Basketball Names Show Originality

Posted on May 28, 2009 by dinogomez22

Recently I realized that the NBA in comparison with other professional sports leagues, easily has the greatest variety of player “names”. There is Dwight, where now his name is easily recognized by many people, but when you first heard it you thought of Kanye West saying “ight”. Then we have Kobe and Lebron. We have [...]

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Tribute to Chauncey

Posted on May 26, 2009 by dinogomez22

The addition of Chauncey Billups to the Denver Nuggets has been the best off-season acquisition for the 2008-2009 NBA season. No team has gained more from the addition of a single player. The Denver Nuggets have never made it to an NBA final but this year could be different. This year they have their home [...]

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NBA Salaries Unproportional to Skill Level?

Posted on May 26, 2009 by dinogomez22

It’s always fun to know how much money professional athletes pull in every year. After all they have their dream job as well as mine and earn a ton of money for it. It’s interesting to note that by comparison of their peers, not all professional athletes make what they should. For example some players [...]

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Did the Magic Snatch Home Court Advantage?

Posted on May 20, 2009 by dinogomez22

As the final buzzer sounded and a last second attemp by Mo Williams to win the game for Cleveland bounced astray, the announcers commented, “and Orlando Steals home court advantage from Lebron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers with a game one victory in Cleveland.”  Now it may be true that the Magic did steal the [...]

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Stephen Curry and Davidson Crew Make a Music Video

Posted on May 11, 2009 by dinogomez22

It was just brought to my attention a few moments ago, props of Basketball Fiend a fellow blogger, that Stephen Curry and his college buddies at Davidson University re-mixed the song “I love College” by Asher Roth. There version: I love Commons, has to be one of the greatest student-films ever made. They must have [...]

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The Two strangest Game Winners

Posted on May 10, 2009 by dinogomez22

It’s hard to say which game winning play was more awkward, Carmelo Anthony’s game winning three pointer last night against the Dallas Mavericks or Glen Davis’ game winning jump shot tonight against the Orlando Magic? No matter which play you found more exciting or enjoyable, you have to admit, they were both strange. Last night [...]

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The NBA Playoffs… Crazy again?

Posted on May 5, 2009 by dinogomez22

Has anybody else noticed how amazing the NBA playoffs have been this year? Really though, just sit back and realize that the NBA hasn’t been this exciting in a little while. It started with the first round battle between Boston and Chicago which featured an array of ridiculous overtime Basketball and has continued with the [...]

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