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NBA Rumors – Cleveland Cavaliers Will Start Andrew Bynum
After he missed an entire season due to his knee injuries, is it really that wise promising Andrew Bynum is going to be a starter if he’s healthy next season for the Cleveland Cavaliers? Probably not.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Kobe Bryant Shouldn’t Be This Important
At the center of whatever it is the Los Angeles Lakers think they can achieve next season lies the ability of Kobe Bryant, at the age of 35, with nearly 1500 regular season and playoff games behind him, to get over an Achilles Tendon tear and be good enough to carry the team just like he has in the past.
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Boston Celtics – Rajon Rondo Isn’t Going to Like All the Tanking
The problem with tanking? It’s too obvious to ignore, but no team can actually admit that’s the course it is taking next season, in order to get a high draft pick and on the way, getting rid of as much money off the salary cap as possible. While the Boston Celtics might have made moves that in the future will prove very wise financially, keeping their best player, Rajon Rondo, happy, in a terrible season, isn’t going to be easy.
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NBA Rumors – New York Knicks Might Try and Sign Drew Gooden
Even in the depleted remains of what is the free agency market, Drew Gooden doesn’t stand out as a player with too much interest in him. However, now that he’s cleared the waivers, one team that might make a run for him are the New York Knicks, in need of a backup big man.
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NBA Rumors – Dallas Mavericks Might Be Interested in Signing Leandro Barbosa
It’s going to be interesting to see how Leandro Barbosa manages to come back after tearing his ACL last season, which means there’s a chance he might not be completely ready for the beginning of this one. However, according to his agent, who is also his brother, there’s already some interest in him from around […]
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NBA Rumors – Houston Rockets Closest to Signing Marcus Camby
There are plenty of teams calling themselves contenders going after the recently-turned-free-agent Marcus Camby, but trendiness is an important factor, even for veterans like Camby, which might turn him in the direction of the Houston Rockets, thought to be the leading team in the race to sign the big man.
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NBA Rumors – Denver Nuggets, Oklahoma City Thunder & Memphis Grizzlies Closest to Signing Mike Miller
With Mike Miller now available to sign with anyone, it seems that three teams are left in the race for the player: The Oklahoma City Thunder, his personal favorite among those interested in him, followed by the Memphis Grizzlies, where Miller enjoyed what probably was the best part of his career, and the Denver Nuggets, who are rather latecomers into the race.
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Houston Rockets – James Harden & Even Jeremy Lin Shouldn’t Be Forgotten Because of Dwight Howard
There’s no doubt that the arrival of Dwight Howard to the Houston Rockets is the biggest move of this offseason, but it doesn’t mean that what stood at the basis of the enthusiasm from last year’s team, which was mainly the arrival of James Harden and a bit earlier than that, Jeremy Lin, without forgetting about Omer Asik and Chandler Parsons as well, won’t be as important as it was last season.
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Oklahoma City Thunder – Kevin Durant & Russell Westbrook Can’t Become NBA Champions Like This
The fallout from the James Harden – Kevin Martin trade from last season leaves the Oklahoma City Thunder with basically the same roster that reached the NBA Finals 13 months ago, led by Kevin Durant, who keeps getting better, and Russell Westbrook, hopefully back to his old self next season, yet without a third borderline star scorer and playmaker this team needs in order to fulfill the expectations from them – to win an NBA title.
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Miami Heat – LeBron James is No Longer Part of a Big Three
Maybe counting out Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh isn’t the wisest thing to do, but it seems that the concept of the big three is no longer part of the Miami Heat, turning into a teams with an exceptional superstar, one of the greatest of all times, and a very talented roster around him, with players who can still be All-Stars, but probably can’t play to that ability on a game-to-game basis.