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LeBron James Leads Miami to Victory
Jun21

LeBron James Leads M...

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MIAMI — LeBron James can rest as long as he wants. He’s now a two-time NBA champion — and a two-time NBA Finals MVP. After two years of almost constant basketball, James still found a way to be at his absolute best in Game 7 of the NBA Finals. He scored 37 points, grabbed...

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Cuban Funds Flopping Study
Jun06

Cuban Funds Flopping Study

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Mark Cuban Funding NBA Flopping Study at SMU… The league’s anti-flopping policy that was put into place this season hasn’t exactly done a whole lot to curb the embarrassing effort of some players to exaggerate or invent contact to try to garner a favorable (if incorrect) foul call from the officials. David Stern said as much in addressing the media before the start of the NBA Finals, while also mentioning that fines or other penalties might have to be increased for them to truly act as a deterrent to this particular type of conduct exhibited by a percentage of the players. Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is taking it a step...

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How the Mavs Could Land Al Jefferson
Sep04

How the Mavs Could Land Al Jefferson

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Eddie Sefko takes a look at the Mavericks’ chances of landing Al Jefferson. Point guard Deron Williams’ snub – choosing to stay with the Brooklyn Nets – stung the Mavericks, but that doesn’t mean the results will be the same next summer, when Dallas figures to have at least as much salary cap flexibility as it did at the start of this offseason. Either way, it won’t keep the Mavericks from taking another big swing at a superstar-level player — or perhaps two of them. Utah’s Al Jefferson is agile enough to cope with virtually any of the new-era hybrid centers. (AP) In the fourth installment of a series on the most...

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A New Sarge in Town
Aug23

A New Sarge in Town

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Bernard James, a 6-foot-10, 230 forward/center was drafted to the Dallas Mavericks this year. Before turning his attention to basketball, James spent six years in the United States Air Force, rising to the rank of staff sergeant and serving tours of duty in Iraq, Afghanistan and Qatar. The...

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