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Archive for July, 2007

Celtic Pride Returns — KG sent to Boston

Posted by Andrew on July 30, 2007

After two years of waiting, the basketball world finally got what they’d been anticipating: Kevin Garnett is actually leaving Minnesota.

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Open discussion of the game fixing scandal

Posted by colatina on July 21, 2007

I don’t have a significant post to offer on the game-fixing allegations, so I’ll ask the usual crowd to offer their thoughts in the comments.  A couple things, though:

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Was Bird the Greatest Ever?

Posted by Andrew on July 20, 2007

Now that the NBA Off-season is in full effect and activity is relatively slow, it’s seems like the appropriate time to release a few pieces that we’ve been working on that have little to do with the regular season, the playoffs, the draft, free agency, or training camp. This one is sure to cause some debate.

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This Year’s Potential Draft Steals

Posted by Andrew on July 16, 2007

I know we promised to give you our Sleepers of the 2007 NBA Draft right after we wrote about the Potential Draft Busts, but the last few weeks have been a bit crazy for all of us. I realize this may not necessarily going out on a limb since most of the summer leagues have wrapped up, but there have been some nice surprises that need to be mentioned.

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Free agency surprises

Posted by colatina on July 14, 2007

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Magic Fleece?

Posted by Andrew on July 9, 2007

For over a decade Grant Hill was the class act of the NBA.
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2008 NBA Draft — Position Rankings

Posted by Andrew on July 5, 2007

With all the feedback we’ve received over the Top 50 for next year’s NBA Draft, we thought we’d take a minute to release the current position rankings. It’s something that we’ll keep up on the site over the next 51 weeks and update as we receive more information about each prospect.


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Wednesday Notes

Posted by Andrew on July 4, 2007

Happy Fourth of July. If you’d like to take a quick break from your pyrotechnics, beer, and bar-b-que, today’s stuff is short and sweet with a few must-reads. My favorite is the clip of a certain sports columnist getting heckled at the NBA Draft. Enjoy.
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This Year’s Potential Draft Busts

Posted by Andrew on July 4, 2007

The NBA Draft has come and gone, and most teams have bettered themselves for next year or even further into the future. Fans all across the country are shouting with glee about their new young pup that is going to be a perennial All-Star for years to come, or maybe their excited that their team decided to ditch the rebuilding process and added that savvy veteran that could very well turn their team from pretender to contender. All in all, this is arguably the happiest time for NBA fans collectively.

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Winning Combination?

Posted by Andrew on July 3, 2007

After the Orlando Magic were swept in the first round of the NBA Playoffs less than two months ago, the lasting sentiments were that this Magic team was too young, and that they were likely at least one All-Star player away from really being good. Well, although it’s not official until the July 11th free agent signing date, sources tell us Rashard Lewis informed the Orlando Magic on Monday that he plans to leave the Seattle SuperSonics and sign a max contract with Orlando.
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