myespn.go.com - 3/12/2009
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What's it called again? The TD Banknorth Garden? That thing, whatever it is, where the Celtics play. I sat there on Sunday afternoon, watching the injured home team lose to the Orlando Magic. There was quite a lot of media there. Enough that ESPN.com's armada of journalists couldn't all ...
emptythebench.com - 3/9/2009
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O.J. Mayo's scoring proficiency? Kevin Love's mastery on
the glass? Derrick Rose and his leadership on offense?...
Brook Lopez locking down the pivot on both ends? Russell Westbrook and his burgeoning scoring, rebounding, passing and defensive prowess?
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Who Should Be the 2009 NBA Rookie of the Year? Weighing ...
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commercialappeal.com - 3/12/2009
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Slumping O.J. MINNEAPOLIS -- Grizzlies coach Lionel Hollins
said Wednesday that O.J. Mayo 's recent shooting slump...
isn't a major concern nor is it entirely the rookie guard's fault. A combination of Mayo 's adjusting his shot selection and the coaches ...
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Notebook: Mayo's slump has varied causes :
Grizzlies : ...
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It's Been an Interesting Couple of Days in Clipper Nation
Clips Nation —
... We even had the serendipitous story of KA lobbying ESPN rookie guru (he's a guru as concerns rookies, not in his first season of being a guru) David Thorpe in Boston about Eric Gordon, relayed by Henry Abbott in TrueHoop. When Thorpe's new ...
Your Mid-March "Eric Gordon's Really Great" Post
Clips Nation —
... The story of ClipperBlogger/ESPN contributor Kevin Arnovitz lobbying Thorpe on the virtues of Eric Gordon Jr, in the thin air of TD Banknorth Garden during a recent Celtics-Magic game is fascinating. Thorpe originally had Gordon as the 22nd best rookie during the off-season (strange indeed, given that he was the seventh pick and no one viewed that as a reach). He had to record back-to-back 30 point games in January to make it to 15th on the list, but his climb has been steady since: 15 on 1/7, 12 on 1/14, 11 on 1/28, 9 on 2/11, 5 on 3/4 and ...
Big game tonight: DJordan vs. Thabeet
Clips Nation —
... as a top summer performer, and no less than David Thorpe, who is probably the Clips newest, bestest buddy for a number of reasons, starting with KA's yeoman work in getting him to notice ...
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Your Mid-March "Eric Gordon's Really Great" Post
clipsnation.com 3/22/2009 — It's been awhile since I wrote a thousand words or so in praise of Eric Gordon. You guys must think I don't love him anymore.
Of course, EJ missed a few games in there, so there wasn't as much to talk about for some of that time. But ...
NBA Rookie of the Year Poll
3shadesofblue.com 3/5/2009 — Check this out and vote for OJ. (They have a picture of Rose.) POLL - see the bottom of the page Who gets your vote for Rookie of the Year? Derrick Rose Russell Westbrook O.J. Mayo Someone else ...
Rookie of the Year ... so far?
sports.yahoo.com 2/14/2009 — By the slimmest of margins. It's got to be Derrick Rose . By a hair. It doesn't mean I think he'll end up as the best rookie, or that I believe he'll be voted as the Rookie of the Year (as you've probably heard me state before, the media can be ...
Believe It or Not: O.J. Mayo is Regressing
3shadesofblue.com 3/25/2009 — I was listening to the radio yesterday and I heard Grizzlies' radio play-by-play voice Eric Hasseltine on 730 FoxSports with everyone's favorite self-proclaimed truth-teller, Chris Vernon. Verno, as per usual, was making definitive proclamations ...
Revisiting This Year’s Rookies
givemetherock.com 3/28/2009 —
I wrote about the “future” in this article awhile back, talking about this season’s crop of rookies and how they were doing at that particular point in time. I also promised that I would revisit them at season’s end. I know the season isn’t over just yet, but ...
History on 34th Street
slamonline.com 3/23/2009 — by Franklyn Calle
The stage was set for another historic moment at the World’s Most Famous Arena. Madison Square Garden was about to witness once again another historic basketball moment right in its own wooden floor. This time it was a high school ...
Hendrick Motorsports Have Friends In High Places
sportsbybrooks.com 3/30/2009 — Hendrick is also very close friends with former North Carolina Governor Mike Easley, and the friendship between the two could put both of them in some hot water.
When Perception Clouds Reality
3shadesofblue.com 2/13/2009 — My father is 6'7" and weighs 327 lbs. He has an incredibly thick beard and is very intimidating to everyone that he comes across. Do you have that picture in your mind? Good.
NBA Rookie of the Year: Who's My Pick? —
Bleacher Report - NBA 3/9/2009
Derrick Rose (16.6 ppg, 6.3 apg, 3.6 rpg)
Rose was the number-one pick of the 2008 NBA Draft. Being picked so high comes with many expectations and Rose has proven worthy of the selection.
Rose leads a team which has been in the middle of an ...
