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more about #shanebattier more comments → BigBlueBalls: Kobe hasn't been this unstoppable since his rendezvous with a white chick in a Colorado hotel room. more » Jefferson Tardship: Yao offers as much resistance in the lane as Katelyn Faber in a hotel room. more » chilltown: Yao's vertical leap is quite impressive. more » Drunken_Donuts: Intangibles are no match for the mamba. more » Andy Hutchins: Considering that Kobe was defended by Battier and Artest and still scored 37 and led the Lakers to the win, while the fighting LeBrons lost to them, K... more » Pesti-Esti: until Michael Lewis writes a 10,000-word story about how centers are the smartest guys in football. It was a 288-page book and it was about left tackl... more » Stev D: I think that article was perfectly cromulent. more » dont-forget-where-you-came-from-cheese mac: Centers are the smartest guys in football Hate to break it to you dummy, but centers play basketball. more » Gourmet Spud: Maybe Rick Reilly can twit about it?: [twitter.com] more » Chris Hanson's Axe: He's got it backwards, though. He makes it seem like Battier was the only, or even biggest, reason for all the wins on his teams. So, he really could'... more » Doyle McPoyle: Who's your daddier, Battier?! more » Jews For Purple Jesus: It's meant to be understood and digested by many people who understand nothing about sports, but are maybe interested in science and non-conventional ... more » Hatey McLife: And yet here he was shuttling between a black world that treated him as white and a white world that treated him as black. Then he went to Duke and ev... more » Bobby Big Wheel: I know the secret to Shane Battier's success. I got two words for you: blue jeans: more » David Hume: It's meant to be understood and digested by many people who understand nothing about sports, but are maybe interested in science and non-conventional ... more » -
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Maybe Shane Battier Isn't The Antidote To Kobe Bryant
Bryant put up 37 points last night—31 in the second half—while being guarded by two of the better defenders in the league, Shane Battier and Mad Ron Artest. Maybe the shot chart needs updating? [NBA.com] -
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So Is Shane Battier Any Good Or Not?
As expected, there's been a lot of talk generated by that Shane Battier piece—talk that will continue until Michael Lewis writes a 10,000-word story about how centers are the smartest guys in football. (They are.) More » -
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Michael Lewis Gives The NBA Its "Moneyball"
It took me the entire weekend and most of Monday, but I finally got through Michael Lewis' epic deconstruction of Shane Battier, also known as "Moneyball: NBA Edition." More » -
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The Underrated Genius Of Shane Battier
"Moneyball" author Michael Lewis picks apart the Duke legend's unheralded NBA career. It's a long article in the NY Times magazine, but definitely worth a read during your weekend lounging. [NY Times Magazine]
