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Hakeem Vs. Ewing: Who Was The Better Center?
Born within six months of each other in opposite corners of the world, two seven footers who are finalists for the Basketball Hall of Fame this fall are two of the best ever to play the center position.

. 3rd Mar, 2008.

RealGM All-Time Draft: Dallas Vs. Sacramento
Earlier this year, the participants at the RealGM.com bulletin boards decided to run a little test: We gathered thirty people and assigned each one to an NBA team. Then we did what amounted to a fantasy draft, only instead of picking current players, we selected players from all across the history of the NBA, so long as they'd played in about 330 games. It was a twelve-round draft and we selected based on a randomized seeding that rotated in ABBA format.

. 24th May, 2006.

NBA Rewind: Week in Review: Feb. 26-March 5
Hindsight is 20/20 and with almost two-thirds of the season finished, it is easy to look at Chris Paul run away with the Rookie of the Year award and pat the Hornets on the back for a selection they should never have had the chance to make. Also, Tim Thomas and Allen Iverson in Kyle Bradley's NBA Rewind.

. 7th Mar, 2006.

An Inactive Trade Deadline
In the rest of the business world, if management strings together poor performing quarters consecutively, they will see the door. In the NBA, bad performance never touches the GM. The only GMs that get sacked are those that make blatantly foolish decisions, i.e. moronic trades or grossly overpaying (and even overpaying is hardly an offense: almost every team has one or two bad contracts on the books).

. 26th Feb, 2006.

NBA Instant Rewind: Week in Review: Feb. 12-19
Light at the End of the Tunnel for both Magic, and latest acquisition, Darko Milicic, as they attempt to follow the model that the Detroit Pistons have successfully created for themselves. Also, AI2 with the Performance of the Week and Josh Smith with the Disappointment of the Week and more...

. 20th Feb, 2006.

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Grading The Deal: Baron Joins The Clips

\'It was savage\' but as quickly as Baron became Mr. Warrior, he now is on his way to L.A. to become Mr. Clipper.

Christopher Reina. 1st July, 2008.

Final Thoughts On The 2008 NBA Draft

This year\'s draft was decidedly more calm and casual than the Oden/Durant showdown, which made for a more candid and personal experience.

Jason M. Williams. 30th June, 2008.

'Improved' Wizards Defense Is A Fallacy

Read a mainstream media account about the Wizards, and you would think they were a significantly improved defensive team. The numbers tell a very different story.

Kevin Broom. 15th May, 2008.

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