Basketball Hall of Fame--Who's In? (Recent Retirees)

Fri Sep 29, 2006 6:03 PM EDT

I have been thinking about putting a Hall article out since early summer, but got sidetracked with the World Championships. I felt like this was good time since this is the last days of the slow period for basketball.

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2006 FIBA Worlds--Greece 101, USA 95

Fri Sep 1, 2006 10:41 AM EDT

- Man, some of those articles & internet posts stating that this US squad was "unstoppable" and how they were going to dominate every team like the original Dream Team look real good right now.

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2006 FIBA Worlds--USA 94, Italy 85

Wed Aug 23, 2006 5:36 PM EDT

- After looking scary good the day before, Team USA came back down to earth vs. Italy. Italy made a concerted effort to be more methodical on offense & were very careful with the ball, especially in the 1st half. And this slowed-down pace definitely made Team USA uncomfortable.

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2006 FIBA Worlds--Tuesday Games Recap

Tue Aug 22, 2006 7:26 PM EDT

-USA 114- Slovenia 95-- Now this was impressive. I thought not much could be taken from the China game because I did not think their guards were very good, but Slovenia's guards are pretty solid, & the US defense gave them serious problems after the 1st quarter.

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2006 FIBA Worlds-- Sunday Games Recap

Mon Aug 21, 2006 7:28 PM EDT

-USA 121, China 90-- Not too much to be gleaned from this expected blowout, so I'll try to make this a tidy summary. Again, no surprises with the US causing 24 turnovers, and also winning the board battle (44 to 35)--the US, once again, got a ton of off. rebs.

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2006 FIBA Worlds--Preview (Part II-The Contenders)

Fri Aug 18, 2006 2:50 PM EDT

In Part I of my FIBA Worlds preview, I reviewed the group set-ups & gave quick hitting breakdowns of the second tier of teams that can make the Round of 16 but don't have much of a chance of getting too far.

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2006 FIBA World Champs.--Preview (Part I)

Thu Aug 17, 2006 3:27 PM EDT

The 2006 FIBA World Championships start this weekend in Japan where the main storyline is the possible redemption of Team USA.

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2006 FIBA Worlds--Team USA Observations (so far)

Fri Aug 11, 2006 2:06 PM EDT

Well, hopefully we can officially put to bed the misguided notion that Team USA was going to "dominate" the competition and be an unstoppable force.

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2006 FIBA World Champs.-- Team USA Tryouts (Part II)

Wed Jul 19, 2006 1:58 PM EDT

In Part I, I gave a brief, recent history of international FIBA competitions and how the int'l basketball landscape has changed, particularly from the Team USA's point of view.

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2006 FIBA World Champs.--Team USA Tryouts (Part I)

Tue Jul 18, 2006 3:12 PM EDT

I know there has been a lot of activity in the land of free agency (I'll have more on that later), but I want to focus my attention now on the upcoming Team USA tryouts for the FIBA World Championships in Japan in August.

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NBA Draft Recap & Analysis--(West Conference)

Thu Jun 29, 2006 7:15 PM EDT

Synopsis of Western Conference draft picks.

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NBA Draft Recap & Analysis--(East Conference)

Thu Jun 29, 2006 4:21 PM EDT

What was predicted to happen on this draft night certainly rang true on Wednesday. An extremely haphazard night materialized with teams moving picks all over the place and young draftees changing hats often, sometimes twice.

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NBA Draft--Top 25 Prospects (Part II--#11-25)

Wed Jun 28, 2006 5:02 PM EDT

Part II--#11-25 draft prospects:

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NBA Draft--Top 25 prospects (Part I--#1-10)

Wed Jun 28, 2006 4:36 PM EDT

Most people do mock drafts this time of year and I myself do love examining mocks from all over the World Wide Web. But this year's draft is the most unpredictable affair I can remember in awhile.

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NBA Team Needs--Pacific Division

Wed Jun 28, 2006 1:00 PM EDT

The Pacific Division looks to be one of the deeper divisions in the NBA, right on par with the Central & Southwest. All four teams that made it to the playoffs really performed well, and the Suns returned to the West Finals.

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NBA Team Needs--Southwest Division

Tue Jun 27, 2006 6:00 PM EDT

Arguably one of the best divisions alongside the Central Division, although the Pacific is gaining fast. You have two of the best teams in the NBA, the Spurs & Dallas, who had to slug it out in a legendary playoff series one round too early cause of a flawed seeding system.

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NBA Team Needs--Northwest Division

Tue Jun 27, 2006 1:37 PM EDT

Currently for next season, the Northwest Division is in a dogfight with the Atlantic Division for the weakest division in the NBA. The Northwest is a definite step down from either the Southwest or Pacific; you could call the Northwest the red-headed stepson of the West Conf.

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NBA Team Needs--Southeast Division

Mon Jun 26, 2006 2:47 PM EDT

Looking ahead to the 2006-07 season, the current world champs look to be right back into the thick of things at the top of the Southeast Division and Eastern Conference. Miami is a legit title contender again with the entire starting unit under contract for next year.

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NBA Team Needs--Central Division

Sun Jun 25, 2006 2:29 PM EDT

You will notice the two parentheses next to the team name. The first one will either have "MLE" or a dollar amount in it. This just states if the team has the Mid-Level Exception (which is roughly $5 mil this year) that is rewarded to every team that is over the salary cap.

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