Browsing Tag Dwight Howard
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13 March 2013 at 10 : 55 AM
Diva alert: Brandon Jennings
Brandon Jennings is the newest diva athlete in the NBA. Jennings is ready to become a restricted free agent after the season and is commenting through the press how he feels he has proven he is an impact player on the Bucks. He is playing "the violin" stating that the Bucks are a small market team and playing in a larger TV market would allow him to get a ...
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22 August 2012 at 12 : 59 PM
Heat primer of “Superteam” from 2010 can help 2012 Lakers
The Lakers have compiled the new "Superteam" for the upcoming NBA season. All eyes of fans and news media will be focused on Los Angeles again this season and the Lakers prospects of advancing to the NBA Finals improved equal to the Oklahoma City Thunder repeating as Western Conference Champs. The "Superteam" concept though isn't 100 percent solid and the ...
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22 May 2012 at 08 : 25 AM
An insight into the ‘diva’ basketball athlete
'You are the best player on your team (college, youth, pro). Everyone knows this and every game it can be seen.' 'In the final minutes of a game, your coach calls a play you don't like and another player gets that play called for him--he misses. Your team loses the game.' Do you blame the coach for not giving you the ball? This NBA season more than ...
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2 May 2012 at 18 : 33 PM
Game 2 Recap – Indiana vs Orlando
At half time, in Game 2, it looked like a deja vu for Indiana, who were behind 44-42 despite Orlando shooting just 32%. They stayed in the game with 12 offensive rebounds. Indiana went into the locker room facing the daunting prospect of travelling to Orlando behind 0-2 but they decided to do something about it and came out with a strong showing in the ...
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2 May 2012 at 18 : 41 PM
Game 1 Recap – Indiana vs Orlando
Orlando came into this series as underdogs without star center Dwight Howard who is out with injury. Indiana came in as first time favourites in a playoff series since a long time ago. There were many questions hanging over this series. - Will Indiana be able to handle being favourites? - Will Orlando, with nothing to lose, come out as winners? - Will ...
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27 April 2012 at 18 : 55 PM
East Conference Round 1 Preview: Indiana vs Orlando
Playoffs are here! The dust has settled for the number 3 and 6 seed matchup. Indiana (3rd seed) will be playing Orlando (6th seed) In the condensed regular season, the head to head results are: 24/01: Orlando @ Indiana - Orlando won 102 - 83 29/01: Indiana @ Orlando - Orlando won 106 - 85 04/02: Orlando @ Indiana - Orlando won 85 - 81 11/03: Indiana ...
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19 April 2012 at 07 : 03 AM
Howard-Van Gundy battle is worst story of NBA season
The season-long development of Dwight Howard holding the Orlando Magic for 'ransom' demanding a trade, then backing off, challenging his teammates, then praising them, demanding Coach Stan Van Gundy be fired, then denying any wrongdoing took another turn. Possibly, as reported by a local Orlando news station, Howard is willing to sit out the entire 2012 ...
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17 April 2012 at 23 : 33 PM
Race to the Playoffs Part 1 – East Conference
The NBA Playoffs are approaching us quickly with most teams having five more games left till the end of the regular season. This year's condensed season has provided us with amazing story lines, highlights and drama. It has brought new found fame to rising stars, surprising trades and unfortunately a huge amount of injuries. As our focus slowly turns to ...
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6 April 2012 at 15 : 30 PM
Shaq the analyst vs. Stan Van Gundy Part 2
Shaquille O'Neal should remove the 'analyst' title from his name on the TNT studio broadcasts. Responding to Stan Van gundy's comments that Dwight Howard is trying to get him fired, Shaq called the move 'bush league' ripping the coach for airing the team's dirty laundry in public. Shaq himself though has shared his personal feelings about the Magic coaching ...
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31 January 2012 at 21 : 54 PM
Dwight Howard is the poster child of a ‘diva’ athlete
Dwight Howard is like a child throwing a temper tantrum. Fans shouldn't get it wrong, its not that he wants to win. He just wants to be with the 'winners' and has already written off the Magic as a 'bunch of losers'. In the midst of their losing streak, Howard called out teammates and stated to reporters that 'guys looked like they didn't want to play'. He ...
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