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BF Number 20: Kevin Grevey

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 20:27:20 +1700

Part I of a 20 part series examining the Bullets Forever community's Top 20 Bullets/Wizards of all time.

Pradamaster posted 8/14/2007 from www.bulletsforever.com

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Twas the Night Before Lottery

Mon, 21 May 2007 20:09:28 +1700

Naturally, Celtic fans are superstitous about tomorrow's draft lottery.

Pradamaster posted 5/21/2007 from celticsgreen.blogspot.com

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The Point Guard: Away From the Land of Fairy-Tale Lies, Into the Valley of the Sun

Mon, 7 May 2007 22:59:49 +1700

It is said that the best way to bury news is to air a piece or print a news item on Friday. This piece a reprint from a Friday March 23 Sports On My Mind post and was duly buried and barely read. Because of various recent internal discussions of point guards by us here at TSF, I thought it important that the debate be taken to the peeps who read our work. Hopefully this piece spurs ...

Pradamaster posted 5/7/2007 from thestartingfive.wordpress.com

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NBC Heroes Vs. NBA Heroes Pt. Two

Thu, 3 May 2007 19:23:07 +1700

We continue with our in-depth investigative reporting on comparing a tv show we like with NBA basketball players. Why? Because I just calls ‘em as I sees ‘em. Oh yeah, and Lost can go jump off a bridge. Linderman & Nathan Petrelli = Kobe & PJax Oh I went there! Okay, to be brutally honest, I’m being cute here, this one is definitely more of a ...

Pradamaster posted 5/3/2007 from thehypeguy.com

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A Look at the Losers: Washington Wizards

Thu, 3 May 2007 19:19:24 +1700

Filed under: Wizards , Eastern , NBA Playoffs Sports Blog - The FanHouse : The Wizards were unceremoniously swept out of the post-season by the Cavs the other day, to the surprise of, well, nobody. The team's lack of firepower with stars Arenas and Butler sidelined was evident in the fact that they were able to average... Read more >

Pradamaster posted 5/3/2007 from nba.aolsportsblog.com

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Study: NBA Referees Racially Biased

Wed, 2 May 2007 06:39:31 +1700

Alan Schwarz reports in The New York Times : A coming paper by a University of Pennsylvania professor and a Cornell University graduate student says that, during the 13 seasons from 1991 through 2004, white referees called fouls at a greater rate against black players than against white players. Justin Wolfers, an assistant professor of business and public policy at the Wharton School, ...

Pradamaster posted 5/2/2007 from myespn.go.com

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Scouting fun

Wed, 2 May 2007 06:38:42 +1700

I always enjoy stuff like this , especially since I admittedly know little at this level of depth about game strategy: But now that Detroit has a best-of-seven date with the Chicago Bulls, let's take a look at how one Eastern Conference scout would defend the Pistons' popular "horns" set. "By horns, we mean a post player lining up at each elbow, usually with two shooters spacing the floor at ...

Pradamaster posted 5/2/2007 from www.blogabull.com

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Wizardly Postage Stamps

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 17:56:55 +1700

The biggest news of the day? Clearly the late-breaking word that the Wizards were issuing commemorative postage stamps, featuring the images of Gilbert Arenas, Caron Butler, Antawn Jamison, Etan Thomas and DeShawn Stevenson. I mean, that's stop the presses news. And please, save me your jokes about the Wizards mailing it in. Naturally, I rushed to the locker room to gauge the reaction to this ...

Pradamaster posted 4/18/2007 from blog.washingtonpost.com

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Caron Butler's Playoff Shoes

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 17:56:29 +1700

I said this on Comcast SportsNet last night, but I'll say it again here: the vibe in the Wiz locker room before last night's game was tremendous. Very much like the old days. Lots of wackiness in evidence. That's why I began proclaiming that the Wiz would win, and why I stuck by that statement at halftime. So it turned out I was mildly wrong. But still, it did feel a bit like the old...Please ...

Pradamaster posted 4/18/2007 from blog.washingtonpost.com

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Say Goodbye, Seattle

Tue, 17 Apr 2007 19:25:41 +1700

Chris McGann, Angela Galloway and Craig Harris report in The Seattle Post-Intelligencer: The Legislature said no, so the Sonics say they'll have to go. For the third consecutive year, the Seattle Sonics failed to convince the Legislature that taxpayers should help finance a new arena for the NBA franchise. "This is a staggering and quite likely a debilitating blow to our efforts to develop a ...

Pradamaster posted 4/17/2007 from myespn.go.com

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Wizards Practice Notes

Mon, 16 Apr 2007 20:22:46 +1700

Notes from a Wizards practice in which no one got hurt, no one (that we saw) got in a fight, and the Wizards didn't lose. [Note: Do you realize that since March 7, D.C.'s major professional sports teams are a combined 13-37 in league play? That's a winning percentage of .260. That means that the Nats are hardly even bringing down the group average.] 1. Caron Butler's Presence The Wizards ...

Pradamaster posted 4/16/2007 from blog.washingtonpost.com

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State of Sacramento

Sun, 15 Apr 2007 22:16:11 +1700

Ailene Voisin has another column calling for Mussleman's firing. Last year, she wanted Peja traded, but then changed her mind. Then she wanted Adelman fired. Seriously, in a week last year, she went from writing that Corliss Williamson should get Peja's minutes to proclaiming that Peja should be the Kings' #1 option and Adelman should be fired. And, nobody said a word. Now, it seems like she

Pradamaster posted 4/15/2007 from highfivehoopschool.blogspot.com

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Game Notes: Raptors 87, Pistons 84

Sat, 14 Apr 2007 21:47:49 +1700

By Ryan McNeill * Since Jorge Garbajosa was lost for the remainder of the season Kris Humphries has been getting increased minutes and last night was his breakout game as he snatched a career high 18 boards (which shattered his previous career high of 12). Kris isn’t a flashy player who will score a ton of points but he’s a warrior on the glass and his increased minutes have had a ...

Pradamaster posted 4/14/2007 from hoopsaddict.com

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Clippers 107, Trail Blazers 89 Welcome to the Schenscher Show (say that five times fast!)

Sat, 14 Apr 2007 21:44:57 +1700

How exactly does one write about an end-of-season game in which one team – the vastly superior one, playing at home no less – desperately wants to win and the other wouldn’t at all mind losing? Around the blogosphere, much has been made of the finer points of tanking during the latest, greatest edition of “Find the NBA loophole and drive a truck through it” into ...

Pradamaster posted 4/14/2007 from clipperblog.com

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Omega Psi Phi: A Fraternity For Serious Ballers

Fri, 13 Apr 2007 20:53:20 +1700

Filed under: Eastern , Western , NBA Media Watch The FanHouse : Corliss Williamson was chatting on local Sacramento sports radio last night, and he talked a little bit about his college fraternity, Omega Psi Phi. I had never thought twice that future NBA players would join fraternities in college -- the whole... Read more >

Pradamaster posted 4/13/2007 from nba.aolsportsblog.com

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Cherry Picking as NBA Strategy

Fri, 13 Apr 2007 06:14:55 +1700

It's the ultimate lazy man's offense, right? It's the sign that your pick-up game is going to hell. It's the art of the unconditioned ballplayer. But Michael Bloom is arguing that once in a while it makes sense. You're watching your favorite team -- let's call them the Pistons. One of the players on this team -- let's call him Rip Hamilton -- fails to get back on defense. Arguing with the ...

Pradamaster posted 4/13/2007 from myespn.go.com

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Behold, A Giant

Fri, 13 Apr 2007 06:14:23 +1700

In the current Sports Illustrated (after the part in the letters where Matt Ufford of the blog With Leather gets a nice apology for a lifted John Amaechi quote ), Chris Ballard checks in with an extended look at the continuing evolution of Yao Ming . First there's a little anecdote about Yao's first off-season, in 2003, before he understood what it would take for him to become a major force ...

Pradamaster posted 4/13/2007 from myespn.go.com

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Untradeable? Psshh.

Fri, 13 Apr 2007 06:13:38 +1700

Consider this my response to any pundit who says Ron Artest will be untradeable this summer. eFG% TS% Pt40 Shot40 RbR AstR TOr PER Player A .494 .547 20.5 18.7 10.3 14.0 9.2 19.2 Player B .486 .549 30.5 27.7 8.9 11.2 10.9 ...

Pradamaster posted 4/13/2007 from www.sactownroyalty.com

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View of What's To Come in the MVP Vote?

Fri, 13 Apr 2007 06:12:51 +1700

The three "experts" (where's Kelly Dwyer?) at SI.com have announced their picks for MVP . Two out of three have Nash. Jack McCallum: I tried to think of a reason not to vote Nash both because he has won the last two and because Nowitzki has had a great season with a great team. But at the end of the day, I just can't see anyone as valuable to his team as Nash is to Phoenix . He is not only the ...

Pradamaster posted 4/13/2007 from www.mavsmoneyball.com

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The Quiz of Desperation

Thu, 12 Apr 2007 19:51:47 +1700

I mean, what am I supposed to say? Every team I could conceivably write about today is soul shreddingly terrible. So instead of some vain effort to be happy, I will present The Washington D.C. Quiz of Desperation. The first two people to respond correctly in the comments will get a choice between a DeShawn Stevenson "I Can't Feel My Face" t-shirt and a Gilbert "My Swag Is Phenomenal" t-shirt. ...

Pradamaster posted 4/12/2007 from blog.washingtonpost.com

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