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NBA Primetime's Top 26-50 Heading Into The '09-'10 NBA Season
Since NBA Primetime
is fairly new, this will be the official part two of a four part series
which will include power rankings from No.1 through No. 100.
In addition, the top 100 rankings will also be updated periodically throughout the '09-'10 NBA season.
These
rankings are...
NBA Talk: Erick Dampier Could Be Heading To The Bench
With
the Dallas Mavericks' recent additions of Drew Gooden and Shawn Marion
in the offseason, rumors started to heat up of starting center Erick
Dampier heading to the bench. "It excites me to have our
quarterback back (Jason Kidd) and to have Shawn Marion on one wing and...
Fantasy NBA: Beware of These Potential Busts
With the Battle of the Sports Forums draft getting past the 150 mark, I can start digging into predictions a little bit more. Over the next few weeks, I'll cover some of my busts, comebacks, steals, breakouts, and sleepers. Bust is generally a pretty harsh term for a player that...
Michael Jordan Divulges Contiguous Legacy That Will Live Forever
Dating back to the 1993 playoffs, a young and prosperous guard was still developing into a pure legend, but earned a respectable nickname after nailing a buzzard-beater shattering the hearts in Cleveland.
In an astonishing game, Michael Jordan was known as the Air Jordan, scoring 43...
Michael Jordan Divulges Contiguous Legacy That Will Live Forever
Dating back to the 1993 playoffs, a young and prosperous guard was still developing into a pure legend, but earned a respectable nickname after nailing a buzzard-beater shattering the hearts in Cleveland.
In an astonishing game, Michael Jordan was known as the Air Jordan, scoring 43...
John Stansberry: Michael Jordan gets outclassed by Rickey Henderson
Do you remember the week leading up to Rickey Henderson's recent induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame? The media gleefully anticipated what kind of self aggrandizing speech Henderson would come up with, and we all thought that he would refer to himself in the third person no...
A Few Links, and Scrambled Thoughts on Michael Jordan
CelticsBlog: Ray-Ray wants extension.Hats off to Mike (Jordan). Red's Army: Week in review.MJ tells it like it is.LOY's Place: Random thoughts 16 days until training camp.Celtics Hub: Where were you when MJ became God?Who's our Bowen? (Zach Lowe on retired Celtics numbers...
The Sweet Airman, Michael Jordan
Michael Jordan is a legend, so let's here his press conference:And here's Henry Abbott saying there will never be another Michael Jordan again.
Going Beyond Michael Jordan, "Basketball Player"
Today's guest column on Cavalier Attitude is courtesy of Vishal P. As the basketball world convened this weekend to honor the career of arguably the greatest basketball player of all time, the author takes a look at Michael Jordan, the person instead of Michael Jordan, the basketball...
The Boston Celtics are Younger than the Three Best Teams in NBA History
Year Team Average Age1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers 28.1*1985-86 Boston Celtics 28.1**1995-96 Chicago Bulls 28.8***2009-10 Boston Celtics 27.9By the way, these teams are ranked in chronological order.*Elgin Baylor excluded because he retired after 9 games.**Sly Williams excluded because...
Drugs, Basketball, A Legend: The Tale of Ed “Booger” Smith
“Booger, man. Booger the thing. Won’t believe the handle on the dude. Booger make your butt look foolish. Yo, man, Booger be real.”
—Sports Illustrated
Streetball. You just have to love that kind of basketball. It shows
the real game of how playing basketball. There is...
Report: Bulls Would Have Drafted Joe Wolf Over Pippen If Jordan Had His Way
Would Michael Jordan have won a championship -- let alone six -- if it wasn't for former Bulls GM Jerry Krause?It seems like Michael Jordan laid the groundwork for being an atrocious talent evaluator far before the days of Kwame Brown and Adam Morrison.An article in Sunday'...
Michael Jordan's Top 10 Moments vs the Pacers
As Michael Jordan prepares to be inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame, most websites are collating his all-time greatest games, moves, shots, dunks and memories. Accordingly, I thought it would be the perfect time to take a look at Jordan's top 10 most memorable moments against...
NBA Primetime's Top Three Upcoming Point-Guards Destined For Greatness
NBA Primetime
presents another new series of rankings consisting of the young
athletes in the league that will surely be on the rise during the
upcoming season.
From here on out, an article will be written periodically, ranking the top three upcoming stars for every position.
NBA Primtime...
Every Rose has its' thorn, Calipari knows how to pick 'em
This is too much. Not once but twice for Calipari, I'm not a huge memphis fan or a huge Calipari fan but this is unreal.
It's all over the SAT's you mean to tell me Derrick Rose couldnt find a tutor to help him score a high number on his SAT's or is Rose really that...
ESPN.com NBA Panel: 73.1 Percent Believe LeBron Is Staying In Cleveland
Knicks fans can expect LeBron to keep setting up shop at the Garden in the visitor's locker room.Is it possible that not even the four-lettered network's own employees are buying into the hype that the network is trying to create for the 2010 free agency bonanza?A panel of...
Best Series Ever? Puhleeease
Game 7. Eastern Conference Finals. 5:23 left in the game. A majority of
the starters on both teams have been on the bench for the last three
minutes. . . resting . . . knowing they'd need it cuz the last five
minutes were gonna be like the rest of the series--hellacious. The...
Rotisserie: Underrated Efficiency
In a roto league, you are compared to all of the other teams, and you get points based on where you rank. Those points are added to calculate a rotisserie score. The winner of the league is the fantasy GM with the highest rotisserie score. Therefore, every statistical category is scored...
It Took Two Celtics for the Lakers to Win their First Title in LA (The Final Installment)
None of the success surprised Bill Sharman.He had won 4 NBA titles as a player with the Boston Celtics. He'd won two more titles as a coach, one with the Cleveland Pipers of the ABL and one with the Utah Stars of the ABA. His San Francisco Warriors nearly defeated the vaunted 1967...
It Took Two Celtics for the Lakers to Win their First Title in LA (Part 4)
LINK to previous installment in the seriesWhen NBA executives scoffed at Bill Sharman's
plans to turn the Los Angeles Lakers soft and porous defense into a
league-leading defense, one player fueled their skepticism. When
outgoing Laker coach Joe Mullaney openly ridiculed talk of...
Fantasy Basketball Preview: Power Forwards
It's been a long time since my last post in the fantasy preview series, and I apologize for that. The power forward group is where most fantasy owners will get their rebounds and boost their field goal percentages since the current crop of centers is fairly weak. Without further...
Adjusted Plus Minus Numbers for Current Bulls
I will not pretend to be a stat guru, but there are some numbers out there that are much more valuable than others in the basketball statistical world. Adjusted plus minus numbers are among those important stats, because they give you a good idea of a player's net production on...
Rumor: Bulls Rookie Johnson's Work Ethic In Need Of Work?
Pardon the cheesy title and the ridiculously long gap in between posts, but the offseason has been dragging by ever so slowly. That being said, Chicago Now reports that sources around the Bulls organization are beginning to question rookie forward James Johnson's work ethic.
While...
Fantasy Basketball Preview: Small Forwards
Moving right along in my very early fantasy basketball series, I at long last have my personal rankings of the small forwards in terms of relative fantasy value. I'm entering a busy period in my job right now, so the next part of my series (the power forward rankings) may take...
Fantasy Basketball Preview: Shooting Guards
This portion of my fantasy basketball preview series was decidedly harder to complete than the point guard rankings. The league is packed with wing talent, and so I had trouble getting this hierarchy in order. One notable absence on the list is Tracy McGrady, who I am assuming will...
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