Terry's ink tells a story

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Once upon a time tattoos used to be cool, an anti-social activity in the 1960s that grew to be a trendy fashion statement by the '90s.
A taboo confined to sailors and Samoans, these days tattoos are routinely seen on everything from rock stars to movie stars but NBA players take the cake. To quote Liz Lemon on NBC's brilliant comedy 30 Rock: "The tattoo situation in the NBA is out of control."
Whether it's Chris "Birdman" Andersen's garish "Free Bird" neck tat, Jason Williams' humorous "Whiteboy" knuckle ink or Brad Miller's "Scrappy Doo" mistake, tattoos are a bigger part of The Association than Blake Griffin posterizations and Ray Allen threes.
One of the most compelling storylines to watch in these NBA Finals will be if DeShawn Stevenson, a solid perimeter defender, can at least slow down LeBron James a bit. Perhaps that is unlikely but his "Abraham Lincoln Five-Dollar Bill" neck ink can certainly rival The King's "Chosen 1" back tat in the buyer's remorse category.
Of all the tattoos you will be seeing at the NBA Finals, one seems apropos, however.
Mavericks guard Jason Terry got a tattoo of the NBA championship trophy on his right biceps before the start of the 2010-11 season.
"It symbolized the fact we had a realistic shot of getting there," Terry told the Dallas Morning News. "If I didn't think we had a chance, I definitely wouldn't have put that on there."
It also helps fuel "The Jet," the NBA's 2009 Sixth Man of the Year and the Mavs' second best scoring option behind superstar Dirk Nowitzki.
"For me, it's something I have to sleep with, something I wake up with."
Conventional wisdom says you need two superstars to win in the NBA these days. Miami brings three to the dance in James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh while Dirk is the only certified All-Star in Dallas these days.
Terry, however, headlines a veteran supporting cast long on leadership and former All-Stars, including 38-year-old point guard Jason Kidd, former Phoenix star Shawn Marion and sharpshooter Peja Stojakovic.
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"For us, right now, the journey we're on, the mission we're on, it doesn't feel like anything more than what it is," Terry said on Monday. "I think it's important we continue to keep that mind frame and come out really focused in on Game 1. It's a very important game for us."
Terry also isn't concerned that Miami has some-court advantage in the set.
"We love being on the road," the Mavs' sixth man said. "To be able to start on the road in a situation of this magnitude, it's very fine for us. We have a veteran group here. Going in on the road, it's not new to us. We love the atmosphere, the environment."
The steady hand of Kidd, a 10-time All-Star that has been on this stage before with New Jersey, seems to give Terry and the rest of his teammates confidence to handle the energy of enemy buildings
"I think it comes from your veteran leadership," Terry said of his team's confidence. "Guys realizing that the opportunity is now, guys realizing that this opportunity doesn't come very often. The team we put together this season has been a special group. We felt that from day one."
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Perhaps Terry felt it even before day one when he decided to use Stevenson's personal tattoo artist to put the Larry O'Brien Trophy on his arm, something he has vowed to remove if he and the Mavericks fail to reach their ultimate goal
"I definitely know it's going to hurt worse if I have to take this thing off," Terry said. "[But] it means it was bad luck [if the Mavs lose}. I'm very superstitious."
Superstitious enough to leave the trophy open so he could fill in the date of Dallas' first championship.

Injuries Plague Heat Going Into NBA Finals

The Miami Heat have a handful of regulars nursing injuries one day before the start of the NBA Finals.
Reserve swingman Mike Miller said Monday that his injured left thumb will continue to bother him until he has offseason surgery. The injury doesn't seem to be bothering him as he totaled 19 points in the last two games of the Eastern Conference finals after managing just two in the first three games vs. Chicago.
Reserve forward James Jones is no longer wearing the walking boot he was using to protect his injured toe during the conference finals. He also is nursing a bad back.
Jones is averaging 6.5 points in the postseason but missed the first three games vs. Chicago.
Superstar guard Dwyane Wade has a well-chronicled sore left shoulder that is not expected to limit him in the Finals vs. the Dallas Mavericks. He averaged 30.2 points and shot better than 52 percent in the conference semifinals vs. Boston but just 18.8 points on 40.5 percent shooting vs. Chicago.

2011 NBA Mock Draft: Which Players Can Make an Impact in Rookie Season?

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 The 2011 NBA Draft will showcase players who have such a developed game that they could immediately contribute to some NBA teams. Top lottery picks are often taken by teams with such dire needs that they are usually willing to chance starting the untested rookie over their other options.

We have seen players such as Kevin Durant and John Wall have instant results for the franchises that took them early in the draft.

Kyrie Irving looks to be a sure thing, and will be battling with veteran Baron Davis for the starting PG spot on the Cleveland Cavaliers. If he does not start, look for him to log big minutes coming off the bench and gaining experience in the Cavs system.

Derrick Williams, if he lands somewhere besides Minnesota or they make a trade, has the potential to be an immediate impact player as well. The man can simply score, rebound, and make basketball plays that will help whoever takes him win.

Besides the consensus top two overall picks, other players should be able to help their teams come the start of the regular season.

Jimmer Fredette has a transcendent offensive skill set, and if he lands with the right team and system, he should be able to get a quick start in the league.
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Klay Thompson is probably the most gifted three-ball shooter in the draft, and if a team looking for a long-range gunner selects him, he should log minutes early and often.

Alec Burks also has the potential to see minutes at the beginning of his rookie campaign, who has size and production capability that matches any 2 guard in the league today.

These are just a few of the players who have the experience and skill sets necessary to potentially help their teams right away.

No. 1 Cleveland Cavaliers: Kyrie Irving

No. 2 Minnesota Timberwolves: Derrick Williams

No. 3 Utah Jazz: Brandon Knight

No. 4 Cleveland Cavaliers: Enes Kanter

No. 5 Toronto Raptors: Jonas Valanciunas

No. 6 Washington Wizards: Kawhi Leonard

No. 7 Sacramento Kings: Kemba Walker

No. 8 Detroit Pistons: Jan Vesely

No. 9 Charlotte Bobcats: Tristan Thompson

No. 10 Milwaukee Bucks: Alec Burks

No. 11 Golden State Warriors: Bismack Biyombo

No. 12 Utah Jazz: Marcus Morris

No. 13 Phoenix Suns: Jimmer Fredette
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No. 14 Houston Rockets: Chris Singleton

No. 15 Indiana Pacers: Klay Thompson

No. 16 Philadelphia 76ers: Markieff Morris

No. 17 New York Knicks: Josh Selby

No. 18 Washington Wizards: Marshon Brooks

No. 19 Charlotte Bobcats: Donatas Montiejunas

No. 20 Minnesota Timberwolves: Davis Bertans

No. 21 Portland Trail Blazers: Jordan Hamilton

No. 22 Denver Nuggets: Tobias Harris

No. 23 Houston Rockets: Darius Morris

No. 24 Oklahoma City Thunder: Kenneth Faried

No. 25 Boston Celtics: Nikola Mirotic

No. 26 Dallas Mavericks: Trey Thompkins

No. 27 New Jersey Nets: Justin Harper

No. 28 Chicago Bulls: Tyler Honeycutt

No. 29 San Antonio Spurs: Jeremy Tyler

The NBA and Homosexuality: Anti-Gay Slurs, Fines and "Think Before You Speak"

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The NBA is currently under fire after a brash of anti-gay slurs were captured on camera. Joakim Noah was fined $50,000 for using an anti-gay slur at a fan. Kobe Bryant was fined $100,000 dollars for using the same slur at an official.

Shortly after Bryant used the slur, he apologized, and the Lakers announced they were teaming up with GLAAD, (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation), to bring attention to the harm anti-gay remarks can cause.

Earlier this Spring, Suns' CEO Rick Welts told the world he was a homosexual. The reception around the league has been very accepting. Welts has received an overwhelming amount of support from around those involved directly with the Suns and otherwise.

His story proves you can be a homosexual and hold a prominent position in the league. The story comes at nearly the same time ESPN broke a story where ex-Villanova's basketball player, Will Sheridan, declared he was gay.

When asked about Kobe's usage of a gay slur, Welts had this to say, "He was just into the game at that point. It's not acceptable, but I consider it another step in having it be part of the conversation. It got of people talking about the use of that slur, people that wouldn't have talked about it. In some ways, it was constructive."
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Welts is a representative of someone directly involved in the NBA who can also speak for the homosexual community. If speaking about the matter is constructive, the media is moving mountains.

It's hard to believe that either Noah or Bryant intended to start a media whirlwind. I find it unlikely that they are homophobic or have problems with the gay community.

The slur they said was not in jest. They said it to hurt the recipient. Is it possible then that they were caught up in the moment? Did they choose a word that is considered offensive without thinking of the baggage the word carries, or the hurt that comes with it?

It's quite possible. It seems as though people use these words every day completely out of the context of the situation at hand. How many times do you hear statements like, "that car is gay". Clearly the car isn't a homosexual, but the personification is commonplace.
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In walks the NBA, once more. Grant Hill and Jared Dudley join the "Think before you speak" ad campaign and come out with a commercial addressing this very topic.

The commercial encourages people to stop saying phrases like "that's so gay". They encourage people to stop using gay as a substitute for the word stupid.

The NBA is making headlines on both ends of the spectrum here. Maybe players will become more cautious about what they are saying and who they are offending. Maybe fans will follow suit. Perhaps this goes beyond homosexuality and beyond the NBA
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Kicking themselves?

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The Dallas Mavericks secured their place in the NBA Finals Wednesday evening by eliminating the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Miami Heat can do the same on Thursday night with a win over the Chicago Bulls. Which, only naturally, probably has a few guys who spent the year in green wondering if they might still be playing if things had played out a little differently.

Start with Celtics center Jermaine O'Neal, who last summer narrowed his three finalists to Boston, Dallas, and Denver. It was the Celtics' offer of their full mid-level exception that helped lure O'Neal to Boston. Which is a bit ironic because the Mavericks never used their own mid-level exception during the offseason and, when Corey Brewer landed on the buyout scrapheap, it was that exception that allowed them to outbid the likes of Boston to obtain his services for the final stretch of the season.
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Which might have also played a part in Sasha Pavlovic landing in Boston. Pavlovic had signed two 10-day contracts with the Mavericks back in January, appearing in 10 games, but the team never committed to signing him for the rest of the season. Reports indicated that Pavlovic was on Dallas' radar if they couldn't obtain Brewer. Instead, it was the Celtics inking Pavlovic almost immediately after Brewer made his decision to go to the Mavericks.

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Both Troy Murphy and Carlos Arroyo have to be watching the Heat while wondering what could have been. After being traded to, and then released by, the Golden State Warriors in February, Murphy had his choice of suitors and it was the Celtics and Heat that engaged in a tug-of-war with Boston ultimately prevailing. Previously, Miami jettisoned Arroyo with the opportunity to ink Mike Bibby, this after Arroyo had fallen out of favor despite starting 42 games with the Heat this season.

D'Alessandro: In NBA playoffs from all the power, we wonder where land Kevin Durant

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Theres no shortage of stars on the left in this Final Four, and while there is often a way to establish the order in which they are registered on your wish list.
They were not very demanding. The stars are our time. And they are easy to see how they play and manage and respond to success or failure of the competition. Prominently displayed awe-inspiring.
Chicago-Miami series has three types of such. The other series were not so sure.
It is our way of saying indelicate and have no idea what to think of Kevin Durant, other than that: The number of Oklahoma, Dallas, or to make or break, and soon you'll know why.
Yes, a bright mark. It is a great passer. After all, it would be great. But is their hard work and intelligence to catch up have his talent, so there are gaps in his game that makes you (well, we) want to strangle him.
He did not do some basic things, and move the box or without the ball. He is not ready to lead a champion. And as in the case of Russell Westbrook, the more difficult simply do not have the composure, patience and shot selection to the next step. Certainly. But as people talk about him, he's already laid in the cemetery, and that's the part that fails.
Not that the audience was struck with a counterpoint.
I do not agree,  said PJ Carlesimo, who led for the first 92 games during his career.  And the warning, I had him for two years.
But it deserves to be ranked in the highest level, you will find very few children who already has a franchise back to that age and he died of what this guy has taken this team.  We grant,  said PJ, Toronto assistant coach. While it is ideal for 22 years. It's just not in the Santiago / Wade / Rose / Kobe / Dirk / Dwight class that the elite of the NBA is today, though perhaps in a class by itself, or the actions of the second division with Blake Griffin and Chris Paul.
In all cases, win Game 4, a 112-105 overtime Mavs always exposed warts and how in the last 5 minutes, especially with the advantage of 15 points made him start playing.
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It was not the comedy of errors. This has a litany of what-the-hell-are-you-think snapshots were.
Tip: Up to 10, took a 23-12 footer clock and the rest of 3.32, leading to a rapid rate Nowitzki C it by his crew in danger. Eight, took a 26 foot, so that he showed nothing of his past mistakes. Three who dribbled to the heavy traffic, sales.
And with the win in regulation was arrested by 32 feet instead of driving. Not surprisingly, Shawn Marion eat.
He only hit four of the last 17 shots he took, and committed nine turnovers.
That's what separates him from the others, however,  Carlesimo said.  He took heat last night, and I guarantee you that it was the first guy in the gym this morning.
He cares very, HESA and the boy is not an excuse. And he welcomes the pressure. I guarantee you it will be better because of this game  It seems plausible, but that still does not explain the scandalous habits must change, especially regarding the choice of shots, no one is too young to find something wrong ... (Read : amazing, unfathomable-dynamic investment) and shooting a distinction that seems to escape on Durant.
Especially in the last game 10:06 4 when Oklahoma City received a total of six points.
Of course not, reject the possibility that its owner is responsible for it. Of course, if the ball during a certain time (again, we could show greater mobility in the midfield), leading to faster problem.
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Put it this way: it has 21 percent of the room jumped in the last nine games, but seven attempts 3s per game.
It hurts him when he took bad shots, but I encouraged him, because to do until then is, after all, mid-range, 3s would be part of his game,  Carlesimo said.
But look, young player games like this. Improving hell. There is fuel. Hell in full (checks) are for this and it can not avoid liability. T Para铆so pushed into this group and find out soon, probably tomorrow. I not like their chances, but I would be surprised if he comes back with a monster game.  my content with a smart game and a victory,  the coach said. The stars are a little when I shoot.

Houston Rockets looking to get into the 2011 NBA trade?

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The Houston Rockets are a team in transition. After enjoying much success in the last decade in Yao Ming, was the future of the team, as the center of the star is in trouble, at a crossroads, uncertain. It is therefore understandable that the missiles, a team that has 14 selections and 23 in the 2011 draft in the NBA, he could swinging a deal for one of the top players available.
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Sources say that Houston, which has the No. 14 selection, is interested in going into the project. One potential partner could Sacramento, allegedly to be open to such action is to be in return for supporting the struggle of the veterans.
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 Center is clearly the position in which improvement is most needed in the list of the Rockets. Owner Leslie Alexander and general manager Daryl Morey, have recognized this and, if there is reason to hope that Yao day back in the lineup, it is extremely unlikely that his role with the team in the same capacity, the mid-2000 was, is.

NBA Playoffs 2011: Dirk on statistics, but each victory Spices

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Dirk wanted more than any other athlete who wanted to do something to ignore Tuesday night. Dirk had just a bank shot in the unlikely arms outstretched James Harden hit and it seemed that the timing could not do anything.

But the body language said Dirk,  I do what to help me to win my team.  He should shrugged and Jordan, said:  It is normal for me  or  who is sweet now?  Or  there is nothing to hold me today evening.

Dirk performance not only on the evening of Tuesday, but this season has been largely ignored. There was a core team since Watergate, the more clutch shots Kobe can dream once played affected, but his teammates more in a series of letters from Gilbert Arenas and acts as a charge on the land, Dos Equis  most interesting man involved in the envy of the world.

Dirk critics said he could not these core poor Jason  I lost my first step when Clinton took office,  Kidd, Jason  Jet thing one day, this led to a groin injury  was once an extra TLC Little People Big World  Terry JJ Barea , Tyson,  Why not play in Charlotte?  Chandler and Shawn  Why look like I like an anteater?  Marion, the first round of playoffs.
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In fact, every fight Brandon Roy of Portland. It din't matter for Dirk. He led the Mavericks just past the Blazers in six games.
But everyone said that destroying the Lakers, the Mavericks. Los Angeles was the size too much of Kobe, Phil, to  win . While Kobe and the Lakers fell apart mentally, and the Mavericks Dirk thrived in the clutch. While the Lakers have all their chemicals, regardless of who slept with the bride that the Mavericks more concerned with day and win every game lost.

If other teams are designed to allay questions solely to their fans, are even the  soft  Dirk said that he is doing everything to win the Mavericks. to win in these playoffs to the care of people who mattered to Dirk.

Dirk is more than  lost his cool  led by Dwayne Wade back the heat to the third game of the NBA to win Finals in 2006, was Dirk, when he disappeared Tim Duncan challenged Dirk, who were desperate to low Baron Davis led the Warriors In 2007, an upset of eight to one of the Mavericks.
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Dirk used to increase the losses. The shrug said:  I have my 25 and 10, what more do you want Shrug is gone and replaced with the shrug that says?  Who manages my forty-eight points? Its more important that we won!  So the Mavericks Dirk led the final of the Wild West. Even his Dirk everything on your individual game. And that Dirk will never forget.

Dirk is what separates each player who is now, and therefore he is the MVP of the playoffs so far. In a selfish world, if you mentioned statistical series Dirk impressive, probably just shrug. But if you said the winner will tell you the most important thing in your life now.
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NBA negotiators in the talks on ABC: The acceleration is down

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The chief negotiator for the NBA during the contract negotiations with the players has a sense of the pages are included and a full-court press is on the way to reach a new collective agreement.

NBA Deputy Commissioner Adam Silver said on Tuesday that the parties hold two days of meetings by early June in the Western Conference champion Dallas or Oklahoma City agreed.
The acceleration is down,  said Silver.  We know time is short. Both parties are aware of what causes happened in the NFL, and the disruption of business processes by stopping work. The owners and the union wants to avoid at all costs. We are determined to make progress by the end of June.  Money made the comments Tuesday, Commissioner David Stern is sitting next to determine at a press conference before the Draft Lottery to select No. 1.

Top negotiators of both sides met Friday in New York, where he and Gary Hall of the money, the lead lawyer for the players association met. Hall died suddenly Sunday at 67.

The last time the NBA had a work stoppage was in 1998.

Stern said he believed that the pages are more advanced in negotiations with six weeks the CBA that they were 13 years ago. He said that the owners and the players know how much money is lost if there was another strike.

Our success is the use and the type of fact, in some ways more urgent to reach an agreement ... as we see raised in the abyss together,  Stern said.

Silver said the league has divided all your financial information with the union and admitted he was ready, is to discuss ways to reach agreement.

With forecasts calling for the league lost $ 300,000,000 in U.S. this season are looking for the owners, players' salaries to $ 750,000,000 per year cut.

The players are totally against a salary cap, but the money, and Stern said the league tried to get a system where owners benefit from their investment and provide the 30 teams competing for the championship.
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Silver, and Stern said that both sides to reach a negotiated settlement and will not result in court, where the NFL clamped want.

It is too early in a fight of 15 rounds and we have said, essentially a union of our denials,  Let's focus our attention on a negotiated solution and that is what we do,  said Silver.

Silver said that the June meeting, small groups, all work on the Committee's relations with the union executive committee. He added that the line  money  has for the Lakers in the second round by Dallas published participate eliminated as Derek Fisher, president of the Players Association, the talks.



I think it would be unreasonable not to reach a negotiated solution,  said Silver.

On other issues, said yesterday he was happy to see new teams in the semi-final meeting and said he has people like Kevin Durant and Oklahoma City and Derrick Rose and Chicago in the conference final offer fans the opportunity, the next generation of NBA to see stars.
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Stern noted that the first game of the series heat Bulls drew the largest audience in cable for a NBA game.

The commissioner said Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov in the NBA to bring to a global audience in his first season as owner of New Jersey has succeeded.

Add a healthy Rudy Gay, Grizzlies see amazing playoff run as mere preview of future success

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Memphis Grizzlies have their incredible playoff as painful component. You have good reason to be optimistic.
 Memphis has gone further than any other No. 8 seed in the Western Conference and was not the Grizzlies Rudy Gay, the second mark. They arent excuses not to reach the final of the West. But guard Tony Allen, said a healthy gay make a difference.
Next year, I think Rudy returns were more of a threat,  said Allen.

Many thanks to the series of the playoffs, the Grizzlies do not win more than the NBA team could not a single playoff game to be known. They were in 2004, 2005 and 2006 swept. This year turned Memphis No. 1 San Antonio Spurs and led to Oklahoma City in seven games before being seeded on Sunday with a 105-90 defeat short in the semifinals.

Zach Randolph, who scored 30 points and at least 10 rebounds in four playoff games, said of the playoffs is a foundation for the future. He was the first player in this franchise to the NBA All-named last week as he picked up a third computer.  Weve just build from this and recognize that we play with anyone and we have a good group of talented young players. It's something to build from,  said Randolph.

The Grizzlies might just feel a loss of three additional hours outside of the West final.

Memphis has the playoffs without Gay, who has 19.8 points per game average from injury of his left shoulder on 15 February. He was a second phase, the teams take to the bank with the left arm in a sling, he will take a few weeks before beginning rehabilitation.

Gay said that the shooting was so desperately needed to put pressure on Randolph and Marc Gasol, the Grizzlies for the duo in the NBA, scored 51.5 points to help in the paint. The 6-foot-8 is in fourth place in franchise history in three-point shooting of Memphis never match against Kevin Durant and thunder.


Gay is a co-owner Michael Heisley young central and general manager Chris Wallace coach Lionel Hollins was started.
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Memphis Gay signed a multi-year contract in July last year, Mike Conley to protect a five-year extension worth 40 million U.S. dollars in November and Randolph signed his own four-year contract two days after against the Spurs in San Antonio were to open the playoffs. Allen has two years of his contract.

The Grizzlies Randolph promised before I signed that they bring to Gasol, who is a restricted free agent. Gasol has improved his scoring and rebounding in the regular season for the playoffs, averaging 15 points and 11.2 rebounds per game. Mayo, the list only after a transaction, do you have a year and would like to be back.

I know that come next year and as a unit,  said Mayo.

Veteran forward Shane Battier, an important time for truck trade, is a free agent, the care can be costly. Sam Young, Darrell Arthur and Greive Vasquez room for improvement, and a security guard better place with the shooting outside, will contribute the list of races in the season.

However, Randolph said that the Grizzlies have to work harder.


More fans are expected.
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Although Memphis is sold only four games during the regular season, playoffs, every game is sold out, often within minutes. The franchise also sells a few thousand tickets for the season and could not breed more optimism in the Grizzlies for his 10th Season to complete in Memphis. Over 1,200 fans flocked to the Grizzlies at the airport on Sunday evening.

Im just proud of my team and our organization and where weve been, where we are and where they tried to go in the future,  said Hollins.

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Oprah gets his way, even in the NBA

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Gamblers, as they believe that the winner of the Heat-Bulls series, regardless of who is to benefit in the NBA Finals from any computer on the promotion of the Western Conference.
It is clear that only one team bigger and more powerful than the Miami and Chicago: The team of Oprah Winfrey.
should be Heat-Bulls Game 1 Monday, but returned to Sunday, because the United Center in Chicago, a swarm of Oprah Monday with the team preparing the recording of their final television.
How Oprah to convince the NBA, the Bulls and the Heat to make the change? New cars for everyone! The NBA has to draw the line, but when Oprah was too demanding. But the categorical rejection of commissioner David Stern, Game 1 of the coach for the Bulls and the Heat on Sunday, Dr. Oz and Gayle King would have been. He was not crazy his proposal to read that the coach during timeouts, the players their selections of Oprah's Book Club.
The uniformity of this series is remarkable. Miami is the favorite of Paris, but many experts in Chicago. Teamrankings.com computer analysis showed that if the teams have played 1,000 times on neutral ground, the heat was going to win by 515-485 games. (There is some powerful players at the end of this series will be tired.) Key players Miami could be much more intense. I would not like they've disappeared, but was in Publix the other day and I saw the pictures of Mike Bibby and Mike Miller in milk cartons.
? Men over 35 are invited to a camp of fantasy basketball Dwyane Wade visit in August at the Fontainebleau Hotel. The question: Is it worth $ 12,500 to hear Wade lie and say you are good enough?
? Doc Rivers' contract extended Boston. The aging Celtics team appear to remain intact, avoiding a costly makeover list for Botox injections.
? The Lakers, Phil Jackson pulled. Phillies career, the two most important things is shown in training Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant have any.
? Spanish champions FC Barcelona played a football game announced at Sun Life Stadium on 3 August, but probably not the star Lionel Messi.
Try to get excited, but that's a bit like the heat is on tour without LeBron James and D-Wade.
? Twenty to Animal Kingdom is by far the Kentucky Derby won. You do not know what are the chances that the horse is slightly in one direction to end the Triple Crown drought. History sing so loud.
? It is not in itself a runner who will run in a 5K last week in part to TY Park in Hollywood. My time was 36 minutes. It's terrible. The good news? I have my age group who had a woman over 80.
? Warning. The next question might upset people who are sympathetic mass murderer: I hear boys invented a new cocktail called  The Bin Laden's two shots and a little water ..
? Serena and Venus Williams withdrew from the upcoming French Open because of injury. It was right to publish Serena recently harassed by a stalker and was quickly removed from your site Twitter a photo of himself behind a curtain wearing a bra and panties. Serena, you should really stop, consultation Public Relations Charlie Sheen.
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? Tiger Woods was winless drought when he withdrew from the Players Championship because of a bad knee. I think the voodoo doll of Jack Nicklaus has purchased a few years, as actually work.
? Our colleague and good friend Dan Le Batard has his own show on ESPN2 beginning of September. Le Batard also has a radio show full time and writing for The Miami Herald and now a TV in full-time. In his spare time, like Dan, he had some free time.
? The Volvo Ocean Race Miami is among the 10 cities. Question: Is there anything less exciting than a competition, which consists of yachts and eight months to complete?
? Ochocinco Chad has decided to mount a bull roots this weekend in a professional rodeo in Duluth, Georgia never difficult for a bull.
? On Saturday, the concert after the game, the Marlins Beach Boys, but two original members and with John Stamos. Huh? Truth in advertising, please: Call em semi-Beach Boys.
? Orioles outfielder Luke Scott, said he doubted that the birth certificate is really from Obama. Dear Lucas: Your team sucks. Are poor. Less politics, more hits.
? Cardinals manager Tony La Russa zoster diagnosed with herpes. He immediately announced his intention to the canon of the panel to update.
? The Pirates have dropped below 0.500, and the face of his 19 consecutive losing season. I think the Panthers should be a nice thank you letter for making sending them look good in comparison.
? Next to a bad taste, each book on ESPN in GQ away, people in Bristol, Connecticut, nervous. I prefer to read the stop limit and if you do not get the part where Chris Berman's jogging pants.
? The U.S. government intends to continue to Lance Armstrong used to the PED. I think the government of his time and money, which was of a light slap on the hand of Barry Bonds inspired.
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? Evander Holyfield won a boxing match last week at the age of 48, while his opponent did not answer the bell after tripping on his oxygen bottle and let your helmet.
? Stupidest people on earth, part of a series: A prisoner said in Oklahoma, Eric Torpy, a judge, the prison sentence of 30 years, extend to three years in honor of Larry Bird No. 33.
? Of thought: It seems that the end of the road for the great Shaquille O'Neal. A small request, Shaq: a clean cut, right? Not answer the phone if your caller ID said Brett Favre.

Mich you miss NBA All-Abstimmung

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As in ball games, I think my favorites are the Thunder Russell Westbrook and Kendrick Perkins. I mean, there's nothing not to like Kevin Durant, and Serge IBAK is one of the great stories of all time, and I like Thabo any defender, and it could move forward.

But for some reason, I left West Brook and Perkins. West Brook collection from the beginning, when I was a rookie untouched wilderness. Perk library as soon as they hit him with a frown of the city, for nothing else than the victory and how to speak it to win games.
Perkins is the most interesting talk on the computer. Nick Collison and nazr Mohammed is still on the line, what's up?
Anyway, for me Westbrook and Perkins are the two most compelling figures of the team. What is the All-NBA team announced Thursday, is fascinating.
Kendrick Perkins Oklahoma City (5) defends Marc Gasol (33) in Memphis in the fifth game of the Western Conference semifinal between Memphis Grizzlies and the Oklahoma City Thunder playoff basketball in the NBA in Oklahoma City Oklahoma City Arena, WEDNESDAY, 11 May, 2011th Photo by Sarah Phipps, OklahomanWestbrook: All-NBA second team.
Perkins: three voting points.
All that I can say is, wow. First, Westbrook. After a meteoric rise from novice draft anonymous promising new stars in these playoffs, where West Brook to a lightning rod for debate and discourse, has the status of West Brook confirmed by the vote. Super Star. One of the 10 best NBA players.
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In the same team in second place with Dwyane Wade, Dirk Nowitzki, Amare Stoudemire and Pau Gasol. Read the list again. Gasol and Stoudemire can people go in both directions. But Wade and Dirk? Westbrook with Dwyane Wade and Dirk Nowitzki listed?
This could end all the talk of Batman and Robin? Can we finally accept Westbrook and Kevin Durant as Butch and Sundance, as I already mentioned this week?
Westbrook's rise shows that for each test, its star power is not the product of a type of Oklahoma City public relations campaign. Media World League Westbrook have anointed as the top-10 player in the NBA.
Now Perkins. vote with the help of 5-3-1 voting system with five points in the first team, second team all three points, one point for a third team of Perkins or second team votes and three votes for the third team.
In both cases, is ridiculous. I like Perk, but in no case serve to the 10-team NBA All-account, let alone second or third computer. Perk played 25 games in all the parts were for the first week of April.
Even if Perkins is healthy and plays 82 games, have described this season, not one of the three best centers in the league. It is valuable because it may the best centers in the league counter. Hes a message of elite defense says Kobe Bryant is the best defender Perk NBAS message is limited, but Perkins offensive play. Large Sieber. Good offensive rebounder. But not much with the ball in his hands. As precious as that type of player he is, does not describe a top-15 player, and Perk was not even that kind of player this season with a knee injury.
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So what to do with your voice? Should come from either Oklahoma City or Boston. The said the three votes of our men OKC John Rohde and Darnell Mayberry and Brian came Storm Davis station. Rohde and Mayberry said he was not sure perk vote, I tried to call Davis and havent heard of him.
But I wonder if the voice (s) could be from Boston, where he arrived with contempt trade Perkins. Fans and media thought the Celtics traded their mind if they sent in Oklahoma City Perk. Perkins NBA would be a kind of protest vote in all elections.
Nothing else makes sense. Who would have thought Perkins was one of the top 15 have the most valuable player in the NBA right? It makes no sense, and a confessed lover of Perk.

Ex-NBA, Michigan player Robert 'Tractor' Traylor found dead

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The former NBA and University of Michigan basketball player Robert  Tractor  Traylor was found dead on Wednesday at his home in San Juan, Puerto Rico, police said. He was 34 Traylor team, the Bayam贸n Cowboys, said he had for a few days died away, and apparently of a heart attack, the police told team manager Jose said cowboys Carlos Perez Traylor was on the phone to his wife in Chicago, when the connection is off abruptly. He said team officials and control over him,  said Perez. The injured 6 feet 8 inches and 300 pounds, and Traylor was not to play, the team said.
Traylor, who played two seasons at Michigan, was the MVP of the NIT in 1997 and an average of 16.2 points and 10.1 rebounds next season when the Wolverines won the first tournament of the Big Ten.
He was drafted by the Mavericks with a choice of the sixth year in 1998 but changed their rights to Milwaukee in a major deal that sent Dallas forward Dirk Nowitzki. Traylor played for the Bucks in the first two seasons of a career in the NBA for seven years, included stops with the Cleveland Cavaliers and Charlotte Hornets and New Orleans. He averaged 4.8 points and 3.7 rebounds in the NBA 438th (AP) Former Mizzou RB Washington postponed process the trial of former University of Missouri, the broker and co-captain Derek Washington on charges of domestic violence a crime has been postponed. Washington had planned to go on trial Wednesday in Boone County, but the procedure was postponed for late June
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Favorite albums of the NBA and college basketball

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Game On! Blogger Reid Cherner and Tom Weir be determined in talks to their favorite records of all time sport. They ask for your help.
During the following week a list of your favorite brands and ask you to vote and add if you like.

We looked in several sports.

Today we look at the records of the basketball. It is also in baseball, football and Olympic sports match.
 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: He scored 38 387 points for the Bucks and Lakers career. His sky hook was perhaps the only chance in NBA history was virtually impossible to block.

Bill Bradley: Scored 58 points in a Final Four consolation. We are pleased that Princeton is not exactly a BCS power, and the Final Four record was almost half a century been threatened.
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Wilt Chamberlain: The average score of 50.4 1961/62 is good as there are 45 games of 50 points or more. But still 100 points in a game. Hundreds of thousands of fans say they have in the game in Hershey, Pennsylvania

Magic Johnson: What about the return of the boy who was given? His 11.2 assists per game in his career is a real gem. He receives no records to master of ceremonies  Showtime , but thought it was worth mentioning.
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UCLA: The set of 88 victories, historically, because many of us remember where we were when we beat Notre Dame. A nod to the fans of the University of Connecticut women's sequence of 90 games. But no seasoning that Bruins running.

John Wooden: When Jim Calhoun won his third NCAA title, comparisons with the greatest of all time, as Bob Knight and Mike Krzyzewski. Hall of Fame three with 10 titles, the exact number of wood he himself said, including seven each. When the Mount Rushmore of Sports had a face that would be.

Thunder series of nodes win in triple overtime: NBA

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Kevin Durant scored six of his 35 points in the last third of the time Monday as Oklahoma City won a thriller in the Western Conference 133-123 in the NBA Playoffs her at the Memphis in two games each tie.

Oklahoma City has the benefit of the country, the Grizzlies had made, and now, five games to play on Wednesday.

Russell Westbrook led Thunder with 40 points. James Harden added 19, and Daequan Cook, 10th

The Grizzlies played to full houses in spite of the flooding of the Mississippi River have increased and displaced thousands in the third over time, looked tired, so that one of his nine shots from the floor.

Zach Randolph led the Grizzlies with 34 points and 16 rebounds and Marc Gasol 26 points and 21 rebounds, has lead to a loss. OJ Mayo had 18 and Mike Conley 16 before both bitten. Greive Vasquez scored 14th

The winner of this series, the Dallas Mavericks in the Western Conference Finals to play for the chance to meet a team from the East by the NBA crown.

The Mavericks have a chance to drive at least four times the defending NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers games to rest.

The number of Memphis-Oklahoma City, but an attack dog. scary Monday came two days after the Grizzlies beat the Thunder over time.

Conley forced three times the first time with his single of the game. Vasquez, the rookie who bitten by Conley and Mayo at the end of the first period has came overtime, hit a triple play for the second time. Gasol peak around the third time.

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The Thunder has a chance to win at the end of regulation and the first two overtime periods.

Westbrook jump shot to the edge just before the buzzer hit the end of regulation.

Durant, the NBA's leading scorer was a triple loss in the finals for the first time and jump over Westbrook leaning shot grazing the rim at the buzzer for the second time to quit.

Oklahoma City has taken in the third period of overtime, when the basket with 3:38 remaining put in front of Westbrook for good.

While have a pair of free throws and running layup gave the Thunder a lead of 129-123 with less than a minute to play.
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While Randolph won the ball at the other end and fired a shot at Shane Battier with 29.3 seconds to play.

The Grizzlies look and regret to miss a lead of 18 points.
Oklahoma City could have saved before, even, what a 10-point lead in the fourth quarter.

NBA Playoffs is Carlos Boozer still struggling Bulls

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The questions in the minds of almost all fans of the Chicago Bulls, which is,  What about Carlos Boozer? Bulls agent big money without signing last summer was allowed to impress in his first series Windy City and even ridicule by fans of the Bulls on average only 10.3 points on 38.2 percent shooting in seven games to date. Although it takes 10 rebounds per game, including block number below their normal level, was the post-season average of recovery before the year 12, Do has 5 percent of his fight to the turf late severely limited.

Boozer is a troubling case because it is not as if one or two bad games have their averages taken. According to my calculations entirely subjective, the two  good  games in the playoffs had: one by 17 points, 16 rebounds effort in Game 2 against the Indiana Pacers in the first round and his 14 points, eight rebounds outputs against the Atlanta Hawks in Game 1 on Monday. Shooting in their five-to mediocre at best games is a huge 32.1 percent. In this small percentage, the Bulls are better - and this is no exaggeration - played by Keith Bogans.

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Fortunately for Chicago, his defense is pretty solid, at least for now, to a number of poor people's best low post offensive scorer they desperately need to Derrick Rose to help supplement. But one wonders how long the cops can, despite 

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the inefficiency of Boozer be successful in the attack. Rose and Luol Deng can do both at the periphery. Perhaps most systems run like this, where Boozer all must do is to stop and catch a pass from Rose, instead have created for yourself, go to.

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followed by a basketball fan for life, I was the NBA, as long as I have memory to start way back to my childhood in Cebu City, Philippines, where they loved the San Antonio Spurs in a low-resolution 14-inch TV.
Since then I've been a nurse, I left my home town of the capital in 2006 and moved to Los Angeles where I work now tends to the sick and wounded.

And while breast-feeding is my passion, the NBA remains a beloved lover.
 If my limited resources allow, which is rare as an eclipse, I would like to make a pilgrimage to Staples Center and the performance of my lungs big hand for the Lakers.

But I never thought back in Staples on Wednesday, a journalist on this page I assigned to the semifinals of the Western Conference's cover has been accredited.

And my editor, director of Dong Secu I extend my heartfelt thanks.

I arrived at 4:15 clock at Staples. And after searching for a parking space for $ 20 for my truck at the corner of Olympic and Figueroa Street, a trip to the sand.

I got my degree in the administration building near the store in Los Angeles and the Magic Johnson statue. The share of the media gave me unfettered access at Staples, including the sacred walls of the locker room.

With more hours typing a bit, I went into the dining room, where I ate as if Kobe later.

I ate chicken breast stuffed with a variety of cheeses, Roma tomatoes and rocket tore the vines on the side. Coffee and tea cakes sweetened with honey is always the finishing touch collapsed.

After dinner, looked around the court, the Lakers and Mavericks in pre-game plans. It also gave me the guilty pleasure of watching the Lakers girls influence their hips and shake their pompoms as champions.

Mark Cuban met in the flesh. Billionaire owner of the Mavs with, jeans, a shirt without a collar and shoes down at heel.

If the media were finally allowed in the dressing room 45 minutes before the game, fast in the cave of the Lakers and all soaked

Coach Phil Jackson was all smiles as she put her dress designer.
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Andrew Bynum was in the book  Psycho Cybernetics  lost, while Ron Artest with Nike Pro Compression shorts, sit, half naked and sweating.

There were no reports of Kobe, while I was there. The speculation was that it get treated to a massage before the game or a pain in the ankle.

Game 2 saw in my seat in B2. There were 150 degrees awarded for this game,  said Josh Ministry of Education Lakers public relations and more than 50 journalists from international media.

To my left a newspaper writer named Rocky was Indonesian. On my right was a guy who seemed concerned and polite Armenian disinterested in any kind of jokes, small or large.

The game came and went. And so do the hopes of the 3 peat Lakers, who received a mortal blow by Mavericks flew home to Dallas and their bags filled with a number 2-0.

The Lakers can not be disposed of Dallas.

I may or may not return when the series returns to Los Angeles for game credited 5th
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But I know for sure that the memories that he remained in Game 2, when I got the shoes from an accredited journalists, with me for the rest of my days.

Derrick Rose wins NBA MVP, Amar'e Stoudemire fails to crack Top 5

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The  MVP  chants Amare Stoudemire was not enough to get the Knicks to winger in the top 5 for the most awards in the most valuable player in the league.
Derrick Rose (right) won with 113 votes in the first place.

Amare was ninth in coordination with nine points. Received third place vote and four votes for fifth place. Stoudemire finished before Blake Griffin and the Clippers behind Manu Ginobili of San Antonio.
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For three months, Stoudemire is just one of the three candidates for MVP, but if the Knicks acquired Carmelo Anthony, Amare has not even finished the season as the best player on his own team. But the way they renewed the license, and gave hope to fans who still given a great year. A playoff victory would have been nice.

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Rose obviously deserves the award. But to build and improve as the Knicks continue to be Amare as the man who started it all and almost single handidly the franchise back to respectability and the first successful season and postseason appearance in seven years. Regardless of what came after him or who else comes after him in the future. Be entered when no one wanted a part of the Knicks and was a team in other tax just are not ready to come, but do come. Well obviously we still have a long way to go, we had never been here in a season without him. And maybe we would have a smart enough coach to not be mounted on the floor in November, December and January would be enough in the tank in February, March and April was really a serious contender for the MVP Award.