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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 based on the players impact to their team, career
averages, potential and upside, and overall championship...
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September 29, 2009
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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
Josh Howard on the other. You got a runner like no other in Drew Gooden
that can get up and down the...
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September 22, 2009
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 hasn't capitalized on their potential. In the draft context, I'll use the term to describe...
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September 16, 2009
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 fewer than 10 times while at the podium. Hey, nobody loves Rickey more than Rickey do.
In the end...
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September 13, 2009
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.)Fernsten's Follies: Could KG be our sixth man?There may not be another giant to race past Michael...
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September 13, 2009
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.
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September 12, 2009
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 player and the issues that surrounded Jordan's personal life.
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September 12, 2009
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...
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September 10, 2009
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 one player that
really inspires me. He’s gone down a tough road in life. He has dealt
with drugs, basketball...
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September 09, 2009
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's Boston Globe
highlighted the sour relationship between former Bulls GM Jerry Krause and his
cornerstone...
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September 08, 2009
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 the Indiana Pacers. Now bear in mind, this list was compiled from the perspective of the Pacers...
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September 07, 2009
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's Top Three Upcoming Point-Guards Destined For Greatness
1. Derrick Rose (PG, CHI)
After...
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September 05, 2009
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 dumb ? I remember when I took the SAT's I didn't have a basketball future on the line but...
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September 04, 2009
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 52 "NBA noggins" from ESPN.com were asked where they think the top free agents for next summer...
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September 01, 2009
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 two
teams have been going hammer and tong all season long. They split the
regular season series, 3-3....
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August 30, 2009
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 and valued equally, and it is difficult to win if you have a clear weakness. As you near the end...
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August 29, 2009
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 Philadelphia 76ers during the NBA Finals, before succumbing in 6 games. So finishing the 1971-72...
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August 26, 2009
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 turning the
Los Angeles Lakers slow and plodding offense into a fast-breaking
machine, one player...
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August 24, 2009
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 delay, here are my rankings for power forwards in terms of overall fantasy value.
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Top 10
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August 23, 2009
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 the court. Of course, no number can accurately point to the true value of a player to a team (other...
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August 21, 2009
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 this rumor may have some merit behind it, I still think that it's too early to call into question...
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August 12, 2009
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 a while.As difficult as it was to rank the shooting guards, I struggled mightily with this list (well...
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August 08, 2009
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 miss most (if not all) of the season as he recovers from major surgery.One important detail I overlooked...
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August 02, 2009
Bulls Waive L. Johnson, Nelson
The Chicago Bulls trimmed their roster yesterday as they waived F Linton Johnson III and G DeMarcus Nelson yesterday. Assuming the Bulls re-sign Aaron Gray (which appears to be the case since they made a qualifying offer), the roster is now down to 13 players, which is the league minimum. Neither Johnson nor Nelson had much of a role with the team last season. Johnson played a total...
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July 31, 2009
Fantasy Basketball Preview: Point Guards
Even though the NBA regular season won't start for months, and even though I'm technically only a Chicago Bulls blogger, I have decided to start a series preparing for the fantasy basketball season. Fantasy drafts are starting earlier each year, and I decided to start now while I still have time. There will probably be long intervals in between posts in this series, but I...
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July 30, 2009
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