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City to City, Coast to Coast: Ish Smith is Mr. Opportunity
Image courtesy of the Philadelphia 76ers/Facebook . The ball never stops bouncing for Ish Smith . Undrafted, undersized and overlooked, the journey to basketball stardom is a never ending one. Five years, eleven different teams,...
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West Dominates NBA All-Star Game in Defense Optional Glory, 196-173
Screen capture courtesy of the NBA/YouTube. By a 196-173 margin in the NBA All-Star Game, the Western All-Stars defeated their Eastern counterparts. (Insert "this was Kobe Bryant 's last All-Star Game comment here and 657...
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The 30 Team NBA Trade Deadline Challenge
Image Courtesy of dskillzhtown/Flickr There is a pretty clear-cut hierarchy in the NBA. Golden State is undisputedly at the very top of the totem pole. San Antonio, Oklahoma City and Cleveland are the most respectable...
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Post Game Quotes & Highlights: 76ers vs. Wizards
Image courtesy of the Philadelphia 76ers/Facebook . A collection of post-game comments following the Philadelphia 76ers loss to the Washington Wizards: Brett Brown On 106-94 loss “I think that we had most of the game...
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Ten Somewhat Bold NBA Predictions For 2016
Image courtesy of Erik Daniel Drost/Flickr . The Golden State Warriors Will Break The Single Season Record For Wins Is this still considered a bold prediction? I have to think so, right? Even though the...
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The 2015-16 Sacramento Kings: Consistently Inconsistent
Screen capture courtesy of the NBA/YouTube. Sacramento has done some amazing things this year and has made some large strides in improving their young core. DeMarcus “Boogie” Cousins and company have played .500 basketball since...
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Mavericks Try to Profit Off Late Surge, Run Headfirst Into a Wall
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . After trailing by as many as 21-points, the Dallas Mavericks had managed to transform water into wine by turning Saturday night’s match up with the Washington Wizards into a...
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Sonny's Top 50 NBA Players: The List
Screen capture courtesy of the NBA/YouTube . Each of the last four years I've done this top 50 NBA players countdown in the fifty days leading up to the upcoming NBA season. I've said it...
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Fantasy Basketball: Targets and Dummies
Screen capture courtesy of NBA/YouTube . I’m repping BMF Fantasy Sports in the CBS 30-Deep League. I’m also raising our sites banner in the Triple Crown Hoops Challenge, a 12-man head-to-head Experts League. I’m in...
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Sonny's Top 50 NBA Players: #4 Chris Paul
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . Resume: 19.1 points, 4.6 rebounds, 10.2 assists (1st in league), 1.9 steals (5th in league), 40 double-doubles (7th in league), 34.8 minutes, 49% FG, 40% 3PT, 90% FT (5th...
