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Minnesota Timberwolves – Kevin Love is Delight to Watch
Playoff team or not, the Minnesota Timberwolves are one of the more fun to watch in the NBA, beginning with Kevin Love who can do it all on offense with another great night, Ricky Rubio who hit a close to impossible layup and even Shabazz Muhammad, coming to life all of a sudden with his best game of his rookie season.
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Minnesota Timberwolves – Rubio Needs to be More Than Flashy
The razzle dazzle associated with Ricky Rubio is one of the few things that make the Minnesota Timberwolves appealing on a more than regional level. However, the Spanish point guard has reached the point in which he needs to be more than just someone dishing out beautiful assists, as adding a long range game and improving his defense would be a bit more beneficial.
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Minnesota Timberwolves – Shabazz Muhammad Might End Up in the D-League
Before even starting his NBA career, Shabazz Muhammad is being put on a very short leash by the Minnesota Timberwolves, using threats of being demoted to the D-League through the media if his behavior problems, which might be a bit blown out of proportions by the media, the team and the NBA persist.
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NBA Rumors – Chicago Bulls Looking to Draft a Shooter
There were a lot of things that have went wrong for the Chicago Bulls over the last couple of years, derailing their window of opportunity to win an NBA title, mostly due to injuries. But not having a pure, reliable shooter last season was another issue they’d like to attend to in the 2013 NBA draft, considering using their 20th pick on Shabazz Muhammad, Reggie Bullock, Glen Rice Jr. or Tim Hardaway Jr. to fill that spot.
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Players Declaring Early for the 2013 NBA Draft
Seniors are no longer the main attraction of NBA drafts, they haven’t been for a long time. Usually, and this year is no exception, players wait till the end of the NCAA tournament to declare early for the draft, and this time around it seems Victor Oladipo out of Indiana and Ben McLemore from Kansas are the ones grabbing the headlines from the others.
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Oregon Ducks – Not the Pac-12 Champions You Expected
All of a sudden, Oregon are national heavyweights, coming ahead in the Pac-12 tournament with a win over UCLA, thanks to great rebounding, excellent depth and a huge game from two bench players, Carlos Emory and Jonhathan Loyd.
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McDonald’s All-American MVP Awards – The Best and the Forgotten
LeBron James won the McDonald’s All-American MVP award in 2003, seven months later beginning his NBA career. Kenny Gregory won that award won that award in 1997, later going on to play for the Kansas Jayhawks in College. He never made it into the NBA, spending most of his career so far moving around European teams. His athletics abilites couldn’t hide his skill faults.
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Shabazz Muhammad – The Next Big Basketball Star?
Shabazz Muhammad was the main attraction of the McDonald’s All-American game in Chicago, leading the West with 21 points to a 106-102 win over the East, helped by 18 points from Rasheed Sulamion. Muhammad is one of the few players who took part in the High School All-Star game that still hasn’t chosen a school to play College Ball for.