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Tweet of the Day: Isiah Thomas

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Love that Lebron andKobe have confidence and belief in themselves and their abilities !! That's why they are champions .
July 27, 2012 12:30 pm via Twitter for iPhoneReplyRetweetFavorite
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Isiah Thomas
Tweet of the Day went to Isiah Thomas, who showed appreciation for the level of confidence shown by Kobe Bryant and LeBron James in regards to the strength of the current USA Team. To elaborate, James decided to defend his Olympics teammate Kobe Bryant in a recent interview with ABC in regards to how the 2012 USA team would fair against the 1992 Dream Team in the video below: Watch More News Videos at ABC2012 Presidential ElectionEntertainment & Celebrity News “We understand

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Will Team USA lose at London Olympics?

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I am going to give you a Team USA gold-or-not prediction in this column, and I promise you a prediction that goes against the grain. That’s all I’ll say about that … for now. First, I’ll hand over the podium and relay a quote that could be the defining declaration concerning the London Olympics: “Let’s no longer beat about the bush. This summer’s Olympics Games are going to be a catalog of disasters. Not everything that can go wrong will go wrong.

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‘Melo doesn’t like FIBA best anymore, but he was best for Team USA vs. Spain

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(function() { var csprtjs = document.createElement('script'); csprtjs.type = 'text/javascript'; csprtjs.async = true; csprtjs.src = 'http://edgecdn.cinesport.com/container.js'; var first_s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; first_s.parentNode.insertBefore(csprtjs, first_s); })(); BARCELONA — There was a time not so long ago, in 2008, that Carmelo Anthony declared to a foreign media contingent that he actually liked FIBA basketball better than NBA basketball. That is not the case anymore, he said Tuesday night. But we went on to acknowledge that

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Tweet of the Day: Ricky Rubio

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@ are u ready to lose against Spain tonight?
July 24, 2012 12:41 pm via Twitter for iPhoneReplyRetweetFavorite
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Ricky Rubio
Tweet of the Day went to Ricky Rubio, who did some spirited trash talking against his Timberwolves teammate Kevin Love about the upcoming (now concluded) exhibition game between Team USA and Team Spain. Rubio will unfortunately miss the Olympics due to a torn ACL, but appears to be confident in Spain’s ability to beat Team USA. He should reconsider that confidence, however, given the fact that his team was ultimately blown out 100-78. It is worth noting that Marc Gasol

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SH Blog: Dwight Howard might not get traded, Kevin Love losing role with Team USA

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After all the rumors and possible trade talks with the Houston Rockets and the Los Angeles Lakers, the Orlando Magic appear to be holding off on dealing Dwight Howard. At this point, general manager Rob Hennigan appears to be as indecisive as his malcontent superstar center. See what the franchise has in mind, along with today’s transactions and updates on Team USA below: Posturing or not, the Magic don’t appear ready to part with Dwight Howard any time soon, according to

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SH Blog: Bulls face uncertain future with Rose injured

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The basketball world is focusing in on Barcelona, where Team USA narrowly defeated Argentina today.  For coverage of that, check out Chris Sheridan’s piece on why there’s no need for Team USA to panic, and also be sure to read his Diary of the Uncredentialed, and Jan Hubbard’s look back at the Barcelona Games in 1992, twenty years later. Here’s today’s news from all over the NBA: First reported by Peter Vecsey of the NY Post on Twitter, the Bulls will sign

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Tweet of the Day: Manu Ginobili

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360 degree view of the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona. We play USA here tonight. 360.io/CpmhQX — Manu Ginobili (@manuginobili) July 22, 2012 The big game is not tonight. There is a game, yes, but it is not the big one. That’ll come Tuesday night when the Americans play Spain in Barcelona at the arena pictured in Manu’s tweet above. What is notable about tonight’s US-Argentina game is that it is the only friendly the Americans will play against a team they are

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SH Blog: Kobe holds court in Barcelona, but LeBron is King of Team USA

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The two biggest names in this game we love remain Kobe Bryant and LeBron James. And as free agency slows to a crawl after three frenetic weeks, the basketball world’s focus is on Barcelona, Spain, where Bryant, James and the rest of Team USA practiced and held court with the international media, one day before their “friendly” vs. Argentina on Sunday. In terms of popularity, Bryant is the unquestioned king. His jersey is the top seller internationally, while James is third, trailing Derrick Rose.

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