Tag: brook lopez
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The Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett Trade Effect
"You Maniacs! You blew it up! Damn you! God damn you all to hell!" That was literally my reaction last night when Twitter began to light up with heartfelt goodbyes to Paul Pierce and Kevin...
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Fantasy basketball: Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce traded to the Brooklyn Nets
Momentum for this deal was gaining steam before the 2013 NBA Draft began and it snowballed from there. As the first few picks were being announced, word spread that it had passed on the ownership...
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Short Handed Bulls Pull Off Game 7 Win
Last year's MVP, Derrick Rose, is in a suit. Luol Deng is in the hospital. And K irk Hinrich can barely walk. Lesser teams would have given up already, but this Chicago Bulls team does...
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Nets Rally to Force Game 7
Even with the Chicago Bulls missing two of their starters, Luol Deng and Kirk Hinrich , the team fought hard until the very end of Thursday evening's Game 6 against the Brooklyn Nets . The...
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Bulls Smothering Defense Ties Series 1-1
Joakim Noah fought his way through a painful foot injury (plantar fasciitis), making three fourth-quarter baskets as the Bulls defeated the Brooklyn Nets 90-82 on Monday night to tie their first-round series at one game...
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So, How's Brook Lopez Doing?
Brook Lopez is a polarizing player. Not because he’s enigmatic, selfish, or a problem child type of player. In fact, he’s seemingly quite the opposite as Lopez is into comic books and Disney World. Street...
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Runnin' The Weave: Improving Their Verticals
Doing your research and homework to be as prepared as possible for draft day is important. What is also imperative is adjusting throughout. I have posted ranking columns as well as columns specifying strategies, which...
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Fantasy Basketball 2012: Centers rankings by tier
Since the NBA's inception, big men have ruled the league; from George Mikan to Dwight Howard and everyone in-between, the torch has long been passed down from one dominant big man to another. Almost every...
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Dwight Howard says Shaq needs to relax because his time is up
Earlier this week, Shaquille O'Neal took a jab at Dwight Howard and D12's claim to being the best center in the NBA by saying that Brook Lopez and Andrew Bynum are better than Howard ....
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Shaq: Brook Lopez is better than Dwight Howard
Shaquille O'Neal is one of the greatest big men to ever play the game of basketball. He's proven himself to be goofy and says outlandish things, but when it comes to the centers, he's earned...
