benditlikebennett.blogspot.com - 1/14/2009
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Mark Cuban was one of just two owners to vote against the Sonics' move to Oklahoma City. He's a total cockblocker, and his intransigence won't soon be forgotten. Money over bitches, Cuban. Here's some of his "reasoning": "There could be information that sways me," he said. "If they come back ...
emptythebench.com - 1/17/2009
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emptythebench.com —
Detroit Pistons Photo Credit: Icon SMI I’ve seen
enough. The time for chalking up the Detroit Pistons’...
lack of consistent success against teams good, decent, and bad to growing pains has passed. It’s not about the ...
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Time Running Out for Detroit Pistons
sports.espn.go.com - 1/13/2009
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sports.espn.go.com —
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Let's all play GM
for a minute. We'll pretend we're running the worst...
team in the NBA. At our disposal is a player who's ranked 15th in the NBA in assists. He's a seven-year veteran who has been considered a rock-solid backup ...
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Daily Dime: What's for sale in OKC corral? - NBA
blueblitz.net - 1/22/2009
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blueblitz.net —
JAM!!!! Yahoo! Box Score I'm gonna start a
new format for the recaps, and see how it...
goes. It will now be in two parts: Game Summary, and Analysis. I analysed the heck out of this game because it was Thunder-Warriors, but I think I might go ...
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Game 43 Recap: Oklahoma City 122, Golden State 121
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Wednesday Bullets
ESPN.com - TrueHoop —
... An interesting bit of data (and, oddly, slightly PG-13) suggesting that people in Oklahoma City love going to NBA games, but are not so big on following the team when it is playing elsewhere. ...
Late Night Seatowning 1/16/09
SeaTown Sports —
... +Woody Woodward has rejoined the Mariners' front office [seattle pi]
+Wakamatsu has called his first full-staff meeting [MLB]
Local
+Would Tim Ruskell ever even consider Terrell Owens? [Seahawks Addicts]
+Jake Locker has a QB coach, no joke [UW Dawg Pound]
+Here is the recap for the MLS Superdraft in which the Sounders had the No.1 pick [GoSounders]
+This totally relates to my earlier NBA article...[Bend it like Bennett]
+Ken Bone just made some serious bank for making Portland St. basketball ...
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Vladimir Radmanovic For Earl Watson? —
Bleacher Report - NBA 1/13/2009
As of today this is not a trade rumor at all. But we do know that the Oklahoma City Thunder are looking to trade Point Guard Earl Watson. Trade Talks between the Dallas Mavericks, Charlotte Bobcats, and Thunder were stalled today which shows two ...
Thunder 114, Jazz 93 —
NYT > Pro Basketball 1/15/2009
Jeff Green scored 23 points, Russell Westbrook added 22 and Kevin Durant had 21, and Oklahoma City used a 22-7 third-quarter run to take control in the Thunder's 114-93 victory over the Utah Jazz on Wednesday night. >