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 Rose named to USA Select Team
Rose named to USA Select Team
I knew there was a reason I signed up for the MyBulls newsletters - they always give me good posting topics. Today's most recent topic - Bulls' rookie PG Derrick Rose has been named to the USA Men's Basketball Select Team. Rose will join nine other top young NBA players to help the 2008 USA Senior National team that will compete in the upcoming Olympic Games in Beijing.
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 Best 3 basketball players to never make the NBA
Best 3 basketball players to never make the NBA
Three sad tales of players who couldn't stay out of trouble. Where would they be if they had, no one knows. But, hey, we can at least rate them. 3. Booger Smith (video has some strong language) What??????? He didn't get any money from a documentary ...

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 Worst Evers: Understanding of math and science
Worst Evers: Understanding of math and science
Marvin "Bad News" Barnes -- who received his nickname for various off-the-court problems, like (allegedly) attacking Providence teammate Larry Ketvirtis with a tire iron -- was one of the NBA's great wasted talents. Cocaine abuse destroyed his body ...
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Final 2007-2008 Luxury Tax Numbers
The NBA's luxury tax -- a 100% tax to the League for player salaries in excess of $67,865,000 -- has proven to be much more effective than the salary cap when it comes to controlling spending. With all of the complicated bonuses and everything else ...
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Diop rejoins Mavericks on five-year, $31M contract
DeSagana Diop signed a five-year, $31 million deal with the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday, six months after Dallas sent him to New Jersey in the Jason Kidd trade.
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 2008 Olympics: Team USA’s Starting Five
2008 Olympics: Team USA’s Starting Five
LeBron James (photo. Mannion) ESPN.com's Chris Sheriden, while answering several other questions about Team USA, presents his starting 5 for the United States: Kobe, LeBron (at the 3), Melo (at the 4), Jason Kidd and Dwight Howard. No real surprises ...
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 Tales of Athletic Matrimonial Bliss
Tales of Athletic Matrimonial Bliss
With the breaking (and super relevant) news that Cynthia Rodriguez has filed for divorce from one Alex Rodriguez, we here at Rumors and Rants wanted to weigh in on what Larry King calls, "The greatest tabloid story in some time." Mrs. A-Rod claimed ...
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 Video -  'The Redeem Team'- New York Post
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Video - 'The Redeem Team'- New York Post
Kobe Bryant, Jason Kidd, Dwayne Wade and the rest of Team USA discuss expectations in Beijing.(NYPost.com)
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 Frank: RJ trade was needed for Nets
Frank: RJ trade was needed for Nets
Compared to when Jason Kidd pushed his way out of New Jersey in February, Lawrence Frank seemed more understanding Thursday when speaking of last week's trade that sent Richard Jefferson to Milwaukee.
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 Analyzing Team USA's 12 Man Roster
Analyzing Team USA's 12 Man Roster
Last Monday, USA Basketball announced the 12 man roster that will comprise the 2008 U.S. Olympic basketball team. Five of the 12 have participated in the Olympics previously (Carmelo Anthony, Carlos Boozer, LeBron James, Jason Kidd and Dwyane Wade); the only U.S. team that had more Olympic veterans was the 1996 squad--the so-called "Dream Team II" that welcomed back six players from the first ...
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 Dwyane Wade is blogging, sort of
Dwyane Wade is blogging, sort of
Busy day, and so my own blogging has taken a bit of a hit (until later tonight when I finally get caught up, that is), but this is too interesting to pass up: Dwyane Wade has filed his first blog post for the Chicago Sun-Times . Of course, it is the ...
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 Report Card - Andrew Bynum
Report Card - Andrew Bynum
Andrew Bynum arrived at training camp in the awkward position of being at the center of a storm he did nothing to create. An unhappy Kobe Bryant was caught on tape in a parking lot expressing an opinion that Drew's ass would be best served shipped to ...
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 ESPN’s Marc Stein Might Want To Hit Gym
ESPN’s Marc Stein Might Want To Hit Gym
One too many presser buffets, Marc? Obviously it is ESPN weekend around here. Today’s victim is journo Marc Stein. You know him as the guy who has breaking stories attributed to him after it was reported by the AP. This shot comes ...
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Rookie Rankings -- Draft Night 2008
Drafted: 1 I'm not in the business of promoting Jay Mariotti, but he makes a great point in this article . Anytime you have a rookie coming in with his sights on the MVP rather than on the pedestrian Rookie of the Year trophy, you're dealing with ...
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 Blogger Photos of Nash/Kidd/Davis in Chinatown Soccer Game
Blogger Photos of Nash/Kidd/Davis in Chinatown Soccer Game
Charity event starring soccer and basketball players around the world. StopMikeLupica went and took great close-ups of the celebrities involved.
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USA Basketball and Nike Announce Five-Part Documentary Series
The USA Basketball Men’s Senior National Team will be profiled in a five-part documentary series, “Road To Redemption presented by NIKE”, it was announced today. The series, produced by NBA Entertainment, will debut with a special one-hour episode that will air Wednesday, July 2 at 7:00 PM ET on ESPN2.
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 Thierry Henry Not So Anonymous in New York
Thierry Henry Not So Anonymous in New York
Thierry Henry once said that he would love to live in New York City because he wouldn't get the kind of attention he gets in Europe. "When I'm in America I can be myself, I have no eyes on me. If I want to stop and buy a slice of pizza, pay man ...
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 Jason Kidd, Baron Davis  Off-Season Workout Includes Soccer With Steve Nash
Jason Kidd, Baron Davis Off-Season Workout Includes Soccer With Steve Nash
What the hell is Jason Kidd doing playing soccer in NYC? Doesn't he have that SI Model at home?
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Olympic Team Announced Fantasy Impact
To summarize, the question marks for next season are: Dwyane Wade, Jason Kidd, and Kobe Bryant. And you might want to stay away from Tayshaun Prince unless you draft someone you think will be stepping up at the end of the season when Prince is tapering off.
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 Monday quibbles
Monday quibbles
It may become a summer staple, it may not. Either way, here's a bit of reaction to some of the things you might have read in the Sunday papers yesterday.   It's gotten to the point where I continually have to remind people that, no, I don't ...
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A Kidd shall lead them - The Boston Globe
A Kidd shall lead them At point guard, he is gold standard for US By Marc J. Spears, Globe Staff | June 22, 2008 NBA fans can argue all day about who is better, Kobe Bryant or LeBron James. But as great as Bryant and James are, the most important ...
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 Dennis, Eddie, Frank, Gus, Joe, Kevin, Linton and Neil
Dennis, Eddie, Frank, Gus, Joe, Kevin, Linton and Neil
All Johnsons, all Phoenix Suns players. In fact, some of the greatest Johnsons to ever play the game played some of their best seasons for the Suns. Looking at Winshares , over the history of professional basketball, approximately 2.4 percent of all wins can be attributed to players with the Johnson surname. For the Suns franchise, however, that number jumps to 7.8 percent. A look at the ...
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 Only Three Spots Left on Olympic Roster
Only Three Spots Left on Olympic Roster
Friendly leaks of Olympic invites coming fast and furious these last 24 hours. As of right now, here's where the 12-man roster stands : Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Jason Kidd, Chris Paul, Dwight Howard, Michael Redd, Carmelo Anthony, Tayshaun ...
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 The Champions Celebrate; Team USA starts to formulate
The Champions Celebrate; Team USA starts to formulate
Paul Pierce w/Finals MVP trophy One of our boys was at the Celtics championship parade on Wednesday and snapped some photos, which are posted at the end of this column. Of course Paul Pierce (who claimed he hadn't slept since Game 6) was enjoying the ...
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Kidd says he's on U.S. Olympic team -
Jason Kidd said Wednesday he's looking forward to playing in Beijing even if it does cut into his golf game. U.S. coach Mike Krzyzewski said the Olympic roster will be revealed on Monday, but Kidd said USA Basketball managing director Jerry Colangelo ...
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 LeBron James is a Nuclear Weapon
LeBron James is a Nuclear Weapon
What do the members of Team USA have to do with America's foreign relations? Absolutely everything if you buy the aspects of their games that make them uniquely American.
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 Jason Kidd Says Barkley is Staying on the Wagon
Jason Kidd Says Barkley is Staying on the Wagon
On a conference call for the celeb-am golf tourney in Lake Tahoe next month, Jason Kidd said that Chuck is staying debt free, and is confident that he won't gamble at the golf event in Tahoe. Barkley is a 500-1 underdog to win the tournament.