Dwight Howard

That’s Why They Play the Games

June 4, 2009

The NBAs final four has just been reduced to the final two, however, only one of the NBAs two chosen stars will have the opportunity to shine in this year’s finals. In the west, last year’s MVP, and the one dubbed by many as the best player on the planet, seeks to capture his fourth [...]

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The Best Teams Won.

May 19, 2009

Game Sevens.  It doesn’t get much better than a playoff series that comes down to a Game Seven , no matter what the sport.  The players are sick of each other, tempers are frayed, and coaches are about all strategized out.  How many surprises and adjustments can there be?   You know the teams are pretty equal;  [...]

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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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Dunk Contest Revisited

February 16, 2009

Congratulations to Nate Robinson in winning the 2009 NBA dunk contest with his final dunk coming by jumping over his rival, Dwight Howard.  The classic match-up of big vs small.  Nate cannot only get up, but he also has a great deal of showmanship.  A terrific dunk and very entertaining. Watching  the 2009 dunk contest at this year’s All-Star [...]

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Dunk Contest Video

February 15, 2009

The 2009 NBA Slam Dunk Contest was won by Nate Robinson, the Knick’s 5 foot 9 inch guard.  Nate wore all green, including a green New York Knick’s jersey, green shoes, and green armbands in a tribute to “kryptonite” as he dethroned Dwight Howard’s “Superman” winning dunk from last year. To win the contest, he jumped [...]

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5 on 5 with…Brian Spencer of EmptyTheBench.com

February 10, 2009

In a continuation of our “5 on 5 with…” series, we exchanged emails with blogger Brian Spencer of EmptyTheBench.com. Launched in February 2007, Empty the Bench offers daily analysis and insightful commentary on everything NBA. Brian Spencer is one of its two principal founders and writers; the other is Andrew Thell. Currently residing in Bangkok, Thailand, [...]

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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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Rudy Fernandez in 2009 Dunk Contest

January 19, 2009

As an update to an earlier post, 2009 Dunk Contest: You Decide, Rudy Fernandez appears to have gotten the votes to enter the 2009 dunk contest and be the fourth contestant against Dwight Howard, Nate Robinson and Rudy Gay. Personally, I was pulling for Joe Alexander. After watching his highlight tape on NBA.com and pulling [...]

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2009 Dunk Contest: You Decide

December 27, 2008

An updated post can be found here for the dunk contest. We are over one month and a half away from All-Star Weekend in Phoenix. Big deal, right? What does All-Star weekend mean these days? I remember when All-Star weekend meant something and it had nothing to do with the game on Sunday night. All-Star [...]

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