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If this photo of Tim Duncan with a basketball doesn't get you excited, I give up. (Keith Allison/Flickr)

If you haven’t heard by now, Henry at Weakside Help and I at — well, here — am going on a mock-drafting adventure. Here’s a quick overview: we’re building 12 teams in a standard nine-category league, round-by-round (for 13 rounds), in order to build the best teams that we can, while also drafting in an appropriate order.

So far, the first two rounds haven’t strayed too much from the script, which means some eyebrow raising is bound to be in store in this round.

Here’s round one (here at fBasketballBlog).

Here’s round two (over at Weakside Help).

Now for round three, where things start to get dicey: (continue reading…)

The old man still has it. By the way - doesn't he look like The Logo here? (NBAE via Getty Images/Danny Bollinger)

[Read the full, original post at Dimemag.com]

Beast of the Night: Jason Kidd hung 20 points, 5 threes, 4 rebounds, 9 assists, 4 steals, 1 block and 2 turnovers on his former team. He shot 46 percent (6-13) from the floor and 75 percent (3-4) from the line.

Noteworthy Lines:
Dwyane Wade – 6-12 FG (50%), 15-17 FT (88%), 27 Pts, 6 Reb, 8 Ast, 2 Stl, 1 TO

Rudy Gay – 10-18 FG (56%), 5-6 FT (83%), 3 3ptm, 28 Pts, 8 Reb, 2 Ast, 1 Stl, 1 Blk, 2 TO

Rasheed Wallace – 3-7 FG (43%), 4-5 FT (80%), 1 3ptm, 11 Pts, 2 Reb, 6 Stl, 3 Blk (continue reading…)

Manu is playing cooler than he looks here. (NBAE via Getty Images/David Liam Kyle)

Beast of the Night: Manu Ginobili lit up the Cavs with 38 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals and 2 turnovers, nailing 7 threes in the process. He shot 52 percent (12-23) from the field and 100 percent (7-7) from the line and is set to be big for  his fantasy owners down the final stretch of the season.

Noteworthy Lines:
George Hill – 8-13 FG (62%), 5-8 FT (63%), 2 3ptm, 23 Pts, 3 Reb, 4 Ast

Mo Williams – 7-16 FG (44%), 2-2 FT (100%), 1 3ptm, 17 Pts, 8 Reb, 8 Ast, 3 TO

Danilo Gallinari – 9-14 FG (64%), 5-6 FT (83%), 4 3ptm, 27 Pts, 5 Reb, 2 Ast, 2 TO (continue reading…)

Brooks was here. (NBAE via Getty Images/Melissa Majchrzak)

Beast of the Night: Aaron Brooks finished with 28 points, 4 threes, 5 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 turnovers. He seems to be just fine with Kevin Martin starting alongside him.

Noteworthy Lines:
Jameer Nelson – 8-11 FG (73%), 4-6 FT (67%), 2 3ptm, 22 Pts, 3 Reb, 10 Ast, 1 Stl, 1 TO

Samuel Dalembert – 5-10 FG (50%), 2-2 FT (100%), 12 Pts, 11 Reb, 2 Stl, 3 Blk, 1 TO

LeBron James – 9-17 FG (53%), 3-5 FT (60%), 1 3ptm, 22 Pts, 7 Reb, 7 Ast, 2 Stl, 2 Blk, 3 TO (continue reading…)

Boozer is chomping off all he can chew lately. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)

Beast of the Night: Carlos Boozer torched the Bobcats with 33 points, 16 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 1 block. He shot 81 percent (13-16) from the field, 78 percent (7-9) from the free throw line and had 4 turnovers. He’s one of the hottest fantasy players in the land right now.

Noteworthy Lines:
Al Jefferson – 5-9 FG (56%), 10 Pts, 4 Reb, 1 Stl, 1 Blk, 1 TO

Mike Miller – 3-6 FG (50%), 6 Pts, 3 Reb, 7 Ast, 4 TO

Andrew Bogut – 13-20 FG (65%), 26 Pts, 13 Reb, 1 Ast, 2 Blk, 1 TO (continue reading…)