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NBA Top 50: Kobe Bryant (No. 3)
NBA Top 50: Kobe Bryant (No. 3)
FanHouse's Tom Ziller argues his ranking of the top 50 players in the NBA . Kobe Bryant will never quiet his critics, and it has nothing to do with his personality, his jersey or his legal history. Kobe's divisiveness can be traced to the most basic quark of sport, the certain theme in ...
Kobe Won't Play in Europe Before 2016.
Kobe Won't Play in Europe Before 2016.
worldhoopsblog.blogspot.com — Yesterday the internets were abuzz with rumors of Olympiacos' impending offer of $83million, a villa on the... Mediterranean and a yacht for three years of service in the Greek domestic and Euroleague. Kobe is locked in to the 2008/9 season with LA, with an option for next season.... (more) Kobe Won't Play in Europe Before 2016.
Olympiakos preparing offer for Kobe..?!
Olympiakos preparing offer for Kobe..?!
thehoop.blogspot.com — According to italian site basketcentral.it Olympiakos is preparing an offer for Kobe Bryant (?!?!) for next summer.... The italian site claims that they have information from "inside the club" insinuating that the Angelopoulos brothers will offer the ... (more) Olympiakos preparing offer for Kobe..?!
Thoughts on the Preseason and Playoffs
Thoughts on the Preseason and Playoffs
ballerblogger.com — Last Saturday, I linked to an article from Ross Siler of the Salt Lake Tribune. Siler talked... about the NBA preseason and “proposed having the NBA gather all its Western Conference teams in Las Vegas and Eastern Conference teams in Miami for a ... (more) Thoughts on the Preseason and Playoffs
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Some Morning Reading, Including Previews
Forum Blue And Gold — ... Rockets The Dream Shake Memphis Grizzlies 3 Shades of Blue New Orleans Hornets At the Hive Hornets Hype Hornets247.com San Antonio Spurs 48 Minutes of Hell Also see links to all the previews at CelticsBlog.com Here are a couple other things worth checking out: • Tom Ziller at Fanhouse ranks Kobe as the third best player in the NBA One of the greatest crimes against Kobe’s legacy ...

KG is 4th Best In League
CelticsBlog — Tom Ziller is ranking the top 50 players in the league. He puts KG at #4. The rest of the top five are Duncan (5), Kobe (3), Chris Paul (2), and one has to assume LeBron at #1 (but that post isn't up yet). And in case you forgot, Paul Pierce was in at #17 (behind guys like Boozer, Brand, Billups, and Ginobili). Regarding Garnett, Ziller says this. All this begs the question: is Garnett as good a defender as Duncan? It's a tough case to make, when you consider San Antonio has been at or near the top of defensive rankings for ...

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