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Participating in the NBA 3-Point Contest for 2012 are; Kevin Love from the Minnesota Timberwolves, Orlando Magic’s Ryan Anderson, New Jersey Nets’ Anthony Morrow, Miami Heat’s Mario Chalmers and James Jones, and Kevin Durant from Oklahoma City Thunder. Atlanta Hawks guard Joe Johnson was scheduled to compete this year, however, a knee injury forced him [...]
This year’s Taco Bell Skills Challenge will feature six participants unlike last year’s five. Participating in this competition are; number one overall pick in the 2011 NBA Draft Kyrie Irving from the Cleveland Cavaliers, San Antonio Spurs’ Tony Parker, 2010 NBA Draft top pick John Wall from Washington Wizards, Oklahoma City Thunder’s Russell Westbrook and [...]
A week after the starters were determined, the reserves for the 2012 NBA All-Star Game were finally selected. Among them, five players were selected to play in the annual event for the first time. Chicago Bulls forward Luol Deng, center Roy Hibbert from the Indiana Pacers and Philadelphia 76ers forward-guard Andre Iguodala are on their [...]
Eleven months after Kobe Bryant grabbed the sixth spot in NBA All-Time Scoring List, he once again changed the record books this February as he passed by Shaquille O’Neal’s 28,596 point-total. Bryant reached the 5th place in the all-time scoring list in the Los Angeles Lakers 90-95 road loss against the Philadelphia 76ers last February [...]
The fans have decided and finally, the starters for the 2012 NBA All-Star Game were determined. Dwight Howard from the Orlando Magic is the leading vote-getter in this year’s balloting program with 1,600,390 votes while Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers came in second with 1,555,479. Howard, who won his 3rd straight Defensive Player [...]
The Golden State Warriors failed to make the playoffs after a 36 wins and 46 losses 2010-11 NBA season. As a result, Keith Smart was relieved of his head coaching duties last April 27, 2011. On June 6, former NBA player Mark Jackson was named as the Warriors’ new head coach. He will handle a [...]
The Oklahoma City Thunder clinched the Northwest Division title last season after finishing with a record of 55 wins and 27 losses. In the playoffs, they won over the Denver Nuggets in the first round, then defeated the Memphis Grizzlies in the Western Conference semifinals but lost to the Dallas Mavericks in the conference finals.
