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<< Back Next >> -------------------- December 07, 2001 Unclaimed campaign Last year at this point those players that would be the newsmakers for the season, could be distinguished, from the pack. This year though we're only just a little more than a month into the season, but no one has reached up to snatch a good portion of the airwaves yet. At this point last year, Iverson, Philly, Shaq, Kobe, Joe Smith, and McGrady, were heavy-weight headliners. Perhaps MJ's re-emergence has diverted all the media's bandwith and resources his way. That would keep the media hounds from hyping up anything else, but even so, there just doesn't seem to be a sure-fire headliner out there this year. Maybe just not yet. Not to diss this year's upcomers, but the'd need to show more results, before being accorded due respect. The Lakers? Well they predicted all this, and we all knew it would be this way, so the element of surprise, - or "news" as we call it often - has been massacred. << Back Next >> Back to archive |
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