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Darnell Mayberry of The Oklahoman: “If you had one guess, what would you say is driving Kevin Durant this season? The scoring title? An All-Star appearance? A playoff berth? How about video games? ‘People might not believe me, but when I go home (after practice) I play video games and I lose ...'"
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ballerblogger.com 10/12/2009 — Darnell Mayberry of The Oklahoman: “Kevin Durant used his Twitter account Sunday to express frustration with critics who question his individual abilities and the Thunder as a team. Durant didn’t reveal who he was directing his series of messages to, but his target appeared to be ..."
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ballerblogger.com 17 days ago — Gregg Patton of The Riverside Press-Enterprise: “It’s not just the points with Bryant, which he’s been piling up at a pace just under his career-high average of 35.4 per game. It’s his defense, his offensive grunt work and, well, his attitude. It’s an every-possession-counts thing."
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ballerblogger.com 30 days ago — Mark Murphy of the Boston Herald: “The Celtics are back to believing that anything short of another ring will be a letdown. But they also have a secondary goal that is a little wild, a little out of the box. ‘We want to be the best defensive team in history,’ Kendrick Perkins said." ...
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ballerblogger.com 29 days ago — Mike Monroe of the San Antonio Express-News: “Tim Duncan, according to one of his new teammates, looked every bit his All-NBA self through the entire preseason. ‘Man, he’s as talented and as good as he’s ever looked since I was playing against him,’ said Antonio McDyess, who competed against ..."
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ballerblogger.com 10/26/2009 — Eddie Sefko of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram: “Kidd, with a full year in Rick Carlisle’s system and a career’s worth of knowledge to guide him, is in rare company. He’ll likely pass Mark Jackson for No. 2 on the all-time NBA assists list early this season and has a chance to finish his career ..."
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ballerblogger.com 7/27/2009 — Darnell Mayberry of The Oklahoman: “In case you haven’t paid attention over much of the past calendar year, Durant isn’t looking to go anywhere ..."
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ballerblogger.com 10/14/2009 — Rusty Simmons of the San Francisco Chronicle: “Stephen Jackson, who twice this preseason has demanded a trade, hasn’t changed his tune, but his relationship with Nelson apparently has taken a turn for the worse. Coming into training camp, Nelson said he understood Jackson and could coach ..."
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ballerblogger.com 10/19/2009 — Brian Windhorst of The Cleveland Plain Dealer: “So-called ‘star calls’ have been commonplace in the NBA for many years, even if it often perturbs fans. But you haven’t truly arrived until you have your own ‘star rules.’ Shaquille O’Neal has been there for a while, LeBron James is just getting ..."
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ballerblogger.com 10/22/2009 — Jeff McDonald of the San Antonio Express-News: “While fans went gaga over rookie forward DeJuan Blair, Popovich chose to reserve his judgment and tamp down expectations, liberally applying the phrase ‘typical rookie’ to most every discussion of the former Pittsburgh All-American ..."
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ballerblogger.com 9/28/2009 — Chris Dempsey of The Denver Post: “Anthony’s playoff performance last season rocketed his star power to new heights. His schedule reflected it, starting in July when he was chosen to host a basketball camp in Malaga, Spain. Through most of it was Anthony’s right-hand man, trainer Idan Ravin" ...
NBA Players I'm Rooting for in 2009-10 —
Bleacher Report - NBA 23 days ago
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Carmelo Anthony
For bulling his way past Kevin Durant, Dwight Howard, and Brandon Roy into the conversation with LeBron, Kobe, and Dwyane Wade.
Brandon Jennings
For telling the NBA, ...