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Welcome to the NBA preview, Part 2
Welcome to the NBA preview, Part 2
In Part 2 of his NBA preview, Bill Simmons finishes his list of the 33 most intriguing people of the 2009-10 season.
TrueHoop Network 2009-10 Season Preview: San Antonio
48minutesofhell.com — 2008-9 Record : 54-28 Crystal Ball The consensus prediction of the TrueHoop Network bloggers … and the... best hopes of 48MoH. Crowd Says : 55-27 We Say : 59-23 San Antonio Spurs, Mortal Splendor During the Celtics heyday, Red Auerbach boasted a winning percentage of .719. In the ... (more) TrueHoop Network 2009-10 Season Preview: San Antonio
Debate: Gervin vs. Ginobili
Debate: Gervin vs. Ginobili
projectspurs.com — George Gervin and Manu Ginobili will go down as two of the best shooting guards in Spurs... history. Both gave Spurs fans great memories, spectacular games, and scoring feats. But which one will go down as the best shooting guard ever in Spurs history? It's a battle royale in San ... (more) Debate: Gervin vs. Ginobili
BDL's 2009-10 NBA Preview: San Antonio Spurs
BDL's 2009-10 NBA Preview: San Antonio Spurs
sports.yahoo.com — Once again back is the incredible ... Ball Don't Lie's NBA previews, outlining off-season moves, projecting win... totals, spinning tracks and much, much more. It's a fun, hot mess. Right now, the San Antonio Spurs . 2008-09 Record: 54-28, first ... (more) BDL's 2009-10 NBA Preview: San Antonio Spurs
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Sports Guy's three most intriguing Celtics
ESPN Feed: bill simmons — ... | Part 2 ). Included in that list are three players on the Celtics. Below are the Sports Guy's ranking and thoughts on each of them: 30. ...

Hoosier Hysteria Beckons
Midwest Sports Fans — Words cannot express how excited I am for the upcoming IU basketball season. Actually, I take that back. Certain words can express my excitement, such as the ones written by Dana O’Neil (thanks @ryancorazza) a few days back at ESPN.com. Since I don’t have much time today for writing, I will give you an excerpt, a link to her story, and then some other intriguing Friday afternoon links. I love the NFL and the MLB playoffs, but I will always be a college basketball fan at heart. I’m ready for Year Two of the Tom Crean Era (i.e. The Purge Kelvin Sampson From the Memories of All IU Fans Era) and it cannot get here ...

2009-10 Nuggets Preview: Predictions and expectations...
Denver Stiffs — ... J.A. Adande, ESPN.com Jon Barry, ESPN Chris Broussard, ESPN Magazine John Hollinger, ESPN.com Jalen Rose, ESPN David Thorpe, ESPN.com 5th in Western Conference Chad Ford, ESPN.com The Baseline, Sporting News 6th in Western Conference Ian Thomsen, Sports Illustrated 8th in Western Conference Bill Simmons, ESPN.com It should also be noted that Chris ...

What Bill Simmons Thinks About The Celtics
RedsArmy.com - The Voice Of Celtics Fans — While I'm always ripping Bill Simmons for writing ridiculously long columns with one too many movie references, I do read the guy's stuff when I can. He does amuse me and I respect his basketball opinion. In the Sport's Guy's basketball preview, he has the 62-win Celtics beating the Cavaliers in the Eastern conference finals, but losing to the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA Finals.  Whatever. What I find most interesting, is his take on Rajon Rondo, Rasheed Wallace and Kevin Garnett. Three Celtics who make his list of the 33 most intriguing players in the NBA. ...

Bill Simmons Preview
CelticsBlog — Bill Simmons Preview In case you wanted to know what Simmons thinks about KG (wearing down), Rondo (should be extended), and Sheed (swaggeracious).

The More The Spurs Change, The More They Stay The Same
Pounding The Rock — ... enjoyed Simmons' NBA preview (take a guess why), I think he's being a bit of a pollyanna in predicting us to run roughshod over the league from beginning to end. When we first assembled the roster that we have, ...

Fiddlin' and Diddlin' - Daily Links 10/24
LOY's PLACE a celtics green blog — Herald Friday practice notes: Lue hired NBA referees head to work In Lue of playing Globe Lue joins Celtics' staff Doug Collins on the Celtics Chemistry experiment Bedtime story was court order Celtics team up with Chipotle Mexican ...

Daily Links 10/24
CelticsBlog — ... Video: Lester Hudson Preseason mix C's chose Hudson, but bring in Lue anyway Gino's Jungle    Opening Night Position Battles 3 Days Left - Countdown Starts NOW ESPN    Celtics guard Rondo a favorite target of critics The Boston Celtics are much deeper this season after offseason addtions Sports Guy's three most intriguing Celtics NBA referees approve two-year labor agreement Bill Simmons NBA season preview and 33 most intriguing NBA people Bill ...

Orlando Magic News for October 24th: Focusing on Vince Carter's Past and Present
Third Quarter Collapse — ... Bill Simmons NBA season preview and 33 most intriguing NBA people - ESPN Bill Simmons names Orlando Magic guard Vince Carter the 4th-most-intriguing player in the coming season. Here's part of his reasoning: Fact: He's teaming up with a former Coach of the Year (Stan Van Jeremy), the league's best center (Dwight Howard), the league's best 3-point shooting forward (Rashard Lewis), an All-Star point guard (Jameer Nelson) and 4-5 solid role players on a team that desperately needs his ability to create his own shot and shoot ...

Spurs Weekly Bullets: First Edition
Spurs Basketball — Hi Folks! We only have a few days left before the Spurs' season opener against the Hornets. With the regular season about to start, I figured more Spurs news will be coming; so decided to make a regular entry that I would like to call, Spurs Weekly Bullets. It's not necessarily a regular weekend blog but rather a weekly posts that is related to Spurs Basketball. This is my first of many (hopefully!) Spurs Weekly Bullets because I don't want you guys to miss great stuffs that is related to the silver and black... I also included a new video section located at the left sidebar of this site (check it out!). I'll try to add more videos as ...

This Week in San Antonio Spurs Basketball: Monday Spursvalanche
Pounding The Rock — ... 207 lb Williams appeared in five preseason games for San Antonio and averaged 4.2 points and 1.8 rebounds in 13.8 minutes." NBA.com: McDyess, Spurs finally capitalize on mutual admiration "The possibilities were plentiful for Antonio McDyess over the summer. With a 13-year NBA resume as a smart player, a good teammate, a guy who can still look smoother than satin sheets and be as unforgiving as a sledgehammer, he could have punched his ticket to any contender." ESPN: Bill Simmons NBA season preview and 33 most intriguing NBA people BS picks us to win ...

Blake Griffin may miss Clippers' opener
Ball Don't Lie — Right on Simmons' "Clippers Curse Comment" cue, rookie Blake Griffin(notes) may miss Tuesday's regular season opener after tweaking his knee in Friday's meaningless preseason game against the Hornets. Griffin suffered the injury to his left knee after coming down off a massive dunk in the third quarter. According to the L.A. Times, Griffin did not practice Sunday and is expected to be examined by team doctors on Monday. And knowing the Clippers' questionable medical staff, he'll likely miss the entire 2009-10 regular season after a team doctor accidentally blinds the kid with his ...

Blake Griffin may miss Clippers' opener (UPDATE)
Ball Don't Lie — Right on Simmons' "Clippers Curse Comment" cue, rookie Blake Griffin(notes) may miss Tuesday's regular season opener after tweaking his knee in Friday's meaningless preseason game against the Hornets. Griffin suffered the injury to his left knee after coming down off a massive dunk in the third quarter. According to the L.A. Times, Griffin did not practice Sunday and is expected to be examined by team doctors on Monday. And knowing the Clippers' questionable medical staff, he'll likely miss the entire 2009-10 regular season after a team doctor accidentally blinds the kid with his ...

ESPN's 2009-10 NBA Power Rankings Week 1
Blaze of Love — ESPN was kind enough to release their power rankings the day before the season starts.  To no one's surprise, the Blazers come in at #7 which we've seen in just about every poll other than Bill Simmons'. ...

The Colts have been ruined for me; Peyton Manning has become such a monolith of clutchness that I...
Stampede Blue — ... Bill Simmons

Seven Keys For a Successful Season
"MyTeamRivals" via MyTeamRivals.com in Google Reader — Today's the day. It's the day that the Blazers attempt to take that next step. A few optimists (myself included) have selected them to go as far as the Western Conference Finals. Bill "do I still have a job?" Simmons from ESPN, recently picked Portland to finish 11th in the West, behind teams such as Utah, New Orleans, Dallas, LA Clippers, ...

Media Not Bullish On Bucks, But Why?
Bucksketball.com — It’s easy to slam the Bucks past off-season. Richard Jefferson was a big name, possibly a bigger name than Michael Redd.  Jefferson led the Bucks in virtually every important offensive category last season.  Jefferson has loads of playoff experience, a tendency to get to the free throw line and convert and as much athleticism as nearly anyone on the team.  RJ has been a twenty point a night scorer (or thereabouts) for nearly his whole career, and the Bucks look to be short on scoring.  He even had his own series of Time Warner Cable Triple Play commercials, after less than a year with the team. Charlie ...

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Morrow leads Warriors past HornetsBoston.com -- Basketball news 10/23/2009
Anthony Morrow scored 34 points, Corey Maggette added 23 and the Golden State Warriors beat the New Orleans Hornets 126-92 in a preseason game Thursday night.
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