ballerblogger.com - 6/30/2009
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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..."
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ballerblogger.com 5/25/2009 — Johnny Ludden of Yahoo! Sports: ‘There’s only one of me,’ James said in the locker room shortly before Game 3. ‘… If I could clone myself, we’d be all right.’ James laughed when he made the comment, but, still, no one believes in the greatness of LeBron more than LeBron..."
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ballerblogger.com 6/25/2009 — 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...”
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ballerblogger.com 6/23/2009 — 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..."
Video: This Guy is Screwed When LeBron Leaves Cleveland for New York
youbeenblinded.com 7/1/2009 — LeBron James is the crown jewel of next year’s free agent class, and it looks like there’s a 50-50 chance of him staying in or leaving Cleveland. LeBron James fan Aaron and his LeBron tattoo and numerous number 23 jerseys are praying that ...
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ballerblogger.com 6/19/2009 — Michael Lee of the Washington Post: "With Arenas already back to his playing weight from five years ago, maybe Grover can help him return to that all-star, all-NBA form again. And, given how Wade bounced back to the form that made him Finals MVP in 2006, this might be the best move for Arenas..."
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ballerblogger.com 7/24/2009 — John Schuhmann of NBA.com: “When it comes to deciding which of the players from this week’s USA Basketball mini-camp will be considered for next year’s team for the World Championships, offense is just a small part of the equation ..."
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ballerblogger.com 7/11/2009 — Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports: "Few have been terribly impressed with how Pritchard handled the highs of the job, and now there are doubts about how he’s handling its lows. After the first 10 days of free agency, so far Pritchard stands as the summer’s biggest loser.”
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ballerblogger.com 7/9/2009 — Ramona Shelburne of the Los Angeles Daily News: "On the court in the past few years, Artest seems to have grown better at recognizing the lines he can’t cross. As he put it, ‘I just try to be as smart as possible, as aggressive as possible, without being ejected.'"
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ballerblogger.com 6/20/2009 — Ira Winderman of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel: "A day after Heat President Pat Riley said the team could not go forward with a major personnel overhaul without his star agreeing to a contract extension this summer, Wade indicated he might seek such action by the team before..."
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ballerblogger.com 7/14/2009 — Kevin Arnovitz of ESPN.com: "Griffin has been plugging away to refine his outside shot. In a league increasingly dominated by power forwards who can do more than just throw their weight around inside of 15 feet, he knows he’ll have to develop a face-up game if he wants to live up to his promise..."
Knicks hoping to keep Lee, Robinson (AP) —
Yahoo! Sports - NBA News 6/30/2009
David Lee and Nate Robinson become free agents on Wednesday, and the New York Knicks say they would like to keep both. The players shouldn't expect too big an offer. Those are reserved for the guys who hit free agency next year. In the meantime, the ...
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