thepaintedarea.blogspot.com - 12/31/2008
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Hello there, we are back from our holiday travels, which took us to Big D, Dallas: As always, The Painted Area tried to work some hoops into its travels, which included our first-ever visit to American Airlines Center, for the Mavs-Grizzlies game last Tuesday. First things first, we needed a ...
thesportsculture.com - 12/28/2008
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the Memphis rookie has taken the opportunity upon
himself to do some good ‘ole fashioned self-promoting using
the Facebook Machine. As seen on his profile’s updated status, he wants America to “vote for me on nba.com” It’s a harmless request that, more times than not, draws an embarrassing ...
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O.J. Mayo influences your vote through Facebook; white ...
phoenix.fanster.com - 12/30/2008
hoopsaddict.com - 12/31/2008
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“New Year’s is a harmless annual institution, of
no particular use to anybody save as a scapegoat
for promiscuous drunks, and friendly calls and humbug resolutions.” ~Mark Twain In every walk of life the passage of another year ...
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12 Lessons Learned in 2008
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NBA Essentials: Portland's Sixth Man, Marbury's Science and Yao's Fruitcake
FanHouse —
... during the festive season and also in this time of economic distress." -- Ball Don't Lie * "I'm sure many of you have heard by now that Bonzi Wells has taken his talents to China this year for the princely sum of 80,000 dollars. This is a guy that turned down a 36 million dollar contract 3 years ago." -- At the Hive * J.R. Rider's "Play of the Decade" versus Kobe's Olympic alley-oop; 12 Lessons learned in 2008; and hoops and tacos. NBA Essentials: Portland's Sixth Man, Marbury's Science and Yao's ...
New Years Eve Bullets
ESPN.com - TrueHoop —
... The Painted Area's travelogue from Dallas is chock full of good stuff -- Texas' best taco stands, a trip to American Airlines arena, shopping for used books in a converted opera house, and a close examination of both O.J. Mayo's game...and the Dancin' Dirk doll. ...
I'd Like to Order the Memphis Grizzlies, Hold the Mayo (That's Tuuuuurrible...)
Rufus on Fire —
... cornerstone for years.
But the tide is changing. Thus far, OJ Mayo has been on a season-long tear. Kobe Bryant and Dwyane Wade are the modern day gold standard for the "shooting guard who plays point in crunch time". Only a step down, we've got Brandon Roy and Joe Johnson, both of whom can do it all and are nowhere near career decline. But there, lurking among the leaders in per minute scoring among shooting guards, is OJ Mayo.
Maybe Mayo's scoring is a bit of a mirage. Maybe he's bound to have more games like the one he had when the Bobcats ...
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blogs2.startribune.com 1/24/2009 — Sometimes fans or teams make snap judgments, and often those initial perceptions stick. Let’s go through an exercise today in taking another look at a few situations:
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Mavericks 107, Timberwolves 100 —
NYT > Pro Basketball 12/31/2008
DALLAS (AP) -- Jason Terry scored 24 of his 29 points in the second half, and the Dallas Mavericks rallied from a 29-point deficit to beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 107-100 on Tuesday night. >
