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While a senior in high school, Austin Rivers got plenty of attention. That attention followed him to Duke for the one year he played under Coach K. But he has had an interesting transition to the pros this year. In fact, I’ve heard people suggest that (hindsight being 20/20), he should’ve stayed in school for [...]

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There’s a strict set of rules I like to keep when writing anything related to sports: 1)Stick to facts 2)Don’t assume you know everything about an athlete 3)Stick to the facts The second rule is perhaps the most important. Well, I am about to break that rule. Not just break it, i’m talking full on [...]

Josh Smith and Andrew Bynum were almost teammates. According to John Mitchell of the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Atlanta Hawks nearly traded Smith to the Philadelphia 76ers before the NBA’s trade deadline: Sources from both teams confirmed that the Sixers and the Hawks were close to a deal that would have sent Sixers Evan Turner and [...]

The Toronto Raptors may be getting ahead of themselves. Less than 20 games into the Rudy Gay experiment the Raptors are already thinking long term, which is fine. Acting on such thoughts at this juncture, though, isn’t. Per Marc J. Spears of Yahoo! Sports, Raptors general manager Bryan Colangelo intends to offer Gay a contract [...]

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Records don’t say everything in this league. They distinguish the boys from the men; the contenders from the non-contenders. Come playoff time, there’s quite a large gap between the first seed and the eighth seed. The Miami Heat are a better team than the Milwaukee Bucks, if you can believe it. But, one thing that [...]

After deciding that the current roster had reached a plateau after last season, the Philadelphia 76ers were the surprising 4th team in the blockbuster trade that sent Dwight Howard to LA, Andre Iguodala to Denver, and Andrew Bynum back to Philly. While Bynum was supposed to be the next great franchise player in Philly, the [...]

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Even though it would probably be in his best interest to stop talking to the media about his Orlando days, Dwight Howard apparently can’t help himself. A few days ago, Dwight gave an interview to KCAL-TV in LA about his past. Dwight had some less than flattering things to say about his former teammates. At [...]