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	<title>NBAMate &#187; Los Angeles Lakers</title>
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		<title>Contenders and Pretenders – Early Season Edition</title>
		<link>http://www.nbamate.com/2012/01/10/contenders-and-pretenders-%e2%80%93-early-season-edition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 05:27:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>robd</dc:creator>
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I know, it’s a little early. But with most teams having played 8 or more games, it’s enough of a sample size to get a feel for who will be the true contenders this season, and which teams are just making up the numbers.
The Contenders
1. Miami      Heat &#8211; They couldn’t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Kobe got for Christmas Part V: The MVP and some stuffing</title>
		<link>http://www.nbamate.com/2011/12/27/what-kobe-got-for-christmas-part-v-the-mvp-and-some-stuffing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nbamate.com/2011/12/27/what-kobe-got-for-christmas-part-v-the-mvp-and-some-stuffing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 11:13:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>robd</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chicago Bulls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Derrick Rose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dwight Howard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kobe Bryant]]></category>
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Note: This post was written last night after the first days&#8217; play. 
Since the beginning of time, every season without fail, I&#8217;ve been posting up my &#8220;Things I Learnt from Day 1&#8243; &#8211; a brief run down on the biggest stories and themes coming out of the season&#8217;s opening games. But this year, thanks to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The 2011-12 Season Preview Round Table</title>
		<link>http://www.nbamate.com/2011/12/23/the-2011-12-season-preview-round-table/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nbamate.com/2011/12/23/the-2011-12-season-preview-round-table/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 12:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>robd</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[2011-2012 season]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[awards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boston Celtics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Paul]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dwight Howard]]></category>
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It’s been a funny offseason. A long offseason. The craziest offseason I can remember, which is saying something after Lebron’s free agent drama last year. But we can now put it all behind us and look forward to some kick-ass NBA basketball ahead, because I really do believe the 2011-12 season will be one to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Day 20 &#8211; The End of an Era?</title>
		<link>http://www.nbamate.com/2011/05/08/day-20-the-end-of-an-era/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nbamate.com/2011/05/08/day-20-the-end-of-an-era/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 May 2011 05:54:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>robd</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[2011 Playoffs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dallas Mavericks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Derek Fisher]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Derrick Rose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dirk Nowitzki]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jason Kidd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kobe Bryant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Los Angeles Lakers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pau Gasol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peja Stojakovic]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nbamate.com/?p=4542</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ll do the votes, then we&#8217;ll talk about the amazing, incredible completely unpredictable predicament the Lakers have found themselves in thanks to this super Dallas team.
3 votes &#8211; Derrick Rose. The best game of Derrick Rose&#8217;s playoff career thus far.  He was so aggressive that I was almost offended just watching him. He was brutal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Day 17  &#8211; Celtics in a hole (and thoughts on the Lakers)</title>
		<link>http://www.nbamate.com/2011/05/06/day-17-celtics-in-a-hole-and-thoughts-on-the-lakers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nbamate.com/2011/05/06/day-17-celtics-in-a-hole-and-thoughts-on-the-lakers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 14:45:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>robd</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dwyane Wade]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[3 votes &#8211; Lebron James. LBJ dominated this game in the last quarter and Wade dominated it through the first three. And that is what makes this Heat team so hard to stop. You can pin these guys down for a quarter or maybe a half, but not both of them for a whole game. That [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Burning Qs and Predictions for the 2011 NBA Playoffs</title>
		<link>http://www.nbamate.com/2011/04/17/5-burning-qs-and-predictions-for-the-2011-nba-playoffs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nbamate.com/2011/04/17/5-burning-qs-and-predictions-for-the-2011-nba-playoffs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Apr 2011 15:50:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>robd</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[2011 Playoffs]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nbamate.com/?p=4393</guid>
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I don&#8217;t know if I&#8217;ve told you this before, but man, I love the playoffs.  I really love em.  And you all know how much I love my NBA. I can&#8217;t wait till the regular season rolls around, to see how prior champions respond, to see the new cream rise to the top. To follow [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sunday Six Pack: Three-peats, Rose and the Rose Garden</title>
		<link>http://www.nbamate.com/2011/04/10/sunday-six-pack-three-peats-rose-and-the-rose-garden/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nbamate.com/2011/04/10/sunday-six-pack-three-peats-rose-and-the-rose-garden/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Apr 2011 04:56:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>robd</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[2011 Playoffs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Bogut]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Derrick Rose]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[MVP]]></category>
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 ONE: We haven’t spoken much of Bogut the past few weeks here at NBAMate. Truth be told, there hasn’t been much exciting news to talk about. The Bucks spiralled out of playoff contention (I will never EVER understand how the Indiana Pacers finished above the Milwaukee Bucks in 2010-2011) and Bogut, battling through [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 Things we Learned in March</title>
		<link>http://www.nbamate.com/2011/04/02/10-things-we-learned-in-march/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nbamate.com/2011/04/02/10-things-we-learned-in-march/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Apr 2011 02:34:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JT</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[2011 Draft]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Channing Frye]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin McHale]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Marcin Gortat]]></category>
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It’s that time of the month folks, when I chime in with 10 observations from the previous month’s action. Let’s get straight into it. 
 
1.         Quotes Of The Month
 
“I don’t like Pau Gasol or Phil Jackson. Phil is arrogant. Pau is soft. Kobe tries to bring out his toughness, but he’s still soft.”
- [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sunday Six Pack: The Home Stretch Q&amp;A</title>
		<link>http://www.nbamate.com/2011/03/27/sunday-six-pack-the-home-stretch-qa/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nbamate.com/2011/03/27/sunday-six-pack-the-home-stretch-qa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Mar 2011 06:52:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>robd</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Derrick Rose]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nbamate.com/?p=4346</guid>
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With less than a dozen games remaining in the regular season, we thought it might be a good time to put our heads together and wax lyrical on the home stretch. Crack open a tinny and enjoy.
1. The Spurs look to be hobbling across the finish line thanks to an injury to Timmy D. They&#8217;ll [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Kobe got for Christmas Part IV: Glimpse of a Juggernaut</title>
		<link>http://www.nbamate.com/2010/12/27/what-kobe-got-for-christmas-part-iv-glimpse-of-a-juggernaut/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nbamate.com/2010/12/27/what-kobe-got-for-christmas-part-iv-glimpse-of-a-juggernaut/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Dec 2010 04:44:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>robd</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chris Bosh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dwyane Wade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kobe Bryant]]></category>
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So it finally happened. The Heat v Lakers game that everyone has been salivating over for the past few months. Only that it was a bit of an anticlimax, and instead of seeing two powerhouse teams slog it out, we saw one completely whoop the other. Was I surprised? No. I know these games mean [...]]]></description>
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