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NBA Rumors – Oklahoma City Thunder Might Draft Kentavious Caldwell-Pope
There are quite a few teams in the higher reaches of the 2013 NBA draft that could make good use of a great shooter, and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope might be the best in this class. Still, the Oklahoma City Thunder, with the 12th pick, are hoping he slips a little bit lower than current predictions so they can land him.
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NBA Rumors – Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Clippers Still Have a Deal
It’s been quite a back and forth saga between the Los Angeles Clippers and the Boston Celtics regarding the big trade they want to pull off, involving DeAndre Jordan and two first-round draft picks going one way, while Doc Rivers and Kevin Garnett head the other. As of now, the deal is still alive, but with a few more obstacles in its way.
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San Antonio Spurs – Manu Ginobili Needs Gregg Popovich To Make the Right Decision About Him
There’s more than just the question of whether the Manu Ginobili of more than 80% of this series will show up. It’s about whether Gregg Popovich thinks he has it in him to put it behind in game 7 of the 2013 NBA finals, and even more importantly, is Popovich willing to take him off the court when he sees it’s damaging the San Antonio Spurs.
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Miami Heat – LeBron James in the Real Must Win Game of the NBA Finals
NBA moments don’t get bigger than a game 7 in the finals, and for LeBron James, in touching distance of his second NBA title ring, it’s about championships, greatness and legacy, needing the right kind of night from Ray Allen, Chris Bosh, Dwyane Wade, Mario Chalmers, Mike Miller and everyone who is going to be involved in order to come out of this one looking like a winner.
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NBA Rumors – Chicago Bulls Looking to Draft a Shooter
There were a lot of things that have went wrong for the Chicago Bulls over the last couple of years, derailing their window of opportunity to win an NBA title, mostly due to injuries. But not having a pure, reliable shooter last season was another issue they’d like to attend to in the 2013 NBA draft, considering using their 20th pick on Shabazz Muhammad, Reggie Bullock, Glen Rice Jr. or Tim Hardaway Jr. to fill that spot.
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NBA Rumors – Atlanta Hawks Don’t Have a Chance of Signing Dwight Howard & Chris Paul
While the Atlanta Hawks have the potential to be a very desirable destination for the top free agents, it seems very hard to imagine they’ll end up getting both Dwight Howard and Chris Paul this offseason, even if they are the only team with enough cap-space to sign them both without having to make any kind of adjustments.
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Manu Ginobili Uses LeBron James to Prove He’s a Dirty Player
The Miami Heat are an easy team to hate, but the lack of backlash on Manu Ginobili purposely elbowing LeBron James in the throat is a little bit ridiculous. Because people were actually considering LeBron James flopped on that play, and it’s pretty safe to assume that if either him or Dwyane Wade (who already had his phantom-elbow moment in this postseason) there would be quite an uproar about it.
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NBA Rumors – Dallas Mavericks Interested in Monta Ellis (For the Right Price)
One of the best free agents in 2013 is Monta Ellis, leaving after a season and a bit with the Milwaukee Bucks, catching up quite a lot of interest from quite a few teams, including the Dallas Mavericks, who would love having this kind of offensive power addition, but only if doesn’t cost too much.
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NBA Rumors – Los Angeles Clippers Should Agree to Boston Celtics Demands
For now, there’s no deal between the Los Angeles Clippers, moving on to interview head coaches rather than getting Doc Rivers, and the Boston Celtics, who offered Kevin Garnett in the package, but the exchange value of DeAndre Jordan and two first round picks became too much and shot the trade down.
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San Antonio Spurs – Tim Duncan Too Tired to Make Up For Manu Ginobili & Tony Parker Being Terrible
There’s only so much Tim Duncan can do. After a heroic first half in which he tortured Chris Bosh in the low post, age and fatigue finally kicked in. The problem? When the game was on the line in the fourth quarter Gregg Popovich didn’t have him on the floor, and in overtime, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili messed up badly enough for Duncan’s great game 6 of the NBA finals not really matter.