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Behind The Arc (03/14/2011): More Love For Kevin Love

Kevin Love just had his double double streak broken at 53 consecutive games. I don’t know why some people try to discredit that. And I don’t know why some people went to as far as saying, “Well, now he can concentrate on winning games!” You mean he’s NOT trying to win a game? Rebounding is [...]

Gregg Popovich Keeps It Real

Greg Popovich is a great coach. He is a four time champion and has lead the Spurs to 11 straight seasons of 50+ wins, but all of that pales in comparison to his sneaky sense of humor. With the Spurs having the best record at the All Star break, Coach Popovich got to be the head coach [...]

Kevin Love Was Pretty Shocked, I Think

If you guys haven’t heard yet, Minnesota Timberwolves forward, Kevin Love, was picked as the replacement for Yao Ming in the 2011 All-Star game in Los Angeles. What was his reaction? Well, shocked and speechless: Honestly, though, did you guys really think Kevin Love would not make the roster? I, for sure, thought he wouldn’t [...]

2011 All Star Snubs: Love, Aldridge and More

The 2011 NBA All Star reserves were just announced and according to Yahoo! Sports, here’s who made it: WEST Reserves: Tim Duncan, Pau Gasol, Russell Westbrook, Blake Griffin, Manu Ginobili, Dirk Nowitzki & Deron Williams EAST Reserves: Ray Allen, Paul Pierce, Rajon Rondo, Kevin Garnett, Chris Bosh, Al Horford and Joe Johnson *According to Yahoo!’s [...]

On the Borderline

It’s a little-discussed fact that if you are drafted outside of the lottery, you’re not likely to have a huge impact in the NBA.  Here is a short list from RealGM of the “Top 10 players” (by production) for the second and third draft year back (2008 and 2007).  Two asterisks** means that the player [...]