MANDOM 2012-2013 NBA Most Improved Player: Omer Asik

This breaks my heart as a Bulls fan. I didn't want to see Omer Asik (Houston Rockets) go because I knew he had this talent.

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MANDOM 2012-2013 NBA Coach of the Year: Erik Spoelstra

Spo took a championship team and made them better. Of course Miami Heat's Erik Spoelstra has the best player in the NBA on his roster, another guy in the top 10 and another in the top 15-20, but he played a part in their success this season as well.

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MANDOM 2013 NBA Playoffs: First Round Preview

The regular season is over and the start of the playoffs is upon us so let’s take a look at the matchups and how they break down. I’ll also give my predictions on how I think things will shake out through the first round. Also below, the complete 2013 NBA Playoff bracket.

Here are the playoff matchups (season series breakdown in parenthesis):

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2012-2013 NBA Power Rankings: Fourth Quarter

The second season starts Saturday for some. For others, it’s vacation time and time to wait to see if the lottery ping pong balls bounce their team’s way. Without further ado, here are the final Power Rankings of the 2012-2013 regular season. The last Power Rankings of the 2012-2013 season will appear after the NBA Finals and just as a spoiler, the playoff team that wins 16 games will be ranked number 1.

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MANDOM 2012-2013 NBA Executive of the Year: Daryl Morey

As a resident of Houston, I can say that patience was wearing thin with Daryl Morey around town. Houstonians felt that any praise he received was undeserving since the team consistently underachieved and Morey seemed to bring in an endless supply of power forwards and no stars.

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The Betrayal of @KobeBryant

It was almost as if every pro basketball fan took a huge gasp when the Black Mamba went down. Statheads became doctors/analysts predicting whether if this was Bryant's unceremonious exit. As Kobe's 2nd season finds residence in social media, Enigmatik provides some clarity to the over-emotional.

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DJ Steve Porter - Heat Streak remix

New mashup created for ESPN spotlighting the recent win streak of the Miami Heat. The clip which starts off with Magic Johnson asking "Can you feel the heat?" has visuals that are LeBron James (mainly) and Dwyane Wade focused. Check it out below...

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2012-2013 NBA Power Rankings: Third Quarter

Third quarter complete and teams are winding down. The playoff picture is getting clearer and some teams are already getting ready to dig for crawfish. Lets take a look at the third quarter MANDOM Power Rankings.

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NBA 2012-2013 Second Half Season Preview

Halftime is over, party people. The second half of the 2012-2013 regular season begins tonight. Teams are looking to move up in the standings for a playoff push or are looking to tank for one of the weakest drafts in a while. Take a look at some of the top issues to be faced in the second half.

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Dwight Howard & Stephen A Smith's Extended Conversation

Dwight Howard sits down with Stephen A. Smith to discuss the importance of winning in Los Angeles, his health and his production this season.

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What Ziller Learnt From Super Bowl XLVII

Ray Lewis ascends into heaven from the 50 yard line and this is how he flies. Hey it was an entertaining game. It had a blowout, a comeback, a last-minute stand. Controversy. Fumbles. But cmon.... it HAD to have been fixed!

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Sunday Conversation: Ray Lewis Is A Man On A Mission

Sal Paolantonio talks to Ray Lewis on his focus to win and be the best during this postseason and his entire career.

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2012-2013 NBA Halftime Disappointments

As more teams approach the halfway mark in the 2012-2013 season, observers of the NBA are starting to see whether they were on track with their predictions for some squads or whether they were totally off. The following teams for whatever reasons have been much worse than anyone could have expected.

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The Run-In #33: Royal Rumble 2013 Predictions

This weekend, the Road to Wrestlemania begins - and the current WWE world changes. That's right, it's Royal Rumble time, and The Rock is challenging CM Punk for the WWE Championship. The Royal Rumble match is set in stone, and there are a number of participants who could be vying for title runs at Mania. Let's run down the card, match by match, and see if we're prognosticators, or FOOLS~!

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2012-2013 NBA Power Rankings: Second Quarter

The NBA has reached the halfway mark as a few teams have completed at least 50% of their seasons. As usual, the cream of the crop is clear cut and the middle of the pack is thick in both conferences and the #doody is clearly at the bottom of the league. And with that said, here are the second quarter MANDOM Power Rankings.

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The Run-In #32: Why The Rock vs. CM Punk is Awesome

Last week, The Rock returned to the WWE. He walked right out while CM Punk berated the people and in true "People's Champ" form told Punk like it is. The awesome thing about it? Punk didn't back down. He told Rock that his arms were too short to box with God, and meant it. They stood toe to toe in the middle of the ring and delivered on what many have been waiting for since last Summer: an awesome Rock vs. Punk feud.

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The Run-In #31: Wrestling's Cool Again

It’s the top of 2013, and you know what that means: the Royal Rumble is just around the corner. With the Royal Rumble comes the official start to the “Road to Wrestlemania,” with the next four months being one of the most lucrative times for the WWE. They usually pull out all of the stops, and with The Rock set to challenge CM Punk or whomever is holding the WWE Title at the Rumble. Do you know what all of this means?!

The time for fair-weather fans to come out of the woodwork!

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The Run-In #30: Does Dolph Ziggler Need Help?

So, one of the more rushed storylines of 2012 has been completed, and in the main event of the WWE’s TLC pay-per-view, Dolph Ziggler defeated John Cena... with the help of AJ’s betrayal. To quote the Miz: “really?”

Really? We spent how much time rushing through the Cena/AJ “romance,” complete with in-ring make outs and random pictures of them eating dinner, to the obvious Cena looking at AJ like she’s crazy bit last week... now we get Ziggler beating Cena with her help? Why? Why did it even need to go down like this, and how does this make Ziggler look?!

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The Run-In #29: Too Many Pay-Per-Views

The end of every calendar year brings up a number of things: re-runs of A Christmas Story, gift wrap, alcohol, and the year-end pro wrestling fatigue. Of course we still watch the product, there’s no way we can avoid it. The problem is how we’ve been conditioned. When you take into account that, post-Survivor Series, everything is in a holding pattern until the Royal Rumble, things start to get frustrating. Hell, lump Survivor Series into that, too. The problem lies in the WWE feeling like they NEED to put on a pay-per-view damn near every month.

Why keep this model up?

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2012-2013 NBA Power Rankings: First Quarter

The first quarter of the 2012-2013 NBA season is finished and there have been a few surprises. So far this season, there are very few teams that could be considered elite and of those elite teams a couple still have to prove themselves. The rest of the league is playing largely mediocre basketball. Time to dive into the first MANDOM Power Rankings of the 2012-2013 regular season. The second quarter rankings will be available at the halfway point of the season.

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