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Wade says best is yet to come for LeBron MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- All LeBron James has done so far this year is win the NBA's MVP award for the third time, an NBA Finals MVP trophy to go along with that one, his elusive first championship and a second Olympic gold medal. Dwyane Wade thinks his Miami Heat teammate is just getting started. With the start of Heat training camp now just six weeks away, Wade said on Friday that he expects James to be even better this coming season now that the will-he-ever-win-a-championship question has been forever put to rest. "That monkey is off his back and now he's just playing basketball," Wade said while taking a break from his annual fantasy camp, where fans pay up to $12,500 to get a four-day luxury taste of NBA life. "I think we'll see a better LeBron James - scary to say, three-time MVP - than we've seen. And it's because all he has to do is play basketball now. He doesn't have to worry about what he hasn't done. It'll always be something, but he's got the biggest one off his back." Wade was a James fan instead of a James teammate this summer, when the U.S. men's basketball team won its second straight Olympic gold. Wade could not play while recovering from knee surgery but was in London for part of the Olympic tournament, and he said James made playing at a high level - such as a triple-double against Australia in the quarterfinal round - seem "effortless." It's been that way for a while, too. Full Story

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That was expected. Still, I'm happy for Iblocka!

Kobe And USA Basketball Teammates Challenged Olympic Volunteers To A Drinking Game http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/5016d81aecad04ef51000015-400-/kobe-bryant-usa-basketball-2012-london-olympics.jpg USA Basketball, and more specifically Kobe Bryant, had a lot of fun celebrating their record-setting, 83-point throttling of Nigeria last week, according to the London Times. The story is behind a paywall, unfortunately, but Sporting News pulled out some nuggets (via Yardbarker). As the London Times story goes, Kobe and a few of his teammates decided to celebrate their big win by going to a casino near Olympic Stadium. “Kobe Bryant, the $50 million U.S. basketball player, challenged a group of ... volunteers, known as the Games Makers, to a drinking contest when he and his teammates visited a casino next to the Olympic Park.” Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/kobe-olympic-drinking-game-london-times-2012-8#ixzz23sSeJvp7

KOBE'S WIFE: Being Married To An NBA Superstar Is Only Worth It If He's Winning Championships http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/4efb505369bedd871400003f/vanessa-and-kobe-bryant-cuddle-in-2004.jpg We all know Kobe Bryant and wife Vanessa have been going through some rocky times of late. First, they were getting a divorce. Then they weren't and Kobe was trying to patch things up by building her a church (seriously). After that, all seemed well until Kobe started doing some things Vanessa didn't really appreciate in London. (No worries they're still together!) And now comes a completely out of context, rather weird, but ultra Kobe-esque line Vanessa reportedly uttered to New York Magazine . It's not online yet, but Sports on Earth's Nicki Jhabvala pulled it out from the print version (via The Basketball Jones): Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/kobe-wife-vanessa-winning-championships-2012-8#ixzz23sPvbchS

It won't look like that, IMO. That guy's forgotten to touch up the number, city name across the jersey. <_<

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Van Persie is now with Manchester United:

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Try this one: http://www.learnmyself.com/poll1268xa9564d71-1

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Damn... Sweden was supposed to win... @#$!!!

Do you guys realize the winner is based on poll results? Try now.