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Archives for March 2012

Tweet of the Day: Manu Ginobili

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FANTASTIC W in OKC. The guys were terrific. All of them! Big game tmrw in DAL.
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The Thunder are obviously still the best team in the West. There is not much debate there in my mind. However, tonight was a massive statement game by the San Antonio Spurs. The Spurs played without Manu Ginobili and newly acquired Stephen Jackson, and still beat the Thunder by 9 points in Oklahoma City. Tony Parker continued his amazing year, and Tim Duncan pulled down 19 rebounds. Not to mention, Danny Green had 21 points and 5 steals. The

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Scouting Take: Yancy Gates of Cincinnati

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I had the pleasure of watching a college player actually make two polished post moves that caused Kevin McHale and Jack Sikma flashbacks. The first was a drop step, spin move. The next, a counter spin, pump fake jump hook that countered off of the first move. Thank you Yancy Gates. Gates made national headlines and was sincerely apologetic after this ugly incident against Xavier… a black eye for himself, his university and the game of college basketball. But a player cannot and should

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Phil Jackson heading to Europe before considering Knicks

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// The New York Knicks have now clobbered two opponents since Mike D’Antoni was fired resigned from his job, which makes it a cinch that Mike Woodson will not only be Coach of the Year but will be given a five-year, $25 million extension by Jim Dolan (pardon the hyperbole). In actuality, the Knicks (Dolan) are going to have t decide whether or not to make a serious run at Phil Jackson, who is spending a year (at least) in retirement and

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Rockets to buyout Derek Fisher’s contract

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Derek Fisher will never wear a Houston Rockets uniform. Fran Blinebury of NBA.com is reporting that the Rockets will buy out the remainder of Fisher’s contract (he has a player option worth $3.4 million), making him a free agent and allowing him to sign with the team of his choice — as long as it is not the Los Angeles Lakers. Under new collective bargaining rules (insiders call this one the Ilgauskas rule), a player cannot be re-signed by a team that

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NBA Trade deadline: The grades are in

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Pencils down and papers forward, please. Here are my grades on how teams did at the trading deadline. We aren’t going to evaluate whether Dallas was helped or hindered by Thursday’s wheeling and dealing. The Mavericks – and 13 other teams – didn’t make a deal, so consider their grade to be incomplete. Or a withdrawal, if you prefer. No one got an F, although the Nets came awfully close. At the other end of the scale, the Rockets are officially the teacher’s

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Heisler: Welcome home Dwight, however briefly

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So the winner in the Dwight Howard Derby is… Orlando? Dallas? We don’t know and now we won’t before June, 2013, with our big guy leaving more unsaid than said, as usual. If Howard’s heart, soul, spleen, liver and whatever else he listed are in Orlando, why exactly doesn’t he sign long-term so he won’t have to go through this next season, again? Yes, Dwight’s lovable but goofy, but the press may be missing an angle, or the real story—as usual–in the feeding frenzy

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Friday is Fantasy Freeroll Day on SheridanHoops.com

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Another Friday means another Sheridan Hoops Freeroll. And this week, you are getting advice from an expert. OK, I am not an expert. But I am playing in cash games on DraftStreet every night after starting two weeks ago, and I am well in the black. Due to this success, Sheridan asked me to write this week’s freeroll post (I assume a contributing factor was his own failure to cash in any of his contests this season). First things first: It’s absolutely free to enter, and

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Thunder beats Nene-less Nuggets; Jazz overcome Timberwolves in OT; Suns down Clippers without Nash and Hill

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The trade deadline had passed at 3PM EST on Thursday afternoon. Everything seemed settled and players could finally take a deep breath and play basketball again. Not so fast. Moments after the official deadline had passed, word arrived out of Denver that they had traded away long-tenured Nene Hilario in a three-team deal, receiving JaVale McGee, Ronny Turiaf and a future second-round pick in the process. The loss of Nene turned out to be too much for George Karl and the Denver Nuggets

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