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When we look back at the 2008-09 season we're all going to remember the NBA Finals, the fact that the Cavs didn't advance and that the Lakers did. We'll remember the box scores from mid-December and the highlights of the year packaged neatly for future consumption. So many aspects of the season will live on in immortality simply because the NBA archives won't let them be forgotten. This is where remembering happens. But in addition to all the statistics, video footage and accolades, there - at the core of all that is basketball - are the memories that essentially fuel sport fanship.

We'll always remember this as the year when LeBron James won his first MVP, we'll remember the fact that somehow, someway, the Denver Nuggets and Orlando Magic turned into legit title contenders. We'll remember Eddy Curry's limo driver, Allen Iverson's haircut and the peculiar saga of Darius Miles and the Portland Trailblazers, not to mention Save-a-palooza 2010. At The Good Point we have always played up the feature side of sport with an emphasis on storytelling, but only so many people care about my opinion (and they're both out of town this week). So we went out and recruited some of the elite basketball writers on the internet to describe their favorite memories of the NBA season, memories that if not shared may otherwise be forgotten.

Rudy Gay, I hope you're paying attention.

NBA 2008-09

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Ryan McNeill -- Hoops Addict

By far my favorite memory from this past season involved New Jersey's diminutive point guard Devin Harris. He already had my respect for being a tough player - he ranked near the top of the league in free throw attempts this season despite being the smallest guy on the court most nights - but he took things to another level when he returned to a game after throwing up in the locker room.

Yes, you read that right: after tossing his cookies he returned to help his team snatch what looked to be a victory from the claws of the Toronto Raptors.

"I knew I was going to come back," a smiling Harris told me after the game. "I got those bad fluids up out of me and I felt great. No problem at all."

If returning after being sick to his stomach wasn't enough, check out his stat line: 23 of his game high 31 points came once he returned from being sick. Not only that, but these points came in the fourth quarter and overtime when his team needed all those points to steal a road win against Toronto.

If that doesn't make you want to cheer for Devin Harris next season then I don't know what would.

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Natalie Sitto -- Need4Sheed

What stands out for me is the shock, horror and then benefit of the doubt I gave to the Allen Iverson/Chauncey Billups trade. I didn't like it from the moment it happened. I even gave Iverson a chance to be the guy he said he was going to be when he came into town until he skipped a practice after being with the team less than a month.

I sweated the return of Antonio McDyess while my team fell apart.

I sat back and watched the drama unfold when Iverson chose to sit out with a "back injury" instead of coming off the bench. And have subsequently spent thousands of dollars for a therapist (emotional distress), Rogaine (pulling out my hair) and Botox (for the frown lines he caused). There goes my season ticket money for next season... Thanks A.I.

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Tom Ziller -- Sactown Royalty

I will never forget Bobby Jackson.

Late in the season, playing back-up on the worst team in the league behind a contemptibly lazy, unfocused Beno Udrih - who had just signed a five-year deal for more cash than Jax had made his entire career - Bobby broke his nose going for a rebound.

Surgery, season over... right? Wrong.

Jax came back about a week later with a mask... to play back-up for the worst team in the league. The mask bothered him.

Ask to come out, surgery, season over... right? Wrong.

Jax ripped off the mask, tossed it on the scorer's table, and continued to play. I'll never forget Bobby Jackson's passion for the game.

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