Something Short of Trash Talk: Ratliff Compares Howard to Hall of Famers

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 Something Short of Trash Talk: Ratliff Compares Howard to Hall of Famers
Notes from a trip to the NBA Playoffs . For a while it looked like the Pistons and Magic were determined to extend their on-court battle to the newspapers . But after hearing Rashard Lewis tell me before Game 2 he's done with the trash talk and listening to Theo Ratliff praise Dwight Howard after the game, I don't think there's much risk of anyone providing much bulletin board material.  ... [link]

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Pistons go up 2-0 on Magic
Published 5/6/2008 by Matt Watson at Detroit Bad Boys
... After the game, Ratliff told me that Dwight Howard isn’t on the same level as David Robinson, Patrick Ewing and Hakeem Olajuwon … yet: ...

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