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15 Biggest Busts in NBA Draft History
The biggest drafts busts in NBA history are differed into two groups – the number one failures, like Kwame Brown, Michael Olowokandi and Greg Oden, who might be decent NBA players, but not remotely close to what was expected of them, or lower picks that quickly find themselves out of the NBA, like Adam Morrison, Chris Washburn and Rafael Araujo.
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Players With Regular Season & NBA Finals MVP at the Same Time
By winning the NBA title, regular season MVP and NBA Finals MVP for a second consecutive time, LeBron James became one of the few players to win the awards in the same season more than once, joining Michael Jordan and Larry Bird, while Willis Reed, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson, Hakeem Olajuwon, Shaquille O’Neal and Tim Duncan did it once as well.
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Lionel Messi – A Birthday Boy With Only One Thing Left to Get
As Lionel Messi turns 26, and from a Peter-Panish forever child he becomes, in front of out eyes, an actual adult, once again the only thing missing from his incredible long list of achievements pops to mind – winning the World Cup with Argentina, so the argument over the best footballer of all time might finally be decided.
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Best Photos of the Miami Heat Winning the 2013 NBA Finals
Game 7 of the 2013 NBA finals was filled with great moments, both of joy, mostly coming from LeBron James and the Miami Heat, but also of despair, sadness and disappointment from Tim Duncan and the San Antonio Spurs.
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On LeBron James Being Clutch and His Triple Doubles
A triple double is usually taken as an example to measure excellence in basketball, but when so many of them happen during losses, you can’t help but feel it’s another statistic being greatly overrated. LeBron James is a great basketball player, one of the best of all-time, but the triple doubles aren’t the measuring stick we should be using.
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Teams That Came Back From 2-3 Down to Win the NBA Finals
What are the chances the Miami Heat comes back from 2-3 down in their NBA Finals series against the San Antonio Spurs? Despite playing the last two games at home, they’re not too good, as only four teams have ever managed to turn that kind of deficit around in games 6 & 7 in the 2-3-2 format.
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Worst Teams in Confederations Cup History
Tahiti, with only one professional player in their squad for the 2013 Confederations Cup, are most likely to become the fourth nation in tournament history to finish the group stage with 0 points, following New Zealand, Australia and Mexico.
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Soccer Teams That Have Never Been Relegated
It’s quite rare to have clubs that have never been relegated from the top flight, but almost each league has it select few, that have been there from the start, like Barcelona, Real Madrid and Athletic Bilbao in Spain; Ajax, PSV and Feyenoord in the Netherlands, or Benfica, Porto and Sporting in Portugal.
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10 Most Valuable Soccer Team in 2013
Being among the most valuable soccer clubs in the world doesn’t necessarily means you don’t have financial problems or that you’re currently succeeding, but the five Premier League teams (Liverpool, Manchester City, Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester United), two La Liga teams (Barcelona, Real Madrid), two Series A teams (Juventus, AC Milan) and one Bundesliga team (Bayern Munich) don’t have much to complain about.
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Biggest Wins in the History of the NBA Finals
The San Antonio Spurs became the sixth team in NBA finals history to win a game by more than 34 points, beating the Miami Heat in game 3 113-77, joining the Boston Celtics, Washington Bullets and the Chicago Bulls in the biggest of finals blowouts.