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		<title>Ridiculously Technical</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Amare&#8217; Stoudemire is having an MVP-caliber year in his first season as a New York Knick, but currently has the dubious distinction of being tied for first place in technical fouls. With his current total of 13 technical fouls, he is dangerously close to the limit of 16, which would result in a 1 game [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Technical Foul Rule Doesn&#8217;t Work</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I understand the point of the NBA&#8217;s new crackdown on excessive complaining to the referees by players: every call upsets half the players on the court and creates to opportunity to gripe. And if you&#8217;ve watched the NBA over the last few years you could see that the complaining is getting out of hand. But [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bloghoops.com/2010/10/14/new-technical-foul-rule-doesnt-work/</link>
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		<title>Gallinari developing quickly</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When the Knicks drafted Danilo Gallinari, the Theatre at Madison Square Garden roared with boos.  I was the only one of my friends, and one of the few in the building, that was excited. “Forza Italia! Forza Gallinari!” I shouted. The Garden shouted louder. When Gallo hurt his back in a summer league game a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bloghoops.com/2010/01/07/gallinari-developing-quickly/</link>
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		<title>LeBron Deserved MVP</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Let me start by saying that LeBron James had a phenomenal season and that he was more than deserving of this year’s MVP. You’d be crazy to say that LeBron shouldn’t have won the award (so I won’t say that). But it strikes me a little funny that while Kobe Bryant has been the best [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bloghoops.com/2009/05/04/lebron-deserved-mvp/</link>
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		<title>2009 MVP Race</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What is the most important factor in determining who should be MVP? There are two prevailing arguments: a) The MVP is the best player on the best team. b) The MVP is the player that makes the biggest difference A) Historically, the first argument has held true. &#8220;Best&#8221; can, of course, be a relative term. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bloghoops.com/2009/03/17/2009-mvp-race/</link>
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		<title>Kobe vs. Lebron in Los Angeles</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The stage was set last night for an epic battle between the game&#8217;s preeminent superstars but the race nearly ended in the starting blocks as Kobe Bryant dislocated the ring finger on his shooting hand early in the first quarter (while guarding Lebron James). After having the finger popped back into place, Kobe returned to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bloghoops.com/2009/01/20/kobe-vs-lebron-in-los-angeles/</link>
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		<title>The Setting Suns?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It was hard to watch last night&#8217;s game between the Boston Celtics and the Phoenix Suns. While it was just one game it was enough to show that Phoenix is a team divided. The first and most obvious place to look is at the front court where Shaquille O&#8217;Neal and Amare Stoudemire are clearly not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bloghoops.com/2009/01/20/the-setting-suns/</link>
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