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Indiana Hoosiers – Victor Oladipo Shows What is a Number One
The best team in the nation needs to prove that being number one comes for a reason. Having the two leading candidates for national player of the year in Victor Oladipo and Cody Zeller certainly helps, even in the too tight to call Big Ten this season.
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NBA Story Lines to Follow Until the Playoffs
With two months and somewhere between 30-25 games left to play for the teams, there’s plenty to look forward to in what’s left of the NBA season, including the MVP battle between Kevin Durant and LeBron James, the whole Los Angeles Lakers saga with time running against them, who emerges from the East to challenge the Miami Heat and more.
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NBA Rumors – Atlanta Hawks Will Trade Josh Smith
It’s a question of to where and for who, not an if. The Atlanta Hawks want to get something out of Josh Smith before his contract runs out at the end of the season, and are looking to trade their power forward to a number of teams, including the Brooklyn Nets, Phoenix Suns, Milwaukee Bucks, Boston Celtics or the Houston Rockets.
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2013 College Basketball Season – Week 16 Rankings
Getting wins on the road against big rivals continues to be an issue in the top conferences, but Indiana, for now, are holding on to the top spot after two huge victories, including against state rivals Purdue. Undefeated (in the ACC) Miami and Gonzaga (In the WCC) are also receiving top spot votes in the latest College Basketball rankings.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Death of a Legendary Owner
It was 34 years ago that Jerry Buss purchased the Los Angeles Lakers (among other things) and their Arena, the Forum, for a sum of $67.5 million. After 10 NBA titles under his reign and bringing the franchise to a value of over $1 billion, Dr. Jerry Buss passed away at the age of 79.
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LeBron James Has Bigger Fish to Fry This NBA Season
The All-Star game? A forgotten memory. When you’re the reigning NBA Champion, MVP and Finals’ MVP, not scoring in the fourth quarter of the All-Star game while getting blocked twice by Kobe Bryant seems meaningless and insignificant, especially when you’re LeBron James.
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NBA Rumors – New York Knicks Considering Trading Iman Shumpert
Since returning from an injury that has kept him out from the first half of the NBA season, Iman Shumpert isn’t happy with the amount of minutes he’s getting and the position he’s playing in for the New York Knicks, possibly pushing for a trade just before the deadline expires.
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NBA Rumors – Utah Jazz to Trade Paul Millsap for Eric Bledsoe
It isn’t exactly a revelation that the Utah Jazz are looking to trade one of their two starting big men – either Al Jefferson, or Paul Millsap, who both become free agents at the end of the season. Millsap, the cheaper option of the two, might get traded to the Los Angeles Clippers for Eric Bledsoe.
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NBA Rumors – Los Angeles Clippers Want to Trade DeAndre Jordan
Despite looking like a team with all the pieces in place to be a force in the West for more than just this season, DeAndre Jordan not getting along with head coach Vinny Del Negro is forcing the Los Angeles Clippers to look for a trading partner to take their center, with the Boston Celtics and Kevin Garnett often mentioned but unlikely to happen.
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NBA All-Star Game Outcome Doesn’t Change
The West don’t always have the better starting lineup, but they usually have the much deeper team (and conference), which explains why they’ve beaten the East three times in a row in the NBA All-Star game, as Chris Paul dominated the start and finish, beating the too serious Kevin Durant for the MVP award, while LeBron James seemed to be trying a bit too hard to make this one mean something.