Turning His Back on The Greatest

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As the Bulls spectacular season came to an end last week, Scottie Pippen was creating a buzz in the news world. He called Lebron James the greatest player ever to play in the NBA. This was an absurd statement especially coming from the guy who actually played along side Michael Jordan. Most current NBA players, former NBA players, and analyst believe that Michael Jordan is the greatest to ever play the game. Pippen is either finding a way to distract himself from actually believing the Bulls season is over, or he is a complete idiot. The only argument needed to dispute Pippen’s point is that Jordan won 6 championships and Lebron James is currently still searching for his first. Jordan won 6 championships with no other superstars, Scottie was a great player, but not a superstar. Lebron had to move from Cleveland to Miami in order to team up with a superstar in Dwayne Wade, and a very good player in Chris Bosh in order to take the burden off himself. Comparing the two players, Michael Jordan has many more individual awards and more importantly team awards with his championships. Lebron might be the most physically gifted player ever to play in the NBA with his strength, but their is no comparison to the greatest to ever play the game. Scottie must have some beef with Michael right now, because it is shocking to hear from MJ’s sidekick that he believes Lebron is better.
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Later on in the week, Pippen decided one stupid statement wasn’t enough. Scottie is currently an ambassador for the Chicago Bulls, and after their lost to the Miami Heat he called out Joakim Noah and Carlos Boozer. He said Noah couldn’t make a play, and that Boozer has horrible hands, Pippen argued that Noah and Boozer could not coexist with each other. While some of the things he stated I believe in, it is not right for a person who currently works for the Bulls to go out and bash them. This was the first season Boozer and Noah played together, and during the regular season they barely played many games with each other because of their injuries. It takes time to develop a cohesiveness, and Noah and Boozer only got like 25-30 games with each other. Pippen all season long, believed in this team and kept saying how good they were. Once their season came to an end, he turned bi polar and went completely against everything. For him to say the Bulls can’t win a championship with Boozer and Noah on the team at the same time is ridiculous considering how far they made it this year. This current Bulls team just needs a year or two more to develop good team chemistry as well as timing with each other. Injuries hurt the Bulls early on the season, it may have not seemed that way because Derrick Rose carried them through the regular season, but we saw in the playoffs the their was no consistency out of Boozer or Noah.

custom nfl jerseys  Chicagoans are starting to question Pippen’s loyalty to the Chicago Bulls and even his friendship with Michael Jordan, hopefully he realizes he was wrong, and comes out with an apology.
Go Mavericks, no one in their right mind wants to see the Heat win the championship, If Lebron finds a way to lose this championship with two other great players, Pippen will look like an idiot, and there will no longer be a comparison to MJ.

he Utah Jazz Will Host The Most Utah Jazz NBA Draft Workout Ever On Tuesday

The Utah Jazz have long been rumored to be the favorites to select Jimmer Fredette in next month's NBA Draft, but if that doesn't work out, Tuesday's pre-draft workout will provide a few other players that should end up high on their list*.

The Jazz announced that Tuesday's pre-draft workout will include Westminster's Michael Stockton, son of Jazz legend John Stockton, Kansas's Brady Morningstar, Fredette's BYU teammate Jackson Emery and Mustapha Farrakhan.  All four are unlikely to be selected in this year's draft -- in fact, they probably won't be selected in the first two rounds of the NBA Development League Draft -- but it's nice to see the Jazz front office give them a chance to showcase their wares regardless.

The most interesting player to show up at the workout will be Stockton, simply based on name recognition alone after playing the last four seasons for the NAIA's Westminster Griffins. Stockton led the Griffins in points (18.2), assists (4.2) and steals (2.0) while shooting 54 percent from the field as 6-foot-1 senior point guard.



Morningstar, a 25-year-old redshirted senior who was with the Jayhawks since 2006 after attending a year of prep school after high school, is known as a solid three-point shooter and was apparently named to the Big 12 All-Defensive Team this past year. This past season, Morningstar started 25 of Kansas's 38 games while averaging 7.3 points, 3.3 assists and making 50 percent of his attempts from beyond the arc (38-of-76).

Emery is a local kid after being born in Salt Lake City and attending BYU, but he might have some of the best NBA credentials at this tryout after averaging 12.5 points and 3.5 rebounds while being named the Mountain West Conference's Defensive Player of the Year.

Farrakhan, a 6-foot-4 senior, is one of the best leapers in the Draft after registering a 41½-inch maximum vertical at the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament. Farrakhan averaged 13.5 points while earning All-ACC Honorable Mention accolades as a senior.

Mark Cuban's quiet time goes on, to Mavs' delight

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Mark Cuban's quiet time continues.
Now that they've gotten used to it, the Dallas Mavericks kind of like it this way.
"It's fine with me," Dirk Nowitzki said. "It should be all about the players."
The Mavs have roared into the NBA finals with Cuban taking the traditional, low-profile role of most team owners. Of course, Cuban has never been like most team owners, making himself part of the story pretty much from the day he went from buying season tickets to buying the club.
He's racked up more than $1 million in fines over his 11-year tenure, mostly for outspoken comments — like berating the officials during the 2006 NBA finals in Miami, where his team returns for Game 1 on Monday night.
"Mark's a smart guy, one of the smartest I've ever been around," Dallas coach Rick Carlisle said. "Like all of us, he has great humility and respect for the position that we're in right now. We're all doing everything we can to put ourselves in the best possible position to do well."
Cuban's silence began after Dallas won its first-round series against Portland. The Mavs are 9-1 since, so why mess with a good thing?
"Mark is a very vocal guy," Jason Kidd said. "He's going to say what he wants to say at the right time, but I think he's been a little been quiet during this playoff run."
Just to be clear, this is only a media silence. He chitchats with reporters, but has made only a few innocuous comments on the record. He has also remained active on Twitter, tweeting "Go Mavs" a few hours before every game. He may have even fired off a few e-mails to David Stern.
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The emphasis is that Cuban is avoiding the spotlight. The only exception was to accept the Western Conference trophy. His mainly thanked the crowd, then offered up the rallying cry, "We ain't done yet."
Cuban refuses to explain why he's taken this tact. If anyone in the organization knows the story, they're not saying.
Heat forward Udonis Haslem, one of two holdovers from the '06 Miami team, offered his speculation: "It's five years ago and he's probably learned from that experience. He's moved on and he just wants this team to have the best opportunity to win."
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SPO'S POPULARITY: The Heat broadcast department has been running live pregame, halftime and postgame shows on the team's official website during the playoffs, generating about 500,000 distinct hits so far and with growing numbers as the playoffs go deeper.
Most of those hits come from the United States, of course.
The nation logging on to Heat.com second-most? The Philippines.
That might sound surprising at first, but there's a very good reason for Filipino interest.
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Heat coach Erik Spoelstra is extremely proud of his Filipino heritage, and has a huge following in his mother's homeland. He visited there in July 2009 — his first trip there since being a toddler — and plans to go back sometime this summer.
Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom rank third, fourth and fifth as far as international clickers onto the Heat webcasts. Germany is sixth — a number that might rise during these finals, given the immense popularity of Dallas star Dirk Nowitzki in his homeland.

John Klein: Thunder not waiting for lightning in a bottle

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The opportunity for Kevin Durant to lead the Thunder into the NBA finals and perhaps a championship may not be as long and as assured as some believe.

Oklahoma City has terrific young players and a coach that pushed most of the right buttons.

The Thunder reached the NBA Western Conference Finals, finally losing the series to Dallas in five games, with players that should get better with experience.

If so, next year Oklahoma City will again be a contender in the NBA Western Conference.

Yet, there are no guarantees. Just because you are young and good one year does not automatically mean you'll be even better the next season.

Everything changes every season.

The schedule changes. The chemistry, regardless of how many of the same players remain in place, changes.

Injuries, free agency and other teams can change how a season plays out.

This was a perfect storm for the Thunder. Oklahoma City did not have to contend with the Los Angeles Lakers or San Antonio Spurs. Both suffered rare quick exits in the playoffs.

Do you really believe the Lakers and Spurs are going to remain bad?

Sure, it could happen. Age is starting to bring San Antonio and Los Angeles back to the pack.

Still, it is hard to imagine the Lakers and Spurs, two of the top organizations in the NBA, not getting back to a level to contend pretty quick.

Plus, there are other franchises, like Dallas and Houston, that aren't likely to stand still.

What about Memphis? It took OKC seven games to knock out the Grizzlies.

How long Oklahoma City can keep its young stars together, and how moves impact the team, may depend on the future labor agreement.

Still, despite all of the factors, there are plenty of reasons for optimism.

"We're no different than 29 other teams in this league," said Oklahoma City coach Scott Brooks in a post-game press conference. "We want to win a championship. We respect the process that it takes to win one. Our guys do the same thing. They respect the heck out of the game.

"I don't know how soon we were going to get there but I can tell you this: that guys are not going to hope to get there. They're going to work to get there. They're focused on hitting every day on the practice floor as a day of improvement, a day of work. We have a good future if we continue to keep our mindset in the right place."

The Thunder won 55 games in the regular season. It won two playoff series. It went five games deep into a conference championship series.

This is obviously a good team. But, in the NBA, fame can float away just as quick.

Everybody has good players. There are teams that just need a role player here or there.
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The Thunder knows it'll have to get better to move further in the playoffs.

"It's a very good year," said Brooks. "It's a year I'm proud of as a coach.

"But, we'll have to get better, including myself. I will evaluate myself and work this summer to get better going into next year. And, I expect the same out of all of our guys."

Most believe the Thunder will go as far as Durant will take them. Yes, Oklahoma City has a fine group of core players to go around Durant.

Russell Westbrook, who took some heat from the media during the playoffs, developed into an NBA all-star this season. James Harden blossomed into a possible star.

The Thunder has a handful of very nice role players.

Westbrook needs to become better in delivering passes to players, something that should come with experience and age.

Durant may be the league's best pure scorer but many believe he needs to become stronger to take advantage of his skills on the interior.

And, don't forget Brooks will become better organized as a coach. Some of his late-game decisions in the playoffs were questionable.

Yet, this is a very good season for Oklahoma City. Actually, it was terrific.
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That doesn't automatically mean the Thunder will be better next year.

But, it leaves Oklahomans believing more NBA glory may be coming this way.

"Paying attention to details and things like that win you championships," said Durant. "That's what a good team like Dallas did and that's one thing we continue to work on.

"It's tough right now but I'm excited about what the future holds for us."

NCAA adds no-charge zone, moves women's 3-point line

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 Colleges, get out your paintbrushes.

An NBA-style no-charge zone has been approved for Division I basketball starting in the 2011-12 season, the NCAA announced Thursday. The rules change had been suggested by the men's basketball rules committee following its annual meeting, but it required final approval by the NCAA's Playing Rules Oversight Panel.
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The no-charge zone will extend 3 feet from the center of the basket, which is smaller than the NBA's no-charge area.

Teams in Division II and Division III were given a one-year delay in implementing the change.
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In women's basketball, the 3-point line will be moved back to 20 feet, 9 inches, which is the standard in the men's game. That means those floors that have been home to both men's and women's games no longer must contain multiple 3-point lines.

NBA: Chicago Noah asks $ 50,000 fine fair

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French Chicago Center Joakim Noah said Tuesday at the $ 50,000 fine he received for the use of an anti-gay insult in response to an angry fan shouted  fair.

Noah, like bulls ready for the game Tuesday night against the Miami Heat in the fourth game of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals, after recognizing the  errors  in its trade with the fan.

The league revealed the fine on the afternoon of Monday, a day after television cameras caught Noah seems to say  fag  after sitting on the bench just 5:34 in the first quarter 96-85 Miami victory that gave the Heat 2-1 in the best place seven finals.
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 Kobe Bryant of the Lakers was penalized $ 100,000 for a similar outbreak in April, but the league said the punishment includes a fine for abuse of an official of the game

Noah said he did not know what they expect in terms of a penalty if he discussed the issue with representatives of the NBA on Monday.
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Noah called out to four games of the Bulls biggest play of the season, the Bulls on a hot team that has won two games, just try to stop in the series.

He said he was not concerned about the public reaction to him in Miami in the wake of the sensational incidents.

It's the least of my worries,  said Noah.

NBA Draft: Brandon Knight Will not Get Past Kings' A 7, said Ford

 Brandon Knight has increased the population in the NBA combine last week, and Chad Ford of ESPN reported that the base of the Kentucky does not have the Kings at No. 7  It can not be there, but points out that Ford will be Knight in advance of the University of Connecticut guard Kemba Walker, when the Utah Jazz is a leader in 3rd place but the general manager Kevin O'Connor, Jazz is a passionate advocate seems  best player available,  Enes Kanter rule and joined the conversation for No. 2, let alone third


* The top of the range of Hamilton Jordan is No. 7 It marks a small step, which is a position of need, but not necessarily a necessary role.
 * There are some interesting hints, but does not mention the kings of Tobias Harris, the head of Tennessee. It measured the incident power, and stresses that the country is the best of three. He fashions himself a point forward. It could be an interesting game for Sacramento.

* Kings of the twelve teams who could speak to the Wolves Derrick Williams to 2nd place. Reyes Will Minnesota nothing you else?

Borders Maintenant deslice la NBA batteuse

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The former Arizona star, Derrick Williams should probably choose the first or second in the NBA Draft this year. With relatively little evidence that relatively new field in the NBA this week together.
But emerging Enes Kanter Kentucky player is immersed in the deepest part is also frequently than expected and a high lottery selection.
I do everything here,  Kanter said Thursday.  I have nothing to hide and I have little people .... I'm not afraid to show to anybody.  Kanter meeting on Thursday declared a success.
Today was so great,  he said.  I just try my best. I just tried to work hard and play hard.  Of course, Kanter not play last season. The NCAA ruled him ineligible because he received about $ 33,000 in addition to the compensation so that he played for a professional team in his native Turkey.
Asked if he thought the year was a problem, said Kanter,  No, I do not think I'm ready .... I missed something.  Illness feeling kanter Said was not sure what he would do if a lock has resulted in the cancellation of the 2011-12 season in the NBA.
This prompted one journalist to ask him whether he would play for a professional team in his native Turkey.
No,  quickly replied Kanter.  No Turkey.  Kanter played three seasons for a professional team in his native Turkey. This team, Fenerbahce Ulker, bank statements and shared with the NCAA, which ultimately failed to claim for compensation well above the permissible scope Kanter.
Asked if he harbored ill feelings toward the Turkish professional team,  said Kanter,  A little.  Performance kanter rocked the basketball world is sick when he scored a record 34 points and took 13 rebounds in a game of 2010 Nike Hoop Summit.
Kanter hit the NBA Combine say he was not feeling well at the top of the ring.
I do not watch,  he said of the performance of the rim of the summit.  Before the game I took four pain because of my back. Before the game he was unsure whether he would play or not.  Asked if the coach play World Kanter could. Kanter said he could.
I felt good, because I felt like four painkillers, she said Kanter, adding:  I have not played as well as 100 percent No one has seen me play yet ..  Brandon Knight vs. Knight IrvingFormer market leader in the United Kingdom had distanced itself from the consensus that the Duke product is the best point guard Kyrie Irving in the NBA Draft 2011th
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This is the opinion of the world,  said Caballero.  I have a big problem with that.  After noting that Irving had played against when both were in high school, Knight was asked what he wanted.
A slight smile crossed his face as he said with a hint of disdain in his voice:  I felt good.  Irving was proud to be regarded as the player selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers with the first pick.
It's something I think about every day,  said Irving, is considered the first player selected.  I will have it. I wish I worked every day to be there. Now I'm here, I will stay as long as I can.  Ritter all but said he is a leader in the first place and everything.
A few teams have asked him,  he said when asked if he was a bodyguard.  I told everyone that I saw as a database. He is one of two guards.
That's what I went to Kentucky to learn and experience ... and how I see myself.  No regretsKnight said he had no remorse after entering this year's NBA Draft after playing one season for the United Kingdom.
After I decided I did not hesitate,  he said.  That's all.  Then Knight:  I like Kentucky fans out there, the coaching staff.
I wanted to be strong only with my decision.  Knight admitted that he the possibility of a lockout of NBA players as  a little bit.  But ultimately helped his projected position to decide a high lottery selection.
Detroit Dreamer?
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The Detroit Pistons have one of the teams that were interviewed Caballero. Asked about the possibility of joining the Pistons, who have the option to eighth in the project, said Mr. Ritter:  I do not care to go to Detroit, is a great place to be ..

NBA Trade Rumors: 5 Offers Bold send Dwight Howard of Orlando

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In the 2010 NBA trade deadline came and went with the mid-season, some shops not so surprising, it's time for this summer's hot stove with five bids, the boldness of the Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard can lead the country.
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In 2011, Howard made $ 17,900,000 and the very real possibility that you choose to depart from Orlando to the season by the free will, the Magic would be wise to consider other options trading this summer.
 Howard is a perennial All-Star and has seen probably the best defender in the NBA, you have to think that many teams are in the tender for the war D12.
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The five bids were fatty acids Dwight Howard to land this summer.

2011 NBA Free Agency: Celtics seem interested in keeping Krstic

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He never took the title again after being injured, and again injured his knee more. So I had two bruised knees. He was finally healthy at the time began the Miami series, but until then played very well defensively for us, Jermaine, and Doc was trying to get (Glen Davis) back confidence, and he tried anything from baby had first half of the season. Krstic was the last match again and ready to wear.  My prediction is that Krstic. Are there a starting center on a championship team, but I think it could be a backup quality. We should also remember that the teams over the cap (like us) is the free agent market is limited. The only downside is that they write their own people into the air (what I mean is that the new agreement makes it even easier for teams to make their own players). So while people can dream about the Celtics Nene or Tyson Chandler does not give tens of millions to come here. Krstic is probably our best choice as a backup.
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It is similar to last season, he could not pay for technical support, but make even the left wing could not back up to a minimum. There were no candidates at least decent, what Ainge had to give up Nate.
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A further advantage is that Krstic, the contract that could be used in a future profession. So let's say hypothetically (not happen), we decide Magic Dwight Howard trade, but only if we also Gilbert Arenas contract. Krstic may be necessary to try to run the numbers. Look for Ainge to try to sign one years due to the lesser Krstic has a multi-year contract. Unless some crazy team decides to break the bank to Nenad, I hope to take on this task.

Kevin Durant, LeBron James: Parallels career at the age of 22 years Fourth Season

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Kevin Durant is only 22 years. And this is only his fourth season in the league.

Durant made only two scoring titles and all NBA first team for only one year of the possibility to legally buy a beer from him for names. But when thinking about all that hold such a sensation in the same age and season in the league, you need to change your eyes Superstar Oklahoma City to South Beach.  Comparisons with LeBron James and the scene is in Cleveland in 2007.

When James was 22 and in the fourth year, took the Cleveland Cavaliers their first and only trip the NBA Finals. As one of the LeBron signature moments tests in the conference finals against Detroit in the East, where  The King , by the Cavs final 25 points, 29 of their last 30 of the 18 special sessions on both handsets and the world help break Cleveland 48 Detroit is back and take a 3-2 series advantage.

Many fans of the NBA comparisons stop there. To compare the two is stupid, they say. Sure, Durant has been times in these playoffs signature, the last qualifier, like Oklahoma City nine points in the game against Denver and closing in 41 products. O Game 7 performance against Memphis, where he plays the superstar at both ends of the floor on the way to 39 points and nine rebounds in 13 of 25 shots.

But neither the time of the battery so far. The moment in Game 5 at the Palace of Auburn Hills in Detroit this May night in 2007. And while the street still off its Thunder will be taken to the playoffs that LeBron has especially with a team of Red Dallas as a barrier between Oklahoma City and the largest stadium in the NBA.

However, comparing the climate of the league at this time, now is like comparing apples and oranges. In 2007, the Cavs would certainly be the worst team in NBA history is over, makes it difficult to appoint a man as an option for LeBron. But the Cavs also beby get away from the NBA Finals.

Cleveland took two teams from 0500 to Washington and New Jersey in the first two rounds each. Neither the Wizards or networks that are also at hand later on for the playoffs in the Western Conference qualified, either this year or several years. The 53-win team LeBron helped lead Detroit in the Eastern Conference finals was a record year worse than the thunder of 55 Durant win this year and would be a first-round match of Oklahoma City, which would have been in the West.

This has some of the arguments that Durant has to refuse a better team around him now. N arrogant as LeBron had a triple-double of his career in Cleveland, much less in the playoffs and Russell Westbrook in Game 7 against Memphis. But Donner is now playing top competition and Durant is still the star of a young and dynamic team in the league. The eighth seeded Grizzlies were a better team than any team beat the Cavaliers in 07 of the way they played in these playoffs.

And to say that LeBron did not receive any help at all, it would be premature. Of course, Game 5 in Detroit was him, but in this series, little-known 3-point specialist Daniel  Boobie  Gibson first a name for himself by scoring a 21 and then a career high with in game four points ahead of leading all scorers 31 points in Game 6 in Cleveland instead.
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Numbers-wise, both during and LeBron was in the playoffs in his fourth year unstoppable. In 2007, James, on average, 25.0 points, 8.0 rebounds and 8.0 assists while shooting 41.6 percent from the floor, 28 percent 3-point line and 75.5 percent band in 20 playoff games . In 12 playoff games this season, Durant has 28.9 points on average, 7.7 rebounds and 2.4 assists while shooting 46 percent from the floor, 37 percent of the city and 81 percent of the bay.

In the secondary characters (especially Westbrook) is negated by the low road, the Cavs have to take in the playoffs. The Cavaliers '07 would probably be in the first round of the Western Conference this year (if they qualify) could be fantastic, and had to venture outside of the East face its first real test, take San Antonio Spurs. The result? A four-game sweep was not even close.

Thunder Durant and get to this challenge in the next round against the Dallas Mavericks, a team that plays just like every now and just dust from the two champions of the Los Angeles Lakers sweeping the second round hit. No matter who wins this series, suffice it to say that it is not based on how both Oklahoma City and Dallas to scan play now.
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While series is run in the fourth season still a work in progress. His time of signing can be in the Western Conference finals against the Dallas queue. Or maybe more than one revolution when James would with a new cast and better support for the eighth year in the league expect armed.

And if you do it, LeBron, forgive, if you have a minute to ask you if you in the mirror when his counterpart to visit before the other team. It can not play against himself four years ago.

Stoudemire worthy second team All-NBA honor

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Amare Stoudemire was called Thursday for the All-NBA second team, an honor he deserves for the power forward the Knicks, most of the season was a viable candidate for MVP. Stoudemire finished sixth in the NBA standings with an average of just over 25 per game, while by 8.2 rebounds per game and blocked two shots in the area.

If Stoudemire signed with the Knicks as a free agent this summer before LeBron James had his decision,  Stoudemire said of the city,  the Knicks are back.  He has his share of the resurrection of the franchise once proud, the building prior to his arrival in a desperate need for a separate star to. And can during the Knicks too much, and questions about his knee injury may hot topic in the coming years, Stoudemire The company began to turn around the fortunes of the franchise has. He led the Knicks in the first half of the season, the MVP!  MVP  chants won by Madison Square Garden for Echo one night. He also became the first Knick in what seems an eternity to an All-Star Game start.
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 If you buy the Knicks to Carmelo Anthony, his fellow superstar Stoudemire for the Knicks, had to really fight for a NBA title was. If the Knicks win a championship during Melo Amare, Stoudemire is the guy who is most revered. His decision, New York, before someone else challenge is admirable, and if you can help make a title on the Knicks that will remain in memory as the Knicks all-time high because of it.
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The Knicks still havent won a playoff game, let alone a playoff series in a decade. Stoudemire in Game 2 of the bend bar hand the Boston Celtics was one of the reasons to continue this series hurt, although the Knicks reach the playoffs. But if the Knicks continue to build around Stoudemire and Anthony and make better decisions in the coming season they will certainly finish this sequence, and is expected to plans, the drought that exists in the city basketball championship at the top end have.

NFL and the AMA? No thanks

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Blocking the NFL begins, as something you can go back three hours south-west, when it look like something. This is a low-budget B-movie with a frame-by-numbers painting. The monolithic company has cracks in his armor for the first time in memory. A rival league gets a mole in the inner circle of giant and program the brain in the world to destroy the monster inside. Those who survive the reprogramming sent and taken hostage, chained to poles made of concrete above the Oakland Coliseum. And every 15 minutes, just for fun, the director cuts to a picture of Bud Selig, sitting in a panel, randomly flipping levers and joyless laugh. The last bet of the NFL, can only be explained by bad fiction. The league is under threat - oh, excuse me, is the thought that the word of the day, judging by the title - the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) drug tests carried out to improve performance when courts League should work without a collective agreement negotiations to decide.


Neither side will know that was not even under discussion or consideration or to be important. If you lose what you do in the NFL, the speed or should do or how preferred a defensive back would debilitating knee injury to play next week bring on the WADA test for drugs.

And if you really want the league to self-destruction, to bring the WADA and two regular season games to add. So in 20 years people can documentary about the disappearance of the NFL to make billions as expected around the world to the ads, while the Nighthawks Omaha Sacramento Mountain Lions feel play in the championship game UFL.
The only reason this little thought of self-destruction is still on the table, because the courts could end the blockade and the NFL license to give their own rules in failing to make a collective agreement. If this happens, the Union would join decertified powerless to stop it, even if individual players have a legal dispute over the rebound could be in store for them.
For most, could the NFL as a league without scruples function. Roger Goodell might decide that the hulls made of Styrofoam and the only way for the players is a lawyer. You could say it is an overreaction to something as ridiculous the idea of ssimilating the AMA and blood tests - HGH, all? - To run the program against drugs. Perhaps, but not so far. A two-year ban for a positive sample A and B? This is the way to the WADA. Do you think cycling is a disaster? Multiply the drama of the cycling carnival in about a million and have a pretty good idea of he AMA and the marriage of the NFL.
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Oh, but we hear the refrain: If you nothing to hide, why do you care you have? Gene Upshaw does not have much disdain for the fight against blood testing for the developing countries as its members would  like balls are used,  but he was right with the concept if it is clumsy with words. Once the NFL had blood samples from each player to not stop with HGH and steroids and other countries? What diseases and medical history could affect, and other things, the pension and health insurance and disability benefits? We are talking about an industry in conversation with a very high risk here, and the players have to keep all the precautions that they take - especially if the other party swing shown their willingness to its monopoly by state-sponsored impunity hammer.
 The NFL loses the PR battle. Even fans who reflective side to the management of the allegedly overpaid and ungrateful players are smart enough to see this block, as it is: theft of money from the owners, who have much, but they want more. So what better way to curry favor with the public to fix the old war horse riding and developing countries under the pretext of health of the players and the sport fair for everyone?
They can not understand a central point: Most NFL fans seem to reach slope angle when it comes to doping have. They do not know the extent of the problem, but you can guess a little, and you are with the idea that many of these guys probably something more to play a game so brutal to one week after week large fine.

There are few great anger for baseball, where every gardener travel CNG a plaintive cry of her childhood memories produced by freshly cut grass and land reserved for a new glove and ball with my dad after work. Perhaps because to imagine that most people can not play in the NFL, everyone is a little more lenient when it comes to substances that bring children have in their bodies to a nation with entertainment on Sunday.
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It's safe to say that rational people would the NFL do otherwise, if the Court lifted the blockade and allowed the league to develop its own process to take. They assumed that the NFL is under the terms of the earlier agreement, the work, as things usually do when employers do not want to completely destroy the morale of the employees and the work further resolved.

And if, provided that there is still people in the business logic in the headquarters of the NFL, the only conclusion about this: The threat of WADA is just that - a threat. Is this a threat to the players to the negotiating table to get to a threat for the league let them know that you understand their condition can allow more harm to impose unilateral regulation.

The alternative is to accept ridiculous. The idea that the NFL is that there is a solution for a problem? It is too absurd for even the worst movie of B.

NBA Draft 2011: 10 SQL Jimmer Fredette could increase instant admirer

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So far, there were some obvious highlights of Detroit in their quest to find Cupand power extracted from a hole in the series 3-0.

Pavel Datsyuk has nothing but pure excitement flow n 'Red Wings was. Whenever you are on the ice, it seems that playing time and space to dictate the creation and for their teammates.

Jimmy Howard has been (I'm running out of adjectives trying, honest ... ..) are transcendent in his game and is probably the only reason why the wings are still in the current series.
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He did not win every game, but the big saves when needed. Each time your goalie makes 30 or 35 shots a game that does its work.

Lidstrom has shown that much in the tank with his excellent play.

But who are the other guys? Children playing in the shadow of larger than No. 13, 40, and threw 5? Take a minute to the five guys who played are to enjoy the back and not enough attention for it.
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Here are five great unsung heroes of Detroit are so far. In no particular order ..

Brandon Knight has announced that Kentucky is not in the NBA Draft

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The University of Kentucky Wildcat basketball star Brandon Knight to leave college and enter the NBA Draft. Knight said on Friday, put your name in the NBA Draft pool keep and spend your last three years of eligibility in college.

The main goal of Brandon Knight, was sure to in the NBA Draft, if I end up being one of the 10 selections in the NBA. Knight has worked on a combination of NBA scouts and told him he could be one of the ten best teams in the NBA Draft in 2011.

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That's all it took to decide. Brandon Knight average of 17.3 points and 4.2 assists for Kentucky, as he made his way to the Final Four 2010-11 Houston. Also in assessing how potential conflicts will affect the 2011-12 season, he felt that it was in their interest to make the leap now while its population is high.

Not with the possibility of a top-10 selection, you are so lucky all the time so I had to take seriously,  said Knight.

This is the fourth consecutive year John Calipari has his first year of the lost star guard of the NBA Draft. 2010-11 NBA MVP Derrick Rose, Tyreke Evans and 2010-11 NBA Rookie of the Year runner-up John Knight preceded Wall-start.

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Cal coach basically said that my decision that we should have much confidence in me and asked me to test the water, and the response was very good,  Knight said.

Brandon Knight could be one of the three Kentucky underclassmen to enter the NBA this season. Freshman Terrence Jones and junior DeAndre Liggins still has to decide whether to stay or go.

John Calipari John Wall invited to return to the UK

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Imagine a scenario for the next season, in which players get to the stop band and former NBA player John Calipari, like John Wall and Derrick Rose at the head of the Kentucky your training. That would make John Wall dancing in the streets of New Lexington, right?

This is what Calipari has in mind. He told the Washington Post that said the wall - the first draft choice in the 2010 draft in the NBA, he played a season with Kentucky - which would be welcome back to school to work, attend courses of the summer, and perhaps even with the practice team or as an aid for students.
Calipari added that if the wall was re-enroll in Kentucky - one of the
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representatives of the wall,  said Clifton dwon Thursday that it was unlikely, but  always a possibility  - that I could practice with the Wildcats to stay fit and Basketball to hold.


It is unlikely? Perhaps, but the idea of he wall and maybe even the MVP of the NBA on the campus of Rose, which would fix in Kentucky, the beauty and glamor of the program that created Calipari added.
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All this is another example of how Calipari is always thinking ahead. Earlier this week, was able to organize the Cartel Kentucky, see his players for the NBA scouts and help them make better decisions and early in the NCAA for the new order is to make decisions 8th May

So if the wall to help Kentucky case, a score of Calipari.

NBA Playoffs 2011: Why Back Udonis Haslem Miami Heat is a bad idea

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Heat the middle of May had a season interesting. Experienced ups and downs determined. They managed 58 games, earning the No. 2 show in the Eastern Conference to win.  Miami has done all this without the help of Udonis Haslem. Fell at the beginning of the season with a foot injury and will now try the heat of the series against the Celtics back. Is this a good idea or bad idea?
 In fact, I think it's a bad idea.

Ethan Skolnick is the author of the Miami Heat for the Palm Beach Post today, and Twitter do not play today Haslem evening.


He is forced to spend some time in the playoffs and could return for the third game. Just a hunch, but I hear the list again in the fifth game. In other words, if this series so far, but of course I think so. I took the heat in September

Haslem is undoubtedly a great player. Heat was, of course I love is back in the team and play. Who would reject a 6'8  beast of burden of 拢 235?
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However, the heat could play well together right now, and threw in Haslem spoil things. In mid-May has great confidence in himself at that time. Do you really want to mix?

Haslem will be at another big body, and of course the ball bounces a lot. But the attack, which could ruin the flow of heat at this time.

Miami has struggled this season for their three great balance. LeBron James, Dwayne Wade, Chris Bosh and other heat finally started to play very well together. Add disaster could Haslem team chemistry, it is has taken so long to find.
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The heat was very well without him, and we have in a game against Boston that you see hanging with someone. Haslem would return a few minutes for some players, which could mean mean at least three  by James Jones.

Haslem would be wise to remain calm and make sure it is 100 percent before the return, which could mean after the Boston series.

Of course we let him back in our team, but I think it could be disastrous for them.