sportsillustrated.cnn.com - 6/18/2009
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Derrick Rose was Rookie of the Year. Chauncey Billups was a hero in Denver. Jameer Nelson and Mo Williams were difference makers in the East. Aaron Brooks almost changed history. Point guards also are expected to dominate the first 10 or 12 picks in the draft next week. And then there's Derek ...
jumpingoffsides.com - 6/23/2009
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jumpingoffsides.com —
Here is a story from Scott Howard-Cooper on
SI.com that says it doesn't make sense to draft...
point guards too high in the draft because they are not the deciding factors in the Finals. If you haven't read it yet it basically says that the point guards on all the Championship teams since 1994 ...
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Point Guard's Not Worth High Pick in Draft?
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Orlando Magic News for June 18th: Hedo Turkoglu Dominates The Headlines
Third Quarter Collapse —
... happen in America -- his adopted basketball home, the place he thought he'd infiltrated like a son of the soil -- then it might have to go down back in Europe. It's so obvious, and emotional, that I can't believe no one thought of it before.
I wouldn't read too much into the news.
The odds that Turk goes overseas next season are low. This type of storyline springs up during the off-season, just have to take it with a grain of salt.
Derek Fisher proves titles not won with great point guards Scott Howard-Cooper of Sports ...
Swagger Jacked: HometownHero (by Sports Illustrated!)
Writing the Pine —
... I was browsing around the web the other day when I came across this article. It’s titled Competence, not greatness, good enough for PGs on title teams and is written by Scott Howard-Cooper of Sports Illustrated. It talks about how you don’t need a great point guard to win a championship…or basically what ...
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To this day, it is referred to simply as 0.4, the last-second shot that first made Derek Fisher famous.
In Game 4 of the NBA finals, Fisher may have topped it.
Twice.
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He finally did it. Kobe Bryant is a champion without that famous guy with all those Twitter followers. Yes, he won without Shaq, but it's not like he led the Cavs to the title. Don’t get me wrong, Kobe is a great player—in ...
