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Who is leading the pack for NBA Rookie of the Year?
The 2000 NBA Draft has routinely been derided as the one of the worst in history. The best players from that draft (Kenyon Martin, Michael Redd) were barely fringe All-Stars and only a small percentage...
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Will Royce White find salvation in Sacramento?
Image courtesy of SD Dirk/Flickr. It seems inherently wrong and even mean as a whole, but it is fact regardless: Royce White, a forward who was dropped from his place in the NBA because of...
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Brooklyn Nets top Sacramento Kings with defensive prowess
Image courtesy of RMTip21/Flickr . The NBA is a league in which one team and one organization can turn their playoff hopes into realities within a single, solitary month of stellar basketball. It's a long...
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1st Annual Baller Mind Frame NBA Academy Awards
Image courtesy of ericneitzel/Flickr. Hollywood's 86th annual celebration of itself is just a couple days away. There will be plenty of cameras, bad jokes and generic quotes—not too different from an NBA game. Also similar...
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Contentious game ends with two ejections and a Sacramento Kings win
Image courtesy of Scott Mecum | Flickr DeMarcus Cousins' temper is a double-edged sword. Some nights it can be detrimental to both himself and his teammates, cutting down all in a blind rage; others, it...
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Marcus Thornton trade positions Sacramento Kings to clear cap space
Image courtesy of RMTip21/Flickr . As the NBA trade deadline approaches, rumors come rushing in, though only few come to fruition. The Sacramento Kings were one team that actually managed to complete a trade ahead...
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Present and future impact of the Sacramento Kings deadline trade
Photo by Steven Covella/Baller Mind Frame With regards to the ownership of professional basketball franchises, the trade deadline poses a haphazard influence on the NBA in its entirety, pushing teams to make whatever moves necessary...
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Break's over: Sacramento Kings back to work following All-Star Weekend
Image courtesy of Steven Covella I Baller Mind Frame . The regular season was put on hold this weekend, although the NBA didn’t take a break, hosting its annual All-Star event, this year in New...
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John Wall leads East to win in NBA All-Star Slam Dunk Contest
Baller Mind Frame's No Layups brings you the hottest NBA stories on the web mixed with personal opinion from our very own Aaron Lanton . Check it often and absorb the knowledge we're dropping on...
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The NBA All-Star Dunk Contest only slams if Blake and LeBron do
Image courtesy of Kimberly N./Flickr . What is the legacy of the dunk contest? Currently it’s a list of forgettable players that got their 15 minutes of fame during All-Star Weekend. Some may say its...
