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NBA Trades – Memphis Grizzlies Aren’t Sure About Rudy Gay
You rarely see teams thinking about trading their top scorers, but the Memphis Grizzlies, feeling they’re a piece away from being a feared NBA title contender, have been considering for quite some on looking for a trade partner that will take Rudy Gay, for the right pieces of course.
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Memphis Grizzlies – Rudy Gay Like He Needs to Be
Everyone knows the Memphis Grizzlies are a fantastic defensive team, but in order to become more than just a dark horse contender in the West, to look and play like a team that can go all the way, they need offense, and specifically Rudy Gay playing like one of the best small forwards in the NBA.
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NBA Season Preview: All-Southwest Division Team
The San Antonio Spurs are probably the best in the Southwest division, despite the continuing decline of Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili, not making our all-division team, while the Memphis Grizzlies are hoping that this is the season they take over and carry that momentum into the playoffs.
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NBA Teams Under the Most Pressure in 2012-2013
Coaching hot seats and pressure from ownership or the media doesn’t always involve winning an NBA title, although it probably does for the Los Angeles Lakers after their high profile additions of Steve Nash and Dwight Howard or the Boston Celtics, with 2012-2013 being the last chance to get something meaningful out of Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce.
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What David Stern Wants to Change in the NBA
Was the 2011-2012 NBA season a good one? David Stern certainly thinks so. He’s got NBA Finals with the league’s biggest stars; The Heat-Celtics series broke ratings records, and despite all the doom and gloom predictions of the lockout, it seems that the lockout didn’t kill the interest in the NBA.
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Los Angeles Clippers, Despite Everything, Still Alive & Kicking
I don’t think too many people expected the Clippers to be in the Western Conference Semi Finals. Not when Chauncey Billups went down. They do have Chris Paul and Blake Griffin, but the bench, role players and defense weren’t supposed to be enough for a playoff series win; not against everyone’s favorite dark horse, the Memphis Grizzlies.
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Blake Griffin Slowly Turning Into More Than Just a Highlights Star
Blake Griffin wasn’t on the floor for overtime, for Chris Paul taking over once again. But he built the lead that got the Clippers to overtime, in one of the most complete and versatile performances of his career, slowly breaking out of the ‘Just Dunking’ label, meanwhile possibly winning his first postseason series.
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Grizzlies & Rockets Ruin Impressive Home Stands
The Miami Heat won 17 games in a row at home, including their impressive one over the Thunder. The Lakers are another team incredibly tough to beat on their home court. So what? The Memphis Grizzlies continue to impress with Randolph on the comeback trail, winning in Miami, while the surprising Houston Rockets won 112-107 in LA.
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Kobe Bryant Refuses To Make Fourth Quarter Benching an Issue
Kobe Bryant wasn’t happy after the 102-96 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies, and just because the Los Angeles Lakers lost the game. Not just because instead of backing the sudden talk of championship material with a win over a good team, the Lakers folded, at home, only their fourth loss of the season.
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The Lakers Finally Get it – Give the Ball to Andrew Bynum
Andrew Bynum finished with a season high 37 points, combining for 71 as Kobe Bryant scored 34, leading the Los Angeles Lakers on back-to-back road wins (only second time this season) with a double overtime victory 116-111 over the Memphis Grizzlies, putting the Lakers at the third spot in the Western conference, at the expense of their hosts.