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After an off-season full of suits, ties, and confusion, the NBA season has finally arrived and will show itself off in full force this Christmas!
Not only will we get to see the many stars the league has to feature, but it’s going to be the first time in a long while. You can bet that the players are just as excited as the fans, and it’s time to get back to the sport we all know and love.
It’s just about that time my NBA crowd. Well, actually it’s well past ‘that’ time due to the foolishness experienced during this past off-season.
All of that is well behind us now, and since the lockout ended there have been numerous signings, trades, and a mess of pre-season games already played. All this can only mean that the NBA season is right around the corner, and it’s time to finally rank each team appropriately from top to bottom.
After weeks of reports and rumors swirled, suggesting that Chris Paul, Dwight Howard, and others had a reasonable chance of being traded, the first blockbuster trade has been finalized:
Chris Paul has been sent to the LA Clippers, while the New Orleans Hornets will receive Chris Kaman, Eric Gordon, Al-Farouq Aminu, Minnesota’s 2012 unprotected first-round draft pick, and two 2015 second-round picks from the Clips.
So now what?
What a past couple of days for the NBA, eh fans?
We have rumors flying about just about every single team in the league, we have David Stern showing us why he is going to win the Dictator Of the Year award, and we have a lot of awkwardness inside NBA training camps (more specifically the Lakers).
You can be assured I am on top of things, and I have a few more juicy rumors and details that you guys might want to hear.
Reports from Adrian Wojnarowski of Y! Sports indicate that the Los Angeles Lakers, Houston Rockets and the New Orleans Hornets have agreed in principle to send Pau Gasol to the Rockets, Luis Scola, Lamar Odom , Goran Dragic and a few draft picks to New Orleans, while Chris Paul heads to Los Angeles.
The 2011 NBA Finals; a series full of headlines, a first for many, and an unaccomplished mission for some.
Included in that ‘some’, is LeBron James, but his experience last year will make him better in the long run.
It’s been a while since I’ve hit the ‘net with an article, but I’m glad to say I’m back for good…
Just as long as there isn’t another lockout anytime soon people.
We can all agree that the NBA lockout was a time of confusion, anger, and uncertainty for the league we all know and love, but thankfully David Stern and Co. have found a way to get this season underway with a 66-game schedule; which is better than nothing, right?
With the season beginning on Christmas Day, there is a short time for training camps, free agency, and for teams to tune up their rosters to their liking; and as always, there are rumors flying around all over the place. I’ve heard some pathetic ones, but I’ve also heard a few legit ones. Care to know what is true and what is not? I’ve got you covered!
Also be sure to follow me on twitter to keep updated!
The NBA Finals have finished, but fans have yet another exciting event to behold: the 2011 NBA Draft.
This is the moment where college players’ dreams are fulfilled, and it is the beginning of an attempt at a legendary career for some. While only two or three of the players in this draft will likely ever make an NBA All-Star game, there is much more at hand than just drafting players.
As an insider of the game I can tell you now: there will be one or two impactful trades in this NBA Draft. Maybe a Monta Ellis or Andre Iguodala? How about that one guy…Dwight Howard? You can always follow me on twitter for the latest on trade rumors.
So who will go in the lottery? I think I might have the answer guys.
In the 2006 NBA Finals, the Dallas Mavericks found themselves up two games on the Miami Heat, only needing two more in order to claim the franchise’s first ever NBA championship. Dirk Nowitzki was ready to make his first step into NBA greatness, Avery Johnson was beginning to look like a mad genius, and Mark Cuban was ready to add a title to his jerkish personality.
For LeBron James and Dwyane Wade, and for Dirk Nowitzki as well, it’s time to write the concluding words in one more chapter of each of their legacies.
With a much scrutinized off-season long gone and an uphill battle of a regular season now behind them, the Miami Heat find themselves on the brink in the NBA Finals. And this isn’t just any ordinary NBA Finals, because there is way more on the line than an NBA championship.
The Dallas Mavericks won last night’s Game 5. Again let me repeat that: the Dallas Mavericks won last night’s Game 5 of the 2011 NBA Finals.
In an NBA Finals series that features the much-hated Miami Heat, with their cast that includes of one of the NBA’s best ever trios in LeBron, Wade, and Bosh, any time Miami loses it is projected as being of their own doing. It is a continuing trend of LeBron James had a bad game or Dwyane Wade was injured or Chris Bosh played soft.
So it’s time to give the Mavericks the credit they deserve.
It’s quite clear with the stats he left out on the court that LeBron James didn’t show up in Game 4 of these NBA Finals: Eight points on 3-of-11 shooting, 0-for-3 from deep, and 50% from the charity stripe.
Clearly these aren’t numbers of a legend, nor are they numbers of a LeBron James we are accustomed to watching.
Here’s another post with today’s hottest and freshest NBA news!
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