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What Google reveals about stars

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To measure player attention this season, I pulled both overall and news searches from the start of training camp until now for each of this year's All-Stars (both against the standard of peak James searches), then averaged the two categories. That shows another star aging gracefully, Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers, as far and away the league's most searched player. By this measure, Aldridge is the league's most obscure All-Star.

Jeremy Tyler waived by Hawks

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Hey at this point in the season a guy like this should be getting bench minutes instead of Jared Jeffries or even Joel Freeland.

Wow ibaka only gets fined 25k

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Can you believe this only fined and not suspended. Even tho I don't like Blake he still got his bells rung. Very cool Blake gets hit and nba gets paid lol

Lillard ranks as 4th most dynamic PG-offensively

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This is an interesting article from the oh-so-credible source of Bleacher Report, using a formula for total offensive rankings of all point gaurds in the league.

Ibaka's Dirty Play

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Ibaka just punched Blake Griffin in the crotch earlier today. Maybe Serge and Nico have been spending too much time together.

Stotts on Stats (Blazers version of Moneyball/Analytics) podcast interview

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Pretty interesting how the Blazers use advanced metrics to gameplan etc, this is a two-part interview, first with Coach Stotts and then with the ESPN Magazine writer who wrote the story. The win over Indy is highlited...

LaMarcus Aldridge finally emerging as leader in Portland

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SI columnist Ian Thompson details how he thinks Aldridge has become the leader of the team in this surprising season