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Around The NBA
By: Phill23 Date: February 16, 2011, 12:59 pm
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Re: Around The NBA
By: Phill23 Date: April 16, 2011, 3:10 pm
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Bulls sweep Indy
Celts in 6 over the Knicks
Heat in 5 over the Sixers
Orlando sweeps Atlanta
[font=arial black]Next Round....[/font]
Bulls in 7 over Orlando
Heat in 6 over the Celts
[font=arial black]Next Round....[/font]
Heat in 6 over Bulls
That's my playoff scenario in the East
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Re: Around The NBA
By: Phill23 Date: April 17, 2011, 4:12 pm
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Grizzlies defeated the Spurs in game 1. I'm shocked!!!
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Re: Around The NBA
By: Phill23 Date: April 17, 2011, 5:12 pm
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LAKERS LOST!!!!!
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Re: Around The NBA
By: Phill23 Date: April 25, 2011, 9:25 pm
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Grizzlies are killing the Spurs. Changing of the guards?
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Re: Around The NBA
By: JBN Date: April 26, 2011, 8:16 pm
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It would be funny if the Grizz knocked them off but it's not
over yet.
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Re: Around The NBA
By: Phill23 Date: April 26, 2011, 8:55 pm
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I agree man. They're going to San Antonio now. They may lose 3
straight.
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Re: Around The NBA
By: Phill23 Date: May 7, 2011, 4:48 pm
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Dallas will banish those damn Lakers tomorrow!!!
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Re: Around The NBA
By: Phill23 Date: May 10, 2011, 3:52 pm
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Wizards unveil new uniforms
Associated Press
WASHINGTON -- Red, white and blue. Horizontal stripes. Elvin
Hayes in the house. No sign anywhere of the misshaped magician
with the bizarre beard.
The Washington Wizards are again the Washington Bullets -- in
everything but name.
The NBA team unveiled its new red, white and blue color scheme
and uniforms Tuesday, a blast from the past that was
overwhelmingly welcomed as long overdue. The modern colors worn
since the team changed its name in 1997 always seemed a bit out
of place in the nation's capital.
"When I looked at the Wizards when they played in the teal, I
did not really recognize them as part of the Bullet
organization," said Hayes, the Hall of Fame forward whose No. 11
is retired in the rafters. "It was like another team had began
to represent them because they changed their name and they
changed their colors and I think it was so drastic. As a player
who played here, when I watched it on television, I think you
had a disconnect. I think that all of a sudden, it's a great
reconnect."
The makeover was spurred by Ted Leonsis, who took over the
franchise after the death of longtime owner Abe Pollin in
November 2009. Fans and former players bent Leonsis' ear and
inundated his inbox, telling him they preferred the old look of
the team. Plus, he had already gone through this routine once,
having changed his NHL's Capitals back to red, white and blue a
few years ago, also to positive reviews.
"It's just part of a set of overall things that we're trying to
accomplish," Leonsis said. "I'm not naive enough to think that
changing the colors [by itself] will improve anything, but I saw
the power of the change and newness with the Capitals."
Leonsis said it was intentional that the new designs and logos
make no reference to the theme of Wizards other than the actual
name written across the home jersey. The next step, it would
seem, would be to go ahead and change the nickname back to
Bullets.
Leonsis has looked into a name change and didn't rule it out,
but he described it as a laborious process that can take up to
three years because of intricate intellectual property issues.
"This is what we've done. It took a year to do," Leonsis said.
"We can't change the name -- changing the name changes the IP.
That's a really, really big process. I think this was a very
dramatic pivot for the franchise."
Of course, new uniforms are also a way to make quick money. The
master of ceremonies at the televised news conference wasted no
time telling fans how they can purchase the new digs. The team
even encouraged fans to turn in their old uniforms to be donated
to charity, while receiving a discount on the new stuff.
One person who had no problem turning in his old outfit was
point guard John Wall, who modeled the new version on the stage.
"It's better than the other one," Wall said. "I'm a bright-color
person. It'll give the fans something to be more excited about."
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Wizards guards Jordan Crawford, left, and John Wall model the
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Re: Around The NBA
By: AndyMacFAIL Date: May 16, 2011, 7:22 pm
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Bill Simmons article on Phil Jackson:
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