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34 Reasons To Cheer For The Boston Celtics
May 28, 2008 by
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The Boston Celtics already have a large number of bandwagon fans, but if your team has already been eliminated and you need a new team to rally behind, here's 34 reasons to cheer for the Celtics. Not recommended for Pistons fans.
Video: Defensive POY Garnett's high school highlights
April 23, 2008 by
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Kevin Garnett of the Boston Celtics has been named this year's Defensive Player of the Year.
Arguably the player who inflated the salaries of NBA players, Kevin Garnett was the second legitimate player to go from high school straight to the pros (Moses Malone would be the first...
Bruno Baltazar: the art and skill of scouting (part 2)
April 22, 2008 by
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Here's part 2 of our interview with Bruno Baltazar, an impressive eighteen-year old scout working for many international pro basketball teams. Make sure you read Part 1 if you haven't already.
DB: What skills does it take to do your job? What work does it require to do well...
Carnival of the NBA #55 now online
April 22, 2008 by
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You may click on the button at the top of the page, or click this link to “attend” the Carnival.
Thanks to all of the bloggers who sent in submissions over the past week. Although the Carnival may be smaller than most, there’s still a lot of great information inside...
Video: Sixth-man Ginobili's Top 10 of 2008
April 22, 2008 by
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San Antonio Spurs guard Manu Ginobili was the clear choice as the NBA's Sixth Man of the Year, gathering 615 out of a possible 620 points. Ginobili led the defending champion Spurs with scoring with 19.5 ppg, and provided a powerful spark off the bench. Ginobili started only 23...
Video - "Where fans try to save franchises happens"
April 20, 2008 by
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The NBA deserves a nice pat on the back for their "Where Amazing Happens" slogan and commercials. "I love this game!" and "It's fan-tastic!" were admirably cheesy, but "Where Amazing Happens" blown out the competition. How many other sports...
The Fight for the Sonics: is a resolution possible?
April 19, 2008 by
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In case you've been hiding under a rock, one of the biggest stories around the NBA right now is Clay Bennett attempting to move the Seattle Sonics to Oklahoma City. Fans around the entire league have joined the crisis facing Sonics fans, with much discussion going on over at SonicsCentral...
Bruno Baltazar: catching up with the international game (part 3)
April 18, 2008 by
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Today is the conclusion of our three-part interview (Part 1 and Part 2) with international scout Bruno Baltazar. In this portion of the interview, we discuss the importance of scouting for the NBA, and the top international players you'll be seeing in this summer's Olympic...
April 3: Draft Busts day
April 18, 2008 by
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In anticipation of "Make Up Your Own Holiday" Day on March 26, the one-man committee of Daily Basketball had dedicated April 3 as Draft Busts day, a time for mourning the team revitalizers that never were.
Why April 3, you ask? Look no further than Michael Olowokandi, who...
Carnival of the NBA #55 now online
April 18, 2008 by
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You may click on the button at the top of the page, or click this link to "attend" the Carnival.
Thanks to all of the bloggers who sent in submissions over the past week. Although the Carnival may be smaller than most, there's still a lot of great information inside of...
The Paperboy delivers for the Jazz
April 14, 2008 by
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This post was written as part of Unsung Player Day, hosted at With Malice.
Four years ago, one of the top NBA players of all time, Karl Malone, left his legacy with the Utah Jazz to pursue an NBA championship with the Los Angeles Lakers. Without Stockton and Malone, the Jazz were left...
Life as an international scout: interview with Bruno Baltazar (part 1 of 3)
April 14, 2008 by
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"My biggest success so far, aside from the trophies or awards, is to see the happy faces of players when they play. The passion for the game, meeting great people, seeing others who believe in my work. Kids approach me and thank me because I gave them a opportunity to play. In...
The Paperboy delivers for the Jazz
April 05, 2008 by
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Four years ago, one of the top NBA players of all-time, Karl Malone, left his legacy with the Utah Jazz to pursue an NBA championship with the Los Angeles Lakers. Without Stockton and Malone, the Jazz were left without any franchise players.
After a couple seasons of mediocrity, the...
April 3: Draft Busts day
March 27, 2008 by
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In anticipation of “Make Up Your Own Holiday” Day on March 26, the one-man committee of Daily Basketball had dedicated April 3 as Draft Busts day, a time for mourning the team revitalizers that never were.
Why April 3, you ask? Look no further than Michael Olowokandi, who...
Calling all NBA bloggers!
March 18, 2008 by
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Daily Basketball is hosting the Carnival of the NBA #55. Any blogger who would like to contribute a post should send at e-mail to DailyBasketball@gmail.com.
The submission deadline is this Saturday, March 22. The Carnival will be published next week, on either Monday night or Tuesday morning.
VOTD 3/5 - An Unusual Skill
March 13, 2008 by
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Chuck Hayes, for your information, shoots 15% better from the field than from the free throw line. He is not the most intimidating shotblocker, rebounder, or shooter (his F, but Chuck Hayes deserves some credit for a skill few NBA players take time to refine: creating lane violations...
VOTD 12/30 - Charles, did you lose your ball?
March 12, 2008 by
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For any of you who have followed Charles Barkley’s golf game, this may be no surprise that Barkley couldn’t find his golf ball after teeing off. However, Barkley continues to lose his golf balls over and over again as groundskeepers run on to the fairway to steal the ball...
VOTD 3/10 — McDonald’s All-Americans ‘07
March 10, 2008 by
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The NBA draft is still three months away, but the top lottery picks are already starting to rise to the top. The NCAA features another handful of fabulous freshman this season, many of which will be “one-and-dones.” Among the players likely to jump up to the NBA next season...
Kobe vs. Yao — The Olympic Debacle
March 09, 2008 by
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Over the past two weeks, we’ve seen two of the top players in the NBA make completely opposite decisions in regards to international basketball.
Yao Ming has decided to sit out for the rest of the season, effectively ending the Houston Rockets‘ chances to go deep in the...
VOTD 12/26 - “I could smell colors, I could feel sounds!”
February 18, 2008 by
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After a long hiatus due to laziness and a hosting service that lost a couple weeks of posts, Daily Basketball should be returning to updates several times a week.
Today’s video showcases Frank Caliendo’s impersonation of Bill Walton (as well as Charles Barkley). Caliendo...
What were the Suns thinking?
February 15, 2008 by
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In part two of our unexpected series, Deadline Deals: What Were They Thinking?, Daily Basketball takes a look at the pending Shaquille O’Neal trade. Before the trade is finalized, The Big Diesel must pass a physical, so there’s no guarantee this deal will happen, but we...
VOTD 1/2 - A Harold Miner Memorial
February 11, 2008 by
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Take a somber (melodramatic) moment to remember Harold Miner, another “next G.O.A.T” that never was. Harold Miner played all of four seasons in the NBA, and joins a long list of young players that never lived up to their “Baby Jordan” nicknames.
What were the Grizzlies thinking?
February 10, 2008 by
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After allowing the Memphis Grizzles a day to announce that they had let a seven-year old Los Angeles Lakers fan run the team after an horrible publicity promotion, it’s apparent that the Pau Gasol trade wasn’t a joke. After all, how many other trade rumors reported on the...
VOTD 1/4 - “That will be a delay of game!”
February 09, 2008 by
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Who do you give the points to on this play? Three players went for this tip slam simultaneously, and while it makes for one intimidating dunk, the players hopefully didn’t mind paying for a new backboard.
VOTD 1/22 - Kobe puts up 81 over Raptors
January 28, 2008 by
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One year ago today, Kobe Bryant poured 81 points on the Toronto Raptors. Sure, he took 46 shots, but when you convert on more than 50% of your field goals and three-pointers, and lead your team back from an 18-point deficit to a convincing victory — who can deny that Bryant&...
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