As was expected, according to the Associated Press, Rookie of the Year guard Derrick Rose of the Chicago Bulls and Memphis Grizzlies guard O.J. Mayo were unanimous choices on the All-Rookie team. Below are the selections: First team – Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose, Memphis Grizzlies guard O.J. Mayo, Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook, New [...]
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Starters Rest, Hawks Edge Heat 81-79
This happened to be one of those games where you knew both teams – in this case the Atlanta Hawks and Miami Heat – had playoff berths secured and had little to play for. Tuesday’s game pitted two teams that had locked up playoff slots and by and large played their bench players for the [...]
76ers Bench Provides Boost, Cools Off Heat 94-84
Apparently, the Philadelphia 76ers aren’t missing injured forward Elton Brand too much since they’re playing above .500 with him out of the lineup. Saturday’s game against the Miami Heat would yet another test as to the Sixers’ resiliency; this game would find that the bench would provide a much needed lift as they scored 41 [...]
Ming, Rockets Dominate Undersized Heat 107-98
The Miami Heat have had this inherent problem that has dogged them for quite some time – they haven’t had a true center (with apologies to Alonzo Mourning) to bang around with the Eastern Conference big boys since Shaquille O’Neal. In Monday night’s game against the Houston Rockets, that deficiency was exploited as Yao Ming [...]


April 30th, 2009
Stephen Rhodes
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