It's almost here!!!
I know it's still a month away, but in light of the recent events at the FIBA World Championships, as well as Lebron's campaign to make himself the most hated athlete in America, I figured it was time to at least preview some of the AMAZING storylines we're going to have this season.
A lot has happened since Kobe's dominant 6 for 24 performance to steal the championship in June and, since I'll be doing a full league preview closer to the beginning of the season, I'm going to stick to just looking at the 5 biggest stories heading into the season.
5. Shaq is a Celtic
We learned last year, conclusively, that the Celtics can stumble into the postseason, and then turn on the defense. In fact, the only reason they lost game 7 of the Finals was because Kendrick Perkins got hurt and they didn't have the size to keep The Lakers off the boards. Enter one over the hill, yet still massive Shaquille O'Neal. Right after the Lakers won the championship, Kobe said something to the effect of "I got one more than Shaq, you can take that to the bank."
Now Shaq's on a team that was a 11 minutes away from the champion ...
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The NBA It’s Dramatic!: An Early Look at The NBA’s Top Storylines For 2011.
September 23rd, 2010 by Jon Lee Leave a reply »
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