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3 votes – Carmelo Anthony. Mark it down in history folks. The first time a losing player has ever scored the 3 votes here at our Playoff Diary. But Melo’s effort against the Knicks today was too irresistible to ignore. Apart from, you know, the fact he didn’t take [...]

With the playoffs off and running, here is a last look at the season that was with a presentation of the annual awards.
MVP
After watching Derrick Rose literally drag the Bulls from defeat against the Pacers on Saturday, there is no plausible way to explain that anyone else is the MVP. Rose had a 39-point performance [...]

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Could you have asked for a better start than this? The Bulls pushed to the limit by the 8-seed Pacers. The Heat forced to grind one out after being pummeled early. The Hawks stunning the Magic at home in what will be one of many upsets throughout this post-season. And the Mavs [...]

In November of 2008 I wrote an article on the 2010 offseason, predicting which players would stay with their current team and which would leave. For the marquee names – LeBron James, Dwayne Wade, Chris Bosh, Amare Stoudemire and Joe Johnson – I was bang on.
In the next two years a new wave of stars [...]

Taking a break from the madness of the NBA Finals, the 2010 FIFA World Cup starts this weekend which should provide a brief, pleasurable diversion from footy-mad Melbourne. Maybe not for us hardened NBA fans who have enjoyed the excitement of the Celtics/Lakers confrontation unfold. But if you’re a diehard sports fan, then the next [...]

Day 36 – Ze goggles…zey do something after all?
(Lakers v Suns Game 3)
3 votes – Amare Stoudemire: In what might be a first in Playoff Vote history, I’m going to give a guy the 3 votes and then spend the rest of the post venting. So hear me out. First off, Amare was clearly [...]

So I recently moved to Singapore and will be here for a few months because of my real job. Hence the lack of recent updates. But thankfully, they have cable over here and I’ll be able to watch the rest of the NBA playoffs unfold (if they didn’t I may have considered quitting my job). [...]

3 votes – Kobe Bryant. Despite the Lakers dominance of this series (and the fact they would sweep on Day 24), there have been some damn entertaining games. None more so than Game 3 which had one of the craziest finishes in recent playoff history. Odom, Kobe, Korver and Fisher all made huge threes over [...]

3 votes – Dwight Howard: Beast. This Atlanta team was always going to struggle to contain someone of Dwight’s size, so the onus was on Dwight to be able to stay out of foul trouble and execute. And execute he did. Monstering Al Horford and a veritable smorgasbord of 7”0 duds off the bench, Howard [...]

3 votes – Dwight Howard. After waiting 8 days for their second round opponent, you could have forgiven the Magic for being a little rusty. Right? Wrong. Not only did they convincingly win, it was one of those flat-out embarrassing wins that has the potential to destroy the soul of your opponent, with lingering effects. [...]