December 2011
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The Once And Future Kings
Less than one week after it began, the 2011-‘12 NBA season is merely a formality.
Typically, three games is not nearly enough time to come to any sort of conclusion about a team’s outlook for an entire season.
In the case of the Miami Heat, normal conventions can be thrown out of the window.
A year later than many had originally expected, the official coronation of the Miami Heat...
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Jrue Holiday: A Work In Progress
Two games does not a season nor a career make, so there is no reason to jump to any conclusions about Jrue Holiday.
Rest assured, there is no cause for alarm. The Philadelphia 76ers’ third-year point guard is going to be just fine.
Of course, when the future cornerstone of any franchise starts the season by shooting 36 percent from the floor - to go along with an alarming assist-to-turnover ratio...
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Defending David Stern
David Stern was right all along.
When the NBA commissioner officially signed off on a deal that sent New Orleans Hornets guard Chris Paul to the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday, his oft-questioned decisions during the preceding week were immediately validated.
Eight days ago, Stern vetoed a three-team deal in which the Los Angeles Lakers would have netted Paul—a move that led to much wailing...
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Philadelphia 76ers: Making the Case for a Nuclear...
Two weeks before the end of the lockout, Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant urged the NBA and the National Basketball Players Association to meet in order to save the league from a “nuclear winter.”
One of the league’s franchises—the Philadelphia 76ers—may want to embrace a nuclear winter of its own.
It’s a strange concept, to be sure. After all, it was easy to fall...
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Philadelphia 76ers: Inside The Numbers
Thanks to the lockout, Philadelphia 76ers Head Coach Doug Collins had more time than he originally anticipated to evaluate his team’s performance last season.
The Sixers’ coaching staff spent much of the offseason reviewing game film, and trying to figure out how to best utilize the players they’ll go to battle with on December 26. While there is plenty of room for improvement...
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Elton Brand and the NBA's Amnesty Clause
After the split in basketball-related income and the new mid-level exception, one of the most interesting items in the NBA’s new collective bargaining agreement is known as the “Amnesty Clause.”
Under the new CBA, each team is allowed to waive one player and have that player’s salary removed from the team’s salary cap. Once that occurs, any other team under the...
