Dwight Howard leads all players after the first returns of the 2012 NBA All-Star Ballot. Howard, who has been named Defensive Player of the Year each of the past three seasons, is the overall leading with 754,737 votes. Howard paces …
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When Matt Barnes signed a 2-year contract with the Lakers in the summer of 2010, the team thought they had just added another tough defender and a player who will always do the little things that are easily forgotten but …
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Minnesota Timberwolves’ Ricky Rubio of Spain, left, and Chicago Bulls’ Derrick Rose part after they exchanged a hug following the Bulls’ 111-100 win on Tuesday in Minneapolis. Rose scored a season-high 31 points and had 11 assists to outlast Ricky …
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Editor: We’re pleased to present to you an excellent guest submission from budding phenom Adam Raymond on the art of the chasedown block. Enjoy, and keep those submissions coming! Holy Mother of Mary. How did he do that? Honestly, there’s …
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Chicago Bulls forward Carlos Boozer tries to knock the ball away from Detroit Pistons centre Greg Monroe during the second half on Monday in Chicago. Boozer led all scorers with 23 points in the Bulls’ 92-68 win. (Charles Rex Arbogast/Associated …
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Shoot-Hoops.com is looking for intelligent, passionate basketball fans to join our team of writers. If you would like to get involved, all you need to do is send us your articles you would like to see published on the site.  We’ll …
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The NBA announced today that Miami HEAT forward LeBron James was named the Eastern Conference Player of Week for games played January 2, through January 8. This marks the 33rd time James has earned Player of the Week accolades in …
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