Title: Jefferson Traded to Bucks
Date: June 26, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: Richard Jefferson once mattered and earned his ludicrous salary, so at the time this trade was a big deal. This was actually the first “clear cap space” move the Nets made in what has turned into a 4-year shuffling of deck chairs for the franchise.
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Title: Raptors Allegedly Acquire Jermaine O’Neal for Ford and More
Date: June 26, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: Looking back, this trade sucks, because the #17 pick ended up being Roy Hibbert and Jermaine O’Neal ended up being a zombie corpse. At the time, it was more justifiable.
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Title: NBA Draft Week – Centers
Date: June 25, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: For a full week I focused exclusively on the NBA Draft, one of my favorite nights of the sporting calendar. This piece looked at the center class, headlined by Brook Lopez.
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Title: NBA Draft Week – Power Forwards
Date: June 25, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: For a full week I focused exclusively on the NBA Draft, one of my favorite nights of the sporting calendar. This piece looked at the power forward class, headlined by Michael Beasley.
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Title: NBA Draft Week – Shooting Guards
Date: June 24, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: For a full week I focused exclusively on the NBA Draft, one of my favorite nights of the sporting calendar. This piece looked at the shooting guard class, headlined by O.J. Mayo.
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Title: NBA Draft Week – Small Forwards
Date: June 24, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: For a full week I focused exclusively on the NBA Draft, one of my favorite nights of the sporting calendar. This piece looked at the small forward class, headlined by Danilo Gallinari.
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Title: NBA Draft Week – Point Guards
Date: June 23, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: For a full week I focused exclusively on the NBA Draft, one of my favorite nights of the sporting calendar. This piece looked at the point guard class, headlined by Derrick Rose.
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Title: UFC Has a New Opponent – Affliction Entertainment
Date: June 20, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: At one point in time it seemed as if Affliction Entertainment could pose a threat to the UFC’s stranglehold on the MMA marketplace. It didn’t turn out that way, of course, but this was my reaction when the news broke about Affliction’s partnership with Adrenaline MMA and Donald Trump.
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Title: Gibbons Fired, Cito Gaston Returns
Date:June 20, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: Finally, John Gibbons was fired by the Toronto Blue Jays. Cito Gaston was named the new manager, and the writing was on the wall for GM J.P. Ricciardi.
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Title: Do the Jays Pitchers Stand a Chance at the Plate?
Date: June 17, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: With Interleague play about to begin, I took a look at the Blue Jays’ pitching staff to see if there was anyone who had a prayer of surviving when it was their turn at the dish.
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