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	<title>The Japan Times &#187; NBA</title>
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		<title>Can Stevens repeat success in NBA?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jul 2013 14:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Boston Celtics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brad Stevens]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We know this just isn&#8217;t supposed to work, the young executive-looking Brad Stevens, the 36-year-old coach at modest Butler University in Indiana, signing an almost unprecedented six-year contract to coach one of American sports&#8217; most celebrated franchises, the Boston Celtics. You can almost hear the jokes in a few months, Stevens with a 9-22 Celtics [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Move by Rivers once unimaginable</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jun 2013 15:02:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Boston Celtics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Doc Rivers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Los Angeles Clippers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Duck, duck your head! Pigs are flying! They have to be. The Clippers, the Los Angeles Clippers of the NBA, the team that has been an NBA punch line for ineptitude, incompetence and penury for three decades, agreed to hire the league&#8217;s most in-demand coach, Doc Rivers, and is paying him as much as any [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Erving as responsible for NBA&#8217;s success as anybody</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:05:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Julius Erving]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NBA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The legendary Dr. J left a lasting impression on the NBA.]]></description>
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		<title>Paul caused Del Negro&#8217;s departure</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 15:04:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Smith</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Los Angeles Clippers in 2012-13 had the best season in their franchise history, including their times in Buffalo and San Diego. They won a franchise-most 56 games, including 17 straight that was the best in the NBA in four years until the Heat won 27 in a row late in the season. The Clippers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stern in tough spot regarding Kings</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 15:02:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Smith</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[They have called David Stern &#8220;King David&#8221; around the NBA at times, though quietly when he was nearby. It&#8217;s been a successful reign for Stern, who said he will step down next February as commissioner. But Stern may need the wisdom of King Solomon to make one of his biggest decisions, though technically all NBA [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Woodson beating odds with Knicks</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:02:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Smith</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Mike Woodson likes to tell the story of how he first got into NBA coaching, which was something of a symbol for his basketball life. Woodson had finished up a solid, if unspectacular, playing career with a half dozen teams after being drafted by the New York Knicks in 1980 out of Indiana University, where [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kobe&#8217;s greatness won&#8217;t let him quit</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2013/04/17/basketball/kobes-greatness-wont-let-him-quit/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=kobes-greatness-wont-let-him-quit</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:08:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Kobe Bryant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Los Angeles Lakers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Well, at least we know Kobe Bryant isn&#8217;t retiring. One of the underlying stories of this NBA season &#8212; and, of course, it had to involve the Los Angeles Lakers, as almost everything did &#8212; was Bryant saying how with the final season of his contract in 2013-14 that might be his last in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>King&#8217;s election richly deserved, but long overdue</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:15:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack Gallagher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Basketball Hall of fame]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bernard King]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It was nothing short of a travesty that basketball great Bernard King was passed over by Hall of Fame voters on five previous occasions.]]></description>
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		<title>Buss&#8217; contributions to NBA won&#8217;t be forgotten</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Smith</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Jerry Buss, the legendary Basketball Hall of Fame owner of the Los Angeles Lakers who died Monday, was by vocation a chemist, the Dr. before his name for his Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Southern California at age 24. Smart man, surely. But it takes more than being intelligent to be successful, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Harden the loser in trade from OKC</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2013/02/06/basketball/harden-the-loser-in-trade-from-okc/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=harden-the-loser-in-trade-from-okc</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 15:48:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Houston Rockets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James Harden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oklahoma City Thunder]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Houston Rockets are going to make the playoffs, and without trading for James Harden there basically was no chance they would. The Oklahoma City Thunder still are among the top five contenders for the NBA championship, but not likely as strong a contender as they were the day before they traded Harden. So you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Garnett an enigma despite unquestioned greatness</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2013/01/23/basketball/garnett-an-enigma-despite-unquestioned-greatness/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=garnett-an-enigma-despite-unquestioned-greatness</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:06:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Kevin Garnett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sam Smith]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So why are so many people applauding a guy who makes fun of cancer patients, calls other men&#8217;s wives sluts and punches opponents in the groin? Well, there aren&#8217;t that many people applauding Kevin Garnett, who has been accused of those crimes and misdemeanors, most recently by the Knicks&#8217; Carmelo Anthony, who after Garnett&#8217;s latest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bulls keeping pace in East with Rose on mend</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2012 00:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Smith</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[If the Chicago Bulls are this good without point guard Derrick Rose &#8212;not great, but good &#8212; then could they really be serious title contenders even this season? You&#8217;d, of course, have said no chance coming into the 2012-13 NBA season, and anytime in the first month as the Bulls lurched along around .500. But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Knicks may live up to hype this time</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 00:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Smith</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s an old question you hear around the NBA sometimes. It goes like this: What&#8217;s the definition of a dynasty? Answer: When a family in China governs for hundreds of years. Or when a New York sports team wins three games in a row. Look out, but a New York Knicks&#8217; dynasty may be here. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cerebral Paul a true renaissance man</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Smith</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[You don&#8217;t hear much profound in sports locker room these days, even about sports. You hear about &#8220;rhythm,&#8221; and &#8220;momentum&#8221; and playing them &#8220;one at a time.&#8221; So it was a delight to listen to Chris Paul the other day. The Los Angeles Clippers had just beaten the Chicago Bulls, who were playing without the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brown wasn&#8217;t only problem for Lakers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 00:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Smith</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Sam Smith covered the Chicago Bulls for the Chicago Tribune for nearly 25 years, including all six of the team&#8217;s NBA titles with Michael Jordan. He is the author of the best-selling book &#8220;The Jordan Rules&#8221; and now writes for bulls.com. He was honored with the Basketball Hall of Fame&#8217;s Curt Gowdy Media Award for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Florida media get it wrong on LeBron</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2012 00:02:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Vecsey</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[So, as I&#8217;m waiting to flotilla out of Florida, I felt compelled to support the newspaper industry by purchasing some of the local periodicals to get their take on what I had just seen. Not surprisingly, I guess, nearly every editorial &#8220;celebrated&#8221; the launching of LeBron&#8217;s shamelessly prophesied Title Wave, and admonished, let us say, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Jordan kept Isiah off Dream Team</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2012 00:06:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Vecsey</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Ironic how last Thursday was Flag Day and here we are, draped in drool over the 20th anniversary of the narcissistic 1992 Dream Team. Like loyal reader Lawrence Bentley of Plano, Texas, I am proud to say I have never seen that supercilious squadron play a single minute. That goes for the four following deified [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heat should roll up Thunder in six</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2012 00:06:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Vecsey</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Which images grabbed or repelled you the most Saturday night as the bent and battered Ancient Men of the C&#8217;s farewell tour proved no endurance challenge to the Stones, and the Heat hopscotched to The Finals for the second straight season since LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh ganged up on the rest of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Durant, Green show class of West&#8217;s best organizations</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2012 00:01:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Vecsey</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Kevin Durant cannot possibly be, as commonly portrayed, as great a guy as he is a player, right? &#8220;He&#8217;s actually better!&#8221; Matt Tumbleson countered when posed the impious question while the Thunder&#8217;s director of communications and I watched Daddy Long Legs warm up on the Staples Center court prior to the end of the Clippers&#8217; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spurs-Thunder clash good as it gets</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 00:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Vecsey</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It doesn&#8217;t get more captivating than the invincible Spurs vs. the near-impregnable Thunder. Had the Bosh-less Heat not vividly reversed their 1-2 fade against the Pacers, the winner of this Sumo Series would be crowned champion and the Finals would be cheapened to a formality. As things stand, I just hope the series spins into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Knicks should keep Woodson as coach</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 00:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Vecsey</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[As long as the Knicks make the playoffs and, you know what, even if they don&#8217;t due to injuries, Mike Woodson will be the team&#8217;s biggest winner this season. If this was an audition for an NBA head coaching job next year, he&#8217;s guaranteed to get the part. It&#8217;ll be up to Woodson to choose [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Durant, Love friends from way back</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 00:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Vecsey</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Friday night&#8217;s 289-point delight, a double-overtime home theater Thunder conquest of the Timberwolves, stimulated trampled memory sprouts of the captivating conflicts between the Nuggets &#8212; Alex English, Dan Issel and Kiki Vandeweghe &#8212; and the Spurs &#8212;George Gervin, Artis Gilmore and Larry Kenon. All things not being equal, Oklahoma City clearly had the sides. Yet, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Zen Master has nothing to gain by coaching Knicks</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 00:03:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Vecsey</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[You know me; I&#8217;m too professional, polite and reverential of the coaching profession to speculate about interim Mike Woodson&#8217;s successor while he still retains the Knicks&#8217; (favorite) title . . . at least as long as he&#8217;s undefeated. Pressed by unfeeling editors, I had no choice but to voice an educated estimation whether Phil Jackson [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Love deserves consideration for MVP</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 00:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Vecsey</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[When Kevin Love was in high-school, numerous people devalued his accomplishments, probably because he complied with gravity and didn&#8217;t quite qualify as a gymnast or a contortionist. His father, Stan, a five-year peripheral player for the Bullets, Lakers and ABA&#8217;s Spurs in the early 1970s, would always say, &#8220;You can take your guy if you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Odom&#8217;s presence crucial for Mavs</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 00:03:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Vecsey</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Time to check your Odom-eter: Anyone who purchased a ticket for Saturday night&#8217;s D-League tilt in scenic midtown Frisco, Texas, in the hopes of eyeballing Lamar Kardashian, his wife or a stray sister or two, wasted money. The out-of-service Maverick was ordered back to Dallas, who like the Newt Gingrich campaign, would cheerfully accept theoretic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Howard plot thickens near deadline</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 00:02:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Vecsey</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Regardless of speculation and fabrication about additional destinations under consideration, Dwight Howard&#8217;s trade request remains unwavering. He is amenable to commit long-term with the Nets, Lakers, and Mavericks. That&#8217;s it, just those three teams. Nevertheless, lean and rest assured copious other suitors have contacted Magic GM Otis Smith and registered bids. Without a doubt, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smith&#8217;s track record cause for concern</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:03:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Vecsey</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[On a one-week assignment with the Nuggets last season in full anticipation of Carmelo Anthony exclusively spilling his guts to me about every aspect of his life and forthcoming destination, I accompanied the team on its charter to Phoenix. There was a shootaround the morning of the game, Nov. 15, 2010. J.R. Smith overslept. When [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nets squandered chance to draft Kobe</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:04:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Vecsey</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Kobe Bryant&#8217;s annual Garden variety visit last Friday triggered me to re-examine the draft of 1996. Many people have gone straight from high school to Hollywood and become overnight sensations . . . after countless years of dejection and rejection. Kobe actually morphed into a Lakers&#8217; legend almost on cue. Jerry West was not the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why didn&#8217;t Lin get a chance earlier?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:03:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Vecsey</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[There they were in Boston on Friday night with an actual chance to silence the wolves, the lambs and the vultures and what did the Knicks do? Croaked from second-hand choke. Up a dozen against the recently exhumed Celtics, they were hosing their hosts in the third quarter (7:15 left), until the Knicks reverting to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dysfunction has Wizards doomed</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:03:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Vecsey</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Flip Saunders isn&#8217;t the reason the Wizards flopped. Just ask him. When Saunders took the Wizards&#8217; job, he said after being terminated, he believed his staff had the opportunity to coach a veteran team that had a chance to make a run into the playoffs. &#8220;That job description changed drastically, when we experienced the gun [...]]]></description>
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