Chris Copeland to the Pacers. Switching Teams Part 3

From Indy Corn Rows
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According to Yahoo! Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski, the Indiana Pacers are nearing a conclusion with New York Knicks free agent Chris Copeland for a two year contract.

 The details of the contract have yet to be revealed, but Indiana will add Copeland as a sharpshooter off the bench. The 29-year-old Copeland was a rookie with the Knicks last year, shooting .421 from three point range in a three-point heavy New York offense. There are understandable concerns about Copeland being a player who can contribute at the same level again this year, but Indiana appears to be willing to take the risk on a two-year deal.

Copeland was easy to take note of when the Pacers played the Knicks this past postseason, with Copeland stepping into three pointers (and hitting them) immediately after checking into the game, going 11-20 from three point range in the six game series. Ideally, Copeland won't be relied on too heavily as a necessary shooter or offensive threat in the second unit, but any offensive potency will prove a welcome sign after last year.

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Amar'e Stoudemire Out for 7 weeks

From Newsday...
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Just when Amar'e Stoudemire was back to playing his best basketball in more than a year, the Knicks announced Saturday that he will undergo left knee surgery and miss the rest of the regular season.
 Stoudemire will have an arthroscopic procedure known as a debridement performed this week and will miss at least six weeks. He had the same procedure performed on his right knee in the fall and missed the first two months of the regular season.
"It's a loss, it's a major loss to what we're trying to do," Knicks coach Mike Woodson said before Saturday night's 113-84 victory over the Utah Jazz. Woodson's Knicks are in a virtual tie with the Pacers for second place in the Eastern Conference, 2½ games ahead of the fourth-place Nets.
Stoudemire, who had two 22-point games in the past week, missed the team's shootaround after complaining of soreness in the knee. An MRI Saturday afternoon revealed the swelling.



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Votes for the All Star Game

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Hello visitors of my blog. Today, I am going to write my report instead of giving you the website that has the article I would like you to read. Today, we are going to speak about my votes for the All Star game for the NBA are mostly different than the average voter.
            East                                                                                                      West
Point    Kyrie Irving                                                                               Chris Paul
Shooting Dwyane Wade                                                                         Kobe Bryant
Small     LeBron James                                                                          Kevin Durant
Power      Carmelo Anthony                                                                  Blake Griffin
Center     Tyson Chandler                                                                    Dwight Howard

LeBron James or Carmelo Anthony MVP

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From USA Today...
Carmelo Anthony is renewed. The New York Knicks forward is averaging 27.3 points and 7.3 rebounds a game and playing the best defense of his career.
The result: The Knicks are the last unbeaten team in the NBA at 4-0. But that's not good enough for USA TODAY Sports' NBA power rankings voters.
In our first in-season power rankings, Anthony trails LeBron James of the Miami Heat, whom the Knicks beat to open the season, in MVP votes while New York comes in second in our team rankings to the San Antonio Spurs.

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From The Basketball Overload.....

 The 2012-2013 season is still just under two months from beginning with the NBA's preseason, but the offseason has reached a dry period, with potentially the only big block yet to fall being Dwight Howard.  Now is an ideal time to review what each team has done in an attempt to better position themselves for either next season or for future seasons (hey...Daryl Morey).  Basically I'll just look at each teams best move and conversely their worst move and then summarize their offseason up to this point, grades and all.

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ESPN 2012 Player Ranking

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This is my option about how the rankings should have been.

        What they were                                                                What They Should Have Been
         1.LeBron James                                                                       1.LeBron James
         2.Kevin Durant                                                                        2.Kevin Durant
         3.Dwight Howard                                                                    3.Dwyane Wade
         4.Chris Paul                                                                             4.Derrick Rose
         5.Derrick Rose                                                                        5.Dwight Howard
         6.Kobe Bryant                                                                        6. Carmelo Anthony
         7.Kevin Love                                                                          7.Blake Griffin
         8.Dwyane Wade                                                                      8. Kobe Bryant
         9.Russell Westbrook                                                                9.Russell Westbrook
         10.Deron Williams                                                                  10.Chris Paul