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NBA Preseason Highlights Part 1: Backboards, Chase Down Blocks & Put-Back Dunks
The 2018-2019 NBA preseason began with two games: The Philadelphia 76ers, easily beating the Melbourne Victory; and a Charlotte Hornets win against the high-expectations Boston Celtics. With scores not really making a difference, we’ll mostly remember the dunks of rookie Miles Bridges, the chase down block by the recalibrated Markelle Fultz and Ben Simmons being creative as ever.
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Kevin Durant – Arrogant, Delusional, Trolling or Everything Combined?
When Rodney Dangerfield passed away, part of his soul, or at least his on-stage persona, possibly latched on to Kevin Durant, similar to how Voldemort did after trying to blast baby Harry Potter to smithereens and failed. Otherwise, it’s difficult to comprehend the constant “I get no respect” crusade Durant is on ever since joining […]
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Don’t Pawn Your Future for Jimmy Butler. It’s Not Worth It.
The most interesting thing going on in the NBA-verse is Jimmy Butler demanding out of Minnesota, and the Timberwolves, or at least some of the people that run the organization, are keen on granting him his wish.
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Which Team is Most Likely to Repeat as Champions – Astros, Eagles or Warriors?
The defending NFL champions, Philadelphia Eagles, started things out the right way. The Golden State Warriors once again look like heavy favorites to repeat in the NBA. In Baseball, the Houston Astros are doing well, with 90 wins as we approach mid September. Will they all defend their titles?
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Golden State Warriors – Draymond Green Hates Boring Summers
The “bad yet talented” guy of the Golden State Warriors dynasty, Draymond Green, likes keeping things interesting during the summer. Whether it’s getting into fights back home in Michigan, or getting fellow NBA players to try and beat him up at prestigious awards after party.
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Carmelo Anthony – NBA Dinosaur or Someone With a Point?
To say that Carmelo Anthony didn’t have a very good season in 2018-2019, playing for the Oklahoma City Thunder, would be… accurate. But as he’s on his way to the Houston Rockets via the Atlanta Hawks, the 12-time NBA All-Star sees it more as bump in the road rather than an obvious sign of decline.
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Houston Rockets – Carmelo Anthony Projected to Make Them Worse, Not Better
SportsLine, a partner of CBS Sports and 247 Sports and providing sports picks and fantasy advice from data scientists, have shows another glimpse of how low expectations people have of Carmelo Anthony at this point of his NBA career.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Michael Beasley’s Next Last Chance
With a one-year, $3.5 million, Michael Beasley joins the Los Angeles Lakers, re-teaming with LeBron James and making it his 7th stop in his NBA career, which began a decade ago and never lived up to the expectations created from his sensational fresham season in Manhattan playing for Kansas State.
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San Antonio Spurs: Welcome to Uncharted Territory
Tim Duncan? Retired. Tony Parker? Left and signed with the Charlotte Hornets. Kawhi Leonard, the Finals MVP and the should-have-been new franchise player? Gone along with Danny Green to the Toronto Raptors via trade. Who is left from the easy on the eyes 2014 San Antonio Spurs championship team?
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NBA Rumors: Golden State Warriors Contract Extension to Draymond Green Likely to be Turned Down
Keeping a championship core together is difficult, but manageable if you have enough money to spend. But the Golden State Warriors’ dynasty run in the NBA might end up being too expensive to maintain at some point, as we see with the potential contract extension of Draymond Green.