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I make it a good opportunity to strengthen our position in the League.

According to Yahoo, the veteran had informed the Rockets, the league office in New York and NBA China of his decision to leave the game.

His intensity on defence and hustles is still one of the best in the league, and no one is about to deny that.

Raja: I've been around the league for a while, and I can tell you it's rare that a team is so tight.

He needs to get to know his team-mates and the league but I will look at him in training because he has a very good physical condition.

This team has a great experience and will surely find the strength to get back up and reach the fourth place in the league.

The league is also cracking down on assistant coaches, who sometimes seem to spend half the game standing and jawing at referees.

Even though he came into the league late, he still managed to put up solid numbers in limited minuted , due to knee injuries and his age.

Another consideration: The Lakers have perhaps the best second unit in the league. The Cavaliers, to put it mildly , do not.

As for O-fer. . . he continued to show us all why he is one of the worst -- if not the worst -- starting PG in the league.

The Club's come on, it's stabilised, and if you work it out on the league position to wages table we have over achieved.

I went on to score a good amount of goals and had the best years of my career. I'd love to see them win the league.

Durant is a great scorer -- maybe the best in the league -- but LBJ is one of the greatest all-around talents the NBA has ever seen.

"We are trying to win the league at Manchester United, which is important to me, " he said.

Indeed, with Bryant willingly sharing the ball but still taking over when he had to, the Lakers became one of the league's surprise teams.

James, who said the Cavaliers are still one of the top teams in the league, expects to be even more of an offensive threat this fall.

With the league on the verge of missing games, Santa Stern should at least have the heart to give us five national games.

At the moment, in the league we aren't able to open up the closed defence.

The Cleveland Cavaliers give James one of the league's best supporting casts, he said, but that's not the cast with Durant.

In all its various guises , the League Cup has never been a particularly lucky tournament for United.

The teams doing the buying are the ones trying to pull away from the bottom of the league like Aston Villa and West Ham.

RVP can be excused, but for the rest of the team it was disappointing to see them waiting for the league simply to end.

In 2006 BMW was one of the fastest-improving European carmakers, and Efficient Dynamics may push it to the top of the league in 2008.

And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.

He's on the top of his form and he is showing everybody that he is one of the best players in the league.

In terms of prestige and kudos, the League Cup is almost like the poor relation of the domestic Cup competitions.

Kobe had no such problem, as he was an excellent defensive player from the time he entered the league.

But a win is important. Results went for us yesterday so we realised it was an important game to move up the league.

This is going to be an even league by the look of it. If you look at it now, almost half the league is separated by a point or two.

They may have come undone against Manchester United in the FA Cup but in the league it has been a different story for O'Neill's men.

Before the time of the League, the Chamber was the heart of a powerful, but now dormant, volcano.

"It's better for the league that it's more open this year, even if I would prefer it if we were cruising it, " said the England defender.

I suspect Paul to be more of a shooting guard while Kidd is on the court but both will provide headaches to any team in the league.

But surely it makes sense to put the league games back a day if it's possible. To me it's common sense.

It was an important derby in terms of the league table that anyway changed little.

People worry about the point difference in the league but you really do not need to worry. We are strong enough to win the Turkish title.

There is nothing better than coming out and playing games in the league, playing against experienced players, so it would be good for me.

If he had not, the League fight would have turned out differently, and the nation and the world would have been better off.

He is far and away the best team player ever, and he was one of the biggest winners in the history of the league.

In the next two or three seasons the Blazers have a chance to become one of the best teams in the league for a long time.

For me personally, I've now got to go back to Sweden for the closing stages of the league season and then the UEFA Cup qualifying matches.

A few of the top clubs are considering setting up stores for their kit, but the league as a whole has no commercial outlet.

Our objectives are the Coppa Italia and at least the fourth place in the league to qualify for the Champions League.

While he's never been a star, he is still a solid, no nonsense big man with the scariest eyes in the League.

Being knocked out of Europe affected them, but I cannot understand these stories [that Ancelotti will be fired even if he wins the league].

The League is committed to blocking illegal immigration. For a while it claimed to have done so.

"He's going to protect the rim as one of the best shot-blockers in the league, " he said.

I remember when he first came into the league thinking, 'How can this kid handle all this? '

Also last season we did not to well during the summer but then we had the second best defence in the league and one of the best attacks.

What was the perception around the league of the Pistons at the time you were traded?

Still, it hasn't been a working formula in Houston combined with one of the two best centers in the league, Yao Ming.

By the time Liverpool play Aston Villa, you could be 15 points behind the league leaders. How much pressure does that put upon you?

"It was tough to break Chelsea's hold on the league, " said the former Tottenham man.

'The guy out in L. A. is not going to let anybody lead the league in scoring but him, ' James said.

His two performances in the League Cup were very good so it's a bit of a blow.

And with that kind of depth at the league's center, we're guaranteed competitive basketball every night of the regular season.

This landslide did not signify a repudiation of the League but rather revealed the confusion and growing popular apathy over that issue.

Shaq is still one of the league's best centers as he proved last season he still has a lot left in the tank.

Digital media has also opened up new opportunities for growth, and the league is trying to expand into international markets.

"I consider us to be one of the best defensive teams in the league, and tonight, we were challenged, fully, " forward Kevin Garnett said.

Now he would urge the league's boss, Umberto Bossi, to abide by proposals to have a uniform retirement age of 67 across the euro zone.

"I think the league has gone soft over the last few years and they've got to do something about all of the flopping, " O'Neal said.

For that reason, Maldini continues to be one of the league's best players and the most lethal left backs in the world.

The team, one of the richest in the world, have dropped to fourth place in the league after a series of disappointing performances.

Before they joined the Citadel Council, the salarians' most potent military tool was a small reconnaissance team known as the League of One.

It's been an unusual block of time for a player considered one of the friendliest on the team, if not the league.

The United Nations replaced it after the end of the war and inherited a number of agencies and organizations founded by the League.

The League is important but we want a good run in Europe more this year and my players have told me that they think the same.

The guy was one of the league's more underrated quote machines for years.

So I do not know yet but I'm looking forward to the league's first match.

They might not be ready to win the league, but they are a genuine top four contender.

The League of Women Voters is one of the best known groups, although there are quite a few.

A small but influential minority of public leaders continued to agitate for entrance into the League of Nations.

Last year for instance, we could have created history by winning the league for the fourth time in a row. It had never been done.

Sunderland had not won in the league since beating Arsenal in November and they were not in the same class as the Blues.

Even if the credit boom was a real innovation, it was probably not in the league of the IT revolution.

Four days later, in Morocco, the league said it would impose sanctions if Mr Assad did not relent within three days.

You claim that you were incorrectly sent off during the league game, well it is about time that you read the rules a little better.

He was third in the league in scoring and did not rank among the top 25 in minutes played.

If it wasn't for his dislocated knee injury, he would have led the league in shooting accuracy that season at 64 percent.

Liverpool were finalists this year, beating Barcelona and Chelsea, and yet we did the double over them in the league!

He wants to be an All-Star, wants to be one of the best shooting guards in the league. He knows he has things to improve.

With some help from Kareem Abdul Jabbar, his hard work paid off as he has emerged as one of the top young centers in the league.

It was also the year that the league decided to select referees by lot rather than designation.

Much depends on whether the League will achieve its fiscal federalism, and, if it does, how it uses its new powers.

No longer at the top of the league, the Lakers needed the buzz of a big-name hire, and there was none bigger than Jackson.

If he helped me out in training, we would be bottom of the league.

TC: I can't remember but I think we might have played on Sunday and United won the league on the Saturday.

BOB DOUGHTY: American policy toward the League of Nations did not change much in the nineteen twenties.

Although he won the league title, he immediately and suddenly retired at the end of that season, leaving a lasting legacy of affection.

We're staying up with Chelsea. They have done fantastically well in the last two years, winning the league early on.

"There is an obsession with the league here and there always will be until we win it, but it can be a healthy one, " he said.

The Rovers cash will be sorted out with Allardyce's agents and the League Managers Association also in his corner.

We talked about his toughest game, one that he had helped pull out of the fire to win the league championship.

Dwight Howard is without a doubt the best big man in the league as he is great offensively and dominant defensively.

One reason why the League became ineffective was that a few key countries, including Germany and the Soviet Union, were not members.

We have got ourselves into a great position now where we are fighting at the top of the league.

Birmingham manager Alex McLeish backed Rafa Benitez to hoist Liverpool back up the league table once all his star names are back fit.

Ancient magma flows cut out a gigantic cavernous room that the League has reshaped for its own purposes.

His quick elevation even with a man in his face is as daunting a weapon as anything in the league.

A year from now, what will be the trade value for the league's most talented center, coming off a serious injury?

Whatever happens, we have to go into that game still with a chance of winning the league.

The only evidence of their participation in the League was a small medallion presented to each member upon induction.

It's been good to play for a club like Arsenal and getting used to the league, but I'm trying to learn, enjoy it and long may it continue.

On the other end, Gasol's mobility, rebounding, and shot-blocking will again be a major factor for one of the league's stingiest defenses.

He made some crisp passes and nearly scored against the League Two side.

A tiny bit of influence, however, is better than none, which is also why the League should contest the election.

"He was good and he was my favorite player when I was in sixth or seventh grade and he came into the league, " Rose said.

Threlfall has just ended a productive loan spell at Bradford where he made 17 appearances, scoring two goals for the League Two outfit.

Any member of the League of Nations did not comply with the requirements of all Member States will be faced with war.

We had a few injuries, one of the youngest teams in the league, and we have the hungriest most talented player the game has seen!

The NBA Defensive Player of the Year in 2006-07, Camby comes to the Clippers with a reputation as one of the top defenders in the league.

After shaking off the rust, however, Stuckey made his presence felt as one of the most promising young guards in the league.

With his huge salary and his propensity for injury, there may not be much interest around the league.

Players have countered that the league is setting records with TV and ticket revenue, and only a few teams are losing money.

They're at the bottom of the League, but they're really a lively and determined team who deserved to win against Napoli.

"We are always confident, especially after winning the league, " he said.

A player who once punched a teammate because he wasn't playing hard enough in practice, and was almost suspended by the league for gambling.

The team that wins the championship gets permanent possession of the trophy, and a replacement is commissioned by the league.

There is no other big man in the league today who can dominate a game like this guy.

Belichick's an important guy and everything, but I wasn't aware that the league had given him the authority to decide when games end.

Since the early 1990s, when stadiums were upgraded and lucrative broadcasting deals agreed upon, the league has become a money-spinner.

Having won the President Cup, the team got their tails up for the final of the league championship.

Compared with their original proposal, they have dramatically increased the share of the league's income players would be allowed to keep.

We weren't in the running for the League at this point of the season in previous years.

best job compared to what? to what he did before? or other coaches in the league? or previous rox coaches?

Marcus can play multiple positions and is one of the better rebounders and shot-blockers in the league.

"I had won a couple of FA Cups at United before the manager arrived, but everything was focused on winning the league, " he said.

Stern said on a conference call he wasn't yet sure if the regular-season games would be an annual occurrence for the league.

He told me the date when he joined the League, which he would never forget.

If Tmac get suspended for that, Collison will be kicked out of the league for sure for doing that monkey style on Yao?

All week we had been working towards this so we could stretch the lead and put some pressure on the others at the top of the league.

The League has demanded the whole proceedings be annulled, while hinting that it may not support the 68-year-old Mr Zuma for a second term.

SG: Hopefully it will go the same as it has the last couple of weeks as far as the league is concerned.

He faced open and vociferous criticism of his autocratic style from members of the League at a conference last weekend.

Monta Ellis and Leandro Barbosa are the league's fastest ball handlers and really defy you to blink while watching.

AS IT slips down the league table of world power, it has become customary in recent years for Britain to close diplomatic outposts.

Others who seem closely linked to the league have so far stayed in power as the scandal has assumed political overtones. Mr.

This time the League may feel compelled to take part, but find that just as ineffectual.

Aurelio feels Liverpool are capable of going on a strong run during the coming months and have an impact in the league.

We felt we owed the fans a good performance and three points. This keeps us on top of the league, so we're thankful for that.

He couldn't handle the ball, and he lacked the quickness and athleticism needed to keep up with the quicker guards in the league.

But with opposition to any decisive action strong within both the League and the UN, nothing more than feeble condemnation is likely.

The next session could come within the next two weeks, after the union receives additional financial documents from the league.

We had a very difficult pre-season but, despite that, we are at the top of the league and our Champions League group.

The company is solely owned by Taiwanese companies, mainly Agent the new century, China, the League of Nations, even Yong LED chips.

Losing 4-0 for a team like Milan is surely not easy to digest, but now we must only think about the league and continue to annoy Inter.

Winning the league's out of sight , what are your realistic goals for the rest of the season ?

This is not only true of his current teammates, but for the rest of the players in the league as well.

Liverpool fans shouldn't take any notice of the league table until at least ten games have been played, according to manager Roy Hodgson.

Once Shaq retires, Dwight's going to be the best big man in the league!

At the moment we are 12 points behind Manchester United and Manchester City - that's not realistic to say today that we will win the league.

Next year we will finally win the league and I will celebrate with you. Not as a player but as a fan.

The League were prepared to use the united strength of all its members to curb Mussolini's policy.

He said what mattered was how I was playing and not the league I was playing in. That really helped.

He led the league in blocking last season and was third in scoring statistics that were instrumental in his team's five straight titles.

Milan must play in the Champions League, even though so far we have lost so many points at home and the league position is not optimal.

At the time, Bryant was the league's most popular and marketable player, earning more money in endorsements than anybody else.

Kobe Bryant lost the spotlight for a while when Lebron James came in to the league.

During Tracy Murray's 12-year NBA career, he was known as one of the most lethal three-point shooters in the league.

He is also the best offensive rebounder in the league and is a very good defensive player; he is the anchor of a very good Hornet defense.

If the call is upheld following a review by the league, Howard would be suspended for Orlando's next game against Portland on Monday night.

Like most of the cities at the top of the league, it is much less crowded than the long- established metropolis of London.

"At the moment there is a trend in the League that we can believe in, " said the Frenchman.

Harry Redknapp has experience and a good team. They have spent some money too and he knows the league. It will be a tough game for us.

'The two guys who started against Copenhagen, in terms of playing off people's shoulders, there's probably nobody better in the League.

Five weeks ago we were 17th in the league and I had to answer a question about whether I thought we would battle relegation.

Mason said it without a trace of awe, an increasingly common impulse among the league's youngest players.

The league is still reviewing video the Rockets provided of an incident earlier in the game when Howard tripped Yao.

Before the war , you treated national sovereignty as so sacrosanct that you weren't even willing to join the League of Nations .

JUST as sports fans care deeply about their team's position in the league, countries feel the same about their economic ranking.

It was a feat reflective of what has been surprisingly consistent play from perhaps the league's most mercurial player.

I began thinking Vince's name should be mentioned alongside Kobe's, LeBron's, D-Wade's and T-Mac's as the top swing men in the league.

If someone in SA threw a water bottle at Amare he would be running to the league and crying to the media about it.

I think at the start of any season your ultimate goal is to win the league and to come out as champions.

At the other end of the league Somalia, plagued by poverty, piracy and civil war, wins our unwanted award as the world's worst country.

They also bowed out of the League Cup at an early stage, as Northampton Town caused an upset at Anfield to ensure their progression.

The Celtics have the best record and are the league's top defensive team because of Garnett and what he demands of his teammates.

With these kinds of things it is always difficult to measure the percentage impact it had on the League.

But whatever happens, we have had a good cup run. Beating Crewe at home in the league in our next game is more important than Chelsea.

They stayed in the division for the next decade, apart from when the league was suspended due to the outbreak of World War I.

Having played for Lazio, I am happy to see them top of the league and I think they will get into the UEFA Cup.

Well it's the final day of the league season and the way things have panned out it's going to be a nail biter, a League Final if you will.

The last game I played for him was at Goodison Park against Everton, we had won the League and everyone was celebrating.

It was a good test for the young Reds against the League of Ireland Premier League team.

Last time out in the league we lost to Liverpool. What do you think went wrong?

The title race is very tight - we are very close to the top of the league and not far from the opponents.

The league I still think Man U looks a bit better squad wise than us, but as long as we come ahead of Woolwich I can be happy.

He believes that John Terry will be able to return just over a fortnight after back surgery in the league match with Wigan on January 13.

Over the course of several months, negotiations broke down, and the players were "locked out" by the league.

You've got just four Premiership games left this season. What are the team aiming to achieve between now and the end of the league campaign?

This may not satisfy some of the advanced elements, for they want the League organization to make stricter demands on the entire membership.

Baseball fans often keep track of every team in the league.

Sam Presti is universally considered among the league's smarter general managers and clearly smells what's cooking in Oklahoma City.

"If you win your games, you're top of the league, I think that's the best place to be, " he said.

Barry continued: "The league was a bit upside down for us, but it's looking a lot prettier now. "

He won a Super Bowl championship ring with the Steelers the following year and went on to spend a total of 11 years in the league.

I want to experience being in the league for a while and loving the game. I want to make sure I get the most out of it.

Though white children in general do better than most minorities at school, poor ones come bottom of the league (see chart).

Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa said the league's proposal to end the standoff is based on three points.

He's one of my favorite players in the league, " Bryant said, adding he's not one to throw praise around lightly. "

Maybe we have this squad to compete in the league, maybe if some players come to improve the team it would be great for us for next season.

The following season Zlatan won the League on his own, and was voted best player in the team.

He joined the League a month ago. He has been a League member for a month.

They have the best players in the league, plenty of experience, and a great coach.

The Rossoneri have now scored 36 goals in the league so far, which once again highlights the attacking potential of this side.

He's been watching two of the league's most frequent jump-passers, LeBron and Wade, leap into the air and then make up their minds all year.

'We have shown the technical quality to win the league but certainly not the defensive solidity to do it' No shit Einstein.

We had an opportunity to go top of the League and in that situation you have to be right in your intensity and in your concentration level.

James was careful not to complain about losing his triple-double in New York, but he was clearly miffed by the league's decision.

He leads the Major Leagues with 31 saves and is one of two Nationals who made the league's All-Star team.

With clock ticking down, he will need to see how teams shape up around the league.

Other than the league editor, I found being able to add players to teams or teams to divisions en mass very relieving.

Maybe next year, with me, they're going to win the league. Maybe with me, we even win the Champions League next season.

Fresh Competition System, the huge bonuses, strict management, it all to become a very attractive NGL the league.

I'm looking forward to this young team developing, maturing and going onto to win a European trophy as well as pushing for the league.

He and his striker partner Ian Wright formed a strong attack combination in the league.

The League of Nations, of which America was not a member, had talked of a "tariff truce" ; the Tariff Act helped to undermine that idea.

Unsurprisingly, the Rockets were considered one of the league's most disappointing teams.

No NFL team appears to be losing money and the league's basic economic framework is not in dispute.

Milan have to find the space to be able to play their football, for us it's important to do well in the league too.

We just played and WON the bottom 3 teams in the league . We beat the Spurs on the road with YAO remember , you idiot ?

United sit a point behind Chelsea, the league leaders, and are in a good position to reach the quarter-finals in Europe.

But the league decided to add two later games, with the nightcap featuring Mark Jackson's debut as Warriors coach.

I was happy with my goal and it was nice to help the team stay at the top of the league.

Our aim is to be up there with Manchester United and Chelsea in the league and I believe we can be.

Towards the end of the game, those fans, who were perhaps Arsenal's best performer on the day, sang "we'll be back to win the League" .

He did make history by becoming the first European to be voted as the league's most valuable player.

He's not afraid to mix it up inside either, down low in the block against the best big men in the League.

The owners note that their proposal would triple the amount of money the league currently shares between teams.

But the union called its own news conference Friday afternoon, pre-empting Stern's State of the League address on Saturday.

"It's a great feeling to win the league - I don't have the words to describe how it feels to be champions, it's amazing, " beamed Ronaldo.

He would tell the people the truth about their stake in preserving peace through the League of Nations.

Over the last decade or so, that phenomenon has catapulted several Asian carriers into the league of the world's busiest airlines.

Yao was an eight-time NBA All-Star and in five seasons he was voted onto the league's second or third All-NBA team.

Hell, I was a player in the League; all I could do was score the ball.

"If today the league finished, then good, but we are happy for our supporters because they deserve to have this, " he said.

He knew how to marshal the tempo and tone of a game better than any referee in the league, by far.

No -- The league should consider that neither player got involved and that suspensions would alter the course of the series.

Michael Carrick says United's challenge now is to remain top of the league until the end of the season.

United are now up to sixth in the league following back-to-back wins.

Now he leads rallies that make Michele Bachmann events look like the League of Women Voters.

United came desperately close to winning the league in 1992, but there was something missing.

It will be very difficult to win the league but we have to have a go and try to win all our games.

Empoli is a young team, one of the most dynamic of the league. Seedorf, Kaka and Simic played 90 minutes therefore all three will rest.

Who will tell him to go be the league's richest decoy and crash the offensive boards?

We also have the league and Champions League to play for, but that isn't a reason to let the Copa fall by the wayside.

As part of our ongoing training and game preparation, NBA referees regularly receive game-action video tape from the league office.

Kobe is now a better player and can be considered as the best in the league today and challenge Michael Jordan because of Gasol.

Blackpool have a week to respond to a formal letter from the League.