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		Atlantic Division BOSTON CELTICS: With more capable shooters on the floor with him since the team's February trade for SF Rodney Rogers and SG Tony...
		July 16 began the signing frenzy for NBA free agents, and fans will have to take note of the many familiar faces in different places.
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	USATODAY.com - Source: Duncan wins NBA MVP
		Kidd, whose Nets won the Atlantic Division in his first year with the team, was also a first-team All-NBA pick and a first-team All-Defensive selection.
		He was fifth in the NBA in scoring at 25.5 points per game and second in rebounding at 12.7.
		Duncan led the league with 67 double-doubles, and was voted to the All-NBA first team for the fifth time in as many seasons.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/nba/spurs/2002-05-07-duncan-mvp.htm

	Miami Heat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Heat picked Glen Rice from the University of Michigan in the 1989 NBA Draft and moved from the Midwest to the Atlantic Division for the 1989-90 season.
		Rothstein resigned before the 1990-91 season and the Heat picked Kevin Loughery, an NBA coach with 29 years of experience as a player, to be their new coach.
		For the 1991 NBA Draft, the team selected Steve Smith from Michigan State which provided an agile guard to a more matured Heat team.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Miami_Heat (907 words)

	USATODAY.com - NCAA weighs easing transfer rule, adding year of eligibility
		Meanwhile, the Atlantic Coast Conference is advocating the fifth year of football eligibility in the NCAA's Division I-A and I-AA — joining a movement that has seen basketball coaches call for the same rule change in their sport.
		The Pacific-10 is calling for the relaxation of the transfer rule, which now requires basketball and Division I-A football players, as well as those in men's hockey, to sit a season after transferring to another school (unless a football transfer is to a I-AA school).
		If anything summed up a year of change at the top of the Southern Conference last fall it was this: Champion Wofford made the NCAA Division I-AA playoffs; longtime powers Appalachian State, Furman and Georgia Southern did not.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/college/2004-07-28-ncaa-rules_x.htm (907 words)

	AllSports' National Basketball Association (NBA) News
		The Nets compiled a 13-17 mark under Casey but still finished last in the Atlantic Division.
		The list does not include players who spent a portion of the season with an NBA team and also are free agents:
		The following is a list of NBA players who can become free agents on July 1.
	www.allsports.com /nba/news/06-28-1999.htm (902 words)

	Sports 2000 Players - NBA Backdraft: Atlantic Division
		O'Bannon was a complete bust and was out of the NBA by last season.
		The rest of the list is littered with early-pick disappointments like Dwayne "Pearl" Washington, Dennis Hopson, Chris Morris, Derrick Coleman, Kenny Anderson, Rex Walters, Yinka Dare and Ed O'Bannon.
		Larry Brown and Billy King will tell even you now that the decision to flip-flop draft picks with the Nets, taking on Thomas for their No. 2 choice, plus a number of other considerations, was a still a good deal.
	www.sportingnews.com /archives/sports2000/players/165940.html (902 words)

	Center for Sports Parenting - Expert Panel
		Her busy winter schedule also includes the primary analyst role for the Atlantic 10 men's basketball package; regular analysis on ESPN Regional for The BIG EAST men's basketball coverage; fill-in for the New York Knicks on both radio and television; contributor on the NBA's NBATV.com; and as one of CBS' women's basketball analysts.
		Paul Kassabian is the NCAA Compliance Coordinator for the University of Rhode Island (URI), a member school of the Atlantic-10 Conference and NCAA Division I. As Compliance Coordinator at URI, Kassabian serves as advisor to the University President regarding compliance issues and eligibility of student-athletes on all 22 varsity teams.
		In those four years, the Colonials were Atlantic 10 co-champions twice and made it to the NCAA field of 64 on two occasions.
	www.sportsparenting.org /csp/csp_xpanel.cfm (902 words)

	ESPN.com New York/Miami preview
		MIAMI (Ticker) -- In perhaps their most important game of the regular season, the New York Knicks try to close the gap in the Atlantic Division today when they face the first-place Miami Heat.
		New York at Miami, 5:30pm ET One of the fiercest rivalries in the NBA gets hotter as both teams continue their battle for the second seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs.
		The Knicks have been chasing Miami for virtually the entire season, but have been unable to overcome the Heat in the standings.
	espn.go.com /nba/2000/20000409/preview/nykmia.html (289 words)

	Emerald Coast Portal
		In his second year with the Nets after spending 14 years in the league office, Thorn's team won the Atlantic Division and has reached the Eastern Conference playoff finals.
		Gasol, also the NBA's rookie of the year, received 25 of 27 votes from the personnel directors to win the rookie award.
		ST. LOUIS (AP) _ Rod Thorn, president and general manager of the New Jersey Nets, was a landslide winner of the Sporting News' NBA Executive of the Year award.
	www.emeraldcoast.com /news/national/sportsstories/020521apc.asp (266 words)

	Boston Celtics (1946-Present)
		With the addition of Center Dave Cowens who claims the Rookie of the Year award the Celtics return to contention missing the playoffs with a 3rd place 44-38 record in the Atlantic Division, that was better the either of the playoff teams from the Central Division.
		Despite losing Center Dave Cowens for 2 months with a broken foot, the Celtics easily win the Atlantic Division with a 60-22 record.
		With Dave Cowens winning the NBA MVP with 23.8 ppg the Celtics set a new franchise record for wins on the way to a league best 68-14 record.
	www.sportsecyclopedia.com /nba/boston/celtics.html (7349 words)

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		For NHL subdivisions: the Wales Division of the Campbell Conference, the division, the conference, etc.
		In listing the players, begin with the five starters — two forwards, center, two guards — and follow with all substitutes who played.
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	NBA.com: Iverson Dominates MVP Balloting
		In his fifth NBA season out of Georgetown, Iverson led the Sixers to an Eastern Conference-best 56 victories, the most for the franchise since 1985, and their first Atlantic Division title since 1990.
		Allen Iverson on Tuesday was named the winner of the Maurice Podoloff Trophy as the NBA's Most Valuable Player for the 2000-01 season.
		A fierce competitor at both ends of the floor, Iverson finished the season with a career-high and league-leading 31.1 points a game, while also leading the NBA in steals (2.51 a game) and minutes played (42.0 a game).
	www.nba.com /news/mvp_iverson_010515.html (5423 words)

	Miami Heat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the 1989 NBA Draft The Heat picked Glen Rice from the University of Michigan in the 1989 NBA Draft in the first round and Sherman Douglas of Syracuse University in the 2nd round and also moved from the Midwest Division to the Atlantic Division for the 1989-90 season.
		The Miami Heat came into the NBA for the 1988-89 season with an unproductive first year reflecting a roster full of young players and journeymen.
		The Heat finished with a winning record with Mourning among the league leaders in scoring and rebounding but lost in the playoffs in a 3-game sweep against the 72-10 Bulls.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Miami_Heat (1834 words)

	Miami Heat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Heat picked Glen Rice from the University of Michigan in the first round of the 1989 NBA Draft and Sherman Douglas of Syracuse University in the 2nd round and the team also moved from the Western Conference (Midwest Division) to the Eastern Conference (Atlantic Division) for the 1989-90 season.
		Rothstein resigned before the 1991-92 season and the Heat picked Kevin Loughery, an NBA coach with 29 years of experience both as a coach and a player, to be their new head coach.
		The Heat came into the NBA for the 1988-89 season with an unproductive first year reflecting a roster full of young players and journeymen.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Miami_Heat (1882 words)

	Boston Celtics Tickets
		Boston Celtics is a professional basketball team and one of seven teams in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
		With the addition of Robert Parish and Kevin McHale, the Celtics again became the dominant force in the league and appeared in five NBA Finals during the 1980s.
		Two seasons later a new Celtics era began, led by Dave Cowens, Paul Silas, and Jo Jo White, although the team fell to the New York Knicks in the division finals.
	www.vividseats.com /nba/boston-celtics-tickets.html (1882 words)

	Philadelphia 76ers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		As of March 19, 2006 the Philadelphia 76ers are 31-35, second place in the Atlantic Division and eighth overall in the Eastern Conference.
		Andre Iguodala, Philadelphia's first-round pick in the 2004 NBA Draft, was named to the All-Rookie First Team, and the Sixers returned to the postseason with a 43-39 record.
		In Game Five of that series, as the 76ers went to victory and the NBA Finals, rabid Philadelphia fans chanted "Boston is dead!", a symbol that the Celts' eight-year run as the NBA titleholders had ended.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Philadelphia_76ers (3715 words)

	Nba Washington Wizards at WagerWeb.com
		Washington Wizards, professional basketball team and one of seven teams in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
		In the 1974-75 season the team began playing as the Washington Bullets, in Washington, D.C. That year, Unseld and Elvin Hayes, who was acquired from the San Diego Rockets, led the team to the division title as the Bullets put together a 60-22 record.
		Injuries, however, hampered the Bullets, and the club remained in the bottom half of its division until the 1996-97 season, when it made the playoffs for the first time in eight years.
	washingtonwizardsnba.my100megs.com /Index.html (3715 words)

	Gary Payton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Payton started all 77 games he played for the Celtics and they won the Atlantic Division before losing in the first round to the Indiana Pacers.
		Payton was the second overall pick in the 1990 NBA Draft by the Seattle SuperSonics.
		Gary Payton is often considered one of the greatest point guards in NBA history.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gary_Payton_(basketball) (923 words)

	USA Basketball: Bio: Larry Brown
		He led the 76ers to 56 wins (56-26), the most for the franchise since 1984-85, and led Philadelphia to the Atlantic Division crown for the first time since 1989-90 and to the top spot in the Eastern Conference.
		Brown's 76ers made a trip to the 2001 NBA Finals, the first such accomplishments in his then 18 years as an NBA coach.
		He promptly led the Americans to a 10-0 record and the gold medal in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and most importantly, claimed one of the zone's two Olympic qualifying spots.
	www.usabasketball.com /biosmen/larry_brown_bio.html (1821 words)

	Philadelphia 76ers Tickets : 76ers Basketball Tickets @ BuySellTix
		The Philadelphia 76ers are already picked by critics to not only make the NBA Playoffs for the sixth time in the past seven seasons but to make a run for the Eastern Conference Atlantic Division title.
		Philadelphia 76ers fans won’t want to miss their chance to get great seats to all the NBA action at the Wachovia Center!
		The Philadelphia 76ers head into the 2005-06 season with a solid core of five players which will all be relied upon to perform.
	www.buyselltix.com /nba/sixers.php (395 words)

	Orlando Magic (1989-Present)
		Grant gave the Magic one of the best starting lineups in the NBA as Shaquille O'Neal continued to prove he was the next big thing in the NBA with another solid 29.3 ppg as the Magic won the Atlantic Division with a solid 57-25 record.
		However, the Magic's run for a playoff spot was hurt by injuries, as Dennis Scott got hurt down the stretch as the Magic fell short of the final playoff spot via tiebreaker with a 41-41 record.
		Hardaway would not be the only injury that hurt the Magic a total of 275 player games were lost to injury as the Magic missed the playoffs for the first time in 5 years, with a record of 41-41 that had to be considered almost remarkable under the circumstances.
	www.sportsecyclopedia.com /nba/orlando/magic.html (2069 words)

	Center for Sports Parenting - Expert Panel
		Her busy winter schedule also includes the primary analyst role for the Atlantic 10 men's basketball package; regular analysis on ESPN Regional for The BIG EAST men's basketball coverage; fill-in for the New York Knicks on both radio and television; contributor on the NBA's NBATV.com; and as one of CBS' women's basketball analysts.
		She also served as the national rep for the JC/CC Division of the Board of Directors for the WBCA, National Chair of the Kodak All-American Committee, National Chair of the IKON Coach of the Year Committee, Florida Southern Conference Chair of Women's Basketball and other WBCA Regional and District committees.
		He captured the Division III Northeast Regional Championship, compiling a 20-7 record during the 1987-88 campaign.
	www.sportsparenting.org /csp/csp_xpanel.cfm (2069 words)

	Encyclopedia: New Jersey Nets
		In 2004, The Nets again won the Atlantic Division title, however their run of conference championships was halted in the Eastern Conference Semifinals by the eventual NBA champion Detroit Pistons.
		During the summer of 1976, the ABA and NBA merged.
		The Nets led by nine points with five minutes remaining in regulation, however Reggie Miller made a 35-foot three-pointer at the buzzer to send the game into overtime (it should be noted that replays later showed that Miller's shot was actually after the buzzer and therefore shouldn't have counted).
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/New-Jersey-Nets (8097 words)

	Philadelphia 76ers Tickets : 76ers basketball Tickets @ BuySellTix
		The Philadelphia 76ers are already picked by critics to not only make the NBA Playoffs for the sixth time in the past seven seasons but to make a run for the Eastern Conference Atlantic Division title.
		Philadelphia 76ers fans won’t want to miss their chance to get great seats to all the NBA action at the Wachovia Center!
		The Philadelphia 76ers head into the 2005-06 season with a solid core of five players which will all be relied upon to perform.
	www.buyselltix.com /nba/sixers.php (378 words)

	Hornets thumbnails - The Boston Globe
		Records: New Orleans is 8-9 (fourth place in the Southwest Division); Boston is 7-10 (third place in the Atlantic Division).
		Claxton has been one of the NBA's most productive reserves; he ranks fourth in scoring among players who have not started a game.
		Miscellany: Paul, who scored just 2 points in the Hornets' 89-73 loss in Memphis last night, had scored in double figures in 15 of the Hornets' first 16 games.
	www.boston.com /sports/articles/2005/12/07/hornets_thumbnails (131 words)

	SIXERS: 76ers Remain in Atlantic Division
		Realignment was brought about by the addition of the newest NBA team, the Charlotte Bobcats, helping to balance the league so that each conference now has 15 teams with three divisions of five teams.
		The Boston Celtics, New Jersey Nets, New York Knicks, and Toronto Raptors will join the Sixers in the Atlantic Division.
		With the announcement on Monday, Nov. 17 that the NBA Board of Governors has approved a realignment plan for the League, the 76ers will still find themselves surrounded by familiar foes when the plan becomes active for the 2004-05 season.
	www.nba.com /sixers/news/realignment_031117.html (409 words)

	New Jersey Nets (1967-Present)
		Despite the new additions failing to help, the Nets proved their previous season was not a fluke by leading the Atlantic Division most of the season as Richard Jefferson and Kenyon Martin both established themselves as 2 of the better up and coming players in the NBA.
		However it would evaporate just as quickly as the Nets were stunned by the Pistons 81-75 as the series went to a 7th game where the eventual NBA Champions would control the game from the start eliminating the Nets with a 90-69 win.
		In the playoffs the Nets were matched up against the New York Knicks, the series seemed to reenergize the Nets as they dominated their Hudson River rivals in a 4-game sweep.
	www.sportsecyclopedia.com /nba/nj/njnets.html (409 words)

	New Jersey Nets - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 2004, The Nets again won the Atlantic Division title, however their run of conference championships was halted in the Eastern Conference Semifinals by the eventual NBA champion Detroit Pistons.
		Depite the devastaing loss of Petrovic, the Nets managed to win 45 games during the 1993-1994 season, losing to the New York Knicks the first round of the 1994 NBA Playoffs, three games to one.
		During the early 1990s the Nets began to improve behind a core of young players, as New Jersey drafted Derrick Coleman and Kenny Anderson and acquired the late Drazen Petrovic in a trade with the Portland Trail Blazers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/New_Jersey_Nets (3285 words)

	New Jersey Nets (1967-Present)
		Despite the new additions failing to help, the Nets proved their previous season was not a fluke by leading the Atlantic Division most of the season as Richard Jefferson and Kenyon Martin both established themselves as 2 of the better up and coming players in the NBA.
		The Nets were not jamming at all in a year of transition mired in last place from the start of the season the Nets decided to start the rebuilding process by trading Buck Williams to the Portland Trailblazers on draft day.
		The Nets stumbled out of the gate losing 15 of their first 17 games, but the team would get hot and would find themselves in the playoff picture until a rash of late season injuries cost the their last 11 games as they finished with a 31-51 record.
	www.sportsecyclopedia.com /nba/nj/njnets.html (4494 words)

	Boston.com / Sports / Basketball / Lawrence Frank: Nets not rebuilding
		Lawrence Frank isn't feeling sorry for himself because the new owner of the New Jersey Nets gutted the three-time defending Atlantic Division winners in the offseason.
		Frank is most concerned about his veterans, Kidd, Richard Jefferson and Jason Collins, who helped lead the team to the NBA Finals in 2002 and 2003.
		Frank added that there is no timetable for his return, and the team will not push the veteran point guard.
	www.boston.com /sports/basketball/articles/2004/09/29/lawrence_frank_nets_not_rebuilding?mode=PF (509 words)

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