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NBA's 2011 Rookie Challenge Rosters Set

In last year's Rookie Challenge, Tyreke Evans led his first-year teammates to a surprise upset, earning MVP honors while ending a seven-year reign by the Sophomores. Can Evans improve to 2-0 in the All-Star weekend event? Or will Blake Griffin, the No. 1 draft pick in 2009 whose rookie year was postponed a year due to...

Ranking the NBA's Most Improved Player Candidates

Talent is one thing. Work ethic is another. It's a creed that is as true in the NBA as anywhere else, and the Most Improved Player award is often the place to find a young player who has applied both key elements in a most admirable way while becoming a far more relevant member of the league. Unless you're Bobby...

The Works: LeBron's Tone-Deaf Ways; Hard Cap as a Solution?

In The Works today: why Ted Leonsis' hard cap pitch is disingenuous and previews for the 76ers and the Pistons. But first, deconstructing The Decision again, this time with race as the hammer. Color Bind Ring the alarm! LeBron James, who like his off-court model Michael Jordan has always been slow to express any kind of...

Chris Quinn Going to Camp With 76ers

The Philadelphia 76ers have invited NBA veteran Chris Quinn to compete for a spot on the team beginning with next week's training camp, according to a source close to the situation. Quinn, a 6-foot-2 point guard, has played in 193 career NBA games with the Miami Heat and New Jersey Nets while averaging 5.2 points, 2.1...

Turner, Holiday Should Shine Together for Many Years

ORLANDO, Fla. -- What looks like the backcourt of the future also will become the backcourt of today in Philadelphia. They have no time to wait. Rookie shooting guard Evan Turner -- the No. 2 overall pick in last month's NBA Draft -- and second-year point guard Jrue Holiday made their debut together on the first day of...

Background on Jrue Holiday

Jrue Randall Holiday (born June 12, 1990 in Chatsworth, California) is an American professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the NBA.

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