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Friday Press Clippings:
What if ESPN's Main Basketball Blogger Wrote About the Chicago Bulls
the Way that He Writes About the L.A. Lakers?

From 20 Second Timeout
By Aenry Habbott
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"... Basketball is part of the tapestry of life. On the court five people must work together in harmony, just like we all should work together in harmony to make the world a better place.

Sharing is good on the basketball court and in life. Being selfish is bad. ..."

"... But is Derrick Rose really an effective, efficient player? Before the advent of advanced basketball statistics we would have just had to rely on how we felt watching Derrick Rose play.

And like I said, Derrick Rose is fun to watch. No one can deny that. ..."

"... In the 2010-11 season, Rose attempted exactly 31 shots in a game once--and the Chicago Bulls lost. They also lost three of the five games in which Rose attempted exactly 27 shots.
The Chicago Bulls were pretty good last year.

They had the best record in the NBA (62-20). But four of their losses came when Rose attempted either 27 or 31 shots. ..."

"... I know that advanced basketball statistics make some of you feel cranky but true shooting percentage is not only an advanced basketball statistic but it contains the word "true."

If you are against using true shooting percentage to rank basketball players then you really are a primitive person who has not learned to value truth. ..."

"... But, wait a minute. Didn't Isiah Thomas win two championships? Didn't Allen Iverson carry a thin Philly roster to the NBA Finals in 2001? Derri has all of the answers to your simple questions. Thomas' Detroit teams were successful because of Dennis Rodman.
Derri notes that Rodman was a greater player than even Michael Jordan.

Rodman had a DUM number of 666! Rodman's DUM number was more than three times larger than Einstein's IQ. That means Rodman was a basketball genius! Similarly, Iverson's Philadelphia teammate Dikembe Mutombo had a DUM number of 319.
Mutombo was not quite the basketball Einstein that Rodman was but Mutombo was at least at the Kurt Godel
level. ..."

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