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“Which brings us back to Gortat. You can insist he be happy because he got paid; you can also see why he’d prefer to get the chance to start. But as anyone who watched the playoffs knows, Gortat does get some chances to shine off the bench. With Hedo gone, who knows what line-ups SVG will opt to play—bigger ones, you’d think. So the man finds himself paid like crazy, on a team that’s looking more and more like the favorites in the East.” [Bethlehem Shoals/The Baseline]
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Quite a change from the Ira Newble days: “If you want to call it a step forward, Mike Brown will take that in 2009. Why? For the same reason he took one in 2008. The roster is better. Shaq gives him a reason to throw it inside, Anthony Parker will help [Delonte] West and [Mo] Williams a great deal in the backcourt.” [Brendan Bowers/Stepien Rules]
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Victor Martinez took an intentional walk in last night’s All-Star Game. Check out Joe Posnanski’s thoughts on the matter. Bring your abacus. [Joe Posnanski/Joe Blog]
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A look at what support the Knicks could offer the King: “And it gets worse. The player being mentioned as the guy that can entice LeBron to join the Knicks is Danilo Gallinari. Holy crap! Really? Gallinari is going to be the bait to lure LeBron? I think Gallo is a talented player, but really? It would be like being attracted to a chick’s personality.” [Dennis Velasco/Barkley's Mouth]
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The Cleveland Browns get the fantasy football treatment over at Yahoo! Take a look for their thoughts on our key players, but this line may be the best: ”Romeo Crennel used to coach games as if he owned Phil Dawson in nine fantasy leagues. Will Eric Mangini do the same?” [Andy Behrens/Roto Arcade]
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