As President Obama knows, we are very good in basketball.

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We are not a big basketball family.

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"We are a very good shooting basketball team, " Warriors coach Mark Jackson said.

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"I really do believe that, based on the talent on display this weekend that I have seen we are in a golden age of basketball, that the appreciation of our game is really as high as it has been in recent memory, " said Stern, who has now run the NBA for 25 years.

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If we so abhor punching in basketball, why are there already 25 separate YouTube videos the morning after?

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" The statement added, "We are excited to have him as our men's basketball coach and we look forward to many winning seasons.

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As for NBA Europe Live, those four countries are four of the top markets we have in Europe in terms of basketball popularity and business metrics.

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In order to accurately make comparisons between basketball teams we standardized revenue and expense streams, since the methods of reporting to the Department of Education are often inconsistent from school to school.

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