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Guest column: Rubio big again in Spain

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By Noelia Roman Lamas BARCELONA — Americans are not the only ones discovering Ricky Rubio. In Spain, he is being re-discovered. Two weeks ago, the Spanish media scarcely mentioned Ricky’s situation when reporting about the end of the NBA lockout and the buildup to the upcoming season. They talked about Pau and Marc Gasol’s futures, Rudy Fernandez getting traded, Serge Ibaka  (a member of the Spanish national team) playing for a legitimate championship contender, even Jose Calderon’s prospects with the lowly Toronto Raptors. Ricky was forgotten,

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Tonight’s best game: Atlanta at Chicago

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The unrelenting schedule is about to backpick the Atlanta Hawks. The Hawks have to be feeling pretty good about themselves after Monday’s road win over previously unbeaten Miami. That is, if they had time to feel good about themselves. After the win, the Hawks boarded a plane for a three-hour flight to Chicago. They probably got into their hotel around 3 a.m. local time, grabbed some Z’s and awoke for a morning walkthrough before returning their hotel rooms, likely to nap until the

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Heat, Thunder Fall from Unbeaten Ranks

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// And then there were none. We are less than 10 days into the season, and there are no more unbeaten teams. The last two were the Miami Heat and Oklahoma City Thunder, who were picked by three SheridanHoops staffers to meet in the NBA Finals. The Heat took a 5-0 mark into their home showdown with the Atlanta Hawks, who racked up 33 points in the fourth quarter en route to a 100-92 win. It remains to be seen whether the

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Tonight’s best game: San Antonio at Minnesota

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Monday’s 10-game slate includes the NBA’s only unbeatens facing tests as Miami hosts Atlanta and Oklahoma City travels to Dallas. Elsewhere, the New York Knicks return home to face Toronto and the Orlando Magic take their four-game winning streak to Detroit. But the most intriguing game undoubtedly is at the Target Center, where the Minnesota Timberwolves host the San Antonio Spurs and perhaps giving Ricky Rubio his long-awaited duel vs. Tony Parker. I will be the first to admit that I have

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DeMarcus Cousins requests a trade

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Wow. Four games into the season, and there is a new big man for other teams to drool over aside from Dwight Howard. This guy, however, has a reputation as a head case. DeMarcus Cousins has reportedly requested a trade from the Sacramento Kings, and coach Paul Westphal told him not to attend tonight’s game against the New Orleans Hornets. More from Jason Jones of the Sacramento Bee: “We’re not quite sure what happened after The Bee’s Jason Jones, Ailene Voisin and Matthew

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Tonight’s best game: Portland at LA Clippers

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A new day, a new year.  That’s what the Clippers hope as they host undefeated Portland tonight at 9:30 to kick off 2012. The honeymoon is over for the Clippers as they look to right the ship after a 1-2 start to a season filled with extremely high expectations.  The buzz created by trading for one of the league’s premier point guards, Chris Paul, quieted Friday when Chicago came into the Staples Center and unleashed Derrick Rose.  The Bulls’ own star

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Tonight’s best game: Chicago at LA Clippers

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With ESPN’s prime-time air time locked into bowl season and TNT having already aired a pair of doubleheaders this week, Friday belongs to NBA TV. Despite an 11-game slate, there are not many intriguing matchups. But if you can fight your eyelids at the end of a work week, the Chicago Bulls visit the Los Angeles Clippers at 10:30 p.m. ET. This is a getaway game for the Bulls, who started the season with a four-game trek through California. They stole a

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Tonight’s best game: New York at LA Lakers

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For a six-game night, there are some nice matchups. The Nets are visiting the Magic, which means the New York metro area media will be zoning up Dwight Howard. There should be a relay race in Portland, where the Blazers entertain the Nuggets. And on TNT, the Mavericks try to figure out their myriad issues as they travel to take on the Thunder, where Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook are bickering. But the best game is the back end of TNT’s

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