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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:10:48 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The Year the NY Knicks Could Die... The 2010-2011 NBA Season]]></title>
<link>http://topofthethread.wordpress.com/?p=200</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:37:40 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s face it.  The NY Knicks are a horrible sports product.  Bad team. Bad management (that i]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Let's face it.  The NY Knicks are a horrible sports product.  Bad team. Bad management (that is hopefully getting better now that Isiah Thomas is gone). The only reason they have any revenue is because of (1) corporate sales, and (2) convenience of the location of Madison Square Garden and Penn Station.<img class="alignright" style="float:right;" src="http://www.thehoopnews.com/img/lebron-james.jpg" alt="king lebron james nba star on the knicks" width="220" height="217" /></p>
<p>In recent years the team has not improved. There is no indication this coming year will be any better.<br />
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The Knick goal for the next few seasons should be the following:<strong><br />
</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong> Clear Salary Cap Room.<br />
</strong></li>
<li><strong>Clear More Salary Cap Room.<br />
</strong></li>
<li><strong>Get a few solid young players.<br />
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<li><strong>SIGN LEBRON JAMES!</strong></li>
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<p><strong>When Lebron James becomes a free agent after the 2010 season, the Knicks must sign him. </strong> Hopefully, they will have collected a solid group of role players to support him.  This will make the Knicks franchise on the rise.  Lebron will give us a winning team and he will be largest star in NY.  <strong>NY should be his the top choice on his list of franchises. Imagine all the opportunities he would have!</strong></p>
<p>But... the rumors are that the NJ Nets (Brooklyn Nets?) may get Lebron James when he becomes a free agent.<br />
<strong><font color="blue" size="+1">If the Nets get Lebron James and have decent mass transit to their new Brooklyn arena, say good-bye to the Knicks.  The Nets will become New York's team.</font></strong> And Lebron will still have many of the same opportunities he would have playing for the Knicks.</p>
<p>So... Hopefully, the Knicks are already working on the strategy on how to sign King Lebron James!  <strong>They need to do whatever it takes!</strong></p>
<p>(photo www.thehoopnews.com)</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Premo Hoops Recruiting Launching New Website]]></title>
<link>http://grassrootsballin.wordpress.com/?p=389</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:55:45 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>grassrootsballin</dc:creator>
<guid>http://grassrootsballin.wordpress.com/?p=389</guid>
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I am proud to announce that Grassrootsballin will be turning the page to a new chapter in it]]></description>
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<p>I am proud to announce that Grassrootsballin will be turning the page to a new chapter in it's brief history in the near future with the launching of <a href="http://www.premohoopsrecruiting.com">www.premohoopsrecruiting.com</a>.</p>
<p>This has been a long process in getting everything together to be able to launch my new pay-site. The membership cost will be $5.00 per month. The membership will include access to player interviews, scouting videos, event videos, recruiting news, player signings, player evolutions and in-depth event coverage. We are also going to have a 7 day free trail period so people get a chance to see what they will be getting with a membership.</p>
<p>There will also be a ton of free content on the new website including player rankings, photo galleries, basic event coverage and some recruiting news.</p>
<p>I would just like to thank everyone who has supported my site since the beginning and I hope you all will come checkout what the new site has to offer.</p>
<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>C.J. Watson</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Best of 2008 Pangos Camp Mixtape]]></title>
<link>http://thegrip.wordpress.com/?p=517</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:49:41 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[This mix features some highlights from the nations top high school basketball players from this year]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This mix features some highlights from the nations top high school basketball players from this years Pangos Camp held in Los Angeles, California. I remember ballin' in high school, averaging about 17 points a game, thinking I was KILLIN fools. Then I remember I played for a D4 high school in Ohio. These guys are BEASTS.</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/6RJ39Q66KrM'></param><param name='wmode' value='transparent'></param><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/6RJ39Q66KrM&rel=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='transparent' width='425' height='350'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>The list of players featured in this video is after the jump...</p>
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<p><span> This video features Clarence Trent,Antonio Bigalow, Kendall Williams, Stephon Heard, Colin Borchert, Michael Snaer, Marcus Ruppel, Tyree Johnson, Kyle Fuller, Hollis Thompson, JT Terrell, Roger Frankilin, Brandon Reed, Michael Calhoun, Alec Willimas, Tony Freeland, Soloman Hill, Thurman Thomas, Victor Rudd, Guy Landry, Reger Doweel, Brandon Jennings, Leonard Washington, Quddus Bello, Darius Morris, Corey Jefferson, Charlie Reddick, Shaquil Barber, Derrick Williams, Roberto Nelson, Jeremy Tyler, and John Wall.</span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Anything Is Possible]]></title>
<link>http://workingsforsuckers.wordpress.com/?p=252</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 17:52:36 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>workingsforsuckers</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[On April 29, I walked down the road to the local rec center for my first game in a hoops league with]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>On April 29, I walked down the road to the local rec center for my first game in a hoops league with 6 guys I'd never met. We lost by 22 points. After the game I remember thinking that I played pretty bad, but the rest of the team sucked and it would be a long season. Not to mention that we didn't have anyone over six feet tall.</p>
<p>Turns out everybody was a bit rusty, Tuesday night, we took a win from that same team that had beaten us by 22 points in the first round of the playoffs. A few minutes later we tipped off the championship game that would be our 6th strait victory to secure the bobble head trophy that we will share Stanley Cup Style throughout the year.</p>
<p>We're taking the next season off since a third of the team will be out of the country, but there was talk of going after a second bobble head in the fall, hopefully after recruiting a proper center.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[The Sad NBA Draft Tale Of Dallas Native Darrell Arthur]]></title>
<link>http://newdawgblog.wordpress.com/?p=787</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 23:36:11 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>newyscruggs</dc:creator>
<guid>http://newdawgblog.wordpress.com/?p=787</guid>
<description><![CDATA[How did former South Oak Cliff star Darrell Arthur fall so darn far on draft day?  A kidney issue.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How did former South Oak Cliff star Darrell Arthur fall so darn far on draft day?  A kidney issue.  <a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/luke_winn/06/27/winn.arthur/index.html" target="_blank">Sports Illustrated's Luke Winn as the details of Arthur's fall from lotto pick to almost out of the first round</a>.</p>
<p><em>The gist of it, according to Arthur's agent, <strong>Jerry Hicks</strong>: During medical examinations at the Pre-Draft camp in Orlando at the beginning of the month, Arthur's blood was shown to contain higher-than-normal levels of creatine, which can be a possible indicator of kidney failure or malfunction. "Three teams inquired about those lab results," Hicks told SI.com. "One called, we talked about it for 3-4 minutes, and they expressed no real concern. On the 24th [of June], Philadelphia asked about it, and I asked them, rather than doing additional bloodwork for them that day, when he had his final workout with Washington on the 25th, we'd do it in Washington.</em></p>
<p><em>"We did the bloodwork on the morning of the 25th, and by noon, [Arthur's kidneys] were determined to be completely normal. I received a message from Washington -- which is still saved in my voice mail in my office -- that everything was normal. Philadelphia received word that things were normal. How this became an issue around the league is puzzling, to say the least."</em></p>
<p><em>It appears that only two of the NBA's 30 teams had the full story on Arthur's kidneys; the rest were working off of the rumor mill, the details of which hit the airwaves by the time the first round hit the mid-20s. ESPN broke into its draft broadcast with a report that Arthur was slipping due to an "undisclosed kidney issue." Arthur's mother, <strong>Sandra</strong>, who was sitting beside him in the Green Room, looked up at one of the Garden's video screens and shook her head. "I knew something had to have happened to make Darrell not get taken higher," she said, "and that stuff was just not true."</em></p>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:27:40 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>tokenhippygirl</dc:creator>
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Playing Basketball, originally uploaded by Tokenhippygirl.
Girl&#8217;s basketball tournament at Cl]]></description>
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<p><span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tokenhippygirl/2628258722/">Playing Basketball</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/tokenhippygirl/">Tokenhippygirl</a>.</span></div>
<p class="flickr-yourcomment">Girl's basketball tournament at Clackamas Community College in Oregon City, Oregon.</p>
<p>Taken with the Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[With the 49th Pick...]]></title>
<link>http://armchairtalkinghead.wordpress.com/?p=105</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:09:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Arm Chair Talking Head</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[&#8230;the Golden State Warriors select former Bama big man Richard Hendrix.  That&#8217;s mid-way t]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>...the Golden State Warriors <a href="http://www.nba.com/draft2008/profiles/RichardHendrix.html">select former Bama big man Richard Hendrix</a>.  That's mid-way through Round 2.  No real shock there.  Let's hope his career goes a little bit better than <a href="http://www.nba.com/draft2008/profiles/RichardHendrix.html">another memorable UA alum</a> who played at Golden State.  The warriors used their first pick to pick another SEC player, LSU Freshman <a href="http://www.nba.com/draft2008/profiles/AnthonyRandolph.html">Anthony Randolph.</a> Randolph was one of 12 freshmen selected on day one of the draft.</p>
<p>On a side note, I really, really want the Memphis Grizzlies to be good.  Memphis is the nearest NBA team to my home, but it is a hopelessly run franchise.  However, they made a very good selection tonight in that of <a href="http://www.nba.com/draft2008/profiles/KevinLove.html">Kevin Love</a> out of UCLA.  Still, one good draft pick doesn't absolve the Grizz for trading Pau Gasol for next to nothing.</p>
<p><strong>UPDATE 11:56PM</strong></p>
<p>And as soon as I spoke of the Grizzlies, they traded Kevin Love and some extras to Minnesota for OJ Mayo and some extras.  Memphis loses Mike Miller in the deal, and I'm not sure that Love for Mayo is any more than a lateral move.  Screw it, if I'm going to pull for a southern team, it might as well be New Orleans.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Austin Gutwein of Hoops of Hope, greets his new friends in Africa.]]></title>
<link>http://gaypotter.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/austin-gutwein-of-hoops-of-hope-greets-his-new-friends-in-africa/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:50:15 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Gay Potter</dc:creator>
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<p><a href="http://gaypotter.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/latest-news-hoops-hope-200711291.jpg"><img style="border-width:0;margin:10px 15px 10px 0;" height="204" alt="SAMSUNG DIGIMAX D530" src="http://gaypotter.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/latest-news-hoops-hope-20071129-thumb1.jpg" width="240" align="left" border="0" /></a> Sunday, I attended Central Christian Church of the East Valley and heard a young man speak to an audience of approximately 400 seated and video projected to many more in a remote location.&#160; What he had to say made me think about exactly what I would want my blog to say or encourage in each and every blog.&#160; I had been working on this thought for a couple of days.&#160;&#160; This young man was 14 years old and has been on a quest to raise money to help children who he has never met.&#160; His message boiled down to.........make a difference in at least one persons life. He encouraged everyone to look inside themselves to see what gifts God had given them and what they could do to use these skills to improve someone else's life.&#160;&#160; I am new to blogging - I have read many blogs, some not so positive and many that complain without solution.&#160;&#160; My focus in my blog will be to always be positive.&#160;&#160;&#160; I am going to take this young man's message to heart and use my gifts to improve someone else's life. </p>
<p><em>To hear what this young man has been inspired to do, see Austin Gutwein NBC profile news clip.&#160;&#160; Part 2 is below – do not miss it!</em></p>
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<p>Remember he is 14 and started this when he was 9 years old.&#160; He has raised money to build a high school in Africa, a medical center the next year and is on target to build another medical facility next to the high school and 1000 bicycles to help transport the medical supplies to areas that need them most.&#160; All this to help in the education of African children, “he has never met”.&#160; Educate them on the hazards of AIDS that is devastating the country and leaving children, by the hundreds, orphans.&#160; </p>
<p>Hoops of Hope – part 2</p>
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<p><a title="World Vision" href="http://www.worldvision.org/worldvision/comms2.nsf/stable/child_sponsorship_faith?Open&#38;campaign=105418119&#38;cmp=KNC-105418119&#38;source=goog&#38;keyword=world%20vision" target="_blank" rel="tag">World Vision</a> web site&#160;&#160; </p>
<p><a title="Hoop for Hope" href="http://www.hoopsofhope.org/index.php?page=home" target="_blank" rel="tag">Hoops for Hope</a> web site&#160;&#160;&#160; </p>
<p>I was inspired – you will be too! </p>
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<p><em>This is the second posting of this, as a new blogger this blog was presented with Microsoft Live Writer.&#160; Steve Belt,&#160; who graciously taught a blogging class recommended this program.&#160; I found it easy to use and the product produced is much nicer than word press presentation.&#160; Thank you Steve.&#160; </em></p>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:50:34 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[(Author&#8217;s Preface: This is the first post on the new F and F blog.  Unfortunately, for me, wr]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em><span style="font-size:8pt;color:#999999;font-family:Verdana;">(Author's Preface: This is the first post on the new F and F blog.  Unfortunately, for me, writing comes easier than page layout and design.  So, like a restaurant storefront hidden behind scaffolding, please "excuse our appearance" during the construction phase.  And please bear with me as I work to get the blog up to "par.")</span></em></p>
<p><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Verdana;"><span><span style="color:#999999;"><em>   </em>     The NBA draft is tomorrow evening on ESPN, and while the 2008 version does not counter the 2007 entry in terms of a front-loaded tandem, this silver medal selection process offers, as usual, a number of enticing subplots:</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Verdana;"><span><span style="color:#999999;"><span>        </span>- First, the manner in which this year’s class has, in effect, made a mockery of the NBA’s age limit rule.<span>  </span>Take a <a title="Mock Draft" href="http://nbadraft.net" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;">look</span></a> at the top seven slots on nbadraft.net’s latest mock draft.<span style="color:#ff0000;">  </span></span></span><span style="color:#999999;">Suffice to say that none of these young gentlemen could buy their draft-night celebratory champagne.<span>  </span>Besides Westbrook’s four semesters, I wonder how many of the seven would have pit-stopped at school had the rule not been established?<span>  </span>And, while it’s inane to argue that this past college basketball season wasn’t improved by a number of prominent freshmen, is this one-and-done maneuver the goal of the rule?<span>  </span>And is it helping college basketball and its programs?</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Verdana;"><span><span style="color:#999999;"><span>        </span>- Second, will there be a sort of “Ainge effect?”<span>  </span>Much has been made about the possibility for a number of high-spot deals to be made on draft night.<span>  </span>Part of this has to do with the fact that certain players don’t seem to fit with the teams at the top of the pecking order, while other players (youthful as they are) have glaring weaknesses in their game.<span>  </span>But, in addition, how can an organization see how Ainge parlayed a fifth pick and sporadic talent into a convincing championship (and an Executive of the Year title) and not try, at least in some small way, to follow the pattern?<span>  </span>Will competing executives be more willing to part with the allure of young talent in an attempt to angle for Ainge-like success?<span>  </span>In the way that baseball currently savors young prospects, is a move the other way happening in basketball? </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Verdana;"><span><span style="color:#999999;"><span>        </span>- Thirdly, and most (er?) importantly, who will be the best dressed rookie?<span>  </span>Judging by his <a title="Michael Beasley Episode 1" href="http://sports.espn.go.com/broadband/video/videopage?videoId=3448998&#38;categoryId=2911161&#38;n8pe6c=2" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;">affinity</span></a><span style="color:#ff0000;"> </span>for shopping at outlets both casual and classy, </span></span><span style="color:#999999;">B-Easy may just be the odds on favorite.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Verdana;"><span><span style="color:#999999;"><span>        </span>- Finally, if the NBA Finals taught us anything, it’s that sexy offense can be dismantled by gritty defense.<span>  </span>And, while I don’t think the comparison is really fair – the Lakers had a great offense for this year, the Celtics had a great ALL-TIME defense – the old adage about defense and winning was fortified this June.<span>  </span>The question now is: will this resounding example affect drafting and how teams are put together in the future?<span>  </span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Verdana;"><span><span style="color:#999999;"><span>        </span>God, I hope so.<span>  </span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Verdana;"><span><span style="color:#999999;"><span>        </span>It’s not that I have anything against offense.<span>  </span>Offense is fun, everyone knows that.<span>  </span>(Although I am resistant to Arena Football and fully enjoy soccer).<span>  </span>In fact, as an East Coast guy, I love staying up late to watch the Suns run or the unstoppable Jazz pick-and-roll.<span>  </span>But, ask the fans in Boston if they had fun watching their team grind the Lakers to a screeching halt.<span>  </span>Their duck-boat parade should give an answer loud and clear.<span>  </span>And isn’t that the whole point of team-building, to celebrate the fruits of labor?<span>  </span>Earlier in his tenure, Ainge drafted Marcus Banks and similar players and wanted the up-tempo style a la the Suns.<span>  </span>Somewhere along the line that philosophy, that “Vision,” drifted away and an understanding of the true value of defense (and veteran leadership) came in its place.<span>  </span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Verdana;"><span><span style="color:#999999;"><span>        </span>That brings me to one of my biggest sports pet-peeves: the idea of a role player.<span>  </span>For some reason, the guy who scores is the star, and the guy who prevents his guy from scoring is a role player. <span> </span>Isn’t the difference in scores the whole point of the game, anyway?<span>  </span>In no other major sport is defense as overlooked as in basketball.<span>  </span>In other athletic lands, pitchers and cornerbacks are deemed invaluable. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Verdana;"><span><span style="color:#999999;"><span>        </span>Is it because in basketball there are more offensive statistics than defensive ones and stats are the simplest and laziest way to measure performance?<span>  </span>Could be.<span>  </span>Even the few defensive statistics that exist don’t really evaluate defense, as often the steals and blocks leaders are merely rewarded for being gamblers in their own end.<span>  </span>I guarantee Lindsay Hunter did not have an impressive box score for the Pistons in the Eastern Conference Finals, but he certainly made a contribution.<span>  </span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Verdana;"><span style="color:#999999;">        And it seems, perhaps with a tip-of-the-cap to the Celtics, defense is getting some recognition.<span>  </span>The mere fact that Beasley, after insane numbers at Kansas State, may not be one of the top two picks tells us something.<span>  </span>ESPN’s Chad Ford made an <a title="Ford/Simmons Mock Draft" href="http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/draft2008/columns/story?page=DraftDebate-080624" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;">effort</span></a></span><span><span style="color:#999999;"> to talk about Beasley in this light, saying, “He is the kind of guy who puts up a 27-12 and gives up a 26-11 on the other end.”<span>  </span>I mean, I wasn’t a math major, and I know Beasley is a great player, but that’s a pretty small net positive impact he’s having for his team.<span>  </span>Businesses deal with expenses that curtail their gross profits, and because poor defense is a liability, a team roster should be considered in a similar manner.<span>  </span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Verdana;"><span><span style="color:#999999;">        Great offense is worth celebrating, no doubt about it.<span>  </span>It’s energetic, and beautiful, and mirthful.<span>  </span>But it is not omnipotent, and it is better to celebrate at the end of the year.<span>  </span>Just ask the 2007-08 New England Patriots.<span>  </span></span></span></span></p>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Spain, of course. OK -- some guys from Spain, and their <a href="http://www.hoopshype.com" target="_blank">website</a>.</p>
<p>You can hear The World's Gerry Hadden talk to the Hoops Hype guys in this <a href="http://www.theworld.org/audio/0623087.mp3" target="_blank">audio segment</a>, from today's episode of The World. Check out a couple of <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/pritheworld/sets/72157605772682698/detail/" target="_blank">pics</a>, too.</p>
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<link>http://thegrip.wordpress.com/?p=439</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 17:06:29 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Speechless. This is the guy who did the first &#8220;720.&#8221; Some of these dunks are NASTY. This]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Speechless. This is the guy who did the first "720." Some of these dunks are <strong>NASTY</strong>. This guy gets higher/as high as anyone in the world.</p>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:09:51 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[i never thought i&#8217;d ever want to see the C&#8217;s beat L.A. as they did. things change i gues]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>i never thought i'd ever want to see the C's beat L.A. as they did. things change i guess. they've worked so hard and it's been so long.</p>
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