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With the 2010 NBA Playoffs finally coming to a close, basketball fans enter into a period of vast speculation, transaction and discussion. For any keen hoops fan this week is NBA Draft Week, and what will follow come July 1 will be arguably the greatest free-agent signing period in NBA History. While there will be no live games to watch, fans of the NBA will be tuning in to listen ...

I've always had a love-hate relationship when it comes to Paul Pierce. Before I get started let me point out that I'm not a Boston Celtics fan or a Los Angeles Lakers fan. I'm actually a Miami Heat fan, but I'll save my articles about how the Heat are going to contend next season till after the Finals is over.  What I love about Paul Pierce is his loyalty and his ...

It seems to be a recurring theme that we are talking about a multitude of events that are NOT the current NBA Conference Finals series, while the NBA Conference Finals is ongoing. Last week it was LeBron James and this week it's the Draft Lottery.  While the big news this morning was that Washington beat the odds to essentially claim the rights to John Wall come June 24, it would be ...

Let's start by looking at how the Cleveland Cavaliers' elimination has affected the media in terms of the legendary LeBron James. Despite his incredible body of work over the past seven years, suddenly LeBron is no longer the man, unable to fulfill his potential and to put it bluntly...a loser.  Seriously people?  How quickly people jumped on the LeBron James bandwagon during his high school years, and how quickly it seems people are ...

Giving as much love to Carmelo Anthony as I can, I believe Kevin Durant is the future icon of the Western Conference. Kobe Bryant will be on his way out in a few seasons and Durant won't even be in his late 20s.  Want to read that sentence again?  That's right, Kevin Durant is the future of the West. At an unbelievable 21 years of age KD is second overall in the ...

ESPN and NBA reports came in this morning, informing fans and followers alike that Allen Iverson will miss the rest of the season with the Philadelphia 76ers. After returning to the city where his legacy began, does this spell the end of Iverson's career?á The man nicknamed "The Answer" has had his moments, but is undoubtedly in the twilight of his career. The past two seasons have seen Iverson have fall-outs ...

The Dallas Mavericks have been a consistently good franchise this past decade. Perhaps the saddest thing about that statement, is that, the franchise and city alike know the Mavericks have been capable of greatness.á Unfortunately their inability to turn their strong regular season performances into consistently deep playoff-runs has hindered them, making them an afterthought behind dominant franchises like the Los Angeles Lakers and San Antonio Spurs.á They've come close, like at ...

This season hasn't gone the way Dwyane Wade would have liked.áFollowing an unbelievable season, which witnessed the Heat fall one game short of the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals, Wade probably didn't expect to be sitting on the playoff borderline come the All-Star break. Perhaps more annoying is the fact that the doubters have returned so shortly after being silenced by Wade's 2008-2009 regular season campaign, which in any other year would have ...

With the New Year approaching and the end of a decade growing nearer it seems only fitting to pay homage to the most significant, dominant and defining players of this closing decade. In the spirit of a decade being ten years, I present you with my edition of the ten players who have been most notable during the past decade. These are the players who I believe have achieved the most, ...

Looking at the featured photograph of this article should remind you of the college battles between Indiana's Roy Hibbert and Portland's Greg Oden, two seven-foot giants who played for Georgetown and Ohio State earlier this decade. Both were first-round picks in highly regarded draft classes and both have yet to reach their full potential. Yet while Hibbert was drafted 17th and Oden first overall, they now have the same task set ...