28 May 2013
Mike McGinnis/Getty Images The criteria on the previous slide reduced the field of possible candidates to 18. From there, I applied my own judgment to remove these eight guys. Jhonny Peralta Sorry, but there are at least four Tigers who will finish ahead of Peralta in the voting. Shin-Soo Choo and Brandon Phillips [...]
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28 May 2013
Jamie Sabau/Getty Images Here’s how the list of roughly 800 players was whittled down to 10 finalists. No. 1: No pitchers Justin Verlander may have won the award two years ago, but let’s keep the pitchers in the Cy Young discussion and leave the MVP discussion for the everyday players. No. 2: Minimum [...]
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28 May 2013
Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images If the MLB season ended today, your NL MVP would probably be Joey Votto, and your AL MVP would indisputably be Miguel Cabrera. Fortunately, the season doesn’t end today. We have four months left during which injuries or prolonged cold streaks could drastically alter the voting for the most popular end-of-season award. Should those [...]
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28 May 2013
For LeBron James and Dwyane Wade, flopping wins championships. Sure, that can be construed as a bit extreme, but what else are we supposed to believe? The two Miami Heat superstars haven’t done anything to quell the cries of those who would call them dirty floppers. They’ve actually perpetuated them. “Some guys have been doing it for years, just trying to get [...]
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28 May 2013
Bruce Bennett/Getty Images By the end of the 2012-13 season, Dallas Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle sounded ready for a divorce from O.J. Mayo. During an April 15 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies, Carlisle called a timeout during the fourth quarter and told Mayo that it was “just to get [him] out of the game,” according to [...]
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28 May 2013
Brian Spurlock-USA TODAY Sports After nine years together, Josh Smith’s time with the Atlanta Hawks could soon be coming to an end. Back in January, Smith told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that he felt as though he deserved a maximum contract. Based on talent alone, there’s a legitimate argument to be made in his favor. Unfortunately for Smith, teams [...]
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28 May 2013
Russ Isabella-USA TODAY Sports The Utah Jazz are poised to lose Al Jefferson in free agency and receive nothing in return. Worse yet, the Jazz only have themselves to blame. Utah held firm at the 2013 trade deadline despite having a glut of big men, two of whom (Jefferson and Paul Millsap) were set to [...]
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28 May 2013
Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports The 2013 NBA free-agent class has the potential to reshape the league. With Chris Paul, Dwight Howard and a slew of other stars set to hit the market, the NBA landscape could look considerably different between now and the start of the 2013-14 season. CP3 appears likely to re-sign with the Los Angeles Clippers, but Howard’s [...]
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28 May 2013
Gregory Shamus/Getty Images Games 1 and 2 between the Indiana Pacers and Miami Heat were both down-to-the-wire affairs. Game 3, not so much. Hopefully we get more of the former and less of the latter when Game 4 rolls around on Tuesday night. After fiddling around in Game 2 and allowing the Pacers to steal [...]
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19 April 2013
USA TODAY Sports The Los Angeles Lakers went into the final day of the 2012-13 regular season unsure if they’d even qualify for the playoffs. They ended the night not only in the playoffs but having stolen the No. 7 seed from the Houston Rockets. That victory set up a showdown with the San Antonio [...]
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