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Oklahoma City Thunder – James Harden Won’t be Missed
As good as James Harden was last season for the Oklahoma City Thunder, he’s not as great of a player as he thinks he is. Breaking the financial boundaries for your third best player isn’t a no-no for a small market team, so the Thunder traded the 2012 Sixth Man of the Year to Houston Rockets for Kevin Martin, Jeremy Lamb and draft picks.
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David Stern – A Timeline of an NBA Commissioner Career
The NBA has certainly changed, mostly for the better, during David Stern’s 28 years at the helm, as commissioner of the league. It’ll be an even 30 once he retires, and despite all that he’s done (along with getting the right kind of start to promote), there’s a feeling that his last few years at the job hurt his early days achievements.
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Chicago Bulls – Derrick Rose Keeping Busy Off the Courts
The NBA preseason is almost over, and the Chicago Bulls enter the 2012-2013 NBA season with much lower expectations than in the previous season, knowing that they won’t have Derrick Rose for more than half a season. What’s their big star doing in the meantime? Rehabbing, and giving back to kids from neighborhoods like the one he grew up in.
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Miami Heat – LeBron James Becoming the Greatest Player Ever
After finally winning the NBA title and putting all the “not-clutch” theories and labels behind him, what is there left for LeBron James? More. More NBA title rings, more MVP awards, more scoring, more of everything, of anything that at the end of his career will make he be known as the greatest player of all time.
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NBA Season Preview: Best Power Forwards
When it comes to pure power forwards, or more accurately, players who can’t or hardly will play as centers, there’s not perfect player or complete package. Each flawed in his own way, Josh Smith, Blake Griffin, Pau Gasol, LaMarcus Aldridge and above all Kevin Love consist of the best in the position among NBA players.
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NBA Season Preview: Best Small Forwards
The deepest position in the NBA? Possibly. It’s the most top heavy of them all, with the two best basketball players in the world, LeBron James and Kevin Durant, occupying the top two spots, while Carmelo Anthony follows in his “forever behind those two” routine, before a big drop in quality and ability occurs after the top 3.
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San Antonio Spurs – Manu Ginobili Between Starter and Bench Player
In the end, it doesn’t really matter. If Ginobili is healthy, he’ll get to play close to 30 minutes every night for the Spurs, whether it’s coming off the bench or featuring in the starting lineup next to Duncan and Tony Parker.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Dwight Howard Debut Everyone Was Waiting For
Preseason games don’t really matter to anyone, unless they mean that Dwight Howard made his debut for the Los Angeles Lakers, and then what is pretty much an NBA exhibition game becomes something worth mentioning.
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Miami Heat – Ray Allen Getting Ready for Boston Return
The biggest moment of the NBA opening night for the 2012-2013 season will be when the Miami Heat begin their title defense against the Boston Celtics, and Ray Allen gets to play against the team he spent the last five seasons with, including winning an NBA title.
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Dallas Mavericks – Coping Without Dirk Nowitzki
Six weeks, which means that the Dallas Mavericks will have to go about 12-15 games without Dirk Nowitzki, the best player in the history of the franchise and at the age of 34 is still the most important player on their roster.