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Sonny's Top 50 NBA Players: #9 Kawhi Leonard
Image Courtesy of San Antonio Spurs/Facebook Resume: 16.5 points, 7.2 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 2.3 steals (1st in league), 31.8 minutes, 48% FG, 35% 3 PT, 80% FT ... Team Record in Games Played: 46-18 (9-9...
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Sonny's Top 50 NBA Players: #10 LaMarcus Aldridge
Image courtesy of San Antonio Spurs/Facebook . Resume: 23.4 points (7th in league, career best), 10.2 rebounds (9th in league), 1.7 assists, 1.0 block, 39 double-doubles (9th in league), 35.4 minutes, 47% FG, 35% 3PT...
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Sonny's Top 50 NBA Players: #11 Tim Duncan
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . Resume: 13.9 points, 9.1 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 2.0 blocks (6th in league), 28.9 minutes, 51% FG, 74% FT ... Team Record in Games Played: 53-24 (2-3 without) ... Playoffs:...
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Battle of the Benches: Kings 95, Spurs 92
Screen capture courtesy of the NBA/YouTube . The Sacramento Kings finished their second preseason game with a win over the San Antonio Spurs, starting the preseason 2-1. One of the keys to the Kings success...
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Sonny's Top 50 NBA Players: #46 Tony Parker
Image Courtesy of Mark Runyon/BasketballSchedule.net Resume: 14.4 points, 1.9 rebounds, 4.9 assists, 28.7 minutes, 49% FG, 43% 3PT (career best), 78% FT ... Team Record in Games Played: 48-20 (7-7 without) ... Playoffs: 10.9 points,...
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Sonny's Top 50 NBA Players: #47 Jeff Teague
Image Courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr Resume: 15.9 points, 2.5 rebounds, 7.0 assists (8th in league), 1.7 steals (career best), 30.5 minutes, 46% FG, 34% 3PT, 86% FT ... Team Record in Games Played: 53-20 (7-2...
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Clippers vs. Spurs Game 7: Wins Over My Hammy
Image courtesy of Nicholas LA Photography/Flickr . Not many elimination games live up to the hype of the previous games, but this one did. The basketball world is sitting quietly right now in a dimly-lit...
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Clippers vs. Spurs Game 2: Early Desperation
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . The last time the San Antonio Spurs were 0-2 in a playoff series was in 2010 against the Phoenix Suns. They were eventually swept, but the Spurs were well...
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Clippers vs. Spurs Game 1: Who's the Underdog, Again?
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . Blake Griffin and the Los Angeles Clippers entered Game 1 of with an underdog mentality . Yes, they are facing the defending champions in the San Antonio Spurs and...
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NBA MVP Shares: Part Two
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . In Part One of my MVP Shares column , featured on Tuesday, I explained my somewhat radical NBA MVP Shares idea and announced my honorable mention candidates. As promised,...
