Mighty Moke’s Free Agent Rankings (Version 5.0)

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Josh Smith 1Busted brackets and baseball.

That is what most sports fans are thinking about at the beginning of April.

While the great majority of you guys and gals have been distraught over not correctly picking Wichita State to reach the NCAA’s Final Four, many have overlooked the fact that some of the NBA’s playoff races are getting more and more interesting with each passing week. And a bunch of our pending free agents have something to do with that.

Josh Smith and his Atlanta Hawks have overachieved this season and still have a shot at catching the Brooklyn Nets for the fourth seed in the East. But J-Smoove was not this week’s highest riser. That distinction belongs to a small of very small stature.

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Tyson Chandler Eyes Tuesday Return in Miami

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knicks small logoNEW YORK — Tyson Chandler, the NBA’s reigning Defensive Player of the Year, has been conspicuous by his absence, even if the Knicks have won seven games in a row entering play on Sunday.

Fortunately for the club, the 2013 NBA All-Star broke his silence Sunday night and revealed that he is eyeing a return to the lineup as soon as Tuesday night when the club travels to Miami to battle LeBron James and the Heat.

Hamilton: Signing Kenyon Martin the Latest Of Grunwald’s Great Moves

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NEW YORK — Five general managers, eight coaches, 19 years, and amazingly, 225 different players.

The cast of characters that have come and gone since the Knicks last won a division title in 1994 is as expansive as the shadow that Madison Square Garden casts between 31st and 33rd Streets in Midtown Manhattan.

Now, here, in 2013, the team is poised to end the 19-year drought. And whether or not the Knicks do that this season, the fact that they have that opportunity with less than 12 games remaining is a feat, in and of itself.

And it’s a feat that could not have been performed without the gutsy moves made by Glen Grunwald.

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Mighty Moke’s Free Agency Rankings (Version 4.0)

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streakerQuick and pretty amazing tidbit: this is our fourth version of these free agency rankings, and since we started them, the Miami Heat have not lost.

Yes, the Heat are hot and the copious amount of attention they are receiving is something Charlie Sheen could only dream of replicating. So in honor of the Heat, let’s go streaking.

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Hamilton: Award or Not, J.R. Smith Is Sixth Man of the Year

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JR SmithWhen J.R. Smith joined the New York Knicks back in February 2012, the Knicks were 15-16 and Mike D’Antoni was still trying to figure out how to win with Jeremy Lin.

Today, the Knicks are in position to win the franchise’s first division title since 1994 and still have a chance to win 50 games for the first time since 2000.

For that, Smith deserves an immense amount of credit, and – despite the recent struggles of the Knicks – deserves serious consideration for the NBA’s Sixth Man Award.

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