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NBA Season Preview: All-Pacific Division Team
The Pacific division has always been about the Los Angeles Lakers and then the other teams, with a few outstanding occasions throughout the years. This season? Nothing much changed, with the arrivals of Steve Nash and Dwight Howard, joining forces with Kobe Bryant, Pau Gasol and Metta World Peace in the most star-powered starting five in the NBA.
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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 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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Kobe Bryant – When His Ego Gets the Best of Him
Once in a while, Kobe Bryant lets his ego get the best of him. All the recent giddiness from the summer moves by the Los Angeles Lakers and all the respect he’s been getting in interviews by teammates and from the media led him to think it’s great to humiliate a player, a former teammate, in Smush Parker.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Kobe Bryant Passing the Torch
Kobe Bryant is still an All-NBA type player, but the whispers of him calling it quits when his contract runs out in two seasons are already in the air. That’s what you get when he keeps referring to the Los Angeles Lakers as his team, but also keeps mentioning Dwight Howard as the next one to take over.
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What NBA Players & Coaches Think of the Anti-Flopping Rules
Everyone has something to say about the new Anti-Flopping rules by the NBA, which offer fines and suspensions in punishment after games, which is something a lot around the league don’t like, especially those often accused of using the flop to their advantage.
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Best Photos From Media Day Across the NBA
Before NBA teams actually begin training camps for the 2012-2013 season, each one has to step up in front of the cameras, microphones and fans on media day. Only after the necessary posing and formalities can they actually begin with their preseason preparations.
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Miami Heat – Can LeBron James Get any Better
Here’s a scary thought for the rest of the NBA – LeBron James hasn’t peaked yet, and both he and the Miami Heat might be better this season than they were in last year’s closing stages of the postseason, winning the title after a 4-1 finals series win over the Oklahoma City Thunder.
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NBA Flopping – The Beginning of the End
One thing you have to commend the NBA far – they never stop trying to improve the way their product is perceived and after flopping seemed to be getting out of hand, just a bit too much last season, David Stern decided it’s time for the league to step in and begin punishing players after games for it.
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High on Rajon Rondo, Low on Boston Celtics
When a news network is as big as ESPN is, the news they make becomes sport news. Placing Rajon Rondo as their highest ranked player in their NBA player rankings among the Boston Celtics was the final stamp that the point guard is the best player on this team.