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Indiana Pacers: Options for the 2010 NBA Draft

Posted: 12th June 2010 by Josh Dhani in NBA
The Indiana Pacers had an okay draft last year. Tyler Hansbrough has a few years to prove himself, and A.J. Price has stepped up big. But that was until he busted himself at a charity game. The 2009 Draft was successful off of trades. They got Brandon Rush and Roy Hibbert out of that. Rush has one more year to prove himself until he is considered a bust, and like Pace ...

2010 NBA Finals: Win Pattern Shows the Two Best Teams Are Playing

Posted: 12th June 2010 by thomas moreland in NBA
Does anyone else see the pattern that is developing in the NBA Finals? Game One to the Lakers, Game Two to the Celtics, Game Three to the Lakers, and Game Four to the Celtics. Both teams are evenly matched, even with the Lakers height advantage. No one can get two in a row. If one team was clearly better than the other, someone would win two straight, but that is not the case. Expect the Lakers ...

Nine Under the Radar Free Agents You’ll Want Your Team To Get

Posted: 12th June 2010 by Jordan Wolf in NBA
I analyze the free agent market, and take a look at some ballers that will be on display this summer, but not be signed for max contracts that your team needs.Begin Slideshow
Breaking Down Game 5 of the NBA Finals Up to this point, the NBA Finals between the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers have lived up to the hype. After four games the series is all tied up at two with one game left in Boston and then the rest of the series playing out in LA. The series now boils down to a best ...

Nebraska Joins Big Ten Conference: Conversation with Big Red Network

Posted: 12th June 2010 by Buckeye Commentary in NBA
Now that Nebraska has officially joined the Conference , I thought it would be nice to talk with some of the most knowledgeable Cornhusker fans out there.  Darren and Steve from Big Red Network were kind enough to have a conversation, the results of which you can see below, and over on their site.  As we get closer to Nebraska’s (proposed) debut in 2011, I hope we can have a ...

2010 NBA Draft: How Good Will the 2010 Draft Class Be?

Posted: 12th June 2010 by Ashwath Krishna in NBA
Draft foresight. It’s a funny little thing. If the Houston Rockets and Portland Trailblazers had foreseen in 1984 that the skinny shooting guard out of UNC named Michael Jordan would become the greatest player of all time, they would surely have drafted differently. If the Pistons could have foreseen in 2003 that Darko Milicic would become an NBA joke while the three guys below him became perennial All-Stars, things would have gone differently. Hell, ...
It’s the rumour that just won’t die. Ever since it leaked that the Grizzlies offered the Warriors a deal of OJ Mayo and Hasheem Thabeet for Monta Ellis at the trade deadline, only to be turned down by Larry Riley, the Internet has been buzzing that this deal could still be on the menu. Admittedly, Larry Riley is not a first-ballot entry to the NBA GM Hall Of Fame. And I’m convinced ...

King Nothing: Why Leaving Cleveland Could Hurt LeBron James’ Image.

Posted: 12th June 2010 by Ashwath Krishna in NBA
“Where’s your crown, King Nothing?” —Metallica One could make an argument that Cleveland’s second round exit at the hands of the Celtics in this year’s playoffs, and particularly the nature in which they exited, hurt the Man who Would Be King's image. I say “could” cause it’s not much of an argument if practically everyone agrees with you. It’s almost a given that LeBron James has never had to face a similar situation ...

2010 NBA Finals: Four Games In, Who Should Win the MVP Award?

Posted: 12th June 2010 by Erik Landau in NBA
We have been through the first four games of the NBA Finals and the series is tied at two games apiece. The play has been sporadic for almost every player in the series. There has been very few players who have shown up for every game. Game Five is coming up in Boston and the probable answer for Finals MVP is still in the air. Here is the ascending order ...
As the NBA Draft creeps closer and closer, rumors are going to get more frequent and, quite honestly, a bit crazy. But if we sit and sift through the rumors, there's bound to be something that makes some sense.Enter Chad Ford of ESPN.com:"Since Turner is the consensus No. 2 pick in the draft," Ford writes, "the Sixers want other teams trying to trade up for him (the Wolves and Pacers ...