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NBA Power 16 – Week 3 – Crazy for Brandon Jennings

1. ATLANTA HAWKS (7), 8-2 – After defeating the Celtics on the road, the Hawks take over the top spot this week.  They have a difficult slate of games this week, however, as they face the Blazers, Heat, and Rockets.  Fortunately for them, they’re all home games.

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Ty Lawson Posterizes DJ Mbenga

Apparently Lawson was holding back a little bit in college.  Absolutely absurd.

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NBA Power 16 – Week 2

1. PHOENIX SUNS (9), 6-1 – Despite getting smoked by the Magic in Orlando, the Suns made up for it by beating the Celtics on the road.  Steve Nash is playing like an MVP and is shooting better from 3-point land than 2-point distance.  Are the Suns for real?  This week will be a good [...]

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NBA Power 16 – Week 1

Week 1 NBA Power Rankings & MVP/ROY Watch

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NBA DRAFT SPECTACULAR – Who Every Team SHOULD Take

Seth Wenig/AP The NBA Draft is this Thursday and there are numerous mock drafts out there speculating on who every team will take.  Well, I’m gonna take a little different spin on it and decide who every team should draft.  It’s basically if I was GM for every team, who I would take or what I’d [...]

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HOW DARE YOU SIR

HOW DARE YOU SIR will be a section where we call out anyone (even each other) for saying some ridiculous $#%!.  Whether it be stating someone’s name incorrectly, giving wrong information, or just having the audacity to say something downright stupid, the person will be HDYS’d.  Our inaugural HDYS goes to Mr. Marc Berman of the New [...]

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