dimemag.com - 7/29/2009
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Yesterday, veteran NBA columnist Sam Smith posted this on Bulls.com:
It’s being whispered now among NBA types because, I believe, under a secret NBA/ESPN provision you are not permitted to say aloud anything that might be interpreted to suggest LeBron James isn’t the best thing to ever happen in ...
sports.yahoo.com - 7/29/2009
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It's been a tough few months for LeBron
James . First, his heavily favored Cavaliers, whether they...
should have been heavily favored or not, were swiftly dismissed by the Orlando Magic in last spring's Eastern Conference finals. LeBron then ...
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Admiring LeBron James' Ferrari F430 Spider
nba.fanhouse.com - 8/1/2009
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by Brett Pollakoff In our inaugural edition of
the NBA Twitter mailbag , we've got some interesting...
topics to get us started. How will Shaq's ego fit in Cleveland? Is Kevin Durant getting the attention he deserves? And what's left on the Celtics' ...
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NBA Twitter Mailbag: Shaq, Kevin Durant, and the Celtics ...
hoopsaddict.com - 7/30/2009
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NBA superstar LeBron James has been in San
Diego for the last few days, holding his annual...
“King’s Academy” basketball camp, which began July 24 and ended Tuesday. The camp was held at UCSD and hosted hundreds of young people, all who had a chance to ...
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LeBron James Alienating People To Protect His Precious Image
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Wednesday Bolts – 7.29.09
Daily Thunder.com —
... Patrick Cassidy of Dime on it: ”Naturally, my first reaction was “Sam, GTFOH.” There is part of me though, that gets what he’s saying. KD is a beast, and all signs point to him being an absolute monster this season as the best player on one of the League’s rising young squads. The fact that he’s 6-10, has range for days, and can play multiple positions makes him a serious weapon – but he’s not the athlete that LeBron is, he’s nowhere near as explosive or powerful, and struggles guarding smaller, faster players.” ...
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Durant As Good Or Better Than LeBron?
blog.newsok.com 7/29/2009 — I asked Thunder general manager Sam Presti just a few days ago what the USA Basketball mini-camp did for Kevin Durant, Jeff Green and Russell Westbrook. Presti, always modest, surprisingly gushed about how he thought the few days his players spent in ...
Okay, fine. Let’s actually look at this whole KD or LeBron thing
dailythunder.com 7/30/2009 — First off, this is a ridiculous question and the fact it’s picked up this much steam for the four talking idiots heads on Around the Horn to debate tells you that it’s clearly the NBA offseason. But let’s get to the bottom of this thing. Up front, to be clear: LEBRON JAMES IS ...
Kevin Durant: Sky Is The Limit
dimemag.com 7/30/2009 — The majority of our reader’s comments from Ben York’s “Top 5 Breakout NBA Stars For Next Season” post yesterday, was that Kevin Durant was wrongfully left off the list. Agreeing with all you readers, and Patrick Cassidy’s post this morning, it ...
Wednesday Bolts – 7.29.09
dailythunder.com 7/29/2009 — I just CANNOT get over Kevin Durant’s humility. After Sam Smith said he may be better than LeBron yesterday, Durant tweeted , “ MAN Y PEOPLE KEEP SAYIN THAT..IM NOT NOWHERE NEAR AS GOOD AS LEBRON MAN.” And this morning he said , “STOP COMPARING ME TO BRON…HES ON ...
Thursday Bolts – 7.30.09
dailythunder.com 7/30/2009 — Yesterday’s B.S. Report with Marc Stein and Ric Bucher spent a lot of time talking about remaining free agents, and Oklahoma City was brought up multiple times. Including once by Simmons who accidently said, “Oklahoma Cit–” before stopping himself. They start chatting at ...
More On The Durant Free Agent Front
blog.newsok.com 7/29/2009 — This time next year, Kevin Durant will be eligible to re-sign with the Thunder for up to five more seasons beyond the 2010-11 season.
In Monday’s paper I wrote about Durant’s contract situation and how he isn’t going anywhere anytime ...
Thunder Insider: Kevin Durant not going anywhere
newsok.com 7/27/2009 — Only question is whether star will sign short-term or long-term deal to stay in Oklahoma City No matter how many times Kevin Durant states his desire — in newspapers and magazines, on blogs and through his Twitter account — the Thunder star continues ...
Special K
slamonline.com 8/15/2009 — The signs keep coming. They probably started as soon as he came out of the womb, but it was too soon for anyone to know. Then, the world saw him in high school. They took notice in college. They were put on notice his rookie year. And anyone who ...
Listen here: Kevin Durant isn’t going anywhere
dailythunder.com 8/27/2009 — I’ve been planning on writing something over the past few months making a case as to why Kevin Durant won’t be leaving Oklahoma City as some people are trying to make you believe .
There’s lots of reasons why. First, he’s said it multiple times . I know, I know. You ...
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SFGate: Top Sports Stories 7/29/2009
Steve Nash One NBA star who has played with Shaquille O'Neal thinks the big guy will fit in just fine with LeBron James. "I think he realizes that he's not in the prime of his career, so to speak," two-time NBA MVP Nash told the AP. Nash's Phoenix ...
