I am not the biggest Vince Carter fan in the world, bit I just don’t get when so-called NBA experts consistently hammer Vince as if he is the worst player on the planet. For example, here is a recent quote from Bill Simmons aka ESPN’s Sports Guy:
“I don’t blame Kidd for throwing a hissy [...]
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2008 NBA MVP
Who is the 2008 NBA MVP: Lebron or Kobe?
Updating this post, here are my top ten choices for the 2007-2008 NBA MVP (as of Feb 26):
1 - Lebron James
2 - Kobe Bryant
3 - Chris Paul
4 - Kevin Garnett
5 - Chauncey Billups
6 - Steve Nash
7 - Manu Ginobili
8 - Dirk Nowitzki
9 - Dwight [...]
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NBA Star of the Week - Lebron James
At 23 years old, Lebron is already unstoppable
Lebron James - Lebron averaged a triple double this past week as the Cavs won 3 of 4. For the week, he averaged 28.8 pts, 12.3 reb, 10.5 ast and 2.0 stl while shooting 51% from the field. If [...]
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NBA Power Rankings - Week 17
Rank - Team - (Record) - +/- Pt Differential - Previous Ranking
1 – LA Lakers (39-17) +7.1 last week rank: 4
Week results: 4-0
2 – San Antonio Spurs (37-17) +5.1 last week rank: 7
Week results: 3-0
3 – Boston Celtics (42-12) +9.5 last week rank: 1
Week results: 1-3
4 – Houston Rockets [...]
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Following the Suns was a fun ride while it lasted
The 2005-2006 Phoenix Suns might have been my favorite NBA team of all time. This was actually the first year that I ordered the NBA League Pass. I had this Suns team on my radar as one of teams to watch, but less than [...]
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Greg Oden is sporting a new look
Top links from around the NBA:
John Hollinger breaks down all the NBA trades, so does Le Basketball
Tom Ziller on the tremendous job done by Sonics’ GM Sam Presti
Greg Oden has a “Fro-Hawk”
We’ve seen this for baseball, but how about close and late stats for basketball
82Games gives us sortable ‘Roland [...]
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NBA Star of the Week - Manu Ginobili
Manu wasn’t an All-Star, but played like one last week
Manu Ginobili - While other players might have been looking forward to the All-Star game, All-Star snub Manu Ginobili played like a man possessed. In two Spurs wins, Manu averaged 40 pts, 10 reb, 7 ast, 7 [...]
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I feel like there’s two things in this world that I know way too much about… 90s hiphop and NBA basketball. So what better way to spend part of my day off from work than to tell the 2007-2008 NBA season through 90s hiphop lyrics. Without further ado, on to the lyrics…
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“Don’t call [...]
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NBA Power Rankings - Week 16
Rank - Team - (Record) - +/- Pt Differential - Previous Ranking
1 – Boston Celtics (41-9) +10.4 last week rank: 2
Week results: 2-0
2 – Detroit Pistons (39-13) +8.0 last week rank: 1
Week results: 2-0
3 – Utah Jazz (34-19) +6.0 last week rank: 3
Week results: 1-0
4 – LA Lakers (35-17) [...]
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On Wednesday night, John Salmons played 21 minutes and put up these stats:
0-4 FGs, 0-0 FT, 0 Pts, 0 Reb, 0 Ast, 0 Stl, 0 Blk, 0 turnovers, 0 fouls
What the hell was he doing out there? Anyway, here’s the crazy thing… the Kings lost yet Salmons had +/- rating of +9! [...]
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Happy Valentine’s Day from Str8Hoops and Zach Randolph!
Blazers eCards
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NBA Star of the Week - Amare Stoudamire
Stoudamire was beast for the Suns this past week
Amare Stoudamire - With the departure of Shawn Marion, the Suns are going to need Stoudamire to step up huge and he did just that this week. Amare even delivered some uncharacteristic solid play on the defensive [...]
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NBA Power Rankings - Week 15
Rank - Team - (Record) - +/- Pt Differential - Previous Ranking
1 – Detroit Pistons (37-13) +8.0 last week rank: 3
Week results: 3-0
2 – Boston Celtics (39-9) +10.5 last week rank: 1
Week results: 3-1
3 – Utah Jazz (33-19) +5.8 last week rank: 2
Week results: 3-1
4 – LA Lakers (33-17) [...]
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NBA Star of the Week - Hedo Turkoglu
Turkey Glue has been on fire lately for the Magic
Hedo Turkoglu - Coming off an outrageous game winning three against Boston, Turkoglu had another huge week. He averaged 24 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists while shooting 61% from the field and 88% from the line, leading the [...]
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