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		<title>Kevin Durant to replace Joe Johnson in Three-Point Contest</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:04:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kurt Helin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[And the All-Star Three-Point Contest continues to have way more star power than the Dunk Contest…. Kevin Durant has been chosen to replace the Hawks Joe Johnson in the Foot Locker Three-Point Contest on All-Star Saturday night in Orlando, the league has announced. Johnson has tendonitis in his left knee and is resting it through&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932946&amp;post=42274&amp;subd=nbcprobasketballtalk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rajon Rondo to replace Joe Johnson in All-Star Game</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:56:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kurt Helin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE 7:56 pm: The league finally got around to confirming what everybody already knew&#8230; It&#8217;s official, Rajon Rondo is in for the All-Star Game, replacing Joe Johnson who an MRI confirmed is suffering from tendonitis in his left knee. Which requires rest. so he sits. There are some complaining that Rondo is the guard on&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932946&amp;post=42240&amp;subd=nbcprobasketballtalk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Jeremy Lin would like to trademark “Linsanity” himself</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:03:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kurt Helin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just a few days after “Linsanity” started to grip New York City, a couple of people filed to trademark that name, hoping to make a few quick bucks off the Jeremy Lin phenomenon. Turns out, Jeremy Lin would like those bucks himself. Lin has filed to trademark the word “Linsanity” and did so on Feb.&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932946&amp;post=42267&amp;subd=nbcprobasketballtalk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Report: Joel Przybilla chooses to play in Portland</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:40:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kurt Helin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Joel Przybilla apparently has chosen to go back where he feels comfortable — Portland. Przybilla’s decision has been made, tweets Marc Spears of Yahoo. Free agent center Joel Przybilla has chosen to sign with Blazers, source tells Yahoo! Sports. The Bulls and Heat — two contenders in need of depth along the front line —&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932946&amp;post=42264&amp;subd=nbcprobasketballtalk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>LeBron says he expects to cover Jeremy Lin some Thursday</title>
		<link>http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/22/lebron-says-he-expects-to-cover-jeremy-lin-some-thursday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:08:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kurt Helin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jeremy Lin has stood up pretty tall to every test he’s faced the past few weeks — the Knicks haven’t won every game, but he’s not wilted in the spotlight. However, the Miami Heat’s defensive energy and athleticism on the perimeter is a whole different ballgame. And Lin is going to get all of it&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932946&amp;post=42256&amp;subd=nbcprobasketballtalk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Stern says sale of Hornets could be complete in few weeks</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:37:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kurt Helin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a lead up to All-Star Weekend, NBA Commissioner David Stern sat down with David Aldridge of TNT/NBA.com for an interview, one which covered everything from the level of play this season to Jeremy Lin. Because all NBA conversations must now by law include Jeremy Lin. But maybe the most interesting quote was when Stern&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932946&amp;post=42245&amp;subd=nbcprobasketballtalk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s official: Shumpert out, Utah&#8217;s Evans in for Dunk Contest</title>
		<link>http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/22/rumors-swirling-that-shumpert-out-utahs-evans-in-for-dunk-contest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:31:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kurt Helin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE 12:31 pm: The league has announced this as official — Iman Shumpert has pulled out of the All-Star Weekend dunk contest and Jeremy Evans is in. While Knicks fans are going to be bummed, the contest itself is not going to suffer — Evans is a great dunker. This should be fun (you can&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932946&amp;post=42221&amp;subd=nbcprobasketballtalk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Baseline to Baseline recaps: Spurs take vacation in Portland</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:05:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kurt Helin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What you missed while filling out your Oscar pool…. Trail Blazers 137, Spurs 97: Gregg Popovich decided to sacrifice the Spurs 11-game win streak on the alter of rest. He sat Tony Parker and Tim Duncan (Manu Ginobili is already out with an oblique strain). The result was kind of what you’d expect with the&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932946&amp;post=42216&amp;subd=nbcprobasketballtalk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lin, ‘Melo together showed a lot of potential in first game</title>
		<link>http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/21/lin-melo-together-showed-a-lot-of-potential-in-first-game/</link>
		<comments>http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/21/lin-melo-together-showed-a-lot-of-potential-in-first-game/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:56:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kurt Helin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Amar'e Stoudemire]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=42155</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Let’s be clear — there was a lot of uncertainty and plenty of rust in the Knicks first game with Carmelo Anthony, Amare Stoudemire and Jeremy Lin in the lineup together. It was far from pretty. Stoudemire spent most of the game as the weakside option, something he will do more of but he needs&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932946&amp;post=42155&amp;subd=nbcprobasketballtalk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Winderman: So who backs out of All-Star Game as “injured?”</title>
		<link>http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/21/winderman-so-who-backs-out-of-all-star-game-as-injured/</link>
		<comments>http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/21/winderman-so-who-backs-out-of-all-star-game-as-injured/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:04:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ira Winderman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It certainly will not reach the point of the Pro Bowl, where many are chosen but few elect to serve. But the impending All-Star Weekend comes at the time when the entire injury-ravaged, schedule-drained NBA could use a four-day break. For most of the league, that will be the case, with no games scheduled Friday,&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932946&amp;post=42145&amp;subd=nbcprobasketballtalk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Report: Lakers interested in trading for Michael Beasley</title>
		<link>http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/21/report-lakers-interested-in-trading-for-michael-beasley/</link>
		<comments>http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/21/report-lakers-interested-in-trading-for-michael-beasley/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:57:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kurt Helin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lakers]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=42129</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Lakers need scoring, they need someone who can create his own shot not on the perimeter not named Kobe Bryant, they need depth. And they are desperate enough to consider Michael Beasley. No, this is not a Pau Gasol trade — come on, nobody is that stupid — but there have been talks, according&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932946&amp;post=42129&amp;subd=nbcprobasketballtalk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Report: Kobe’s rant directed at dysfunctional Lakers front office</title>
		<link>http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/21/report-kobes-rant-directed-at-dysfunctional-lakers-front-office/</link>
		<comments>http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/21/report-kobes-rant-directed-at-dysfunctional-lakers-front-office/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:26:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kurt Helin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Kobe Bryant]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There has been a growing buzz around the Lakers this year that as Jim Buss — son of long-time owner Jerry Buss — has taken control of the Lakers organization, nobody is sure what direction it is steering. That includes Kobe Bryant. Which is why he made the remarks he did about the need to&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932946&amp;post=42116&amp;subd=nbcprobasketballtalk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Baseline to Baseline recaps: Dirk Nowitzki is still good</title>
		<link>http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/21/baseline-to-baseline-recaps-dirk-nowitzki-is-still-good/</link>
		<comments>http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/21/baseline-to-baseline-recaps-dirk-nowitzki-is-still-good/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:55:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kurt Helin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What you missed while trying to find something to watch now that Downton Abbey is over….. Nets 100, Knicks 92: Deron Williams would like you to know he is the best point guard in the greater New York area, and will be next year when the Nets move to Brooklyn (unless he leaves to play&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932946&amp;post=42112&amp;subd=nbcprobasketballtalk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Jeremy Lin who? Deron Williams dominates Knicks in Net wins</title>
		<link>http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/21/jeremy-lin-who-deron-williams-dominates-knicks-in-net-wins/</link>
		<comments>http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/21/jeremy-lin-who-deron-williams-dominates-knicks-in-net-wins/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 06:33:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kurt Helin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Deron Williams]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Linsanity&#8221; started when Jeremy Lin came in off the bench against the New Jersey Nets, dropped 25 points on Deron Williams and his team, and started to change the Knicks season around. Williams was frustrated. A couple days later, Williams was being peppered with questions about Lin, at one point said “What phenomenon?” then cut&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932946&amp;post=42106&amp;subd=nbcprobasketballtalk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lakers GM Mitch Kupchak releases statement on rumors</title>
		<link>http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/20/lakers-gm-mitch-kupchak-releases-statement-on-rumors/</link>
		<comments>http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/20/lakers-gm-mitch-kupchak-releases-statement-on-rumors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 03:12:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kurt Helin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kobe Bryant wanted Lakers GM Mitch Kupchak to make up his mind — either trade Pau Gasol or say you&#8217;re not going to. Which is completely unrealistic, but it plays well in the locker room so he said it. That was enough to get a rare public statement from Kupchak: “As a former player, I&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932946&amp;post=42102&amp;subd=nbcprobasketballtalk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Carmelo Anthony returns to Knicks lineup Monday vs. Nets</title>
		<link>http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/20/carmelo-anthony-returns-to-knicks-lineup-monday-vs-nets/</link>
		<comments>http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/20/carmelo-anthony-returns-to-knicks-lineup-monday-vs-nets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 23:49:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kurt Helin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you’re going to ease Carmelo Anthony back into the new-look Knicks, this is the best way to do it — against the worst defense in the league. Carmelo Anthony will be back with the Knicks in the starting lineup Monday against the Nets, the team announced. He will start (Iman Shumpert will come off&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932946&amp;post=42089&amp;subd=nbcprobasketballtalk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rajon Rondo suspended two games for throwing ball at ref</title>
		<link>http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/20/rajon-rondo-suspended-two-games-for-throwing-ball-at-ref/</link>
		<comments>http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/20/rajon-rondo-suspended-two-games-for-throwing-ball-at-ref/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:43:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kurt Helin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are things you can’t do, no matter how frustrated you get with the referees. Throwing the ball at them is one of them. Boston’s Rajon Rondo has been suspended two games by the league for throwing the ball at an official, it was announced Monday. He is out Monday night against the Mavericks and&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932946&amp;post=42086&amp;subd=nbcprobasketballtalk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Derrick Rose cleared, in lineup Monday vs. Hawks</title>
		<link>http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/20/derrick-rose-cleared-likely-to-play-monday-vs-hawks/</link>
		<comments>http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/20/derrick-rose-cleared-likely-to-play-monday-vs-hawks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:13:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kurt Helin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE 4:13 pm: Rose is back and in the starting lineup. Remember that while he was out for back spasms, he had played through a turf toe injury before that and this time off certainly will help a little with that as well. 3:50 pm: After missing five games due to a back injury, Derrick&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932946&amp;post=42077&amp;subd=nbcprobasketballtalk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gilbert Arenas has been giving Jeremy Lin advice</title>
		<link>http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/20/gilbert-arenas-has-been-giving-jeremy-lin-advice/</link>
		<comments>http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/20/gilbert-arenas-has-been-giving-jeremy-lin-advice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 20:18:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kurt Helin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Jeremy Lin]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gilbert Arenas says he talks to Jeremy Lin once a week. He talks to Dwight Howard more than that (just passing that along), but Arenas told Sam Amick of Sports Illustrated he’s been giving tips and played in a game this summer with Lin. This is part of a fantastic Q&#38;A Amick did with Arenas&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932946&amp;post=42073&amp;subd=nbcprobasketballtalk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>NBA Power Rankings: Streaking Heat, Spurs land on top</title>
		<link>http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/20/nba-power-rankings-streaking-heat-spurs-land-on-top/</link>
		<comments>http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/20/nba-power-rankings-streaking-heat-spurs-land-on-top/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 19:01:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kurt Helin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Miami has looked dominant the last week, while Tony Parker may be the best player in basketball the last two weeks so the Spurs climb. At the bottom, things look familiar. 1. Heat (24-7, last week ranked 1). They became the third team in the NBA to sweep a back-to-back-to-back (Bulls, Thunder), but they did&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932946&amp;post=42063&amp;subd=nbcprobasketballtalk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Jason Terry is not a member of the Jeremy Lin fan club</title>
		<link>http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/20/jason-terry-is-not-a-member-of-the-jeremy-lin-fan-club/</link>
		<comments>http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/20/jason-terry-is-not-a-member-of-the-jeremy-lin-fan-club/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:20:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kurt Helin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sunday may have changed his mind. That is when Jeremy Lin put up 28 points and 14 assists in leading the Knicks past the Mavericks. That included six points and six assists in the fourth quarter when the Knicks took over the game. Going into that game, Jason Terry was not as impressed as the&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932946&amp;post=42038&amp;subd=nbcprobasketballtalk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Baseline to Baseline recaps: Pistons handle Celtics easily</title>
		<link>http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/20/baseline-to-baseline-recaps-pistons-handle-celtics-easily/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 12:14:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kurt Helin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What you missed while trying to decide if you should vote for the naked cowboy guy for president&#8230; Knicks 104, Mavericks 97: So Mark Cuban, still think Linsanity is all about New York? Matt Moore broke this down as our game of the day Sunday. Heat 90, Magic 78: It wasn’t that close, the Heat&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932946&amp;post=42023&amp;subd=nbcprobasketballtalk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Durant, Westbrook, Ibaka make history in Thunder win over Nuggets</title>
		<link>http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/20/42018/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 07:56:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Moore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Numbers so rarely tell the story in retrospect. Every number based on human performance requires interpretation, it requires understanding. The idea that numbers are meaningless in the context of basketball is asinine, but the idea that in 20 years, some kid will check basketball reference and see the box score for the Thunder&#8217;s 124-118 win&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932946&amp;post=42018&amp;subd=nbcprobasketballtalk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Kobe tells Laker management to clarify Pau Gasol plans</title>
		<link>http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/20/kobe-tells-laker-management-to-clarify-pau-gasol-rumors/</link>
		<comments>http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/20/kobe-tells-laker-management-to-clarify-pau-gasol-rumors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 07:05:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kurt Helin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Kobe Bryant]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pau Gasol was almost shipped out to Houston before the season even started in the eventually-killed deal that would have brought Chris Paul to the Lakers. Last week there was talk of Gasol to Minnesota (an unlikely deal). Sunday came the report that Derrick Rose wants the Bulls to try and get Gasol (because the&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932946&amp;post=42015&amp;subd=nbcprobasketballtalk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Heat keep blasting their way through the NBA; today&#8217;s victim: Orlando</title>
		<link>http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/19/heat-keep-blasting-their-way-through-the-nba-todays-victim-orlando/</link>
		<comments>http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/19/heat-keep-blasting-their-way-through-the-nba-todays-victim-orlando/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:36:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Moore</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dwight Howard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LeBron James]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The season series is tied. The Magic controlled the first game, won it handily, the final score not reflective of how well they played. So why does the Heat&#8217;s 90-78 win over the Orlando, a 12-point margin, same as the Magic&#8217;s in the first game, feel so much more important, so much more reflective of&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932946&amp;post=42005&amp;subd=nbcprobasketballtalk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Linsanity continues as Lin lifts Knicks over Mavericks</title>
		<link>http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/19/linsanity-continues-as-lin-lifts-knicks-over-mavericks/</link>
		<comments>http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/19/linsanity-continues-as-lin-lifts-knicks-over-mavericks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 21:17:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Moore</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Jeremy Lin]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[And the show goes on. The scouting report was supposed to be out on Jeremy Lin. After a Hornets defense confounded, frustrated and beat him down Friday night, the blueprint was supposed to be in place to stop the dynamic young Knicks star. Yeah, that paradigm is over. Lin lit up the Mavericks and their&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932946&amp;post=41998&amp;subd=nbcprobasketballtalk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>LeBron has a new PR handler</title>
		<link>http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/19/lebron-has-a-new-pr-handler/</link>
		<comments>http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/19/lebron-has-a-new-pr-handler/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:04:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Moore</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[LeBron James]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=41994</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[LeBron James is loathed by many, still. His negative PR is lessening as people begin to move on with their lives, but after last year,it was clear that James had struggled with how to handle his public perception. He took a bad situation, lit it on fire, and then dropped it off a cliff into&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932946&amp;post=41994&amp;subd=nbcprobasketballtalk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>23</slash:comments>
	
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		<title>Melo out vs. Mavericks, Smith and Davis are active</title>
		<link>http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/19/melo-out-vs-mavericks-smith-and-davis-are-active/</link>
		<comments>http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/19/melo-out-vs-mavericks-smith-and-davis-are-active/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 16:46:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Moore</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Carmelo Anthony]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Baron Davis]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ll have to wait for another day to see the Knicks at full strength. The Knicks announced Sunday morning that Carmelo Anthony is out vs. the Mavericks as he continues to recover from injury. But there is some good news, from the Knicks&#8217; official Twitter: &#160; D&#8217;Antoni says @carmeloanthony is out, might play tomorrow. Shump&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932946&amp;post=41985&amp;subd=nbcprobasketballtalk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Brook Lopez likely to return Sunday</title>
		<link>http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/19/brook-lopez-likely-to-return-sunday/</link>
		<comments>http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/19/brook-lopez-likely-to-return-sunday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 14:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Moore</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nets]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Anthony Morrow]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=41979</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Brook Lopez lost nearly the first two months of the season to a broken foot. He started the season being constantly talked about in trade rumors, and that was the primary focus of the news of his injury. Now he&#8217;s ready to return. Avery Johnson told reporters on Saturday before the Nets game with the&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932946&amp;post=41979&amp;subd=nbcprobasketballtalk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Manu Ginobili suffers strained oblique vs. Clippers, more tests coming</title>
		<link>http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/18/manu-ginobili-suffers-strained-oblique-vs-clippers-more-tests-coming/</link>
		<comments>http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/18/manu-ginobili-suffers-strained-oblique-vs-clippers-more-tests-coming/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 02:14:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Moore</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Spurs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chris Paul]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Manu Ginobili suffered a strained oblique muscle against the Clippers during the Spurs&#8217; 103-100 win over Los Angeles Saturday, the Spurs announced after the game. There is no timetable for his return, and further diagnostic tests are planned. Ginobili only recently returned from a fractured bone in his hand. He&#8217;s played spectacularly well, so the&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com&amp;blog=15932946&amp;post=41971&amp;subd=nbcprobasketballtalk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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