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2 Narratives Heading Into the Play-in Tournament
As the NBA embarks on a possible evolution (for now, it’s an experiment) of its postseason format, the beginning of the 2021 NBA playoffs in the form of the 1st Play-in Tournament offers us 3 media/player narratives that will be shaped or destroyed in the next few days. Stephen Curry and the playoffs. When the […]
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Philadelphia 76ers: The Ben Simmons question
How close was Ben Simmons to being part of the trade that would have sent him to the Houston Rockets in return for James Harden? Now that Harden has already been dealt somewhere else, the question regarding Simmons is quite different. From the words he’s used since the Rockets traded Harden to the Brooklyn Nets […]
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Is Nikola Jokic leading the way-too-early MVP race?
Nearly one month into the strangely-developing (and perhaps soon halting?) 2020-21 NBA season, and the Denver Nuggets’ center Nikola Jokic might be the frontrunner in the MVP race. Almost four weeks into this COVID-19 influenced season, the Denver Nuggets, like quite a lot of preseason would-be juggernauts, are struggling at 6-6 (outside the top 8 […]
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9 Most Iconic Michael Jordan Moments
The highly anticipated ESPN-Netflix documentary about the Chicago Bulls 1997-1998 season is coming out next week. We thought a good way of prepping for what promises to be an epic telling of Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Dennis Rodman and Phil Jackson’s last dance, is running down, in chronological order, the most famous moments of Jordan’s […]
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NBA Scores & Standings
An interesting Thursday night of NBA basketball included the Los Angeles Clippers perhaps revealing the blueprint for stopping the small-ball Houston Rockets, and the long-awaited return of Stephen Curry in Golden State Warriors uniform. Denver Nuggets 114 Charlotte Hornets 112 This is definitely a difficult patch of the season for the Nuggets. Their recent patchy […]
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NBA Scores & Standings
A busy night of NBA action on Friday, including the Milwaukee Bucks destroying the Oklahoma City Thunder, the Los Angeles Clippers easily beating the Denver Nuggets, and the Toronto Raptors stunned at home by the Charlotte Hornets. Minnesota Timberwolves 125 Orlando Magic 136 The Magic move up to 7th in the East with a high-scoring […]
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NBA Scores & Standings
A 4-game Thursday night lineup didn’t pack a lot of star power, but included the extension of winning streaks for the Los Angeles Lakers and Oklahoma City Thunder, while the Philadelphia 76ers forgot about their injury woes for one night thanks to playing the second worst team in the East, the New York Knicks. New […]
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10 Best Crying Jordan Memes of Michael Jordan Crying at Kobe Bryant’s Memorial Service
From a plethora of emotional tributes during the Kobe and Gianna Bryant memorial service, Michael Jordan stood out with his words, especially when poking fun of himself and the Crying Jordan memes phenomenon. Jordan said a lot of other, perhaps more important and meaningful things. But we live in an age obsessed with meme and […]
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10 Best Memes of the NBA All-Star Game 2020
NBA All-Star Game 2020 Result and MVP Award Last night in Chicago, we finally witnessed a great NBA All-Star game. In fact, the 2020 NBA all-star game might go down in history as the best of all time. Team LeBron won the All-star game, beating Team Giannis 157-155. 157 points were the points total reached […]
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NBA All-Star 2020: 8 Best Memes of Aaron Gordon Getting Robbed in the Dunk Contest
The NBA all-star slam dunk contest was held last night in Chicago’s United Center, and what an epic duel we had(and funny NBA memes!). The final round was between 2016 dunk contest 2016 finalist Aaron Gordon from the Orlando Magic, and the Miami Heat forward Derrick Jones Jr. Dwight Howard, the Los Angels Lakers center, […]