dimemag.com - 8/19/2008
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The Hornets headline the Southwest
It's been twenty years. Not since the 1988-89 season have we seen a single division as fully loaded as the Southwest this year.
'88-89 is remembered by hoop heads everywhere for Michael-over-Ehlo. But that snapshot doesn't grasp what the Cavs - or the Bulls, Pistons, Bucks, and Hawks for that matter [...]
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The 10-man rotation, starring the Great Brick Wall of China
Ball Don't Lie —
... That's for you, dear reader, to figure out. C: Los Angeles Times. Bill Plaschke visits a giant, 50-foot statue of Shaquille O'Neal at Chaoyang Park in Beijing. PF: SportsBiz, via FanHouse. The NBA is considering live streaming local games within local markets. SF: Detroit Bad Boys. A lifelong Pistons fan just named his son Rasheed Amir Wade. BABY DON'T LIE! SG: Dime. Could the '08-09 Southwest conference be the most competitive division of all-time? ...
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sports.yahoo.com 8/19/2008 — Via Sixersoul , Phil Jasner at the Philadelphia Daily News reports that new $80 million dollar man Andre Iguodola would like you to stop calling him 'Iggy,' thanks. "In 4 years, he has been called 'A.I.2,' 'Iggy' and 'The Other A.I.' "I ...
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sixersoul.com 8/19/2008 — We all saw this coming, but now it's official. Theo Ratliff, 35, a veteran of 13 NBA seasons, has sifted through four offers and settled on rejoining the Sixers on a 1-year contract, according to a source familiar with the situation. The source ...
Stern: NBA Wants China League, Presence in India —
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Australia, Good Game Or More Of The Same? —
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It's been so easy, perhaps too easy, through the first five games for U.S. men's team. It won by an average of 32.2 points and its closest game was a 21-point win over Angola that wasn't nearly as competitive as the final score would suggest. As the ...
The NBA All-Overrated Team —
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Starting at Point Guard, from Santa Clara University: Steve Nash
This should be pretty self-explanatory. For such an "elite" player there's no excuse for Nash's constant lack of defensive abilities. Not only does he fail miserably at the ...
