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Oklahoma City Thunder – Russell Westbrook Loses to Deron Williams, Kevin Durant Wins
While the point guard battle between Russell Westbrook and Deron Williams probably drew most of the individual attention in the game, there was simply no player on the floor quite like Kevin Durant. The man is in better shape than anyone else in the NBA right now, and was the main reason the Oklahoma City Thunder won for a sixth straight time.
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Brooklyn Nets – Tougher, Better Than the Boston Celtics
So the Brooklyn Nets lost two players in the brawl that began with a hard foul by Kris Humphries on Kevin Garnett. Rajon Rondo lost his head and got ejected, which destroyed any chance the proud but simply not-so-good Boston Celtics had of beating a better team.
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Brooklyn Nets – Deron Williams Shines Through Injury
Some nights on a long NBA season mean more than others. The Brooklyn Nets shouldn’t be only about owning the city; this is about turning the franchise into a perennial playoff contender and even more, like it was a decade ago. Deron Williams, injured or not, is the center of all that hope and ambition.
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Blake Griffin Humiliating Deron Williams
Thanks to the Brooklyn Nets beating the Los Angeles Clippers 86-76, Deron Williams could look back at being blocked by Blake Griffin in quite a humiliating fashion and take it with a smile. In the NBA, a league filled with big egos, sometimes you’ll find a player who still prefers to remember the win and not what he did himself.
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5 Best Point Guards in the NBA Entering the 2012-2013 Season
The best and deepest position in the NBA over the past few years has been the point guard position. Chris Paul, Derrick Rose (who won the MVP in 2011), Russell Westbrook, Rajon Rondo and Deron Williams represent the elite group, but that’s without mentioning players like Steve Nash, Kyrie Irving and Brandon Jennings.
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Brooklyn Nets – Deron Williams Finally Proud of his Team
The Deron Williams – A.J. Price shoving match wasn’t the proudest moment in the Brooklyn Nets beating the Washington Wizards and getting their first (preseason) home win in their new arena, but at least is gave an indication of what their all-star point guard feels about the team.
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NBA Players With 2 Olympic Gold Medals
The gold medal won by Team USA after a 8-0 sweep of the competition added Carmelo Anthony, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Chris Paul and Deron Williams to the list of NBA players who have won two Olympic gold medals, joining Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, David Robinson, Gary Payton, Patrick Ewing, Chris Mullin, Charles Barkley, Karl Malone, Jason Kidd and John Stockton.
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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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Brooklyn Nets – Presenting the Core Four
In order to lure fans and get them excited about the Nets’ first season in Brooklyn, the franchise decided to take Deron Williams, Joe Johnson, Brook Lopez and Gerald Wallace and label them as the ‘Core Four’; Big X just doesn’t cut it anymore, and this isn’t exactly the most impressive bunch of superstars ever assembled.
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London 2012 – Next USA Dream Team Ready for Olympic Games
After so many injuries to players from the 2008 Redeem team and for others projected to be among the final 12 player going to the 2012 Olympic Games in London, the 12-man roster of the United States men’s basketball team is ready, with five players (LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Chris Paul, Deron Williams and Carmelo Anthony) from the gold medal winning team four years ago.