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Giants Among Men: The Top 10 NBA Free Agents of 2010

Posted: 8th April 2010 by Rich Kurtzman in NBA
LeBron James. Dwayne Wade. Chris Bosh. These three young men represent the top players of the 2003 draft. Each are so spectacular, they are arguably the best to do it at their position, respectively. Shoot, LeBron is the best in the league. As we look forward to the “Summer of LeBron,” we must first relish in the spring of the King. LeBron James won the Eastern Conference Player of the Month four straight ...
The Denver Nuggets sat firmly in the second seed in the West for most of this season, but all the magical momentum they had built up over the first 70 games was completely destroyed during their debacle of a road trip. Trouble began with a loss to the Bucks in the Pepsi Center, and it continued with consecutive losses to the Knicks and Celtics. Only a buzzer beater by Carmelo Anthony ...

10 Best NBA Free Agent Acquisitions of All-Time

Posted: 1st April 2010 by Rich Kurtzman in NBA
As the NBA regular season enters its final two weeks, masses of basketball fans are getting amped up for the coming playoffs. And still, many more are looking forward to the other exciting events that fill the postseason; the draft and free agency. 2010 may or may not be the best ever NBA free agency signing period in the history of the league, but one thing is for sure—it is the most ...

The Denver Nuggets Are Being Buried by an Avalanche of Pressure

Posted: 25th March 2010 by Rich Kurtzman in NBA
Springtime in Colorado is unpredictable with t-shirt and short-worthy temperatures in the 60s one day, and a foot worth of sloppy, wet snow the next. Just like the weather in Denver, things have taken a quick change for the worse lately for the Nuggets. Not having George Karl or Kenyon Martin has already taken a toll on Denver and it could end with devastating effects. Karl’s cancer has been the elephant in the ...

10 Players NBA Teams Now Know After the NCAA Opening Weekend

Posted: 24th March 2010 by Rich Kurtzman in NBA
For those of you that don’t know, this past weekend was the beginning of the NCAA Tournament, meaning we are officially in March Madness friends. And with all these stellar college studs playing lights out, it’s almost impossible to not look to their futures in the NBA. While some, like John Wall and Evan Turner are locks to be picked high in the NBA draft, other players are now on the NBA ...
Denver Broncos coach Josh McDaniels made it known this week who his starting quarterback will be in 2010. When asked if Kyle Orton will remain the starter, McDaniels said, “Yep. No question,” the Denver Post reported from the NFL meetings in Orlando. “He’s earned it," McDaniels continued. "He’s a guy who made the most of an opportunity he was given last year. He still hasn’t been in our system for a calendar ...
George Karl is one inspirational human being. As a one-time prostate cancer survivor in 2005, he’s also gone through the battle with the disease with his only son, Coby Karl. Now, Karl’s old nemesis has come to haunt him once again. Though this time, he was stricken with neck and throat cancer while doing what he loves—coaching basketball. For those of you who have not had the pleasure to read Rick Reilly’s piece ...

NBA Jerseys: Every Team from Worst to First

Posted: 16th March 2010 by Rich Kurtzman in NBA
Jerseys are the thread of the NBA—literally and figuratively. Jerseys are made of team colors and logos, names and numbers; they are what every NBA fan identifies with. NBA jerseys have evolved from functional, plain and ugly wool shirts to silky and stylish. They are now a bigger part of the game than Jon Naismith or even the NBA inventors ever dreamed. NBA jersey sales are now the barometer we use ...

No Kenyon Martin, No Problem: Denver Nuggets Win Four Straight

Posted: 11th March 2010 by Rich Kurtzman in NBA
Tonight the Denver Nuggets (43-21) stepped up and defeated a sub-.500 team like they should, beating the 14-win Minnesota Timberwolves 110-102. Sure, the Nuggets were far from perfect, especially in the first half when they were outscored by five points, but Denver pulled together a total team effort to defeat a feisty T’Wolves squad. The Nuggets were explosive in the third quarter, when they usually experience scoring droughts, as Denver was sparked ...
The Denver Nuggets and their veteran power forward Kenyon Martin found out the fate of the injured stud player. Martin, the main cog in the Nuggets’ defensive machine, was blessed with amazing athletic abilities while he was cursed with troubled knees. Kenyon Martin is one of many players to have undergone microfracture knee surgery, which mends torn ligaments by drilling small holes into bone and as the bone grows back, the ligaments ...