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NBA Tuesday: BASG off-season power poll
NBA Tuesday: BASG off-season power poll...
If the start of this NBA off-season has shown us anything, it’s that the split between the elite teams and the schedule-fillers is swelling. Actually, the NBA is on the verge of moving further from parity than at any time since the 1997/98 season, when four teams (Bulls, Jazz, Sonics and Lakers)...
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10 reasons why either the Magic or Lakers will win the NBA Finals
10 reasons why either the Magic or Laker...
Yeah, I know. I’m going out on a major limb here with that headline, but rest assured the NBA Finals prediction you so eagerly await will be at the bottom of this post. Feel free to check it out if you want. I won’t be offended. But for those with a little bit of patience, get ready for a...
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Farmar and Lakers finally assert dominance
Farmar and Lakers finally assert dominan...
If you gave Rick Adelman truth serum tonight and asked him if he wished Derek Fisher wasn’t suspended for Game 3, he’d surely say yes, yes, a thousand times yes. Jordan Farmar has played games where he’s been more technically proficient, games where he’s shot better and made more...
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Did Derek Fisher go too far?
Did Derek Fisher go too far?...
Oh, he’ll be suspended for Game 3. Two quick steps and a forearm shiver will do that, regardless if you’re Ron Artest or future Lakers head coach Derek Fisher. When Fisher blew up Luis Scola and his pick at the same time, Lakers/Rockets morphed from the best series in the playoffs right now...
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NBA Tuesday: What the Lakers need to do
NBA Tuesday: What the Lakers need to do...
2-for-18 from behind the three-point line, including Kobe Bryant doing his best Baron Davis impression from behind the arc (1-for-7). 5 rebounds from Lamar Odom. 2 fouls in the first 2 minutes for Andrew Bynum. A sleepwalking Derek Fisher. There were several reasons why the Lakers lost 100-92 to the...
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NBA Tuesday: BASG All-Star Reserves
NBA Tuesday: BASG All-Star Reserves...
One of the most insane trends I’ve seen is for fans to cry out in favor of taking the All-Star voting process away from fans. Obviously there are injustices in the voting every year. For instance, this year Jamal Crawford (462,039 votes) is ahead of Steve Nash (441,746) and Brandon Roy (267,053)....
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NBA Tuesday: Ninja Centers...
This morning the commissioner of my fantasy basketball league posted this from Shaq regarding Greg Oden, after The Diesel went for 19 and 17 in a 102-92 Phoenix win over the Blazers: “I’m the Shogun, and before you get to the Shogun, you’ve got to go through a lot of ninjas,”...
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Overrated! Clap, clap, clap-clap-clap!...
Yesterday I went ahead and told you who I’d be focusing on in fantasy basketball drafts, guys that Yahoo’s group of fantasy experts have a little undervalued right now. Of course, if there are players who should move up your draft board (if you have one), somebody’s got to move...
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Yao’s Left Foot...
The Warriors received some fantastic news today: Yao Ming has a stress fracture in his left foot that will keep him out the rest of the season. OK everybody, let’s cheer for misfortune! Hip hip hooray! Maybe the Rockets are still 2.5 games ahead of the W’s, which are a Baron Davis injury...