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Archive for December, 2005

Abdur-Rahim scheduled to have jaw surgery

Posted by Nels on December 30th, 2005 filed in Fantasy Basketball, Injuries, Sacramento Kings

SI.com – NBA – Abdur-Rahim scheduled to have jaw surgery – Wednesday December 28, 2005 8:48PM

Sacramento Kings forward Shareef Abdur-Rahim’s mouth will be wired shut for six weeks after he undergoes surgery to repair his broken jaw.
Abdur-Rahim’s jaw was broken by an elbow from Portland’s Zach Randolph in the third quarter of the Kings’ loss [...]

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Cotton Camby is back

Posted by Nels on December 29th, 2005 filed in Denver Nuggets, Injuries, Return of the Jedi

Sure was a good ride while it lasted, eh?
The Denver Nuggets announced Wednesday that Camby will undergo surgery for a fractured right pinky.
Camby will have pins surgically inserted into the finger Thursday. The team then will set a timetable for his return.

Pins does not sound good. Perhaps they should just replace his skeleton [...]

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Maggette out another 4 weeks

Posted by Nels on December 23rd, 2005 filed in Fantasy Basketball, Injuries, LA Clippers

Clippers forward Corey Maggette will be out at least four more weeks because of an injured left foot.
It was thought Maggette had a sprained left foot, and he was listed as day-do-day. But he returned to Los Angeles on Thursday, a day after the Clippers lost at Indiana 97-75, and a CT scan revealed a [...]

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Carnivore of the Fantasy NBA #3

According to Fantasy Basketball Guru, trading season has begun. I have yet to see this, but I have made free agent 6 pick-ups in the past 3 days in my FantasyBasketball.com league. It sucks to the point of being cruel to have daily lineup changes with no injured reserve. If I could [...]

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Pluses and Minuses

Posted by Nels on December 20th, 2005 filed in NBA Basketball, Random Stuff

I said I’d address this comment via post, so here it is. Quite simple really. First things first, Miami is no way a +2.5 over Detroit. Why? Because that means The Bookies (aka Oddsmakers) think that Miami will win the game by 2.5 points (this is the essence). Why 2.5? [...]

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NBA Today – Yahoo! Sports

Posted by Nels on December 19th, 2005 filed in Fantasy Basketball, Houston Rockets, Injuries

NBA Today – NBA – Yahoo! Sports

All-Star Yao Ming of the Houston Rockets missed his first game of the season and the third of his NBA career Sunday night because of a sore right big toe that will sideline him indefinitely. Yao, the leading vote-getter after the first set of returns for this season’s All-Star [...]

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The Magic Bullet

Perhaps Sactown Royalty has something sharp wedged in between the lobes of his brain sort of like The Mamba (who named himself after a female superhero), or perhaps more like another player that apparently nobody wants, but more than one blog wants to free?.

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The Mystery of the Retro Jerseys – SOLVED

Posted by Nels on December 15th, 2005 filed in Miami Heat, NBA Basketball

I was greeted this morning by a clue as to the origin of Miami’s new-found retro jerseys.

It probably doesn’t count as a Mystery, per se, since my nimble fingers quickly led me to this educational lesson in Basketball History. I was a member of the APBR email list for a short while, but I [...]

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I'm with Henry

Posted by Nels on December 14th, 2005 filed in Chicago Bulls, LA Lakers, Miami Heat, NBA Basketball

I’m with Henry. Not really for the same reasons… we’ll, some of the same reasons. But, yeah, Wade is closest to being “The Next” more because of his detemination than his athletic ability.
In other news, the Carnival #21 is up at Yay Sports. And again, I’m with Henry. The best post [...]

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The Real Question Is

Posted by Nels on December 13th, 2005 filed in NBA Basketball, Random Stuff

So, yes… Shaq is Baq. For the time being at least.
That’s all well and good. But the real question is: Where the H E Double Hockey Sticks did Miami get throwback jerseys from????
Side note: It looks like they had someone from South Beach design those jerseys. Not that there’s anything [...]

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