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NBA Season Preview 2017-18: Top 50 Players, 23-13
Image Courtesy of USA Today Sports 23. Marc Gasol (29 on ESPN, 24 on SI, 28 on SB Nation) -Marc Gasol was up to his same old tricks last year as he helped lead the...
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NBA Season Preview 2017-18: Southeast Division
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr. NOTABLE NEWCOMERS Dwight Howard has taken his downhill freight train to the Charlotte Hornets. That should prove beneficial to all involved. NOT. Either way, Howard's career arc is always an...
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NBA Season Preview 2017-18: Top 50 Players, 35-24
Image Courtesy of L.A. Clippers/Facebook 35. Isaiah Thomas (33 on ESPN, 40 on SI, 20 on SB Nation) -If this ranking were based solely on a 2016-17 body of work, Isaiah would be a Top...
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NBA Season Preview 2017-18: Top 50 Players, 50-36
Image Courtesy of Phoenix Suns/Facebook 50. LaMarcus Aldridge (45 on ESPN, 31 on SI, 42 on SB Nation) -We kick off the Top 50 with disgruntled and disjointed San Antonio Spurs big man LaMarcus Aldridge....
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NBA Season Preview 2017-18: Pacific Division
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr. NOTABLE NEWCOMERS The newbie I'm most looking forward to seeing is Milos Teodosic because of his seemingly legendary court vision, at least it was so internationally. How will it translate...
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NBA Season Preview 2017-18: Top MVP Candidates
Image courtesy of Erik Drost/Flickr. The NBA's 2017-18 season presents a range of expected and fascinating MVP candidates. There will be the annual names thrown into the mix, however, for the sake of enjoyment, a...
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NBA Season Preview 2017-18: Top 50 Players, Toughest Cuts
Image Courtesy of Philadelphia 76ers/Facebook 2017 was supposed to be the year that I allowed myself to take a break before I started grinding from October through June. 2017 was supposed to be the first...
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NBA Season Preview 2017-18: Central Division
Image Courtesy of Cleveland Cavaliers/Facebook Notable newcomers While the Milwaukee Bucks stood pat and brought back almost every contributor from a Playoff team last season, the rest of the division was reconfigured over the summer....
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"Stick To Sports": The Death Rattle of Common Sense
Image: Kathy Willens/Associated Press. Common sense – noun 1. sound practical judgment that is independent of specialized knowledge, training, or the like; normal native intelligence. The bough breaks and a martinet referred to as common...
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The NBA All-Apocalypse Team
Image Courtesy of Sporting News The other night my dear friend Collin Stucko asked me a truly important and very intriguing question: "Who is your NBA All Apocalypse Team? As in, if there was a...
