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<< Back Next >> -------------------- January 31, 2001 The moment has finally arrived for some people. Some of them were just trying to push themselves to the limit and be the best they can be, hoping they will be ready when the opportunity presented itself. Well it finally has, and Anthony Mason and Theo Rattliff have done their homework this season in preparation for the occasion. Appropriately enough, their rewards have come at the expense of the Eastern Conference's strengths. Which by no means is no luck, because they know the effort put in, and life in the NBA has not been a golden stair walk for them. Others were expected to be the recipient of these such awards, all they had to do is prove they deserved it. It was a matter oftime. Alas to be deserving of anything in the NBA means being a key member of a team that plays when more than half of the other teams are on vacation. Stephon Marbury and Antonio McDyess-unlike Rattliff and Mason-almost always had control of their NBA destinee. Both could've probably made the mid-season classic earlier if they had chose to remain in Minnesota and Phoenix respectively. In Minnesota Stephon Marbury teammed with Kevin Garnett to form an inside outside combination full of promise. Phoenix with Jason Kidd had a running point guard who complememted McDyess's running game. Both cases weren't to be the marriage everyone thought, mainly because of the since departed players'-McDyess back to Denver, and Marbury traded to New Jersey-desire to be the center piece of their teams. Both players never reached the barometer of deservedness mentioned earlier, even though they worked just as hard as anybody. Now as the all-star game is nearing all four players will enjoy it as much as they can. It won't matter that half of them were viewed as belonging in this place and that the other half was never viewed as possible candidates. All of them worked hard to get there. Watching the Dream: Hakeem had 13 points on 6 of 10 shooting from the field, and 7 rebounds, in 28 minutes as the Rockets lost to the Heat 103 to 85. Well who cares, no one besides His Airness has more finals MVP trophies than this guy in the 90's. Beat that!!! Allen, Carter's troops held you troops in check. You're the General but there's no General sans troops. << Back Next >> Back to archive Back to top
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