Tag: derrick rose
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Mark Wahlberg Visits the Chicago Bulls and gives his NBA Finals prediction
Academy Award-nominated actor Mark Wahlberg was in Chicago a little over a week ago to shoot scenes for "Transformers 4: Age of Extinction," and just happened to drop by the Berto Center to check out...
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Scattered thoughts on the knees of Amar'e Stoudemire
A lot of people don't know this, but the apostrophe in Amar'e Stoudemire's first name actually stands in for the letters k-n-e, making his full name Amarknee Stoudemire. If nothing else, this stands as a...
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Can the Chicago Bulls once again be among the best?
On October 29, 2013, the NBA season shall begin with a much-anticipated matchup: the Miami Heat vs. the Chicago Bulls. It’s also the date of the return of Derrick Rose and the death of another...
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2013-14 MVP: A Race Between Dark Horses
LeBron James is the best player in the NBA. It’s indisputable. Yet when talking about who will wrap up next season’s MVP, I’m not sure that fact will really come into play. Lest we forget,...
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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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2013-14 Redeem Team: 10 NBA players coming back strong
This is a game of seconds. One second you're on top of your game and everybody loves you; the next second you get injured or you just lose your focus and your mojo goes out...
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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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Top fantasy basketball point guards: Kyrie Irving vs. Derrick Rose
You can't have a discussion (or argument) about "The best point guard in the NBA" without throwing the names of Derrick Rose of the Chicago Bulls or Kyrie Irving of the Cleveland Cavaliers into the...
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Predicting 2014 NBA Playoffs Seeds: Eastern Conference 1-4
Today is August 1st, the day that unofficially marks the beginning of the NBA’s “dead period,” during which teams sit back, assess their rosters and begin preliminary preparations for the upcoming season. By this date,...
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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,...
