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Tweet of the Day: Pau Gasol

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Tweet of the Day goes to Pau Gasol, who shared a photo of his imposing Spanish national basketball team. The team includes his brother Marc Gasol of the Grizzlies, Serge Ibaka – amazingly slated to come off the bench – of the Thunder, Jose Calderon of the Raptors, and former Grizzlies teammate Juan Carlos Navarro. Not included in the picture are Ricky Rubio, who will unfortunately miss the Olympics due to a torn ACL, and starting small forward Rudy

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Video: Exclusive Sights and Sounds of the NBA Draft

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Sheridan Hoops was well-represented at Thursday’s NBA draft in Newark, N.J. We had Joe Kotoch provide a pretty successful mock draft by anyone’s standards. We had Moke Hamilton breaking down a number of trades as he prepares for the firestorm of free agency that will start over the weekend. We had Nick Gibson offering his draft surprises, then following up today with his exhaustive draft grades. And we had yours truly and a trusty video camera, capturing some of the sights and sounds in and

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NBA Draft Grades: Winners and Losers

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How did your favorite team do in Thursday’s NBA draft? Did they follow form or reach a bit? Did they fill a need or take the best player available? Should they have traded the pick or kept it? Are you tired of players being stashed in Europe? We break it down below, and we are not grading on a curve. Atlanta Hawks: C-plus Picks: John Jenkins (23), Mike Scott (43) The Danny Ferry Era began much as the Rick Sund Era ended: quietly, and still without a

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NBA Draft Grades: Winners and Losers — Part II

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Miami Heat: F Picks: Justin Hamilton (45) With their fingers freshly fitted for rings, the Heat could have rolled the dice on Perry Jones III with the 27th pick.  If they wanted another ballhandler behind Mario Chalmers and Norris Cole, Marquis Teague was right there.  Or they could have gone big, snagging either Arnett Moultrie or shot-blocking specialist Festus Ezeli.  Instead, they made a cost-cutting move by trading the 27th pick to Philadelphia for a future first-rounder and the rights to Hamilton,

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No Mock is a Lock, But Our Mock Rocked

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In the days leading up to the NBA draft, Joe Kotoch provided Sheridan Hoops with six mock drafts. Not one, not two, not three … six. His final mock for our site arrived Thursday morning and was entirely posted – picks 1 through 60 – about six hours before the first boos rained down on Commissioner David Stern at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. How did Joe do? Pretty damn good, if you ask us. Despite the surprise selection of Michael Kidd-Gilchrist at

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NBA Draft: Five Surprises from the First Round

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// NEWARK, N.J. — Anthony Davis ambled up onto the stage at the Prudential Center in his crisp-billed Hornets cap and held his hand thigh high to shake David Stern’s. Davis smiled for the cameras for several seconds, then hopped down a different set of stairs an was done. After that, a draft broke out. And with the night’s only foregone conclusion all foregone and concluded in the first five minutes, the next 29 picks of the first round were sure to

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Tweet of the Night: LeBron James

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While watching the Draft my son Bryce ask "Is Ray Allen gonna play for the Heat". I said "I don't know, I hope so".
June 28, 2012 8:34 pm via Twitter for AndroidReplyRetweetFavorite
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Tweet of the Night goes to LeBron James, whose son showed more interest in one of his father’s nemesis in Ray Allen than the NBA Draft. It could also have been James’ relatively subtle way of showing his approval of the Heat’s possible signing of the unrestricted free agent. There have been strong rumors of Allen’s likelihood of signing with the Heat for less money, although Adrian Wojnarowski – who reported (and spoiled for many) every team’s draft pick

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Trade Reaction: Is Lamar Odom Headed Back To Los Angeles?

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I know, technically, this isn’t an NBA Draft trade, but technically, it is a “draft day” trade. So we’ll go ahead and file it here. The Mavericks could find themselves in all-out rebuild mode, and earlier, we saw them turn UNC’s Tyler Zeller into three prospects. Now, they’re on the verge of dumping Lamar Odom. After lasting only about four months in Dallas, the Mavericks are working hard to find a deal for him. As of late Thursday night, there were conflicting

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