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• NBA Power Rankings: Loosey Goosey Cavs Back on Top
• By Brett Pollakoff 3/17/2010 3:45 PM ET
• The Cavaliers are back on top of the Rankings this week, goosenecking their way to 10 wins in their last 11 games. The fact that Cleveland has been able to consistently string together wins despite ... More »
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• Conspiracy Theory: Joe Johnson to the Knicks?
• By Matt Watson 3/12/2010 5:30 PM ET
• Everyone knows the Knicks have money to burn this summer, but while most of the speculation has centered on whether they'll be able to pry LeBron James from the Cavaliers, some believe the team has ...
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• Josh Smith to Support Rajaan Bennett's Family for Six Months
• By Will Brinson 3/09/2010 4:00 PM ET
• The story of Rajaan Bennett -- the high school recruit who was murdered by his mother's ex-boyfriend -- is one of the most tragic (and potentially underreported) of the year. Bennett was, by all ... More »
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• NBA Power Rankings: No Kidding, Mavs on Top
• By Brett Pollakoff 3/03/2010 2:50 PM ET
• The Mavericks are riding an eight-game winning streak, and with quality wins over the Lakers, Magic, Hawks, and Suns during that stretch, they find themselves at the top of this week's rankings. ... More »
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• Jason Kidd Runs Into Mike Woodson, Refs Call It the Wrong Way
• By Brett Pollakoff 2/27/2010 12:05 PM ET
• An interesting play took place near the end of regulation on Friday, during the Mavericks' overtime victory in Atlanta over the Hawks. Jason Kidd dribbled past halfcourt with the ball toward the ... More »
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• Mike Woodson on Not Using His Bench: 'That Won't Ever Happen Again'
• By Brett Pollakoff 2/20/2010 5:48 PM ET
• PHOENIX -- The Suns beat the Hawks in an uncharacteristically low-scoring contest on Friday, but the 88-80 score wasn't really the story. It was the bench play for both teams that decided this one, ... More »
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• NBA All-Star Al Horford Talks Rebounding, Reading and the Hawks
• By Matt Moore 2/13/2010 1:42 PM ET
• DALLAS -- Al Horford was the quiet man at All-Star media availability, as he often is on the Hawks. Most people wondered why Josh Smith was omitted over the third year man out of Florida. But Horford ... More »
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• Wade Wants a Dance Partner in Miami
• By Tim Povtak 2/12/2010 10:15 PM ET
• DALLAS -- Dwyane Wade has something for all the other high-profile stars who will become free agents this summer to think about before making their decisions. He was speaking to guys like LeBron ... More »
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• Dirk Nowitzki, Joe Johnson Named All-Star Starters
• By Tim Povtak 2/12/2010 7:00 PM ET
• DALLAS -- They don't play the same position, but Dallas forward Dirk Nowitzki will be replacing guard Kobe Bryant in the starting lineup for the Western Conference All-Star team Sunday night. With ...
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• Rondo Still an Option for Team USA
• By Chris Tomasson 2/12/2010 6:25 PM ET
• DALLAS -- It's not exactly a recount in a Florida election. But there might be a bit of reconsideration on the list of 27 names announced Wednesday by USA Basketball. After the names of players who ... More »
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• Spud Webb Fondly Remembers Legendary Jam Session
• By Chris Tomasson 2/11/2010 7:45 AM ET
• FRISCO, Texas -- For more than two decades, Spud Webb had talked about winning the 1986 All-Star dunk contest in Dallas, though, he'd never actually seen a full tape of his victory. With the NBA's ... More »
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• NBA Power Rankings: Streaking Suns
• By Brett Pollakoff 2/10/2010 3:00 PM ET
• The Suns rise to the seven spot in this week's rankings, thanks to a solid five-game winning streak in which four of the Ws came on the road. Some timing though, right? With Amar'e Stoudemire's name ... More »
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• Joe Johnson and the Ambiguous All-Star Duo
• By Matt Moore 2/06/2010 5:24 PM ET
• Joe Johnson is kind of the indie-pick of the 2010 Free Agency Summer of Doom. While the first names vomited out in stories about his summer's available class are LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh, ... More »
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• Washington Snowstorm Forces Hawks, Wizards to Postpone Game
• By Brett Pollakoff 2/06/2010 1:55 PM ET
• A storm is expected to drop a record two and a half feet of snow on the Washington, DC area today, which is more than enough to ground air traffic and make flying into the area an impossibility. As a ...
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• NBA Power Rankings: Thunder Struck
• By Brett Pollakoff 2/03/2010 2:00 PM ET
• If the playoffs began today, the Thunder would be in the conversation. Kevin Durant is within percentage points of leading the league in scoring, and has led his team to wins over the previously ... More »
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• Ben Wallace, Josh Smith Block Their Way Into History
• By Matt Watson 2/03/2010 8:30 AM ET
• Ben Wallace made minor history Tuesday night, becoming just the 17th player in NBA history to record 2,000 blocks in his career. He's in rare company, though he has been for awhile -- he didn't ...
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• After Cavs, Three Playing for No. 2 in East
• By Tim Povtak 1/31/2010 12:14 AM ET
• ORLANDO, Fla. -- After watching a weekend round-robin of Boston-Atlanta-Orlando -- three of the four Eastern Conference contenders -- one thing has become increasingly clear in this race: These guys ... More »
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• Josh Smith: The Greatest Snub of All
• By Bethlehem Shoals 1/29/2010 11:43 AM ET
• In late twenties, Russian theorist Vladimir Propp boldly proclaimed that there were only seven kinds of stories. Actually, it wasn't that bold a proclamation; Propp was only talking about folktales, ... More »
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• All-Star Snubs: Billups, Kaman, Smith Top the List
• By Brett Pollakoff 1/28/2010 6:45 PM ET
• For the most part, the coaches got it right while selecting the 2010 All-Star reserves. But no matter how many deserving players get in, there are always a few who were on the fringe that could just ... More »
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• NBA Power Rankings: Jumping Jazz
• By Brett Pollakoff 1/27/2010 4:30 PM ET
• The Cavaliers remain on top in this week's rankings -- the same spot that they've held for the last month. So that's not exactly news at this point. The recent surge from the Jazz? Now that's worth ... More »
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