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NBA Rumors: Cavaliers, Warriors & Spurs Only Serious Championship Contenders
The Cleveland Cavaliers might be the defending NBA champions, but the overwhelming favorites to win the title in 2017 will be the Golden State Warriors, for obvious reasons. Even the San Antonio Spurs, despite or because their changes, are probably looking slightly stronger than LeBron James and co.
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NBA Rumors: Golden State Warriors Trying to Create Some Defensive Urgency
Knowing his defense is going to suffer from their offseason changes, Steve Kerr is trying to create some offseason urgency by making it seem like his team will be dropping off in that particular aspect, not expanding on how much better they possibly got on offense.
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NBA Rumors: Cleveland Cavaliers, Luxury Tax & Bringing J.R. Smith Back
Building a championship team doesn’t have to be expensive. Keeping it together is, as the Cleveland Cavaliers are learning. The rise in the salary cap does help them cut a little bit of their enormous wage bill, but it still makes them luxury tax offenders, and they still haven’t signed J.R. Smith.
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Allen Iverson, Shaquille O’Neal & Yao Ming Hall of Fame Enshrinement Speeches
The basketball Hall of Fame induction of Allen Iverson, Shaquille O’Neal and Yao Ming will stand out of one of the most memorable moments in the history of HOF enshrinement. Not just because of the star power and popularity of the three, but the way they moved the fans, their peers and their loves ones with their speeches.
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NBA Rumors: Philadelphia 76ers, Jahlil Okafor, Nerlens Noel & the Inevitable Trade
As the NBA preseason approaches, it still seems like the Philadelphia 76ers have too crowded of a frontcourt. At some point, they’re likely to move either Jahlil Okafor or Nerlens Noel, but for some reason they’re waiting, perhaps planning to drag this thing until the deadline.
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Phoenix Suns Season Preview: The Point Guard Abundance Problem
As the Phoenix Suns enter the new season, it seems difficult to define what they want from this season. Devin Booker, Eric Bledsoe and Brandon Knight give them a terrific backcourt to rely on, while Dragan Bender and Marquese Chriss are the frontcourt hopefuls they’ll try and develop. But what’s the short term goal here?
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Philadelphia 76ers Season Preview: Drowning in Big Men, Considering Tanking Again
Two questions need answering by the Philadelphia 76ers as the head into the 2016-2017 NBA Season: Should tanking continue to be their strategy, and out of their big men crop that includes Joel Embiid, Ben Simmons, Nerlens Noel, Jahlil Okafor and Dario Saric, who should stay and who should leave?
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Brooklyn Nets, Jeremy Lin & Proving They’re Not the NBA’s Worst Team
Mob mentality is term used to explain how people are influenced by their peers to adopt certain behaviors, or form specific opinions. One of these popular opinions in the NBA offseason is that the Brooklyn Nets will be the worst team in the league this season, which gives Jeremy Lin another motivational push heading into 2016-2017.
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NBA Rumors: Utah Jazz Have a 1-2 Years Max to Decide If They’re Serious Or Not
The Utah Jazz have built themselves a nice team with Gordon Hayward and Rudy Gobert the center of their pretty long rebuild, almost reaping some reward (making the playoffs) last season. However, a franchise that hates spending and fears the luxury tax like dogs avoid vacuum cleaners, a few tough decisions are coming up.
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Oklahoma City Thunder Season Preview: Russell Westbrook Saving Franchise From Rebuilding
The Oklahoma City Thunder opened the offseason with a huge blow, losing the franchise’s best player since moving from Seattle. Russell Westbrook not demanding a trade and extending his contract saved the team from beginning a rebuilding process.