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Dallas Mavericks – Dirk Nowitzki Needs a Better Team
Are the Dallas Mavericks good enough to find themselves back in the playoffs? If Dirk Nowitzki is healthy for the entire season, it might almost be enough, but in the loaded Western conference, even the additional help from Monta Ellis, Shawn Marion, Jae Crowder, DeJuan Blair and others might not be enough.
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Ricky Rubio & Kevin Love Hoping to Stay Healthy This Time
The Minnesota Timberwolves have been expecting to make the playoffs for the last couple of years, but it seems that injuries seem to keep getting in the way. Ricky Rubio and Kevin Love are starting a third season side by side, which might be the last if once again something goes wrong on the way to the postseason.
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Bastian Schweinsteiger Making Three Pointers With His Feet
No one will argue that Bastian Schweinsteiger is one of the best midfielders in Europe today, but the Bayern Munich & Germany star is pretty gifted when it comes to playing basketball, or at least making shots by using his knee.
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NBA Players Most Likely to Be Traded in 2013-2014
Either being a misfit in the current system, too expensive to keep as teams keep shuffling to avoid the luxury tax or simply being a good player on a team that’s trying to rebuild with young and cheap newcomers, here are the 6 most likely to be traded NBA players during this season.
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Oklahoma City Thunder – Kevin Durant Taking Preseason Seriously
Maybe it’s the fact that Russell Westbrook is out, and it means taking on more scoring responsibilities, but it just might be that playing abroad comes with certain contracts that force teams to play with their stars like it’s a regular season game, as the Oklahoma City Thunder try and keep working out any way they can to make their absentee point guard less of a problem.
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Brooklyn Nets – Paul Pierce With a Forgettable Debut
The first game of the preseason was a chance for new head coach Jason Kidd to get his first win, and for the Brooklyn Nets to show the depth they have on bench, which they’re going to need if Paul Pierce is going to play as badly as he did on his debut.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Pau Gasol & Chris Kaman the Key to it All
Big man harmony might mean the difference for the Los Angeles Lakers between a total disaster of a season and actually being somewhat playoff contenders once again, even with all the doubts about this team. Kobe Bryant still isn’t playing, only watching from the sidelines, but the developing on-floor relationship between Pau Gasol and Chris Kaman is going to do wonders for the Lakers if it works out.
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Chicago Bulls – Derrick Rose Slowing it Down
The Chicago Bulls continue their preseason schedule by beating the Memphis Grizzlies 106-87, as the issue of Derrick Rose and his adaptation to the NBA game once again stands in the focus of their preparation for the next season. So far, it seems to be going quite well.
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Miami Heat: LeBron James Begins Road to Three-Peat
The road to a third consecutive NBA title begins in the preseason, as the Miami Heat didn’t introduce any major new name on their exhibition debut, giving Dwyane Wade some rest while Chris Bosh took over for LeBron James, who isn’t completely ready for the new season at this point.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Wasting Time Until Kobe Comes Back
There’s not much to really expect from the Los Angeles Lakers as they lose their first game of the preseason, because Kobe Bryant isn’t part of the setup right now. Their loss to the Denver Nuggets is twice as meaningless as it usually would be because nothing you see on the court in terms of team cohesion and team blend matters, as Bryant has the knack to make everything different the moment he steps on the court.