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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"The beauty of this world is you get fresh starts, you live to fight another day and you just continue to move forward. I've never been so excited to play some basketball and stop hearing about last year."
Kevin Love
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FACT OF THE DAY
In addition to Levon James '5 MVP trophies, he is also a 5 time all first team defensive player.
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Q: Trivia: What famous basketball high school did Rajon Rondo attend?
A: Oak Hill Academy, VA.
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THE MORNING BREW NBA players to watch during the 2013-14 season
We are just a little over three weeks away from the start of the 2013-14 NBA Season. Coming off a pretty predictable 2012-13 season in which the Miami Heat steam rolled teams to their second straight NBA title, we are coming into a season filled with questions and not many guarantees. That is what is fun about the NBA; we never know what will happen. The only three things we can be sure of this season is that we will hear a lot of "where will LeBron go next year" questions, we will hear a lot less about Dwight Howard, and we will see the Raptors attempt a full court press on getting Andrew Wiggins with the first pick in next year's draft. So I decided to have some fun and do some preseason who to watch and who to not.
Rookie to Watch: Victor Oladipo
Not just saying this since he went to my rival high school Dematha, but Oladipo is a stud. Even disregarding the physical attributes, the Orlando Magic suck, giving him a great shot to make an immediate impact for the team. Oladipo's driving ability matched with his passing skills should make it easy for him to set up big man Nikola Vucevic.
Rookie to Ignore: Anthony Bennett
Rookie to ignore: Anthony Bennett Maybe the most surprising first overall pick of the last decade, Bennett comes into a bad spot with the Cavaliers signing Andrew Bynum, and having to fight four other players, including Anderson Varejao, for a starting job. He cannot defend, he is overweight, and he is fighting other players for a spot. Not a great fit.
Comeback Player: Derrick Rose
COLUMBACK PLAYER: Derrick Rose You can finally stop all of the "so-and-so will come back before Rose" memes. The former star guard has looked explosive in workouts, and frankly, he is too naturally talented not to perform for a team like Chicago, which has other talented players to support him.
Unsung Hero: Tyreke Evans
Unsung Hero: Tyreke Evans
The New Orleans Pelicans are going to be a good team this year without a doubt.
No one seems to realize the raw talent that Evans possesses - not to mention the fact that he plays three positions. He will be the catalyst for getting Anthony Davis and new point guard Jrue Holiday going.
Let Down Player: Dwayne Wade
The man's knees are basically done. You can't say he isn't talented, he has three championship rings. But he has never been a pure shooter; always just a jumper. The Heat are still going to rake the competition, but this is quickly becoming the Cavalier-esque LeBron show.
Guard of the Year: Rajon Rondo No player will have to work harder this year than Rondo if his team will succeed. His passing and decision-making will be the difference between wins and losses. The new look Celtics have quality players, and they need Rondo to be their leader.
forward of the Year: Carmelo Anthony Ball hog or not, there is no player in the NBA with a more innate ability to score more than Melo.
The Knicks love to feed their star the ball and with the new stretch tool of Andrea Bargnani, Melo is posed for a 30 ppg season.
Big of the Year: Kevin Love
of the Year: Kevin Love An injury riddled 2012 season kept Love from moving into the upper echelon of NBA players.
A full season with Ricky Rubio feeding him the ball, plus the addition of sharp shooter Kevin Martin, this should be a good one for Love.
MVP: LeBron James
Unless Kevin Durant makes his move to become top dog this year, this is still LeBron's league.
King James is just frankly bigger, faster and more explosive than anyone else around. James will look to add his 5th MVP trophy to his mantle.
This week in athletics
Edited by Evan Dunbar
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Dodgers rout Braves 13-6 to take one-game lead in NLDS
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LOS ANGELES — The big-name bats for the Los Angeles Dodgers did more than enough to overcome some tentative rookie pitching.
Carl Crawford hit a three-run homer, Juan Uribe added a two-run shot and Los Angeles routed the Atlanta Braves 13-6 on Sunday night for a 2-1 lead in their best-of-five NL division series.
Hanley Ramirez and Yasiel Puig each had three hits and scored three times on a big night at the plate for the Dodgers, who matched a franchise record for
runs in a postseason game.
runs in a postseason game.
Brooklyn beat the New York Yankees 13-8 in Game 2 of the 1956 World Series.
Crawford made the play of the
"It was a total team effort," Crawford said. "Guys were swinging the bat well. That's what it's going to take: 25 guys to do the job and come together and play well." Los Angeles can advance to the NL championship series with a victory at home in Game 4 on Monday night. Ricky Nolasco pitches for manager Don Mattingly's Dodgers against veteran Freddy Garcia.
game when he tumbled head over heels at the low retaining wall in left field and onto his head to catch a foul ball in the eighth. The speedy leoadoff man also scored three times, including once in the eighth when the Dodgers made it 13-4.
Chris Capuano won in relief of ineffective rookie Hyun-Jin Ryu in a game that took 4 hours, 1 minute. The 13 runs allowed by the Braves equaled the most in club history for a postseason game. Los Angeles rallied in the third to regain the lead for good after Atlanta tied it in the top of the
inning. After that, the Braves didn't manage much besides Jason Heyward's two-run homer in the ninth.
In addition to being shaky on the mound, Ryu made two major mistakes in the field before giving way to Capuano, who spent most of the season in the rotation before moving to the bullpen.
By then, it was way too late. Atlanta starter Julio Teheran and Ryu both made inauspicious postseason debuts in the first matchup of rookie pitchers in the playoffs since 2007. Neither stayed around long.
With the Dodgers owning a six-run lead in their first home playoff game since 2009, fans waved their blue souvenir towels with one hand and made chopping motions with the other in mocking Atlanta's trademark tomahawk chop.
Teheran took the loss, giving up six runs and eight hits in 2 2-3 innings. The 22-year-old right-hander struck out five, walked one and threw a wild pitch.
one and threw a wild pitch.
Ryu allowed four runs and six hits in three innings, becoming the first South Korean-born pitcher to start a postseason game in the major leagues.
Despite his rookie status, the left-hander brought a wealth of experience from his native country in becoming the first player to go from the Korean Baseball Organization to the majors. Besides his seven seasons in the KBO, he had pitched in the 2009 World Baseball Classic as a reliever.
Atlanta got to him with two runs in the first during another of Ryu's slow starts. Capuano came on to strike out three and walk three in three hitless innings.
Braves reliever Alex Wood gave up four runs and three hits in 21-3 innings.
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