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Nancy d'Arc
Nancy Lieberman, who blazed trails for women on the court, continues her crusade, breaking the gender line behind the clipboard in the NBA D-League, not because she is a woman, but because she has been there, and knows that.
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Basketball DNA
Austin Ainge may have the NBA pedigree last name, but it is basketball DNA, not nepotism, powering his successful coaching career developing in the D-League.
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Sighting Jordan
Bigfoot.
The Loch Ness Monster.
MJ at a Utah Flash game.
The promotional-stunt-turned-hoax that backfired with fans who braved a snow storm to get a glimpse of the Hoops Holyman.
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D-League Draft 2009
The D-League Draft picks up a few of the usual suspects, as well as many fresh faces struggling for a shot at an NBA gig.
Who has the chops to make it?
MLN's Sam Amico gives you the complete run-down of the top picks in this 17 page feature section.
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Do We Need Another
Pro Basketball League
The Continental Baskeball League announced itself late last month. SZ senior editor Brian Ross balances free enterprise versus what might be best for pro basketball.
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Gates to the NBA
If you want a real shot at the NBA, and you didn't make the NBA Draft, coaches like Bryan Gates of the NBA D-League Idaho Stampede are the first guys that you will have to convince.
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Quest for 10
Five might get you 10. A ten day call-up, that is. The fifth annual D-League Showcase opens doors to a 10 day call-up to the NBA. Who walked through in the 2009 edition?
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Final Pieces
Does Sioux Falls Skyforce center Chris Alexander have all of the pieces together for an NBA call-up from the D-League this season?
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Wright Turn
Dayshawn Wright is on the move back down the court. Will he find a future in the NBA?
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BLACK RUSSIAN
If the NBA does not come calling, will Alex Aidediran use his Russian citizenship to fulfill his hoop dreams?
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2008 NBA D-League Draft
The NBA's minor league draft concludes with a few familiar faces and a few surprises.
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Play With Heart
After two minor league seasons in the ABA and CBA, former Hartford Hawks star Aaron Cook has developed into a true point guard. Will it be enough to fulfill his NBA dream?
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Will the Euro Kill Minor League Basketball?
If the NBA cannot compete with the international pro leagues for cash, what ripple effects will it have on minor league basketball? Will U.S. pro basketball take a pounding from the Euro? MLN senior editor Brian Ross gives us his shiny two.
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Corner Pocket
Albuquerque Thunderbirds point guard Will Conroy plays hoops and shoots pool. Is his latest angle, the role player, going to put him in the pocket of an NBA club, or will he roll back into the D-League?
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Kedrick 2.0
Five years in the NBA. Three different clubs. Kedrick BROWN went from first round flash to flash in the pan. Two years later, the Jordan-esque leaper is back in the D-League, D-termiined to wipe the term "timid" from the vocabulary of his critics past.
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It's Not Easy Being Green OR: Bob Costas, You Can't Handle the Truth!
For the paper snobs of the world, MLN senior editor Brian Ross offers a Few Good Reasons why you should never call SZ 'just' a website.
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MAJOR ATTITUDE™
Dance Team 2008
Who are the twenty most beautiful women in minor league and indy sports? MLN Sports brings you the hottest cheerleaders and dancers from basketball, hockey, and football. Baseball fans: Eat your hearts out.
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The NBA Development League 2007 Draft
The D-League launches 2007-2008 with more clubs, and more opportunities to play in the NBA. This is the draft that counts for those on the fast-track to fulfilling their dreams of NBA stardom. With 10% of the NBA now coming from D-League benches, can NBA fans who want to be "in-the-know" still afford to hold their noses up to the D?
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