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The Sacramento Kings only won 17 games in 2008-09, worst in the NBA. They were also last in attendance, they play in the NBA's oldest building and despite having room to operate underneath the NBA salary cap, ...
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There might be a new day coming for the New Jersey Nets, but that day will not come soon enough for their fans. This is a team that used to be called the Clippers East, then Jason ...
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The Memphis Grizzlies have spent many years spinning their wheels. Over the last three years they have the worst combined record in the NBA at 68-178, they finished second to last in 2008-09 in home attendance, and ...
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This is a team that has never recovered from the November, 2004 brawl at the Palace of Auburn Hills versus the Detroit Pistons and their fans. They recently rid, themselves of Jamaal Tinsley who was the last ...
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The normal cycle of a sports team is a team drafts a young core of players, they make strides towards the post season, they have some ups and some downs, and then the general manager blows out ...
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How now, without Yao? That is the question for the Houston Rockets and their fans. Of course it is not like Yao Ming has been all that healthy since he came to Houston in the 2002 NBA ...
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The are at least three questions that will define the Charlotte Bobcats season. The first is how long can Head Coach Larry Brown control in wanderlust? The second is, can this rebuilt team finally start to win? ...
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The Los Angeles Clippers are one of those teams that always find a way to lose, rather than a way to win. They are one of the most hapless NBA team ever, and after winning just 19 ...
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People seem to be pretty high on this team that only won 23 games a year ago. Of course that was three more than this team won in their final season as the Seattle Supersonics. Since the ...
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Depending on how one choose to look at this team; the Golden State Warriors are a young team on their way up, or a NBA team that will have to outscore their opponents because they have no ...
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No matter what the local spin is, this is a team that is either rebuilding or reloading for anther historic run in the NBA post season. After reaching six straight Eastern Conference Finals the Pistons were swept ...
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While it may seem unfair to reduce a season for an entire team to a question about one player, the Miami Heat are going to have to play well enough to persuade All Star Guard Dwayne Wade ...
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Two big questions face this team for the coming NBA season. Have the finally found, the right Head Coach, and who will take over the point from departed guard Andre Miller? While this team has made the ...
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The Utah Jazz front office and their fans often cite the summer of 2003 as the most difficult summer, this club has ever had to struggle through. That year John Stockton retired, and Karl Malone left for ...
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After years of stockpiling high first round draft picks, the Atlanta Hawks were able to get themselves off the endangered NBA team list last year winning 47 games. Their marketing department came up with the Now you ...
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Was it really just a year ago that this team was coming off their first ever divisional championship? Was it really a year ago that this team felt so solid about their roster that they essentially sold ...
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It seemed that the Portland Trail blazers were destined to become the off season's NBA version of the Biggest Losers. They had multiple trade discussions with several teams that went absolutely nowhere. Paul Millsap used their offer ...
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In the 2008-09 season the Washington Wizards only won 19 games, and played most of the season without star Gilbert Arenas. So if you se this team, and its fans pretending like last season didn't happen, I ...
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As this off season began it seemed that the Phoenix Suns were amidst a major roster overhaul. They traded away Shaquille O'Neil for a couple of players that never seemed, destine to wear the purple and the ...
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The 2008-09 Chicago Bulls went 41-41 a year ago, and then had one of the best rounds of NBA playoffs many of us have ever witnessed. Not only was it probably the greatest playoff round of 2009, ...
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It seems every NBA pre-season everyone lines up to say the same thing about the San Antonio Spurs. The running joke is that each and every year they are one step closer to a Social Security check ...
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While there are no moral victories in the NBA, there are thing on which greater things can be built. This seems to be the case for the Orlando Magic. Last season this team went five games deep ...
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