detroitbadboys.com - 10/6/2008
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Michael Curry revealed yesterday that Amir Johnson will join the starting lineup, beginning with tonight’s preseason opener in Miami. From Chris McCosky :
“Amir does things without having to have the ball,” Curry said. “He’s able to pick up baskets through his ...
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Great Exercises in Internet NBA-Related Postings/ Training Camp Quick-Thoughts 10.6.08
Hardwood Paroxysm —
KD's got a plea for all of us: Be Patient With Shaun. Dealing with the D-League as much as I do, patience is something I think about and talk about a lot. Essentially it comes down to this. People talk about how there's not enough talent for expansion or how there's a limited amount of great basketball players. That's not necessarily true. There's a limited amount of elite basketball players. The real problem is that here's not enough resources or time to develop great basketball players. So many guys need time to work through a variety of things. In Shaun's case, it's injury. In others, it's off the court maturity. Some people don't ...
Monday Bullets
ESPN.com - TrueHoop —
Mark Cuban loves the national anthem (and imported Gap stuff). Handicapping the early favorites for the scoring title, including Corey Maggette, Dirk Nowitzki, Carmelo Anthony, Allen Iverson, Kevin Martin, Dwyane Wade, Amare Stoudemire, Kobe Bryant, and LeBron James. This award is fool's gold, and means nothing to me ... but just for fun, I'd put my money on the guy from Akron. The longest article anyone has written in five years on Jarvis Hayes. He's a Net now, in case you lost track. When Brandon Jennings -- a top American high-schooler last year -- decided to spend his mandated pre-NBA year overseas instead of ...
Season's Greetings: Detroit Pistons 2008-2009 Season Preview
Upside and Motor —
... ’09 is the Pistons’ year. They’re worthy, they’re smart, they play as a team, Never count out a Motor City dream. From top to the bottom this team is strong, Chauncey Billups as the head of the snake, When he’s on his game, Rip can do no wrong, An all-star backcourt does a contend’r make. Sheed provides the heart and the timely D, And Tayshaun provides the yin to his yang, Amir Johnson has finally been freed, Maxiell and Stuckey lead the bench gang. But Mickety-Mac, ...
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