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NBA Crunch Time

January 26, 2010
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Last week, I caught an article on crunch-time via Truehoop by Sherman Alexie who was complaining about NBA teams and players in crunch time. To summarize, Sherman writes how frustrating it is to watch an NBA game where the players and teams are playing smart ball to only throw up some prayer at the end [...]

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Jack Arrived Late, Leo Left Early

December 5, 2009

Quite the drama last night at the Staples Center. Let’s run through the manuscript. Stadium Entry: Check out new ESPN building and huge HD screen across the street from the Staples Center. Pregame Intro: Present spectacular hi-def display on giant cylinder draped sheets. (Stand in awe)        First Quarter: Zero energy. Slow start to story. [...]

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NBA Eastern Conference Preview: Part III

October 27, 2009

The NBA season tips-off tonight and I am still working on my preview. It can’t hurt that it is the first week of the season, right? People need to read up on how the season will play out, right? Right? Last couple of weeks we covered the bottom feeders of the Eastern conference: Part I [...]

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Rajon Rondo. The New Celtic Main Man.

May 8, 2009

As I watched the start of the second game of the Lakers vs Rockets series, it was evident that Kobe Bryant was in the mind frame that he was not going to let the Lakers lose Game Two.  After losing at home in Game One to the Rockets, Bryant knew how important it was to [...]

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Dwyane Wade for MVP?

March 11, 2009

A year ago, it seemed that the Miami Heat were just at the beginning of a long rebuilding era.  A past his prime, but still effective Shaq had been traded away, and a past his prime, but still fiercely competitive and gutsy Alonzo Mourning had gone down with a serious knee injury.  Most disturbingly for [...]

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Google vs. NBA Fan Voting

January 28, 2009

Last week, the NBA All-Star voting concluded with the fans picking their favorites to start in the annual classic, which is being held on February 15th in Phoenix. As common practice by the fans, the voting is much more about a popularity contest versus which player actually deserves to start in the game. In past [...]

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M-V-P, M-V-P, M-V-P

January 12, 2009

We are almost at the halfway point of the NBA season, and I am already hearing the M-V-P chants when watching NBA games. We might as well get started on the MVP discussion. The way I see it is that the race comes down to 4 players–Lebron James, Kobe Bryant, Chris Paul, Dwayne Wade–and it [...]

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Livingston Signs with Heat

October 3, 2008

According to the associated press, former Clipper and former fourth overall pick in the draft, Shaun Livingston, has signed a two year contract with the Miami Heat. Why is this such big news? I am not sure if you remember, but Livingston severely injured his leg in a game over 19 months ago. Since then, [...]

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