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...everywhere, but he's really immortal on the fast break, so if nothing else the Celtics need to get back on defense. "Make him play five-on-five basketball as much as possible," says former NBA point guard and current ESPN analyst Greg Anthony. He'll hit those crazy fade-aways and spinning layups in the half-court game, but even for Kobe, those shots are measurably more difficult, and physically draining, than dunks and open threes on the fast break...
...screwed," says Hubie Brown, the Hall of Fame coach and analyst. Why? "He has so many options," says 6-ft 9-in Chicago Bulls forward Luol Deng, who has matched up against Bryant in the past. "He can go back to his left, go right, pull up, take the fade-away." He has lots of room to float - and no one floats further away from his defender, and still makes the shot, better than Kobe. Plus, when he's in the middle, Kobe's superior peripheral vision allows him to see the entire floor, and spot more open shooters...
...These things tend to fade away fairly quickly,” O’Brien said. “I think people know about the lawsuit between ConnectU and Facebook, but they [don’t] know much about...
...happen to inflation in the future, particularly over the longer term. If people expect an increase in inflation to be temporary and do not build it into their longer-term plans for setting wages and prices, then the inflation created by a shock to oil prices will tend to fade relatively quickly. Some indicators of longer-term inflation expectations have risen in recent months, which is a significant concern for the Federal Reserve. We will need to monitor that situation closely. However, changes in long-term inflation expectations have been measured in tenths of a percentage point this time around...
...slide that left the team tied for fourth place. Though the season-ending 2-1 loss at Columbia dashed the team’s hopes of finishing as high as second in the Ivies, the players feel confident that the team is on an upward trajectory. The late-fall fade represented a slight blip in an otherwise progressive trend—in 2006, the Crimson was 4-13, though 4-3 in conference play. “I think we were all disappointed, but all in all, I thought it was a pretty fun season,” co-captain...