The Warriors got some bad news as they learned that their point guard Monta Ellis will be out at least 3 months after undergoing surgery to repair a torn deltoid ligament in his left ankle. Ellis injured his ankle last Thursday playing pick-up ball in his native Mississippi and had the surgery on   more...
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Dorell Wright's guaranteed two-year deal left the Heat with a little more than $50 million in 2009-10 contracts for 10 players (only Daequan Cook's $1.3 million is at Miami's option). That means a€" unless multiyear deals are dumped a€" the Heat likely will have a little more than $11 million next   more...
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With baseball's playoff hunt in full effect and the NFL preseason underway, what better time than now to make some projections..for the NBA! Rosters are beginning to take formation as free agents join their new clubs, trades are consumated, and rookies settle in with their new squads. I've provided   more...
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A couple recent moves have mixed up my rankings just a bit so I've incorporated them into version 2.0 of my offseason rankings. I've provided my projected records for the coming season along with last year's overall records. Please feel free to comment with your opinions.
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The Phoenix Suns are still in the hunt for a point guard to back up Steve Nash. Since passing Rajon Rondo on to the Celtics, they haven't been very successful in their search for Nash's backup. Marcus Banks obviously didn't work out. They were hoping that Slovenian guard Goran Dragic would be the   more...
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I've been watching a lot of the Olympics this year, for the first time since 1996, and I'm loving it (apparently that over the top McDonalds proud partner of the Olympics has worked on me). I've been listening to lot's of sports radio coverage of the Olympics. Not necessarily by choice because I   more...
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WINDERMERE, Fla. (AP) - The wife of Phoenix Suns center Shaquille O'Neal says the couple's marriage is on the mend.Shaunie O'Neal says she and her husband plan to put a stop their divorce proceedings before leaving Florida next week. She said Thursday that "it will be officially off in a few   more...
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Though I dont agree with the end it's still a great read.......BEIJING a€" With each successive blowout, each complete manhandling of competition exponentially greater than Magic, Michael and Larry could have fathomed, the question about the current USA men's basketball team isn't about redemption,   more...
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Dream Team or Redeem Team?BEIJING a€" With each successive blowout, each complete manhandling of competition exponentially greater than Magic, Michael and Larry could have fathomed, the question about the current USA men's basketball team isn't about redemption, it's about greatness. As in, is this   more...
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BEIJING (AP) - The U.S. Olympic basketball team treated President Bush and perhaps a billion more fans to a game to remember. With LeBron James and Dwyane Wade soaring for dunks that thrilled the raucous crowd at Beijing's basketball arena, the United States pulled away for a 101-70 victory against   more...
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As I continue on with these infamous lists of the NBA I was like which stat is the worst to hear that could sound good with my eccentric ideas...So I decided that it is Turnovers and its turnovers Per Game via NBA.com...That being said I give out 10 theories on why Turnovers are prevalent among   more...

Ben Gordon has watched free agents come and go. But he is, at this point, the last major name left on the scrap heap of the NBA's free agent market.There has been a lot of speculation that he may go somewhere else and that he will never play as a Bull again, which means that my Gordon jersey is   more...
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Back from a few much needed days off. While I was gone, Paul Pierce hit the news for his non-DUI stop in Vegas. I'd say that he's had enough celebrating and should get down to getting ready to defend the title. After every season, win or lose, Larry Bird would be training the very next week. It   more...
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BEIJING (AP) - The U.S. Olympic team has beaten Angola 97-76 to wrap up the easy portion of its Olympic schedule. Dwyane Wade scored 19 points and Dwight Howard added-- for the Americans on Tuesday night. LeBron James finished with 12 and dominated on the defensive end with his size and strength.   more...
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Goldenstate fresh off of losing PG Baron Davis has offered Brand a monster contract, a five year deal worth in the 85 to 90 million range, this is substatntially more than the Clippers can offer, approx 20 million.This move certainly signals that the Warriors must believe that Gilbert Arenas is   more...
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