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Tweet of the Night: Enes Kanter

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Another great practice , everyone worked really hard . Competition was crazy. #JazzFamily
October 2, 2012 9:59 pm via Twitter for iPhoneReplyRetweetFavorite
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Enes Kanter
Enes Kanter, the third overall pick of the 2011 NBA Draft, looks to have a much stronger season in his second year as a pro after struggling through  much of his rookie season. We mentioned this in our blog, but Kanter dedicated himself over the summer to lose a total of 51 pounds to prepare for the upcoming season. How exactly was he able to accomplish this? More importantly, how did he get to 293 pounds in the first place? Bill

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Morning News Roundup

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“Curry, agent optimistic about extension” Matt Steinmetz: CSNBayArea.com “DiLeo: Bynum ‘feels very good’ after knee injection” Tom Moore: phillyburbs.com “Chris Paul says he’ll be ready” Arash Markazi: ESPN.com “Kyrie Irving returns to Cavs after breaking hand” Mark J. Spears: Yahoo! Sports “Utah Jazz’s Paul Millsap embraces biggest year of career” Brian T. Smith of The Salt Lake Tribune: “Amundson agrees to deal with the Wolves” Jerry Zgoda of the Star Tribune:

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SH Blog: Gordon Hayward wants to be an All-Star, Jalen Rose reveals Vince Carter and Sam Mitchell fight

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With the season only about a month away, many of you will be interested in gearing up for one of the most popular sports games around: fantasy basketball. Our writer Kent Williams (@sheridanfantasy) has been all over the do’s and don’ts for your upcoming drafts, and as a long-time fantasy player myself, I can tell you that he is pretty much on the money with the analysis. If you missed it, be sure to check out the fantasy spin from today:

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Preseason playoff picture: Western Conference

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Think your team is making the playoffs in the West this season? If you don’t live in L.A., you sure about that? If your team is the Dallas Mavericks or Utah Jazz, you shouldn’t be so sure. The Western Conference has six teams that are postseason certainties and four teams that are locks for the lottery. That leaves five teams vying for two spots. The Oklahoma City Thunder, Los Angeles Lakers, San Antonio Spurs, Los Angeles Clippers, Memphis Grizzlies and Denver Nuggets are in. Each

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SH Blog: Paul Pierce talks Allen, Celtics future

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Another big day in Olympic basketball today, as Team USA took on one of the strongest teams in the competition, Lithuania.  For a report on that, check out the fifth installment in Chris Sheridan’s Diary of the Uncredentialed.  Also, if you missed it yesterday, look at Nick Gibson’s preview of today’s Olympic action, and compare his predictions to what actually went down.  Check back a little later for his recap of all the action today. And now, as always, here’s the

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Post Game Notes and other News from around the NBA: May 8, 2012.

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San Antonio/Utah The top-seeded Spurs advanced to the conference semifinals against the winner of the Memphis–Los Angeles Clippers series that could go until Sunday. Parker had 11 points on 4-of-14 shooting, Tim Duncan added 11 points on 4-of-10 shooting, and starters Kawhi Leonard, Boris Diawand Danny Green combined for a total of eight points. The Spurs’ bench picked up the slack, outscoring Utah’s reserves 57-10 and finishing with 27 more points than their own starters. Facing elimination, the Jazz started their Big 3 lineup, with Derrick Favors at power forward, Al Jeffersonat center and Paul Millsap moving

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Playoffs Day 9: Previews of Spurs-Jazz and Grizzlies-Clippers

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One team, the Dallas Mavericks, has already been knocked out of the playoffs. If you want to bash Mark Cuban for it, you should read this first. The Utah Jazz will look to avoid the same fate in Game 4 against the mighty San Antonio Spurs, who seem to have forgotten how to lose – winning their last 13 contests. Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Clippers hope to put themselves in a dominant position to take the series from the Memphis Grizzlies, who

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Playoffs Day 5: Previews of Jazz-Spurs, Pacers-Magic, Clippers-Grizzlies

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The Coach of the Year was announced Tuesday, with Gregg Popovich coming out on top by a wide margin. It was certainly well-deserved, but there were plenty of other coaches that warranted attention as well. Thirteen coaches received votes, including Frank Vogel, Lionel Hollins, Tyrone Corbin, Stan Van Gundy and Vinny Del Negro – mid-season crisis and all. The work of these fine coaches will be on display tonight as we look into the preview of three playoff games on Wednesday night. Utah (0-1) at

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