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Dwight Howard Beginning His Lakers Career by Impersonating Kobe Bryant
The biggest saga of the 2012 NBA summer is over, as Dwight Howard found himself being traded from the Orlando Magic to the Los Angeles Lakers, poor him. So what is Howard’s first contribution to his new team and city? Giving a pretty good impression of his new team’s biggest star, Kobe Bryant.
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Miami Heat – Even Better than the Championship Season?
While LeBron James is clocking impossible triple doubles in the Olympic games (only second time it’s ever happened), the Miami Heat are slowly but surely getting ready for the new NBA Season, hopefully a third NBA final and in general a much better title defense campaign than the one from six years ago.
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Charlotte Bobcats – From Worst in the NBA to …?
The 2011-2012 version of the Charlotte Bobcats wasn’t just the worst in the NBA, it was the worst in NBA history. Finishing the season on a 23 game losing streak, the Bobcats posted a 7-59 record, winning a record low 10.6% of their games. A shortened season didn’t help them, and having Michael Jordan as an owner didn’t help them, as it hasn’t for most of the franchise’s existence.
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London 2012 – Dream Team Can’t & Won’t Lose
After seeing Team USA make a laughing stock of Argentina, usually one of their tougher, in their 126-97 win, completing the group stage with a perfect 5-0 record, it’s pretty safe to say that the 2012 version of the Dream Team, with LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant and Carmelo Anthony won’t have any more problems on their way to the gold medal.
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2012 Dream Team – When LeBron James Has to Step Up
All of a sudden it got hard. After winning the first three games by an average of 52.3 point, the 2012 version of the Dream Team faced a real battle with Lithuania, never an easy outing, beating the European 99-94, with LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony each scoring 20 points to give Team USA their fourth win of the Olympic games.
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2012 Dream Team – Cruising for Gold, so Far
They said that this USA team starts slowly, resulting in a 49-25 first quarter, a new record for points in the Olympic games (156) and a new record for biggest margin (83 points) while Carmelo Anthony led the torching of the poor Nigeria team, scoring 37 points in just 14 minutes. It shouldn’t be this easy, should it?
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LeBron James – The new Olympic Logo
Instead of the outdated five rings that everyone knows and perhaps has grown tired of, why not take LeBron James dunking and turn that motion and moment in time into a new Olympic logo?
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Ray Allen Left the Boston Celtics Because of Rajon Rondo and Doc Rivers
It wasn’t just one thing that caused Ray Allen, after five years with the Boston Celtics, to sign with the Miami Heat during free agency, probably the Celtics’ biggest rivals over the last two years. A combination of being fed up with his relationship with Rajon Rondo and the rotation decision made by his head coach, Doc Rivers, made it an easier decision to leave.
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Kobe Bryant – Gold Medal is Fine, Sixth NBA Title Ring is Better
Right now, Kobe Bryant is focused on winning his second gold medal and trying to convince everyone that the 2012 dream team is better than the 1992 version. A few months from now, a more important venture begins – taking the Los Angeles Lakers, with the new addition of Steve Nash, to the NBA Finals, maybe for one last time.