Last Monday, USA Basketball announced the 12 man roster that will comprise the 2008 U.S. Olympic basketball team. Five of the 12 have participated in the Olympics previously (Carmelo Anthony, Carlos Boozer, LeBron James, Jason Kidd and Dwyane Wade); the only U.S. team that had more Olympic veterans   more...
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According to ESPN.com. Detroit Pistons point guard Chauncey Billups withdrew from the USA Olympic Team because of family issues/matters. He stated, "It's a matter of what you want to do and what you need to do". He was really looking foward to winning a gold metal, but told ESPN "I was taught   more...
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Last Monday, USA Basketball announced the 12 man roster that will comprise the 2008 U.S. Olympic basketball team. Five of the 12 have participated in the Olympics previously (Carmelo Anthony, Carlos Boozer, LeBron James, Jason Kidd and Dwyane Wade); the only U.S. team that had more Olympic veterans   more...
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Suns center Amare Stoudemire was given the chance to play in Bejing for the Olympics but declined it. Managing director for the USA Basketball senior men's national team, Jerry Colangelo stated "Amare has pulled himself out of consideration for the roster and that's predicated on, despite the fact   more...
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Staying on basketball for a little bit more, I wanted to take a look at the U.S. Olympic squad. Before I get into it, let me just say that it's hard for me to handle my country losing at anything. Maybe it's because I spent the first 9 years of my life in a real "Red White and Blue" part of   more...
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Olympic team coach Mike Krzyzewski said that the 12-man roster for this summer's Beijing Games will be released Monday. The deadline to submit the roster is July 1st. The Dallas Morning News has reported that Jason Kidd has already been asked to particapate in the games. In July, the team will head   more...

Olympic team coach Mike Krzyzewski said that the 12-man roster for this summer's Beijing Games will be released Monday. The deadline to submit the roster is July 1st. The Dallas Morning News has reported that Jason Kidd has already been asked to particapate in the games. In July, the team will head   more...

...But the real spotlight of the summer is shining on Jerry Colangelo, Coach K, and USA Basketball. The team that took no prisoners last summer is looking to regain the Olympic dominance that America surrendered in Athens in 2004. Last summer was most definitely an accomplishment, as the closest   more...
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Who says the Suns championship window has closed?Since the Suns unimpressive first round exit against the Spurs media and fans alike seem to think the Suns championship window has been slammed shut.But why? Not much has changed since the optimism that was very apparent back in February when the   more...
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For my top player, I believe that LeBron James is the future of the NBA. I know that is a no brainer. The other 2 may or may not be a surprise to you. Come check it out and see if you agree.
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Is anyone else sitting around watching the NBA Playoffs thinking about what might have been had the Suns pulled the trigger on an Amare for KG trade? With the dog days of summer coming much earlier this year than previous years (thanks Suns I now have no real excuse to keep my fiance from changing   more...
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Desperate to move on from the 2007-08 season as soon as possible, Jeff Andriesse and Greg Fox summoned all of their friends for a marathon 2008-09 NBA Mock Draft. What becomes apparent is they have pulled off the earliest mock draft in internet history. Also they have no friends. Jeff took the odd   more...
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In the ever-so-popular world of statistics, many believe that the plus/minus rating is the best category when ranking a player according to success on and off the court. Here are the Top 10 Players in the 07-08 season, followed by a few suprising players who made the All-Star team: 1. Steve Nash   more...

To the surprise of no one, D-Howard, Amare & Chandler led the NBA in dunks this past season. But what about everyone else? All 353 NBA players who recorded at least 1 dunk in '07-08 are listed below. I have included a few special categories as well: Most Dunks per Game, Most Dunks by Rookies, Most   more...
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Bruce Bowen is quoted on MySA as saying that he is upset at being thought of as a dirty player. This is in the wake of a suspension for kicking Chris Paul in a recent game. If that was the only incident, he may have a point. However, he has a history of dirty plays and doing things in games that   more...
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