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Point Guard: Most Overrated Position in Sports?

Photo Credit: Melissa Majchrzak/NBAE/Getty Images Before anybody goes apeshit on how ridiculous this is, let me start off by asking you to name the starting point guards for the last five NBA champions.  If your answer comprises of Rajon Rondo, Tony Parker, Jason Williams, and Chauncey Billups, you’re right.  Impressive list?  Not at all. The point guard [...]

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VotD: Chauncey Off Kobe’s Back

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The West Will Be Won by the Lakers

NBA fans have been blessed this season to have, in my opinion, the League’s four best teams left standing in the playoffs.  David Stern and company must be ecstatic given the amount of interest in this year’s playoffs demonstrated by the ratings spike in the earlier rounds, specifically the Celtics-Bulls series as well as the [...]

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