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	<title>Dime Magazine (dimemag.com) : Daily NBA News, NBA Trades, NBA Rumors, Basketball Videos, Sneakers &#187; USA Basketball</title>
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		<title>Hoop It Up 3-On-3 &amp; USA Basketball Come Together</title>
		<link>http://dimemag.com/2011/08/hoop-it-up-3-on-3-usa-basketball-come-together/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 20:30:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Sweeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I always wanted to enter the Hoop It Up three-on-three tournament but never did. Clearly, I missed out. It&#8217;s wildly popular and no matter where you go in this country, if you ask someone about hooping in the Hoop It Up, they usually know what you&#8217;re talking about. Now, a partnership will be taking the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dime Q&amp;A: Diamond DeShields Is The Next Big Name In Women&#8217;s Hoops</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 19:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Kessler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Meet the next big name in women’s hoops: Diamond DeShields. A 6-1 forward out of Georgia’s Norcross High School, DeShields is coming off a monster season in which she posted 19.1 points and 7.1 rebounds per game to lead Norcross to its second consecutive state title. The 2011 Gatorade Georgia Girls Basketball Player of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ranking the NBA&#8217;s 30 Go-To Guys (#28: Brook Lopez)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 18:30:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Austin Burton</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[The NBA's 30 Best Go-To Players]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Bogut]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Bynum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brook Lopez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dwight howard]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In basketball, being a go-to guy isn’t always about who takes the last-second shot. It’s the guy who regularly gets the basketball when things are getting tense in the fourth quarter; the guy expected to calm things down when teammates are getting antsy; the guy called upon to snuff out an opponent’s rally or spark [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who&#8217;s Better: Derrick Rose or Russell Westbrook?</title>
		<link>http://dimemag.com/2010/09/whos-better-derrick-rose-or-russell-westbrook/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 14:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dime Magazine</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[derrick rose]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Memphis]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rajon Rondo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Russell Westbrook]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We argue. You decide. DERRICK ROSE (by Casey Mack) As expected, Team USA brought home a gold medal from the World Championship in Turkey. Even though the NBA heavyweights were not on hand to participate in the tournament, the up-and-coming stars filled their shoes nicely. One place in particular where the youngsters stepped up was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USA 81, Turkey 64: Instant Analysis</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Sep 2010 20:25:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Austin Burton</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Andre Iguodala]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why Team USA won: Kevin Durant. He absolutely owned the last three games of the World Championship, dropping 33 on Russia in the quarterfinals, 38 on Lithuania in the semis, and 28 on Turkey in the gold-medal finale. Everyone in the building knew KD would be the focal point, and yet most of his buckets [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dime Live Blog: USA vs. Tunisia</title>
		<link>http://dimemag.com/2010/09/dime-live-blog-usa-vs-tunisia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Austin Burton</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[lamar odom]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Labor Day Weekend is one of my favorites in NYC for one reason: The West Indian Day Parade. Having been born and raised in Seattle, essentially a small town if you&#8217;re Black, simply being around 2-3 million people who look like me is something that has to be experienced to be believed. And everybody is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dime Live Blog: USA vs. Iran</title>
		<link>http://dimemag.com/2010/09/dime-live-blog-usa-vs-iran/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:40:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Austin Burton</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Andre Iguodala]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carlos Arroyo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chauncey Billups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coach K]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[danny granger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[derrick rose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eric Gordon]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve never dealt directly with a bookie, and I don&#8217;t know much about gambling, so I have to ask: Is there such a scenario where you&#8217;d lose money on &#8220;winning&#8221; bet? For today&#8217;s Team USA vs. Iran matchup, putting $100 on the U.S. to win should cost you at least and extra $50 just out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Team USA narrowly beats Brazil; The nation&#8217;s new No. 1 prep baller</title>
		<link>http://dimemag.com/2010/08/team-usa-narrowly-beats-brazil-the-nations-new-no-1-prep-baller/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 05:40:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dime Magazine</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Allen Iverson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andre Iguodala]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Antoine Walker]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dimemag.com/?p=54176</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When you&#8217;re not the &#8217;92 Dream Team and penciled in to flog everybody by 30 or 50 points a night, you probably need some close games under your belt to test your clutch-ness and avoid complacency. For Team USA&#8217;s 2010 version, that game happened yesterday, as they barely hung on to beat Brazil in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dime Live Blog: USA vs. Greece</title>
		<link>http://dimemag.com/2010/08/dime-live-blog-usa-vs-greece/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:30:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Austin Burton</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Andre Iguodala]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Baby Shaq]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[nick calathes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of nights ago, my Dad was talking about the upcoming FIBA World Basketball Championship and Team USA when he asked me, for like the fourth time this summer, &#8220;So where are all the superstar guys?&#8221; After running down, again, the list of who was hurt (Kobe, CP, D-Will), who was a free agent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Team USA makes its final cut (or not), faces Greece next</title>
		<link>http://dimemag.com/2010/08/team-usa-makes-its-final-cut-prepares-for-greece-exhibition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 04:01:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dime Magazine</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Brian Skinner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carmelo anthony]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Shaquille O'Neal]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a good chance we won&#8217;t know what really happened between Rajon Rondo and the USA Basketball decision-makers until during the NBA season; the next time Rondo goes head-to-head with Derrick Rose, Russell Westbrook, Chauncey Billups or Stephen Curry. Soon after Rondo talked to reporters as if he thought he might be cut from the [...]]]></description>
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