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Saturday, July 10th, 2010

Jordan’s Jerseys

The NBA Store in New York which is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year, revealed that basketball icon Michael Jordan’s most sought-after jerseys continue to be the store best-selling item. Jordan’s jerseys continue to be a hot item even after five years in retirement.
The NBA Store which has 200 branches in different countries around the [...]

Monday, May 10th, 2010

NBA Teams

Below is a list of all the basketball teams that compete in the National Basketball Association sourced out from Wikipedia. So that you would know which team comes from which state.
A
Atlanta Hawks
B
Boston Celtics
C
Charlotte Bobcats
Chicago Bulls
Cleveland Cavaliers
D
Dallas Mavericks
Denver Nuggets
Detroit Pistons
G
Golden State Warriors
H
Houston Rockets
I
Indiana Pacers
L
Los Angeles Clippers
Los Angeles Lakers
M
Memphis Grizzlies
Miami Heat
Milwaukee Bucks
Minnesota Timberwolves
N
New Jersey Nets
New Orleans Hornets
New [...]

Saturday, April 10th, 2010

Garnett Led Celtics to Victory

Boston Celtics’ man-of-the-hour Kevin Garnett has been instrumental to the team’s victory in the recent game where the Boston Celtics beat the Phoenix Suns with a score of 117-97. Garnett contributed 30 points for the team’s victory. The win is a breakthrough for the Celtics after its two-game losing streak. The win in the recently [...]

Sunday, January 10th, 2010

Most Valuable Player

The Most Valuable Player (MVP) award is a recognition that is given to a member of a specific team who displayed an unmatched performance during the game. It is the most coveted individual award which players vie for because it honors and appreciates the recipient’s impeccable skills and the extra effort exerted during the game.
In [...]

Thursday, December 10th, 2009

Adducul Fighting the Big C

Rommel Adducul, one of the best players of the Philippine Basketball Association, was diagnosed with nasopharyngeal cancer. Luckily, the Big C was discovered in its early stage.
Adducul recently had his first chemotherapy session at the Cardinal Santos Hospital where his wife works as a surgeon. He and his family are very optimistic that he [...]

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

NBA – You’ve just gotta’ love the Game

Thursday, January 29th, 2009

The NBA – In Recession?

The effects of the global economic recession have reached far and wide, so much that it has reached the NBA as companies trim down on expenses and other costs. Sponsorships and other advertising deals are down and more and more seats go unfilled as the economy has them saving each and every dollar for other [...]

Monday, November 24th, 2008

Three Point Field Goal

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It is known also as ‘three pointer’, ‘three point shot’, ‘trey’ or just plain ‘three’. It is a field goal in the game of basketball. It is considered a three point goal if the shot is made outside the three-point line. The three point line is [...]

Monday, August 11th, 2008

A New Debut

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Knock, knock. Who’s there? Greg. Greg who?
Yes, folks, the above sentence proves a couple of things. One, it’s kind of obvious who Greg is as Greg Oden finally makes his NBA debut for the Portland Trail Blazers and did well in under 20 minutes of work, scoring 13 points on 5-for-8 shooting from [...]

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

Great assists.

Assists are generally important in a basketball game. It requires quick thinking and personally, I think it is one of the most selfless act a basketball player can do—passing the ball to the most eligible shooter in the pitch, brushing aside the thought that the credit for the 2 or 3 points will go to [...]