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		<title>Exercises To Help Develop Lateral Speed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Straight-line speed is important in basketball, but so is lateral speed. Basketball players have to move quickly and efficiently from straight to lateral positions (and back again) many times during practice or games. I have listed some important exercises to incorporate in your workout program to improve your lateral speed.
1)     Lateral Lunges- Trains the hips, gluteals [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://basketball180.com/exercises-to-help-develop-lateral-speed/</link>
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		<title>The Ultimate Off-Season Basketball Strength And Conditioning Program</title>
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Every Off-Season strength-training program should be designed to take the athlete to the next level. The athlete should have the mindset of becoming as powerful as they can become. Basketball is a game of limited rest so the workouts must be with limited rest. You must keep the workouts at the highest intensity possible. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://basketball180.com/the-ultimate-off-season-basketball-strength-and-conditioning-program/</link>
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		<title>Trick to Increase Your Vertical Jump</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Sean Connolly
I was playing ball the other day, and I usually play with this guy who&#8217;s in his late 30&#8217;s who coaches a high school basketball team. Now, I&#8217;m faster and a little bit stronger than him and he still manages to out-jump me on every rebound. To be honest, I was sick of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://basketball180.com/trick-to-increase-your-vertical-jump/</link>
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		<title>Josh Howard on National Anthem: &#8220;I don&#8217;t even celebrate that $@!*&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Sean Connolly
To Do List To Ruin My Reputation
By Josh Howard

 Admit to smoking weed
Tell everyone I threw a party before a playoff game
 Get caught doing 94 mph in a 55mph zone
Let the world know about my view about my country&#8217;s national anthem

Surely that&#8217;s the end of the list. Right? Well before Josh Howard [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://basketball180.com/josh-howard-on-national-anthem-i-dont-even-celebrate-that/</link>
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		<title>2008 HOF: Ewing vs. Olajuwon, Pat Riley vs. 90&#8217;s Knicks, and Dick Vitale vs. Himself</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Sean Connolly
This year&#8217;s induction ceremony into the basketball hall of fame included the biggest names in basketball in the modern era. The class included two of the greatest big men of all time in Patrick Ewing and Hakeem Olajuwon, along with Ewing&#8217;s coach, Pat Riley.

Ewing vs. Olajuwon
Surprisingly in their career they were never really [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://basketball180.com/2008-hof-inductees-a-class-to-remember/</link>
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		<title>Warriors to Monta Ellis: We Don&#8217;t Believe You</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Sean Connolly
Something smells fishy. At least in San Fransisco, where the Warriors are looking deeper into Monta Ellis&#8217;s injury that he reported. After one month after signing a huge deal with the Warriors, Ellis revealed that he has an ankle injury that will keep him out for at least three months.



Reports are that the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://basketball180.com/warriors-to-monta-ellis-we-dont-believe-you/</link>
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		<title>Redemption!!Now Don&#8217;t Get Comfortable</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Sean Connolly
United States&#8217; redemption is complete. The story is over and they did what they needed to do. Now let&#8217;s look at the results of this competition that pitted NBA teammates against eachother.

Preceding the Olympics there was a lot of talk about NBA players heading east to Europe. Kobe Bryant, Dwayne Wade, and even [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://basketball180.com/redemptionnow-dont-get-comfortable/</link>
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		<title>Deron Williams&#8217; Buzzer Beater Launches USA Past Australia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Sean Connolly
For 19 minutes and 59 seconds in the first half, Australia&#8217;s game plan was perfect. Nearly everything went like it was drawn up. But a demoralizing buzzer beater from Deron Williams ended that perfect gameplan and launched the US to a 116-85 win.

The plan was simple for Australia. Defend the paint, make open [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://basketball180.com/deron-williams-buzzer-beater-launches-usa-past-australia/</link>
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		<title>Redemption For The Redeem Team, But Did The Greeks Lose On Purpose?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Sean Connolly
It&#8217;s been two years since the FIBA Championships in which the Greeks picked apart the US National Team to win the FIBA Championship leaving LeBron James and US disappointed. In their first challenge in this Olympics the US National team defeated Greece, holding a Greek team that put up 101 in their last [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://basketball180.com/redemption-for-the-redeem-team/</link>
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		<title>Kobe vs. Jordan? &#8220;Not Even a Contest&#8221; says Jordan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Sean Connolly
If you forgot how great Michael Jordan is, just watch this video please. He&#8217;s at a basketball camp and a kid asks Jordan who would win in a one-on-one game between him and Kobe Bryant. Jordan responds, &#8220;in my prime, not even a contest.&#8221; It&#8217;s Jordan being Jordan.
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqlBUj9bFC4&#38;feature=related]
How amazing is that. I know [...]]]></description>
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