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The retirements of Jason Kidd  and Grant Hill over the past few weeks have left me in a nostalgic mood. The two 19-year veterans were the second and third picks of the 1994 draft, which was the height of my Milwaukee Bucks fandom. I was never more excited about a sports-related non-sporting event than the 1994 draft lottery when the Bucks won the right to possibly take either Hill or Kidd. Of course, they took neither player, opting for Glenn “Big Dog” Robinson (which caused me to dislike both Hill and Kidd who shared the 1994 Rookie of the Year award). At the time, the choice seemed like the obvious one after Robinson dominated the 1993-94 college season as a Purdue Boilermaker. He averaged 30.3 points and 10.1 boards.

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Spurs owner Peter Holt makes LeBron cry.

The NBA Finals Story in Pictures: Game 2 - because a picture speaks a 1000 words (and we're too lazy to write 1000 words).

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The 2013 NBA Finals are being billed as a battle of the "Big Three" of the Heat and Spurs.  And while you need a superstar(s) to win a title, you also need a strong supporting cast.  So The Hoops Manifesto will look to shine some light on these less heralded players with our "The Non-Big Three Star of the Game" award given out after every game of the Finals.

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Why so glum guys?  Ohhh, right.  My bad.

The NBA Finals Story in Pictures: Game 2 - because a picture speaks a 1000 words (and we're too lazy to write 1000 words).

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The 2013 NBA Finals are being billed as a battle of the "Big Three" of the Heat and Spurs.  And while you need a superstar(s) to win a title, you also need a strong supporting cast.  So The Hoops Manifesto will look to shine some light on these less heralded players with our "The Non-Big Three Star of the Game" award given out after every game of the Finals.

 


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With the NBA pre-draft combine over, as well as the draft lottery, players are now traveling the country doing workouts for prospective employers -  now's a great time to take another look at our consensus NBA mock draft.

Rather than fill cyberspace up with yet another mock draft, The Hoops Manifesto has determined the consensus top 60 prospects for the 2013 NBA Draft.  We took the mock drafts from four of the web's best: DraftExpress, NBADraft.net, NBA Draft Room, and WalterFootball.com, crunched the numbers and came up with our list.

C.J. McCollum
Lehigh - Senior (Born 1991)
Point Guard/Shooting Guard
6'3" 197 lbs

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Norris Cole can't stand to look.
 

The NBA Finals Story in Pictures: Game 2 - because a picture speaks a 1000 words (and we're too lazy to write 1000 words).

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The 2013 NBA Finals are being billed as a battle of the "Big Three" of the Heat and Spurs.  And while you need a superstar(s) to win a title, you also need a strong supporting cast.  So The Hoops Manifesto will look to shine some light on these less heralded players with our "The Non-Big Three Star of the Game" award given out after every game of the Finals.

Here's video proof that the 63-year-old Julius 'Dr. J.' Erving can still dunk:

Big up: Ball Don't Lie