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Who were the best 2 Players for Each Franchise? Part 2 - Eastern Conference

Finally here is Part 2 of my Blog for the Greatest 2 Players ever for each Franchise. This week it is all the Eastern Conference Teams and remember this is only what they achieved with that particular Franchise and not how good the players were for their whole Career.     Atlantic Division Boston Celtics Larry Bird 13 seasons, 24.3 ppg, 10 rpg, 6.3 apg 3 Titles (5 Finals), 2 x Finals MVP, 3 x MVP 12 x All Star (MVP 1982), 10 x All NBA Team (9 1st Teams) 3 x All Defense 2nd Team, 50/40/90 Club x 2  Bill Russell 13 seasons, 15.1 ppg, 22.5 rpg, 4.3 apg 11 Titles (12 Finals), 5 x MVP 12 x All Star...

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Who are the Top 30 Players All Time?

So after ranking all the current players in the NBA in an earlier blog, let's take a look at the All Time Greatest 30 players.  Players will be judged on Individual Accolades, Career Statistics, Team Success, Individual Skill and Talent, and Influence on the game of basketball.     1. Michael Jordan (15 seasons 1984-93, 95-98, 01-03) 6 NBA Titles / 6 Finals,  5 x MVP, 6 x Finals MVP 14 x All Star, 3 x All Star Game MVP  10 x All NBA 1st Team, 1 x 2nd Team 1 x DPOY, 9 x All Defense 1st Team 10 x Scoring Champ, 3 x Steals Leader 32,292 Pts (5th All Time), 6,672 Reb, 5,633 Ast, 2,514 Stl (3rd All Time)...

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Top 10 Line Ups and NBA Predictions

The NBA season is back!  After a busy summer where multiple All Stars changed teams, let's take a look at the Top 10 starting / finishing lineups for the upcoming season.  Since some teams such as the LA Clippers have talented bench players (Lou Williams and Montrezl Harrell) that play crunch time minutes, I will be ranking the best 5, as in the 5 that will probably finish most games.  So for the Lakers for example even though they are projected to start AD at PF with Kuzma on the bench, I would assume they would finish with a small ball lineup of Davis at the 5 and Kuz at the 4.  And since Kuzma is clearly the 3rd best...

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NBA Finals Preview. Golden State Warriors vs Toronto Raptors

It's that time of the year again, the NBA Finals is here with a distinctly different flavour as we open the Finals without the 2 marquee players from the last 2 Finals - Lebron James and Kevin Durant.  In fact this will be the 1st time since the turn of the decade that King James will not be there after making 8 finals in a row between 2011-2018, 4 each with the Heat and Cavs. And for the first time we will be going North of the Border where basketball is exploding thanks to the exploits of a certain Kawhi Leonard, carrying his new team to uncharted territory. But this isn't the young Sixers or inexperienced Bucks, they are now facing the 2 time Defending...

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2018 Ultimate NBA Fantasy Tips and Strategy

The fantasy season has already started but don’t think it’s too late to grab a team and create or join a public league.   I will be going through a full fantasy strategy discussing how to build your team and what you need to do to win your Fantasy League. I am not an expert in fantasy by any means but I have had some success in the past winning the old NBA.com Stock Exchange which is still the best fantasy game that I have ever played.  I have also placed in the top 3 in the old Espn Pick One Challenge on multiple occasions but since these games are not available I will focus mainly on Roto and Head to...

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