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The Complete History of Carmelo Anthony Part 5: The Myth of Mr. Big Shot
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . Four games. Three referees. Two in-bound passes. And Chauncey Billups. They love Chauncey Billups in Denver. He is one of their own. The basketball gym at CU (where I...
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The Complete History Of Carmelo Anthony Part 4: The Case For Open Playoff Seeding
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . If the Denver Nuggets' - and therefore Carmelo Anthony's - 2006-07 season was an episode of Game of Thrones filled with casualties, dynamic personalities prone to explode, battles and...
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The Complete History of Carmelo Anthony Part 3: The Allen Iverson Era
Image courtesy of GM/Flickr. If you ask me, the most heart-wrenching, convoluted, and insanity-inducing two-word phrase in the English language is “what if.” There is a scene in the second Matrix movie (stick with me)...
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The complete history of Carmelo Anthony Part 2: The King of Clutch
Carmelo Anthony’s career of contradictions continued in a confusing 2005-06 season. At the end of that regular season, it was reasonable to consider him the best player of his generation to that point. The arrival...
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The Complete History of Carmelo Anthony Part 1: Expectations
Image courtesy of Jose Martinez/Flickr . “Expectation is the root of all heartache” – William Shakespeare How did this happen? How did a collegiate national champion who led the NBA team that drafted him as...
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NBA Knights: Interview with Alijah Villian
Image courtesy of Alijah Villain When I was in high school, I played the french horn in the band, I was involved in student government, and I played sports. Back then it felt -- as...
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NBA Knights: NBA meets Game of Thrones
All images courtesy of Alijah Villian . The lands on Westoros and the NBA are not all that dissimilar. Sometimes those that looks most powerful are really having their strings pulled from afar. And sometimes...
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Top Ten Worst Kinds Of NBA Referees Calls
10. The Momentum Swing/Momentum Reversal Image courtesy of Michael E. Lee/Flickr . This is really just a subset of all the other kinds of calls on this list, but it is one that is worth...
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What Game of Thrones characters are the NBA's best players?
Image courtesy of cliff1066™/Flickr . If you are as excited about the aftermath of the Season 4 premiere of Game of Thrones as I am, then I am impressed. Also, congratulations, you are now my...
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Dope Thoughts: NBA Power Play
"Good artists borrow from other artists. Great artists steal from them outright." - (Usually attributed to Pablo Picasso or T.S. Eliot) I have been addicted to podcasts for a while now. One of my favorites...
