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Chuck Daly has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
This one hits hard for the Squibster. Not only was Chuck Daly someone to be admired, but the Squibster just made it through a year of fighting Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Cancer sucks!
Chuck was the coach of the Pistons 89 and 90 championship teams and also the coach of the original Dream Team.
Chuck was the master at getting people to get along and play the team game. How else do you explain the fact that Chuck has Isiah Thomas and …read more

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Coach K will keep the right attitude

OK, the Redeem Team won the Gold Medal at the 2008 Olympics. Peace is restored and all is normal once again in the World!
After the Dream Team showed up and mopped up it appeared that the United States and the NBA had the winning formula, just show up with some NBA talent. It did not work.
So a plan was put in place. There was a 3 year commitment and a change in attitude. No longer would just showing …read more

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Check out this YouTube of Dwight Howard singing and dunking!

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Manu Ginobili knows Argentina will have to play perfect to beat the Redeem Team

The United States is a 19 point favorite over Argentina in the semi final game that starts Friday morning at 10 a.m., but hold on here. Argentina has beaten the USA twice since Dream Team time and that is an exclusive club. In fact, it was Argentina that took the Silver in the 2004 Olympics after beating the U.S. in the semis.
Still the smart money is on the Redeem Team with the way …read more

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Kobe Bryant speaks Spanish. Will he learn Chinese?

Will the NBA be looking to set up shop in China? Yes.
Will the NBA be looking to set up another NBA in China? Not according to David Stern, but he does see some potential.
Stern said NBA China is in an “ongoing dialogue” with Chinese authorities about installing 800,000 baskets in villages across this sprawling country. The NBA also hopes to be involved with a Chinese professional league. But Stern balked at comparisons with the NBA’s Development League.
“That would …read more

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Dwight Howard is even helping other players dribble the ball

Medal play will now begin after the Redeem Team beat Germany handily 106 – 57.
Carmelo Anthony, always good for a quote, had this to say.
“It’s finally here,” forward Carmelo Anthony said. “We’re knocking on the door. It’s time to get down to business right now. We’ve got three games to accomplish what we’ve been waiting to do for four years.”
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The United States went off to a huge lead punctuated by a LeBron dunk to make the score 20 …read more

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Carmelo Anthony does not want to hand the game to Greece

It has been easy sailing so far for Team USA in Olympic Basketball. China and Angola were really not much competition. Greece is different. They are tough and may expose some weaknesses in the US game.
Greece has beaten the U.S. in the teams’ last two significant meetings, in 2006 and at the 2004 Olympics. Greece, a team without any NBA players, routed Germany, 87-64, holding NBA duo Dirk Nowitzki (13 points) and Chris Kaman (four …read more

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Michael Redd concentrates to float the ball

Hey, it was Angola. What can you say? Name your favorite Angolan basketball player. Hmm?
Still the US won the hoop game and they are improving.
If they have any weakness, it is from the outside. Michael Redd is the only true 3 point shooter on the team.
One of these nights, the U.S. team may need to start making some outside shots. Forcing turnovers and converting them into fast breaks has enabled the Americans to average 99 points in 40 …read more

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LeBron James is selling NBA jerseys

Ok, so it really was the US Team defeating the Chinese Team in Olympic basketball by 31. Still, to marketing experts, it was winners all over the place as the Chinese arena and the whole world watching was all buzzing about these players.
China has improved and will be a vital place for NBA basketball growth.
The Americans may be treated like rock stars here, but they suffered from a bit of stage fright early on. The U.S. turned the ball over on its …read more

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Years ago when Marvin Gaye sang the National Anthem at the All Star game, there was not a whole lot of talk about it. Every time your intrepid author would rave about it to friends they would just kind of like nod their heads and say “Oh yeah? Marvin Gaye?”
The year was 1983 and the place was the Forum in L.A. and Marvin Gaye was ‘The Celebrity’ in a room full of celebrities.
One year later Marvin Gaye was shot to death by his father …read more