theloveofsports.com - 2/11/2009
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If you were the GM of a brand new NBA team, who would you pick to build your franchise around? Would it be a veteran like Kevin Garnett or Tim Duncan, someone in their prime like Kobe or LeBron or would you go even younger an take Durant or Oden? The Love of Sports gives you their Top 20.
canishoopus.com - 2/10/2009
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Participants (18 total) Jonny: The Lakers Nations Andrew
Feinstein: Denver Stiffs David Arnott: Rufus on Fire David...
Clark: The Dream Shake Alex Boeder: BrewHoop Michael Schwartz: Valley of the Suns Jeremy Schmidt: ...
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Blogger MVP/Roy Rankings: Hoopus Edition
neswsports.com - 2/11/2009
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The NBA TV crew was looking at the
top plays of the past week, and they included...
this camera man trying to get the perfect shot of LeBron James in his fly gear. Well, the camera guy was put into a trance by LeBron’s outstanding scarf,
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LeBron James Scarf Causes Camera Man to Trip Hard, Video
bankrollsports.com - 2/10/2009
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I know we have not even hit the
All-star break which will take place this weekend, but...
it is not too early to kick-start the MVP talk for the NBA. Especially with all the spectacular performances over the past week or so between the two leading candidate Kobe Bryant and Lebron James, it brings ...
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2009 MVP Race on the Rise
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Thursday Bolts - 2.12.09
Daily Thunder.com —
... The Love of Sports Top 20 players to build a team around. Kevin Durant is No. 8: “This may appear high for a kid who has won so few NBA games, but the operative word here is “kid.” Durant’s just 20 years old and is already averaging 25 points per game. It’s not his fault he plays for the least talented team in the league. At 6-foot-10 with a silky-smooth jump shot, startling wingspan and the desire to improve, this “kid” is going to wreak havoc on both ends of the floor in a few years.” ...
Blogging the Bloggers: Funny SportsCenter commercials, Erin Andrews and bad calls
The Scores Report - The National Sports Blog —
- The Love of Sports did a cool feature where they ranked the top 10 athlete actors who appeared on Sportscenter. (With video.)
- The guys from The Love of Sports also ranked the top 20 NBA players to start a franchise with.
- SPORTSbyBROOKS.com has the photos of A-Rod the night before the SI.com report surfaced that he had taken steroids in 2003.
- Sox and Dawgs.com reports that Erin Andrews once again wins Playboy’s sexiest sportscaster.
- In wake of the ...
And The NBA MVP Goes To …
The Love of Sports —
... on the best team in the East, which has out-dueled Boston for best conference record, meaning he’s outplayed their big three of Pierce, Allen, and Garnett. LeBron James has done it all this season, and is on his way to the playoffs again, for the umpteenth time in his short career with a mediocre team, and that’s what an MVP is all about to me.
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Bleacher Report - NBA 2/11/2009
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