Tag: chris paul
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Lockdown Predictions: Top 10 Defensive Players in 2013-14
Defense wins championships according to the age old adage. That's why year after year the top defenses in the game find themselves playing deep into the playoffs. Next season's race for Defensive Player of the...
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Baller Mind Frame's 2013-14 "that would be cool" rankings
The other day, our friends at ESPN released their preseason NBA rankings, which as you'd expect, were derived from expert analysis and a delicate procedure of hooking Nate Silver's brain up to a car battery....
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Is John Wall worth it?
“We haven’t been to the promise land of winning a championship for years. I know we are a long way from there, but that’s my main goal before my career is done is to win...
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Los Angeles Clippers: what the future has in store
The Los Angeles Clippers have shown that they’re serious about making a run at the championship over the next couple of years by assembling what seems to be a good, cohesive squad. Which is great...
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A Tale of Two Hoops Teams
It is the best of times, it is the worst of times, it is the age of wisdom, it is the age of foolishness, it is the epoch of belief, it is the epoch of...
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Fantasy basketball draft strategy: Point guards and assists
It seems like more and more good quality players are added to their ranks year-after-year. What does this mean and how should it affect the way one drafts in nine-category head-to-head league? First of all,...
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Best "video bombs" of the 2012-13 NBA season
The NBA is serious business! The amounts of sweat that accumulate, the muscles being torn and twisted, the mental fortitude needed to succeed (unless you're Dwight Howard) and of course the grueling grind of a...
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Derrick Rose, LeBron James and the no-win scenario of NBA decision making
In its current form, NBA decision making as a major event traces its origins to the infamous offseason of 2010. LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh, Rudy Gay, Amare Stoudemire, Joe Johnson, Dirk Nowitzki; these...
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Los Angeles Clippers lack sentiment, seek improvement
Just days after securing their point guard and leader Chris Paul, the Los Angeles Clippers took another step towards solidifying their roster and curing more of the ills identified during the 2012-2013 season. Via three-team...
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Five reasons Chris Paul and Doc Rivers will make sweeter basketball love than Doc and Rajon Rondo
After securing the services of the NBA’s second-best coach (I love Pop) and best point guard (after Chris Paul verbally accepted a $107 million five-year contract extension), it’s hard to argue the point that the...
