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Ten Players Under 30 Fighting for Their NBA Lives
Ten Players Under 30 Fighting for Their NBA Lives
by Gary Washburn Free-agent time should be like Christmas for these under-30 former first-round picks. If they had played better, stayed healthy or fulfilled their potential, they would be cashing in on new contracts or contract extensions. Instead they are fighting for their NBA lives, ...
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The 10-man rotation, starring Shaq's press conference
Ball Don't Lie — ... knows how much Celtics fans like him and will miss him." PG: Khandor's Sports Blog. Hedo Turkoglu is not the answer for what ails the Raptors. 6th: Doug Smith, Toronto Star. Jose Calderon and Chris Bosh take their game to Spain. 7th: The Blowtorch. A brief recap of the No. 32 jersey throughout Clippers history. 8th: NBA FanHouse. Ten players, under the age of 30, that are fighting for their NBA lives. ...

Friday Bolts - America! Edition
Daily Thunder.com — ... Fanhouse looks at 10 NBA players under 30 fighting for their NBA lives: “Robert Swift (Oklahoma City) — The former lottery pick has never been able to stay healthy and has never developed into a dependable NBA center. He is a legit 7-footer and does have a decent touch around the basket, but his knees have failed him and he doesn’t have much of a resume. Swift has played 97 games in five years and has had two major knee surgeries. The market for him will be thin.” ...

What Does Colangelo Do Next?
Raptors Rapture | A Toronto Raptors Blog — ... be taught. Natural talent on the other hand can’t be taught, and McCants has that in spades. There are times when McCants looks like an All Star but that is usually met with long periods of time when he looks lazy and uninterested. Regardless, McCants can score, career 10 ppg average and a high of 14.9 in ‘07/’08, which is something the Raptors need. It’s unlikely Rashad will find many suitors this offseason and NBA Fanhouse listed him as one of their players under 30 fighting for their NBA lives. So it is very possible we can sign McCants at the vet ...

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