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3 NBA Players Primed to Be Superstars

This week, the basketball world celebrated the career of one of the most influential players in NBA history, Kobe Bryant, as the Lakers retired both of his jersey numbers. For those who grew up watching Bryant play or settled into the Mamba Era, it is difficult to imagine a player who could

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Ranking the NBA Western Conference 2016-17

Guest contributor Danny Thompson ranks the Western Conference ahead of the 2016-17 #NBA season

By Danny Thompson, Full Court Press Radio The Western Conference went through a season in 2015-2016 where they had one team break the all-time wins record with 73. Another team won 67 games and two more teams had over 50, but none of those teams brought home the Larry O’Brien trophy. So with the defending conference champion Golden State Warriors adding some guy named Kevin Durant. Can anyone in…

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NBA Make Or Break Players In The Eastern Conference

The players in the NBA Eastern Conference who will make or break their team's fortunes this year are ...

By Danny Thompson, Full Court Press Radio With every team in the NBA record being 0-0 currently, there is always that one player that can make or break the fortunes of your favorite team. If they step up and become better than expected, then their team will be taken to another level. But if their play falls off or they don’t live up to the hype, then their team falls off a cliff and the team…

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NBA Free Agent Salaries Won't Rise As Much As Expected

#NBA Free Agent Salaries Won't Rise As Much As Expected in 2016 #NBAfreeagency

There is a rising fear that NBA salaries are about to explode this summer as the first wave of new National TV money drives the Salary Cap from $70 million to an estimated $92 million this July. However, not everyone in-the-know believes that players once considered just above average or below star-level are going to cash in as some are forecasting. ESPN’s Tim MacMahon quotes Mavericks owner Mark…

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NBA Teams Suffering Post All-Star Break Blues

Some NBA teams are suffering the Post All-Star Break Blues #Thunder #Mavs #Jazz #Pacers #Pistons #Bulls

The so called second half of the NBA season starts after the All-Star break. It’s either the stretch drive to the playoffs or a lose at all costs dive to the bottom for the best lottery pick odds, but not every team is responding as expected. Maybe it’s just the blues because the race to the top of each conference has been over for quite a while now. If you’re not in Golden State (62-6), San…

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NBA Simplified Power Rankings (1-31-2016)

#NBA Simplified Power Rankings (1-31-2016) #Dubs #Spurs #Cavs #Thunder #Raptors #Clippers

It’s obvious from just watching the games that the Golden State Warriors (44-4) are dominating the entire NBA, however, when one looks at how much they are winning by (+12.7 points), their incredible record versus winning teams (+17 games) and the best road record (+18 games) in the league by an improbable margin, it makes even the Spurs 68 win pace seem very pedestrian indeed. Our NBA simplified…

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Not So Tough NBA West Getting Bullied By The East

Not so Tough NBA West getting Bullied by the East to start the season

So maybe the whining can stop for a while. There’s no one in the NBA West complaining about how much easier the East has it. Things haven’t been the same when East meets West so far this season. As of the morning of Monday November 23, those Eastern Conference teams have been feasting on their Western Conference counterparts. Team              Record         Vs West Cleveland      …

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Are Traditional NBA Centers A Dying Breed?

Are Traditional NBA Centers A Dying Breed? #Raptors Valanciunas, #Pacers / #Lakers Hibbert, #Pistons Drummond http://wp.me/p3H24M-4Iv

It is getting hard not to notice that successful NBA teams have gone small and nowhere was that more noticeable than in the NBA Finals when the Golden State Warriors sat their regular season +8 starting center Andrew Bogut in order to completely dominate the Cavaliers in a game of small ball. For the Warriors, the Finals were the exception, but for other NBA teams, sitting down their tradition…

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