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Five Players Who Should Have Played In College Before Coming To The NBA

Posted: 3rd November 2009 by Steven Merriam in NBA
Players coming straight out of high school was a very common thing that happend several years ago. Until, David Stern made a rule in 2006 that players had to at least play one season in college before coming into the NBA. This rule seemed to be working very well until Brandon Jennings of the Milwaukee Bucks decided to play overseas instead of going to college. But before this rule was around ...

Damien Wilkins: The Minnesota T-Wolves Unexpected Hero

Posted: 1st November 2009 by Steven Merriam in NBA
Damien Wilkins made quite an impression on T-Wolves fans and Nets fans alike in his first game on the team.á The Wolves crowd went ecstatic when the unexpected hero, Wilkins made the game-winning shot at the T-Wolves opener against the Nets. Many NBA fans probably are not to familiar with Wilkins so I decided to give you a look at Wilkins NBA career up to now. Wilkins was born on Jan. 11, ...

The Five Most Well Known Players Waived This NBA Pre-Season

Posted: 26th October 2009 by Steven Merriam in NBA
When the start of the season comes NBA 12th men are on pins and needells. They may have the chance to not make the final 15 on the roster. But the truth is being waived is a part of the game and athletes have to deal with it. Being waived may even be good for a young player in the long haul but for guys like Brent Barry it ...

Can Blake Griffin Change The Fate Of The Clippers?

Posted: 25th October 2009 by Steven Merriam in NBA
Blake Griffin is one of the most hyped players to come out of college in the past decade. In 2007-2008, in Griffin's freshman year in college, he averaged 14.7 points and 9.1 rebounds per game and earned Big 12 First Team honors. In his sophomore and final year in college Griffin was named the Naismith Award winner, John Wooden Award winner, Oscar Robertson Trophy and Sports Illustrated Player of the Year. Griffin was ...

Five NBA Teams That Will Improve This Season

Posted: 23rd October 2009 by Steven Merriam in NBA
The 2008-2009 NBA Season was a horrible year for some NBA teams. The 2009-2010 season brings them a chance to improve on their play from the season before. Problems the season before may be do to injury or the team may have been good they will just improve even more with a new acquisition. For example the Cavaliers improved greatly last year after the aquistions of guys like Mo Williams. ...

The Five Best Acquistions Through Trades In The Past Five Years

Posted: 22nd October 2009 by Steven Merriam in NBA
Everybody loves when there team makes a deal to get a Star in the NBA. For example this season when Shaq was traded to the Cavs everyone thinks they have a legitimate chance to win in the Finals. Trades can also help your team when you have a player who is being uncopretive or his salary is high. Most of the trades that will be featured in the slideshow helped give his team ...

The NBA’s All-Tri-State Area Team

Posted: 22nd October 2009 by Steven Merriam in NBA
Last night the Nets and Knicks completed there three game series. I loved watching this game due to the fact that my two favorite teams were playing and that it was one of the last games before the regular season started. I was wondering which team had the better players at each position. Some of these positions are very close but others not so much. So I decided to make ...

The NBA’s Most Underrated Player at Each Position

Posted: 20th October 2009 by Steven Merriam in NBA
Everybody knows that LeBron is the best SF in the NBA and that Dwigth Howard is the best center in the NBA. But this article is meant to tell you about the players in the NBA that you will one day see them playing in an All-Star Game that are very underrated as of now. For example, before last year Devin Harris was a very underated PG but after ...

Is It Time For Rex To Start Clemens?

Posted: 19th October 2009 by Steven Merriam in NFL
The Jets lost 16-13 in overtime yesterday to the Buffalo Bills.á A big reason for this loss was rookie QB Mark Sanchez.á Sanchez blamed himself for the Jets loss. Sanchez had the worst game of his young career, going 10 for 29 with five interceptions. Sanchez's stats so far this season include five touchdown passes,áten interceptions, and 1,035 passing yardsáwith a QB rating of 56.7. Near theábeginning of the season Sanchez was the ...

Matt Schaub: Top Ten QB?

Posted: 18th October 2009 by Steven Merriam in NFL
Matt Schaub has had a great season so far for the Houston Texans. Schaub in my opinion is looking like he is becoming a dominant QB force in the NFL. Today against the 4-1 Cincinnati Bengals, Schaub went 28-for-40 with 392 yards, four touchdowns and one interception. It's no surprise Schaub is having such a good season; he is throwing to one of the best WRs in the league. Schaub has thrown ...