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FanIQ.com - 1/23/2008
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A quick, but comprehensive, history of basketball video
games from Atari basketball to today's games....
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A Quick History of Basketball Video Games
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forumblueandgold.com - 12/2/2008
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Don't you love just sitting back and letting
fans tell the story? Great post on Kareem's go-to...
move.
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The Skyhook
ballerblogger.com - 6/25/2008
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Shaq’s criticisms didn’t end with Kobe. He also
took the opportunity to bash Patrick Ewing and imply...
that he’s had a better career than Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Patrick Ewing never won a championship. Ewing was denied by Jordan five times, Olajuwon once, and Tim Duncan in 1999. Shaq is more than familiar with all three of those guys. Olajuwon gave O’Neal the lesson of his life...
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Shaquille O’Neal Exposed
blogs.hoopshype.com - 5/27/2008
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I don’t know how many players in the
NBA use marijuana, though we do know now about...
Noah. We’ve previously heard issues with Allen Iverson, Chris Webber, Robert Parish, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Rasheed Wallace and at one time most of Portland, though it is a particularly liberal place.
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NBA’s Substance Abuse of Choice
neswsports.com - 9/10/2008
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This video is from circa 1992. I remember
it like it was yesterday. I like this new...
look for Larry Legend . The only question I have is, how can a potato chip have more of a potato taste?
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Larry Bird, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Lays Potato Chip Commercial
benssunsblog.blogspot.com - 12/9/2008
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When the Suns play the Bucks, I'm saddened
in that I remember how close we were to...
getting Lew Alcindor...but we got cursed instead.
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Curse of the Coin Flip - Revisited
bizofbasketball.com - 4/29/2008
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Pat Riley resigned as Miami’s head coach on
Monday, almost two weeks after the Heat finished a...
15-67 season; the worst of Riley’s career. The Hall of Famer will remain with the Heat as team president. Assistant coach Erik Spoelstra will succeed Riley, and will become the NBA’s youngest current head coach, at 37 years of age. As reported by ESPN : “I made a point 25 years ago when I ...
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Pat Riley Resigns as Heat Coach After 15-67 Season
blog.cleveland.com - 10/1/2008
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GB3, however, had something else in mind. He
jumped into the driver's seat of my MAC and...
zoomed over to YouTube for a look at Bruce Lee - Long lost footage of "Game of Death", starring Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as Hakim.
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Scariest Man In the World - Bruce Lee Meets Kareem ...
blog.cleveland.com - 11/11/2008
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LeBron is the Eastern Conference Player of the
Century. OK, Week. In four games during the week,...
James averaged an NBA-high 34.5 points on .469 shooting and 9.8 rebounds in 37.1 minutes per game. James has now won the award...
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40+ Against the Bulls and ECPOTW - LeBron James
ballerblogger.com - 6/17/2008
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“Bill Russell was a great shotblocker. Wilt Chamberlain
was a great offensive player,” Dr. Jack Ramsay, Walton’s...
coach in Portland, told Sport magazine. “But Walton can do it all.”
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Bill Walton
ballerblogger.com - 5/31/2008
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In Game 6 of the 1980 NBA Finals
Magic Johnson stepped in for the injured Kareem Abdul-Jabbar...
as the Lakers starting center. Prior to the game, the then 20 year old rookie boarded the plane and confidently declared “never fear, E.J. is here.”
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My Top 5 Playoff Performances
usatoday.com - 6/3/2008
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"I saw my first Celtics-Lakers rivalry game in
1969," Abdul-Jabbar recalled Sunday, referring to a matchup in...
the NBA finals a few months after he completed his college career at UCLA. "I never had a hatred for them. When I was in high school, I was a Celtics fan. I got to meet (then-Boston stars) Bill Russell, (John) Havlicek, (Bob) Cousy, those guys, when I was in ninth grade."
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Kareem was a Celtics fan during his high school days
sportsbybrooks.com - 7/14/2008
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Sure, Ohio State coach Jim Tressel just released
a new book , but did Buckeye boosters give...
him $1 million to write it? Because that’s what Bill Russell will be receiving for sharing stories about Red Auerbach . The NEW YORK OBSERVER slams down news that the former Celtics center will be receiving a cool mil to pen a missive about the former cigar-chomping Celtics coach & GM. ...
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Russell To Be Paid $1 Million For Auerbach Book
ballerblogger.com - 10/3/2008
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Though remembered by many for a career plagued
by injuries and a personal life spiced by controversy,...
Bill Walton won high praise from players and coaches alike during his checkered career. ...
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Baller of the Day: Bill Walton
theblowtorch.blogspot.com - 1/27/2008
mvn.com - 3/25/2008
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Kareem Abdul Jabbar is a player who could
have averaged 50 points a game if he wanted...
to, in High School, College and the pros. Many call Michael Jordan the greatest basketball player ever, but how many basketball GM’s would take Michael over Kareem if that were truly their choice in a draft. Many of us have forgotten how dominant Kareem was as a player. Born as Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor and ...
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Who’s going to hire Kareem Abdul Jabbar
basketbawful.blogspot.com - 6/9/2008
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This is Part 8 of our The Worst
of Celtics-Lakers series. This was the infamous "Lakers Revenge"...
series, where L.A. finally beat the Celtics in the Finals...in Boston Garden no less. And I will now throw up in my mouth. 1985 NBA Finals Be careful ...
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The Worst of Celtics-Lakers: Part 8
ballerblogger.com - 8/22/2008
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If you were asked to name some of
the top 50 scorers in NBA history, would World...
B. Free come to mind? Close to 3,000 players have put on an NBA uniform since the league’s inception 52 years ago. Amongst the masses, which includes the likes of Michael Jordan, Wilt Chamberlain, Julius “Dr. J” ...
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Baller of the Day: World B. Free
sports.espn.go.com - 5/3/2008
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LOS ANGELES -- Kobe Bryant has won the
NBA's MVP award for the first time, the Los...
Angeles Times reported on its Web site Friday night, citing anonymous sources familiar with the outcome of voting by media members. The newspaper reported that ...
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Report: Kobe earns first MVP - NBA
probasketballnews.com - 5/21/2008
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The playoffs are where a great player's legacy
is truly established, yet you rarely hear talk of...
who won the most playoff scoring titles. The list of NBA/ABA single-season playoff scoring leaders (minimum of 100 points) includes Michael Jordan (10 times), George Gervin (six times) and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (five times).
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The Postseason's Scoring Champs














