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  • NBA Season Preview: All-Southwest Division Team

    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.

  • 100 Highest Earners in NBA History

    Two players from the Boston Celtics and one that was there for the past five seasons are in the top 10 earners in the NBA of all time. Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen are among the players to have the highest total career salary among all NBA players, ever. Garnett, who began playing in 1995 with the Minnesota Timberwolves, is the only player to have career earnings of over $300 million.

  • Records and Milestones in the 2011-2012 NBA Season

    Is there a way to define the 2011-2012 NBA Season? Short? LeBron James got himself a milestone or two, while NBA coaches like Popovich and Thibodeau set wins milestones as well. Above all was Kobe Bryant, moving up the all-time scoring list, smashing franchise records for the Lakers while putting names like Kareem and West behind him. Even Michael Jordan.

  • James Harden Can Be the Hero for the Thunder Sometimes

    James Harden isn’t an All-Star like his two more prolific teammates, Westbrook and Durant, but his ability to score coming off the bench is just as important to the Thunder’s success. It was his scoring (29 points) that put his team back in the game, en route to a 103-97 win and a dominant sweep over the 2011 NBA Champions, the Dallas Mavericks.

  • NBA Single Game Records And Breaking Them

    Wilt Chamberlain isn’t the only record holder of NBA single game achievements, as hard as it is to believe. A mediocre point guard like Scott Skiles (and mediocre head coach as well) is also in the record books with 30 assists in one game.

  • Mavs Finally Produce Four Quarters of Good Basketball

    Dirk Nowitzki led the way, as usual, with 26 points, but this time, the rest of his Dallas Mavericks teammates followed with energy and hustle, becoming the first team to beat the Oklahoma City Thunder this season (100-87), as Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook just didn’t get enough help from the rest.

  • Top Five Power Forwards in the NBA, Going Into 2011-2012

    Dirk Nowitzki won the NBA Finals MVP award last season, making him a deserving #1 among the elite power forwards of the NBA. He’s joined by LaMarcus Aldridge, Blake Griffin, Zach Randolph and Amar’e Stoudemire as our prediction to be the 5 best power forwards in the 2011-2012 season.

  • Dirk Nowitzki and the Eurobasket Experience

    It’s fitting that the 2011 EuroBasket will be played in Lithuania for the first time since 1939. The only country in the world that its most popular sport is Basketball. The biggest star in this tournament will be Dirk Nowitzki, NBA Champions and Finals MVP with not even three months gone since winning with the Dallas Mavericks against the Miami Heat.

  • Between a New Season, New Champs and the Dreaded NBA Lockout

    Two weeks away before the lockout officially starts. The wonderful 2011 NBA Playoffs still in my mind, and can’t help but thinking about next year. Mostly about LeBron James and the Heat and how the summer will change things there, but the Bulls, Lakers, Tunder and of course the new champs are also there and here. If we don’t have a lockout.

  • Game 6 of the 2011 NBA Finals in Pictures

    Before entering an unknown future, threatened with a lockout, the Dallas Mavericks made a lot of “neutral fans” happy by beating the Miami Heat and mostly, LeBron James. Dirk Nowitzki and Jason Terry led the Mavs to a 105-95 win in Game 6 and the Dallas Mavericks to their first ever NBA Finals, avenging the loss in 2006.