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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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13 NBA Point Guards Better Than Jeremy Lin
The Houston Rockets, via their poison-pill contract, have ensured that Lin will be one of the highest paid players in the NBA in 2014-2015, earning just under $15 million that season. While financially Lin’s presence will probably pay-off the contract, he’s not that good.
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Jeremy Lin Doesn’t Deserve the Respect he Thinks he’s Owed
Do two months of pretty impressive basketball mean that any kind of criticism isn’t warranted? Jeremy Lin thinks he’ll always have doubters. He’s right, because there isn’t a player on this planet with a brigade of critics to push him, including LeBron James and Kobe Bryant and because he just isn’t as good as the media hype around him.
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Jeremy Lin – Rockets over Knicks good for NBA Balance
The move of Jeremy Lin from the New York Knicks to the Houston Rockets presents an interesting case study of what NBA loyalty means; of what big-market teams and small-market, if you can call Houston a small one, teams are about; of how super-stardom doesn’t have anything to do with what happens on the floor.
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Jeremy Lin Leaving the New York Knicks – The Disgusting Reactions
It’s never surprising to see racism, ignorance and disgusting behavior from people and especially on the Internet. Jeremy Lin leaving the New York Knicks for the Houston Rockets after the Knicks didn’t match the offer sheet brought out the worst out of some people who refer to themselves as fans.
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Jeremy Lin Leaving Knicks Because of James Dolan’s Ego
Although the main reason behind not re-signing Jeremy Lin, letting him leave as a restricted free agent to the Houston Rockets, looks like a financial, salary-cap kind of reason, there are those that suggest that it’s just another example of how un-proffesionaly the New York Knicks are run by their owner, James Dolan.
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NBA Free Agency 2012 – Jeremy Lin Won’t Be Returning to the New York Knicks
It’s not official until the deadline passes to match the offer from the Houston Rockets, but all the moves the New York Knicks are making indicate that Jeremy Lin will be playing somewhere else next season, proving to be too costly from a certain point in the next few seasons.
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NBA Free Agency 2012 – Jeremy Lin Disappointed With Knicks
For once, not a lot has changed in the Dwight Howard situation except for the fact that the Orlando Magic are exploring other options besides the Nets-Clippers-Cavs mega deal. Meanwhile, Jeremy Lin, still waiting for the New York Knicks to match the offer from the Houston Rockets, is disappointed the team hasn’t moved to keep him quickly enough.
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NBA Free Agency 2012 – Dwight Howard Trade Now a 4-Team Deal
The biggest name in the NBA free agency period is still Dwight Howard, who won’t be a free agent until 2013. With the Brooklyn Nets desperately trying to find a trade that works, the proposed deal has now turned into a four-team deal, with the Nets using the Cavaliers and the Clippers to get Howard from the Orlando Magic.
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The NBA’s New Direction – Super Teams
Parity? There’s no parity in the NBA, despite the salary caps and luxury taxes. Steve Nash choosing to leave Phoenix and play for the Los Angeles Lakers was just another example of how: a) The Lakers know how to get players by giving up nothing and b) Players like going to the same teams.