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Big Mentor: Walton To Team Up With Lopez?

Could the former NBA star Bill Walton be in New Jersey helping with the development much like Patrick Ewing and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar have been doing with their respective teams? Buried in ...

Written by Stephen Dyell about 3 months ago 119 reads 0 comments
Tennessee Tears: Tyler Smith's Struggle

Tears flow from tear glands into your eyes through tiny tear ducts. They are not referred to as toughness, masculinity, or strength, but that does not bother Tyler Smith as he wears his tears for a father and a best friend...

Written by Stephen Dyell about 3 months ago 35 reads 0 comments
Oh Canada: The Next NBA Destination?

The Toronto Raptors have had the title of Canada’s team ever since the Grizzlies move to Memphis. But is it time for Canada to make a run for another NBA team? There is no doubt that ...

Written by Stephen Dyell about 3 months ago 308 reads 24 comments
The Best Of The Bench: The Perfect NBA Bench

Have you ever wondered which guys would make the perfect bench in an era of starters and high demands? Here are seven players with seven different abilities, characters, and personalities that would make one team quite successful...

Written by Stephen Dyell about 3 months ago 436 reads 1 comments
2003 New Jersey Nets: Where Are They Now?

The final buzzer sounded and the San Antonio Spurs flooded center court celebrating a victory against the New Jersey Nets. While the celebrating takes place, the losing team fades into the locker rooms and also into basketball history...

Written by Stephen Dyell about 3 months ago 575 reads 2 comments
Tim Duncan: The Silent Giant

Highly talented, admired basketball players don’t come around very often. To have a combination of exceptional low-post techniques, as well as extraordinary defensive awareness is even less common...

Written by Stephen Dyell about 3 months ago 457 reads 1 comments
Top Five Breakout Players of '10

Joe Alexander—Milwaukee Bucks With Richard Jefferson traded to San Antonio, Alexander will finally get the playing time that is needed for his development. Alexander was only put in 59 games this year and averaged only 12 minutes in those games.

Written by Stephen Dyell about 3 months ago 671 reads 2 comments
Syracuse Basketball: 'Cuse Add Another Melo

Syracuse received good news this week as top basketball recruit Fabricio De Melo has decided to go Orange in two years. Melo is ranked the No. 2 center and No. 5 overall prospect in the class of 2010 on Scout...

Written by Stephen Dyell about 3 months ago 104 reads 1 comments
New Jersey Nets: Top Five Games To Watch

With an uncertain future ahead, every game for the Nets looks like a struggle. While sitting and watching all 82 games may be painful to the eyes, here a few games that every Nets fan should tune in for...

Written by Stephen Dyell about 3 months ago 122 reads 1 comments
Emeka Okafor: Ready to Rebound

He smiles and looks around at the crowd. He holds up the jersey that means a second chance to prove what many believed he had back when he was taken second overall in 2004. For right now, Emeka Okafor is taking the chance one step at a time...

Written by Stephen Dyell about 3 months ago 62 reads 0 comments
Is Hakim Warrick a Perfect Fit for the New Jersey Nets?

While Hakim Warrick is no LeBron James, he is someone who is capable of helping out with this team right now and as well as in the future...

Written by Stephen Dyell about 4 months ago 222 reads 0 comments
Syracuse Orange: New Era

With the college basketball season creeping closer and closer, Syracuse basketball is entering a new era of play. Armed with little to no NBA talent, Jim Boeheim will have his hands full putting together a winning roster for 2010...

Written by Stephen Dyell about 4 months ago 522 reads 1 comments
Montreal Canadiens: Two Day Frenzy

The question entering free agency frenzy was how many All-Star defensemen could the Montreal Canadiens lose in the shortest amount of time...

Written by Stephen Dyell about 5 months ago 28 reads 0 comments
New Jersey Nets: Summer League Preview

The New Jersey Nets and Philadelphia Sixers summer league begins July 1st in Orlando where they will get a first hand look at the rookies and second year players on both sides...

Written by Stephen Dyell about 5 months ago 59 reads 2 comments
Fall From Heaven: The DeJuan Blair Story

Labeled defective and risky, a man who has only known one home will look to prove the doubters wrong as he enters his dream of the NBA Thursday night a lot further down than expected...

Written by Stephen Dyell about 5 months ago 367 reads 1 comments
New Jersey Nets: Draft Day Review

It was a busy day for the Nets as the rebuilding finally went into full effect as Vince Carter and Ryan Anderson were traded to Orlando for Courtney Lee, Rafer Alston and Tony Battie while later ...

Written by Stephen Dyell about 5 months ago 100 reads 0 comments
Second Shot: The Jonathan Bender Story

While the NBA is one of the toughest challenges to achieve, a certain few make the task look simple and meek. Jonathan Bender was one of the few coasting down what seemed like easy street, until ...

Written by Stephen Dyell about 5 months ago 97 reads 2 comments
New Jersey Nets: Top-10 Draft List

The New Jersey Nets have the 11th pick in the 2009 NBA draft and here is the top ten list of draft talent Nets should be thinking about...

Written by Stephen Dyell about 5 months ago 283 reads 3 comments
Giant Separation: Brook Lopez Story

The wait is killer for the 20 year old boy. Impatient for his name to be called among the other youths of the future, he had held the numbers three to seven on most sites but it was getting close to double digits by now...

Written by Stephen Dyell about about 1 year ago 138 reads 0 comments
Montreal Canadiens' Bob Gainey: A Village Idiot at Trade Deadline

With the trade deadline over, the Montreal Canadiens came out without their No. 1 goalie and no help on offense. A mere couple days after being on his horse while his jersey was retired, ...

Written by Stephen Dyell about about 1 year ago 2,008 reads 8 comments
New Jersey Nets: Meet The Other Side of the Jason Kidd Trade

With most of the trade talk circling around the kid for Kidd, we rarely talk about the pieces of the puzzle that came along in this deal. The deal wasn’t just Jason for Devin—it was Jason for Devin and some guys with talent...

Written by Stephen Dyell about about 1 year ago 482 reads 0 comments
Memo to the Nets: Dump Vince Carter with Love

Gas to the city: $34 Apartment in the city: $10,203/mo. Price of suit to press conference: $220 Sending Vince Carter to New York: Priceless New York has come knocking every time a Carter rumor has surfaced...

Written by Stephen Dyell about about 1 year ago 1,126 reads 4 comments
NHL Trade Deadline: Montreal Canadiens Wish List

With the trade deadline approaching, the Montreal Canadiens are better off than expected. We still need some work though—mostly a center who can actually win draws.So far, we've had Chipchura (43...

Written by Stephen Dyell about about 1 year ago 1,421 reads 12 comments
New Jersey Nets: Rod Thorn Gets Devin Harris

“Step away from your crack dealer.” Those words uttered out of the mouth of Mark Cuban just a week ago when asked about trading Devin Harris...

Written by Stephen Dyell about about 1 year ago 881 reads 3 comments
New Jersey Nets: The New Era

With a sad farewell to a prominent leader, the New Jersey Nets start fresh with a new opportunity. A land that had been trampled but never conquered as an identity is formed from dirt...

Written by Stephen Dyell about about 1 year ago 867 reads 5 comments

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Stephen Dyell Article Archive

Big Mentor: Walton To Team Up With Lopez?

Tennessee Tears: Tyler Smith's Struggle

Oh Canada: The Next NBA Destination?

The Best Of The Bench: The Perfect NBA Bench

2003 New Jersey Nets: Where Are They Now?

Tim Duncan: The Silent Giant

Top Five Breakout Players of '10

Syracuse Basketball: 'Cuse Add Another Melo

New Jersey Nets: Top Five Games To Watch

Emeka Okafor: Ready to Rebound

Is Hakim Warrick a Perfect Fit for the New Jersey Nets?

Syracuse Orange: New Era

Montreal Canadiens: Two Day Frenzy

New Jersey Nets: Summer League Preview

Fall From Heaven: The DeJuan Blair Story

New Jersey Nets: Draft Day Review

Second Shot: The Jonathan Bender Story

New Jersey Nets: Top-10 Draft List

Giant Separation: Brook Lopez Story

Montreal Canadiens' Bob Gainey: A Village Idiot at Trade Deadline

New Jersey Nets: Meet The Other Side of the Jason Kidd Trade

Memo to the Nets: Dump Vince Carter with Love

NHL Trade Deadline: Montreal Canadiens Wish List

New Jersey Nets: Rod Thorn Gets Devin Harris

New Jersey Nets: The New Era

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