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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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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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“Heart Transplant”

May 11, 2009

Saturday, I was hurrying home to watch Game Three of the Atlanta- Cleveland series. I was listening to the pre-game on ESPN, when  Jim Durham asked Dr. Jack Ramsey what he thought Atlanta needed to do.  Dr. Jack said, “first of all, they need a heart transplant“.  He went on to say that they had [...]

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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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Round 2: Ejections, Fouls, and Hard Fouls

May 7, 2009

Well, things are getting a little chippy already in the Orlando-Boston series, and the LA-Houston series, and they are only two games into them.  Usually it takes a little more time for players to get sick of each other and have tempers flare.  I think the fact that both of the favorites, Boston and LA, got spanked [...]

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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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5 on 5 with…Kurt Helin of ForumBlueandGold.com

February 2, 2009

In a continuation of our series “5 on 5 with…” we exchanged questions with Kurt Helin of the esteemed Lakers blog ForumBlueandGold.com. Here is a some background on Kurt and FB&G via the website: “It’s pretty simple – this is a home for Laker fans and basketball fans in general. This site was started in [...]

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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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Childress in Greece

October 21, 2008

I am not sure if you guys caught this interview by the New York Times, but Pete Thamel talked with Josh Childress about his experiences so far playing in Greece. The interview is from about over a week ago but is a very good read. It really gets into good insight on the differences between [...]

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