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emptythebench.com - 4/1/2008
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A detailed look at eleven of the best
"glue" players in the NBA; the guys who don't...
take all the shots, get all the hype and may not make the Sportscenter highlights -- and yet they manage to be pivotal in a good team's performance each night with hustle, defense, leadership, selfless play, grit and all-around games that complement the big scorers an big names on their squad.
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Quiet Heroics: The NBA’s Best Glue Players
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emptythebench.com - 4/22/2008
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KG was the on-court and emotional leader who
spearheaded the change in attitude that made Boston the...
best defense in the NBA this season. The numbers don't lie...
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Kevin Garnett Not Only Won Defensive POY, He Deserved It
bizofbasketball.com - 4/23/2008
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Boston Celtics forward Kevin Garnett won the NBA’s
Defensive Player of the Year Award on Tuesday, receiving...
493 points and 90 first-place votes. Nuggets center Marcus Camby, who won the award last year, finished second in the voting with 178 points. Rockets forward Shane Battier placed third with 175 points. Garnett proved to be the anchor of the Celtics defense during his first season in ...
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K.G. Earns His First Defensive Player of the Year Award
thedreamshake.blogspot.com - 4/4/2008
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Shane Battier is the Defensive Player of the
Year for 2008. There are no other legitimate candidates....
Oh, sure, someone will name drop Marcus Camby, or Ron Artest, or maybe even Kevin Garnett. And I'd give someone the time of day if they made a ...
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Shane Battier is the DPOY - here's proof!
emptythebench.com - 4/20/2008
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In the middle of the West’s seeding we
have a rematch of last year’s first round, and...
there’s a good chance it will to end in Tracy McGrady crying tears as big as horse turds again.
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Rematch Special: Utah Jazz vs. Houston Rockets Playoff ...
sports.espn.go.com - 4/22/2008
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As expected, KG has won Defensive Player of
the Year, beating out Marcus Camby and Shane Battier....
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Garnett Wins Defensive POY
youtube.com - 4/22/2008
sports.yahoo.com - 4/22/2008
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Boston’s Kevin Garnett won the NBA’s defensive player
of the year award Tuesday. He beat out Denver’s...
Marcus Camby and Houston’s Shane Battier. The 6-foot-11 forward led the Celtics with 9.2 rebounds per game. He added 18.8 points, 1.2 blocks and 1.4 steals. Garnett helped the Celtics to league-best records of 66-16 (.805) overall and 31-10 (.738) on the road. Boston held opponents to ...
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Celtics' Garnett wins defensive player award
nba.com - 4/29/2008
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April 25 -- Grant Hill of the Phoenix
Suns is the recipient of the Joe Dumars Trophy...
presented to the 2007-08 NBA Sportsmanship Award winner, the NBA announced today. Hill, a 12-year veteran and the recipient of the 2004-05 Sportsmanship Award, was ...
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NBA.com 2008 Award Winners
waitingfornextyear.com - 4/2/2008
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…At least per Empty the Bench. But not
that I can disagree with their assessment, based on...
their own criteria. Enrico over at The 700 Level led me to the original post, as the Sixers have Samuel Dalembert holding things together over in Philly. The typical cast of “role players” also got the nod...
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Nope, No “Glue Guys” Here!
youtube.com - 4/10/2008
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So is this how the man who finished
among the Top 5 in the 2007 Defensive Player...
of the Year award plays defense on rookie Kevin Durant?
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Battier can really play some defense (video)
hardwoodparoxysm.blogspot.com - 4/18/2008
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It's hard to keep track of everything you
need to know about all the teams in the...
playoffs. So we thought we'd do a quick and dirty playoff preview with our favorite bloggers. We asked a simple 20 Question survey to bloggers from all of the playoff ...
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Hardwood Paroxysm Playoff Preview: Houston Rockets
lioninoil.blogspot.com - 4/18/2008
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Who needs photos of drunk celebrities when you
can have photos of...terrible defensive maneuvers! Korver's defense last...
night against Michael Finley makes one think that last month's pose wasn't an aberration, but a trend. Perhaps it can be said ...
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Kyle Korver Is A Defensive Machine
blogs.sltrib.com - 4/22/2008
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Yao Ming might be out for the rest
of the season, but his footprints are all over...
the Toyota Center court in this first-round playoff series. Quite literally, in fact, if you look at the various brands of basketball shoes worn by his Houston Rockets ...
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Li-Nings, Peaks and Antas
3shadesofblue.blogspot.com - 4/24/2008
sltrib.com - 4/25/2008
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Thanks to the stress fracture in his left
foot, Yao Ming hasn't played a minute for the...
Houston Rockets in the last two months. That doesn't mean, though, that his footprints aren't all over this first-round playoff series with the Jazz. Quite ...
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NBA: Yao's Houston teammates score on Chinese shoe ...
nba.com - 4/4/2008
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Detroit's Antonio McDyess, Houston's Shane Battier, Phoenix's Grant
Hill, Portland's Brandon Roy, Toronto's Chris Bosh and Washington's...
Antawn Jamison have been selected as divisional winners for the 2007-08 NBA Sportsmanship Award.
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Divisional Winners Announced for NBA Sportsmanship Award
blogs.citypages.com - 4/19/2008
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Rudy Gay is long and lithe and has
Pippen-esque qualities. Don't you think 'Rudy' is kind of...
a funny name for a basketball player, though?
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Grizzled: Rudy Gay blows up the Timberwolves
soxanddawgs.com - 4/22/2008
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Boston Celtics forward Kevin Garnett was named the
NBA Defensive Player of the Year over Shane Battier...
and last year’s winner Hartford CT native Marcus Camby.
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Garnett Named NBA Defensive Player Of The Year
