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      <comment>Hey its been a long summer, football season is a drain, FSU is 3-4, Carolina is 2-4, thank God the NBA is here. And im just going to say it now and just get it out the way now. &quot;Again this year the Orlando Magic is the most disrespected team in the league!&quot; And i am going to predict a rematch of last years finals but this time the Magic will win this time, because of the addition of Vince Carter and the subtraction of Hedo Turkolu</comment>
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      <comment>The season is here and early fav's are the Lakers and Celtics in the Finals some are sayin Lakers or Cavs/Magic...its any top 3 east team but only OOOOOOOOOOONE West team..........LAKERS </comment>
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      <comment>I HAVE ONE SPOT LEFT IN OUR  ESPN NBA FANTASY LEAGUE OWNERS NEEDED. We have 19 teams.  I have a one spot left to fill our 20 team league. Just message me quickly with an email address.No Cleveland homers please! Message me at my profile with your email and I'll get back to you quickly. Thanks, and sorry to spam. I'll be online for as long as it takes to fill the spot - but the tenative time for me to close the league is midnight tonight!</comment>
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      <comment>ESPN NBA FANTASY LEAGUE - OWNERS NEEDED!!!!  We have a few spots left in our NBA fantasy league.  If you are interested in joining, send a message with an email address to me or RocAFella248 and we'll send you the invite.  You'll need to accept the invite soon though because the league will be closed up Sunday night due to the fantasy draft starting Monday morning.  Let me or Roc know if you have questions.</comment>
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      <comment>Lakers gunnu repeat, im just puttin it out there</comment>
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      <comment>D-WADE TRUE FANZ CHECKOUT DWYANE WADE LIVE TUESDAY NIGHT 9PM EST. AT WWW.BLOGTALKRADIO.COM/BLINE CALL IN AND ASK D-WADE A QUESTION 347 324-5839 OR CHAT ONLINE OR CATCH THE POD CAST. HEAR WHAT D-WADE HAS TO SAY ABOUT HIS NEXT STOP ON NBA FREE AGENCY. THIS TUESDAY NIGHT THE BOTTOM LINE SPORTS SHOW. WWW.BLOGTALKRADIO.COM/BLINE</comment>
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      <comment>Slick- I live in N.E Minneapolis, this is what I do. Party hard and catch the games Dog!</comment>
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      <comment>Now thats sayin alot... Vikings fans haven't been the same since Randy left which is shocking since we have A.P who is a home run hitter....I guess they love the deep ball , who doesn't right?!....
Brett Favre still has that ...IT!</comment>
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      <comment>SlickVikes-- This ya boy, I took my kids to that Vikings/Kansas City game in the Metro Dome. Brett didn't really do much (pre-season) but the ENERGY was crazy, it was more pumped in there than last year's game against Pilly in the first round of the playoffs.</comment>
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      <comment>yo this is a basketball group...and Brett plays 4 my boyz so its okay!</comment>
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      <comment>I don't necessarily agree with the notion that you have to win a NBA title and be the Finals MVP to be considered &quot;great&quot;. As a matter of fact, I would argue that there are more great players without a Championship ring than with rings (and that's in every sport). It's understandable to compare greatness with Championships, but the fact of the matter is that Championships are very hard to come by. How many teams have won the title in the last 10 years? Two teams have really dominated the past 10 years and the Lakers may win 3 or 4 more titles in the next 6. 
Bottom line is that Lebron is Great! Not a fan of his but he has been very very good for a very very long time. Will he when a Championship with Shaq? I don't think so, but Kobe and Wade did, and they were about the same stage as Lebron is now, and both were unstoppable.</comment>
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      <comment>all wade fans come join D-Wade true Fanz</comment>
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      <comment>Lebron will be in the Mecca after the 2010 season</comment>
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      <comment>Its not that the Cavs aren't best team in teh NBA they just don't match up with the magic at ALL! I don't think the supporting cast can do any better to tell u the true, I think Joe Smith needs more playing time if big Z can't move his some feet to defend, but than again Joe can't score like Big Z, its pick ur poison</comment>
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      <comment>who will win game 5 </comment>
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      <comment>Its all about Melo, he has to get it going again Denver's big's just gotta keep being physical with the lakers bigs and its pretty much a wrap, bynum soft paul soft odom soft</comment>
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      <comment>People talk about Pau Gasol being soft... Big Z is soft. He's big and tall but not at all mobile. He is way too slow which makes him a pretty weak defender. On offense, he hasn't been too much of a threat shooting 18-43 from the field.</comment>
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      <comment>Lakers/Nuggets... Lakers basically need to pick up the intensity, there is no excuse here for being outrebounded by the smaller team. Gasol needs to be more decisive when he touches the ball which would lead to him getting more shots. Bad back or not for Odom, he is accountable for those rebounds. And everyone else needs to be aware of where the Denver players are on the court and get themselves into good position not allowing an easy path to the offensive rebound.</comment>
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      <comment>Lebron is way better than Kobe. As the Lakers were within ten, kobe just heaved up bricks from beyond the arc. While Lebron shot and made critical shots to rally his team back to tie. They did eventually lose, but at least he was clutch. Did I mention he also made two key free throws to send the game into overtime!</comment>
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