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• The Kids are Alright: Oklahoma City Thunder

  
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  By: Zachariah Blott ETB contributor Zach Blott is back with the latest installment in our ongoing “The Kids are Alright” series, this time checking in with the Oklahoma City Thunder and everybody’s favorite young trio of Jeff Green, Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant. Be sure to check out the other articles ...
  3 days ago

• The Kids are Alright: Sacramento Kings

  
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  By: Andrew Thell “The Kids are Alright” series rolls on with a look at the Sacramento Kings, a team that finished with an NBA-low 17 wins last season but has some young talent worth keeping an eye on. Also from this series, don’t miss our take on the Detroit Pistons , Memphis Grizzlies , and Philadelphia ...
  5 days ago

• Bang a Gong, Again, for Big Ben Wallace

  
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  Ben Wallace Photos Credit: Icon SMI By Brian Spencer “Aw, honey, look at that: the Pistons brought Ben Wallace back. Now isn’t that just too cute?” When Wallace and the Pistons kissed and made up last summer in the form of a one-year contract for the veteran’s minimum, many thought the move ...
  6 days ago

• The Kids are Alright: Philadelphia 76ers

  
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  By: Zachariah Blott The Philadelphia 76ers are next up in our ongoing “The Kids are Alright” series, where we take a look at young teams who won’t compete for playoff supremecy but who are still very much worth watching this season. Don’t miss the Detroit Pistons and Memphis Grizzlies , too… more to ...
  1 week ago

• The Kids Are Alright: Detroit Pistons

  
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  By: Brian Spencer Over the next few weeks we’re discarding the bad and emphasizing the good on those NBA teams that may not carry much clout this year, but who are building towards a brighter future and deserve your attention over these long winter months. That’s the beauty of the NBA League Pass , kids: ...
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• CBN refutes report, backs deregulation – The Guardian

  
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  Contrary to a media report, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday declared its total support for the planned reform in the downstream sector of the petroleum industry in the country.The apex bank has also denied allegation that its action lately on the Equitorial Trust Bank (ETB) is discriminatory of decisions ...
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• Houston’s Chase Budinger: What Joe Alexander Was Supposed To Be

  
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  By: Zachariah Blott On Monday, Milwaukee Bucks’ General Manager John Hammond made the expected announcement to not exercise the third year of Joe Alexander’s rookie contract . Basically this means that the eighth pick in the 2008 Draft will become the third first-round selection ever to become an ...
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• Daryl Morey’s Rockets an Early Surprise

  
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  Trevor Ariza and Daryl Morey Photo Credit: Bill Baptist/Getty Images By Darren Yuvan In the weeks and days leading up to the start of the 2009–2010 NBA season, the Houston Rockets were left for dead: declared too short, too inexperienced and simply not talented enough to make a run at the ...
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• The NBA’s Most Depressing Players of 2009

  
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  Changing of the Guard Photo Credit: Icon SMI Allen Iverson, G, Memphis Grizzlies Our Most Depressing NBA Players of 2008 list was headlined by Vince Carter, shown above passing the torch to his successor atop this ignominious throne, Allen Iverson. He couldn’t possibly have picked a more-depressing franchise ...
  3 weeks ago

• ETB’s Western Conference, Pacific Division Preview, Predictions, and Awards

  
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  Kobe Bryant Photo Credit: Icon SMI By: Zachariah Blott Winner: Los Angeles Lakers: Owner Jerry Buss throws around crazy money—his team’s $91 million payroll tops the league by a mile—and the other four teams in the division had an average record of 28-54 last year, so put two and two together and ...
  3 weeks ago

• ETB’s Western Conference, Northwest Division Preview, Predictions, and Awards

  
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  Brandon Roy Photo Credit: Icon SMI By: Zachariah Blott Winner: Portland Trail Blazers: This should be simple. A squad of youngsters won the second-most games (54) in the West last year, then added the cagey Andre Miller, returned marksman SF Martell Webster, and watched Greg Oden take some big steps over ...
  3 weeks ago

• ETB’s Western Conference, Southwest Division Preview, Predictions, and Awards

  
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  Tim Duncan & Tony Parker Photo Credit: Icon SMI By: Zachariah Blott Winner: San Antonio Spurs: They’re always in the mix because they still play the team-first, defense-first basketball that defined their three championships (and those of the Pistons and Celtics) throughout the decade.It all starts ...
  3 weeks ago

• EFCC grills bank debtors at secret location in Lagos –

  
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  Contrary to expectation, operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday met with some bank debtors at a secret location in Lagos.The meeting, which was billed for the EFCC Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, Lagos office, was moved to the secret location following the debtors’ plea, sources told The ...
  3 weeks ago

• ETB’s Eastern Conference, Central Division Preview, Predictions and Awards

  
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  LeBron James Photo Credit: Icon SMI By: Zachariah Blott Winner: Cleveland Cavaliers: LeBron James is the newer Garnett: supremely talented, unselfish, and a player who clearly makes everyone around him better. His combination of size, strength, and speed makes him impossible to stop on the fast break, and ...
  4 weeks ago

• Blake Griffin is No DeJuan Blair

  
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  By: Zachariah Blott Most people were in agreement back in June that the 2009 NBA Draft was a relatively weak one that showcased only one great player. Someone forgot to tell DeJuan Blair that he wasn’t supposed to be the one. With the preseason underway and rookies finally getting their feet wet against ...
  4 weeks ago

• Out With the Old, In With the New – Detroit Pistons 2009-10 Season Preview

  
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  Ben Gordon and Will Bynum Photo Credits: Icon SMI The 2009-10 NBA Season Blog Preview Series, annually hosted by our friends over at CelticsBlog , is already a quarter of the way through, and it’s again time for ETB to throw our lot in with some of the best NBA writers on the Web and put our collective heads ...
  4 weeks ago

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