre Jordan's dunk (which became a sensation among those impressed by a 7-footer crushing a dunk on a 6'3" guard), told Knight, "I'm proud of you and I'd expect nothing less." Knight's response: "If I had the chance to do it again, I would." Sulia

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His latest setback -- a severely sprained right ankle suffered in Monday's loss to the Utah Jazz -- is another opportunity to show resolve. "Everything happens for a reason, so just take the good with the bad," Knight said quietly, after the Pistons' winless March continued Monday. "I'm the type of guy that, whatever happens, that's what's supposed to happen. "I put in the time and effort, so it'll go the way it's supposed to go when you do that." USA Today Sports

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Jeff Green: Amazing dunk by DeAndre Jordan yes but can they stop making "R.I.P" signs for @Brandon Knight that's just taking it to far Twitter @unclejeffgreen

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Vincent Ellis: BK on hoopla over Jordan's dunk: "It was a good play. I can laugh at it now. It was funny to me But if I was in the same situation, just based off the type of person I am and how hard I play, I'd jump again." Twitter @Vincent_Ellis56

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Vincent Goodwill: BK: "It’s unfortunate I’m not 6’11. It was a good play, a great play. I’d jump again. With my stature it didn’t happen with a block." Twitter @vgoodwill

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Vincent Goodwill: BK on the reaction: "Just the culture of today. People take stuff and make it a much bigger deal. I can laugh at it, it’s funny to me." Twitter @vgoodwill

Detroit Pistons, Brandon Knight 

Steve Luhm: Bad night to be an NBA player: There was no hot water in either shower, apparently, at EnergySolutions Arena. Twitter @sluhm

Detroit Pistons, Brandon Knight 

Adrian Wojnarowski: X-rays negative on Detroit guard Brandon Knight's left ankle, but injury appears to be a "significant" sprain, league source tells Y! Twitter @WojYahooNBA

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This time, it was Brandon Knight. A year ago, it was the Clippers' Blake Griffin dunking on Kendrick Perkins. As a center, Perkins is bigger, stronger, and that makes Griffin's dunk more impressive. They gave Perkins this treatment, too. Even now, he still comes back for more. "If I was in the same position, in the same rotation, I'm going to jump again and again and again," Perkins told Yahoo! Sports' Marc Spears. "A lot of people are afraid of humiliation or don't know how to handle embarrassment or would even get embarrassed. I don't care. Yahoo! Sports

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"That's my job. How will my teammates look at me if next time I just back out of the way and just let him dunk when I'm supposed to be defensive-minded, a shot-blocker? That would be a coward move on me. "He'd just have to dunk on me again." Yahoo! Sports

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Brandon Knight: It wasn't in the scouting reports that the clippers threw lobs lol. Twitter @BrandonKnight07

Detroit Pistons, Los Angeles Clippers, Brandon Knight 

Harrison Barnes: Why jump B. Knight?! Twitter @HBarnes

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Shelvin Mack: Why did he jump????? Twitter @ShelvinMack

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An MRI on Brandon Knight's hyperextended right knee came back negative, but the second-year Detroit Pistons point guard will be out for an undisclosed period of time. Pistons doctor Ben Paolucci visited Knight before Friday night's game with Indiana, but coach Lawrence Frank said he's day-to-day and won't play again until he's 100%. USA Today Sports

Detroit Pistons, Injuries, Brandon Knight 

An MRI on Brandon Knight's hyperextended right knee came back negative, but the second-year Detroit Pistons point guard will be out for an undisclosed period of time. Pistons doctor Ben Paolucci visited Knight before Friday night's game with Indiana, but coach Lawrence Frank said he's day-to-day and won't play again until he's 100%. Knight suffered an injured knee and ankle in the victory against Charlotte on Wednesday and missed Friday night's game. The MRI showed swelling but no damage. USA Today Sports

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