basketballprospectus.com - 11/12/2008
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The Rockets have been working hard to integrate their new defensive stopper amidst a series of early-season injuries. Here`s how it all looked on one night in Portland.
blazersedge.com - 11/7/2008
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blazersedge.com —
After a mob of more than 25 journalists
and cameremen cleared out, I snuck over to talk...
with Brandon Roy about his two ridiculous shots down the stretch that won tonight's game against the Rockets. Here is our conversation. ...
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Brandon, Are You Clutch?
latimes.com - 11/9/2008
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latimes.com —
The culprits are many. Andrew Bynum is shooting
only 44.4% after a 63.6% effort last season. Derek...
Fisher is shooting 36.6% and Sasha Vujacic only 31.8%. Pau Gasol is making 45.2% of his shots, a 6% drop from his career percentage. Kobe Bryant , a ...
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Lakers unbeaten, but they're not exactly hotshots - Los ...
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ESPN.com - TrueHoop —
... Speaking of Artest, Kevin Pelton profiles him in his most recent piece for the Prospectus: "What makes Artest so challenging for opposing players...is that he has sacrificed little quickness while bulking up in recent seasons, allowing him to defend many power forwards as well as wings." ...
The Fundamentals
BallerBlogger.com —
... Kevin Pelton of Basketball Prospectus: “When Battier returns, the combination of the two at forward presents some interesting options. Already, Adelman has been reluctant to close games with starting power forward Luis Scola. Against the Blazers, Chuck Hayes played power forward down the stretch until he fouled out and was replaced by Carl Landry. Putting Artest at power forward creates a much more potent offensive unit without sacrificing much at the defensive end. With Artest at the four, the Rockets may be able to use more of Adelman’s preferred high-post offense ...
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sports.espn.go.com 10/24/2008 — Q WITH RON ARTEST You can hear it in his voice, that something . "This is a blessing," Ron Artest says. "This is fun. Basketball, I used to take it too seriously. I used to get really mad when I'd lose. I let loses affect me and how I interacted with ...
Ron Artest Speaks the Awful, Unvarnished Truth [NBA]
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Houston Health Trouble Ahead?
celticsblog.com 11/18/2008 — The Rockets haven't wasted much time getting involved in the injury racket, and last night's game in Oklahoma City didn't help.
Already missing Shane Battier thanks to a preseason ankle problem, the Rockets suffered more serious issues last night ...
Thank You Notes?
slamonline.com 12/23/2008 — “Not very short” indeed! How come the last few paragraphs of each post on Slam now gets covered up by an ending banner? Is this something being worked on? I agree with Ron Ron that hip-hop isn’t what it was 10, 15 years ago, and that so many rappers ...
Go For Launch: Rockets Off To A Good Start
hardwoodparoxysm.blogspot.com 10/31/2008 — Let's go ahead and get this out of the way. Unless everything stays the exact same for the entire season, tonight isn't indicative of anything. Furthermore the Rockets always start strong. We've been here before, at least in terms of a whole two ...
Ron Artest goes off on everything
blacksportsonline.com 11/20/2008 — As someone who currently resides in "Naptown" I am deeply annoyed Ron Artest believes he can still represent us. Especially when I stumbled upon this video today of all days. For those that don't know this is the 4th anniversary of that infamous brawl in Detroit which good ole Ron here ...
Ron Artest is a friend to dogs....
thatnbalotterypick.blogspot.com 3/27/2009 — There are probably a fair amount of people you would expect being a spokesman for PETA, Ron Artest is not one of them. Well, guess again. Ron Artest is currently working with PETA and has shot a commercial against animal cruelty for the animal rights group. Why is this odd? Well, Artest has ...
Houston vs. Dallas - Recap - October 30, 2008
scores.espn.go.com 10/31/2008 — Rockets use 16-2 spurt to dump Mavs in Dallas DALLAS -- With the game on the line, Ron Artest came to the rescue for Yao Ming and the Houston Rockets . Artest scored seven points during a 16-2 run late in the fourth quarter that sent the Rockets to a ...
Utah vs. Houston - Recap - December 27, 2008
scores.espn.go.com 12/28/2008 — With Artest on the attack, Rockets beat depleted Jazz HOUSTON -- The Houston Rockets acquired Ron Artest to win games like this. Artest scored 10 of his 28 points in the second overtime and the Rockets recovered from blowing a 16-point lead in the ...
Alston, Barnes ejected in skirmish (AP) —
Yahoo! Sports - NBA News 11/13/2008
Houston's Rafer Alston and Matt Barnes of Phoenix were ejected, and three other players drew technical fouls Wednesday night in a third-quarter skirmish between the Rockets and the Suns. What was mostly a shoving match broke out just after Tracy ...
