On Basketball: Tuckerâs Talent Is Undervalued by the N.B.A.
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Imagine that your team just won the lottery and has the No. 1 pick in the N.B.A. draft. Who do you want making that pick, an expert or a quorum of fans?
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Larry Brownâs one turbulent season as the Knicksâ coach has become the baseline by which their progress is measured.
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Forget about Hubie Brown, Jerry Sloan and Larry Brown âTerry Porter should have been last season&#39;s Coach of the Year if only for getting the most out of the least.
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Jay Wright has heard this before. The Villanova coach is in his third season at the Wildcats&#39; helm, and this is the third time he&#39;s heard that the Big East is in decline.
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The difference between the defending N.B.A. champions and the Knicks league seemed remarkably small at times Friday evening. But the true gap showed up in the final seconds of a tight game.
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With the N.B.A. draft coming on Thursday, a guide to help evaluate the top players.
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That the Lakers are now bumping up against the N.B.A.âs top tier â with Kobe Bryant firmly at the controls â is a surprise to everyone except perhaps Bryant.
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New talk of adding European teams to the National Basketball Association within a decade has some appeal to the league's European stars, but they want to see the details.
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Jalen Rose, one of only two Knicks to have played in the N.B.A. finals, is a tad dumbfounded at the preception that he might not have a roll on the Knicks.
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The Denver Nuggets picked up the $3.04 million option for next season for forward Nene on Friday, but didn&#39;t do the same for Nikoloz Tskitishvili.
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The firing of Denver Nuggets coach Jeff Bzdelik came as a surprise to few around the league, as the team has failed to build on last season&#39;s success despite obtaining all-star forward Kenyon Martin last summer.
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The Nets have done at least one thing well during this disappointing season: They can beat Cleveland.
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Laziness made Antoine Agudio work to develop from a catch-and-shoot guy into a diversified basketmaker who entered the weekend leading the N.C.A.A. in scoring.
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Stephon Marburyâs dissatisfaction with the Knicks and his strained relationship with Isiah Thomas gives credence to the possibility there is more to his ankle injury.
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It was the kind of defense these Knicks are not known for. The kind they often pay lip service to. The kind that leads to ugly basketball, long stretches without points and NBA victories.
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The NetsÂ bench players have elevated their game this season, but the starting lineup often falls behind early and fails to execute in the clutch.
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Emeka Okafor didn't have the talent as a prep player to make it very far in basketball. Books, he said, opened the door to the NBA.