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No Fear of Skip In Disney
celticsblog.com - 2/22/2009
No Fear of Skip In Disney
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A Daily Babble Production "Rafer Alston - I want him gone.  But I also do not see a viable market for "'point guards that can't pass or shoot and tend to drink and drive.'" - David Clark, The Dream Shake, February 16, 2009 Three days after writing the most entertaining basketball ...
NBA Trade Deadline Review - Oscar Style
mysportsrumors.com - 2/21/2009
NBA Trade Deadline Review - Oscar Style
— mysportsrumors.com — So with the NBA trade deadline passed there are reviews all over the blogosphere. And you know... what I’m going to do my own as well, I’ve got a much different take then all the others thou. How? Well everyone is saying who won, who lose all that plain jane stuff. So with the Oscars ... (more) NBA Trade Deadline Review - Oscar Style

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Skip's first impression, 'Dwight Richie' and SVG on Wade
sports.yahoo.com - 2/23/2009
Skip's first impression, 'Dwight Richie' and SVG on Wade
— sports.yahoo.com — YSB contributor Nick Friedell , on-the-scene and in the mix from Orlando ... Rafer Alston has given... the Magic something they haven't had since Jameer Nelson went out with a shoulder injury almost a month ago ... a chance — to win a ... (more) Skip's first impression, 'Dwight Richie' and SVG on Wade

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Game Of The Night: Heat v. Magic
joshqpublic.com - 2/22/2009
Game Of The Night: Heat v. Magic
— joshqpublic.com — ( ESPN 5:30PM ET ) The Battle of the Sunshine State. Ain’t no sunshine when she’s gone.... Jameer Nelson is gone. But don’t worry Magic fans, you got a little ray of sunshine in Rafer Alston. You won’t miss a beat. The Heat got a little ray of sunshine themselves.  ... (more) Game Of The Night: Heat v. Magic

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No Fear of Skip in Disney
The Dream Shake — No Fear of Skip in Disney Our colleague Steve Weinman of CelticsBlog offers up some great analysis on Rafer Alston and his move to Orlando.

Rafer Alston News for February 23rd
Third Quarter Collapse — ... Steve Weinman of CelticsBlog writes that the Magic's acquisition of Alston does not make them a threat to supplant the Boston Celtics or the Cleveland Cavaliers at the top of the Eastern Conference. ...

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