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ballerblogger.com - 6/23/2009
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Rodney McKissic of The Buffalo News: “It pays to know what you are getting when you are investing dollars and draft choices, which is why the NBA and its teams are employing detectives to check on prospective players and uncover skeletons in their closets..."
ballerblogger.com - 6/17/2009
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— ballerblogger.com — Ira Winderman of NBCSports.com: “The lesson of the finals was that with proper ball movement and proper spacing, the type created by the Lakers’ triangle and the Magic’s 3-point threat offenses, the need for a traditional playmaker becomes marginalized..." (more) The Fundamentals

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ballerblogger.com - 6/30/2009
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— ballerblogger.com — Howard Beck of The New York Times: “The summer before the Summer of LeBron will not be quite so glorious. A variety of factors — including a poor economy, weak season-ticket sales, a declining salary cap and the LeBron sweepstakes itself — could conspire to make this an unhappy off-season..." (more) The Fundamentals

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ballerblogger.com - 6/25/2009
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— ballerblogger.com — Ken Berger of CBSSports.com: “The NBA Draft is Thursday night, and how strange it is that these two kids — neither with a college education, one born an ocean away and the other one having crossed that ocean for his apprenticeship — hold the keys to the whole thing...” (more) The Fundamentals

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