The Year in Sports: Pro Basketball

Lockout, schmockout -- there was plenty to cheer for.

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2011 - Blake Griffin (Los Angeles Clippers), 2011 contest winner. (Photo: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)  
A Blockbuster Deal Brings ‘Melo Home to New York - Carmelo Anthony played his contract hand to perfection, pressuring the Denver Nuggets and New York Knicks to engineer a major multi-team personnel reshuffle  that brought ‘Melo, Chauncey Billups, Shelden Williams, Anthony Carter and Renaldo Balkman to New York and sent Wilson Chandler, Raymond Felton, Danillo Gallinari and Timofey Mozgov to Denver, along with a first-round draft pick for 2014, $3 million in cash, and two future draft picks from the Golden State Warriors. Only time will tell who came out better in the deal.(Photo: Chris Trotman/Getty Images)Rookie of the Year Maya Moore Leads Lynx to First WNBA Title  - The WNBA’s first overall draft pick—after four straight years as a first-team All-American at UConn —forward Maya Moore kept the momentum going in the pros, winning Rookie of the Year honors and leading the Minnesota Lynx to their first league championship. In July, she became the first woman to sign an endorsement contract with Nike’s Jordan Brand.(Photo: Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

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The Miami Heat Catches Fire - With all the hype surrounding the superhero-laden lineup with LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh, the Miami Heat actually did jell as a team, making quick work of  the  Boston Celtics and the  Chicago Bulls  in the playoffs and coming with two games of the NBA championship.(Photo: Al Bello/Getty Images)

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