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Tweet of the Day: Kevin Love

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Have you or someone you know been affected by cancer? Do you know anyone who has fought with breast cancer? If you answered yes to either of those questions, then you should join the fight against breast cancer by helping Minnesota Timberwolves All-Star power forward Kevin Love and his friend, Arizona Cardinals All-Pro wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald, as they attempt to raise money for breast cancer.

#WhatILoveTheMost is when friends come together 2 help. Checkout what @ & I are doing 4 #breastcancerawareness http://t.co/xokcCO5u
October 24, 2012 4:20 pm via webReplyRetweetFavorite
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Larry Fitzgerald
Larry Fitzgerald shaves Kevin Love’s head to raise Breast Cancer Awareness . Love, who recently broke

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NBA removes center position from All-Star ballot

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The NBA has changed the format of its All-Star ballot, removing the center position and splitting players into backcourt and frontcourt categories. NBA executive vice president of basketball operations Stu Jackson announced the change Wednesday. For the first time, fans will choose two guards and three frontcourt players when selecting starters for the 2013 NBA All-Star Game in Houston. In years past, fans had to vote for two guards, two forwards and a center. Jackson said the change was made to reflect the

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Heisler’s Preseason NBA Power Rankings

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There’s a reason I’m billing this the World’s Greatest NBA Rankings, beyond mere chutzpah. Or cojones, if you know more Spanish than Yiddish. Or, if you don’t understand either, bal–, ah, forget it. I not only rank the NBA teams, according to some rational/intuitive system even I don’t understand, I tell you what it all means. Nothing. Well, not quite nothing, hopefully, or I’m wasting a lot more time doing these than you are reading them. As an exercise, it’s so labor intensive for

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Five reasons to feel positive about the Dallas Mavericks

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(This is another in a series of 30 guest columns that will run in October, when optimism reigns supreme across the NBA. The theme will be “Five Reasons to Feel Positive About … ” We encourage you to follow the authors on Twitter and visit their sites. – CS) The early portion of the free agency period gave off the appearance that the sky was literally falling on the Dallas Mavericks. The chase to try to land Deron Williams fell short as

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Morning News Roundup

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Here are this morning’s top NBA news stories: “NBA to change All-Star ballot. eliminating center,” by David Aldridge from NBA.com “Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak sees his window of opportunity,” by Mark Medina from the  Los Angeles Daily News “Jennings isn’t worried about contract situation,” by Greg Woelfel from the Racine Journal-Times “Raja Bell’s agent disputes report claiming he said trade being pursued,” by Jody Genessy from the Deseret News “Jerome Jordan making case to stay with Grizzlies,” by Ronald Tillery from the Memphis Commercial Appeal “Gilbert Arenas near deal

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Real Injuries Hurt Fantasy Players Too

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As we prepare for the big drafts in our main leagues this weekend, there is an all-star team of injured players clouding the old crystal ball. Derrick Rose, Stephen Curry, Dirk Nowitzki, Amare Stoudemire and Kevin Love are my starting five. You want defense? Sorry, this is the fantasy department. John Wall, Eric Gordon, J.R. Smith, Nene and Andrew Bogut are the second unit. Every one of those guys is draftable, depending on your league settings. Just not as high as usual.

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Tweet of the Night: Shaquille O’Neal

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6 days left who's your finals pick u kno I wanna c dat heat vs lakers finals, I read a article today, the celtics say they ready for da heat
October 23, 2012 10:06 pm via iOSReplyRetweetFavorite
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SHAQ
Six days left, indeed. The NBA season officially begins on Oct. 30, and if the Celtics feel they are ready to take down the reigning champions, they’ll have a chance to do so in the season opener. Seeing Ray Allen go against his former team in a Heat uniform should be quite intriguing. Onto this question from O’Neal: who are your picks to make it to the NBA Finals this season?

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Tweet of the Day: J.J. Redick

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Orlando Magic guard J.J. Redick is the champion. The photo he posted on Instagram and then tweeted earlier today from the Magic practice facility confirms it.

But what exactly does it confirm? What is he the champion of?

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