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NBA Sophomore Class: Players Due For a Jump Next Season

Coming into this new season, a lot of the NBA’s attention will be on the incoming class, the Rooks, and the pandemonium will mostly drown out the laurels of the Sophomore Class (unless you’re Anthony Davis). But the second year in an NBA player’s career is an important juncture. Players are no longer the butt

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Dwight Howard Has Been To Finals Before But Can He Get There With Houston?

The Dwama, the Dwightmare, the Summer Agency Dwead―whatever other cheesy name you want to assign to Dwight Howard’s long-running free agency troubles―is over. Dwight Howard will be playing as a Houston Rocket, choosing to take less guaranteed money in the process. That means a number of things: Despite the rosy PR moves, Howard detested playing

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On The Heels Of Godliness: Grant Hill Retires After 17 Seasons

Season averages of 21.4 PPG, 9.0 RPG, 7.3 APG, and 1.8 STLPG might look like an early LeBron statline but it’s pure vintage Grant Hill. If not for a pesky string of ankle injuries, Hill was on route to be a Scottie Pippen-LeBron James hybrid. But despite an injury-altered career, he was still able to turn in a very respectable 17 years as a dependable option for the Detroit Pistons, Orlando Magic, Phoenix Suns, and Los Angeles Clippers.

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NBA 2013 Draft Lottery Odds and Projections

14 ping-pong balls will help decide tonight which NBA team receives the top pick in the 2013 NBA Draft. Along with the league’s 14 teams that missed this year’s playoffs―the crummy teams―the nation will find out who deputy commissioner Adam Silver announces as the lottery’s lucky winner. Airing on ESPN, at 8:30 p.m. Eastern Time

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Week 20 Fantasy Basketball Stock Market: The Replacements

With nearly half the league making this week’s injury report, there are suddenly plenty of new starters around the league worth a pickup heading into the fantasy playoffs. There’s also Pau Gasol who is currently available in nearly half of all fantasy leagues. With guys like Kobe, Kyrie Irving, Marcin Gortat, and Andrea Bargnani opening

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