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NBA Rumors: Bucks Contract Extension to Giannis Antetokounmpo Only Matter of Time
One of the easiest contract extension decisions to make in the next two months is in the hands of the Milwaukee Bucks, who have to avoid Giannis Antetokounmpo hitting restricted free agency, which means offering him a max contract, and they have every intention of doing so.
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NBA Rumors: Philadelphia 76ers, Joel Embiid & Stopping the Tanking
After two years of injuries holding him back from making his NBA debut, 2014 draft pick and former Kansas player Joel Embiid is getting ready to finally get on the court for the Philadelphia 76ers, a team that’s lost so many games over the last few years, it sees a rookie in a two-year delay as its potential savior.
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NBA Rumors: Los Angeles Lakers, D’Angelo Russell, Nick Young & Ending the Feud
The most interesting thing that happened to the Los Angeles Lakers last season was a conversation between D’Angelo Russell and Nick Young leaking to social media, with an alleged confession from Young about cheating on Iggy Azalea. What seemed like a lot of drama last season might become nothing at this point, with time doing what it usually does: Mend broken things and makes people forget.
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Harrison Barnes Meme Mocking His Irrelevance on Team USA
Why are the United States suddenly finding it so difficult to breeze through their opponents in the Olympic Games? One meme suggests it could be Harrison Barnes, although it does so relying on people knowing the facts, and not just reading numbers and referring only to them.
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NBA Rumors: Sacramento Kings, Rudy Gary Trade, DeMarcus Cousins & Ben McLemore Contracts
The Sacramento Kings continue to be in this weird unbreakable circle of disappointment, building unbalanced teams that aren’t terrible, but remain not good enough to end their long playoff drought.
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NBA Rumors: Miami Heat Don’t Know What to do About Chris Bosh
A healthy Chris Bosh could have done a lot of damage in the playoffs with the Miami Heat. Not having a cloudy future health-wise would have made the Heat’s 2016-2017 season outlook seem a lot better. But his last two seasons being cut short due to blood clots put one big dark cloud over the future of his NBA career.
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Los Angeles Clippers: The Decay May Have Already Started
The scariest thing for the Los Angeles Clippers is that the Chris Paul and Blake Griffin era has peaked, that the Doc Rivers hiring didn’t really make them a better team, and that losing in the conference semifinals is as good as it gets for them, which means pretty soon it’s time to start over.
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Golden State Warriors Season Preview: From Lovable Champions to Unlikable Villains
The Golden State Warriors aren’t defending champions anymore. They brought in Kevin Durant to help Stephen Curry, Draymond Green and Klay Thompson fix that, while making life easier for Steve Kerr. Or perhaps his arrival makes things more difficult?
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NBA Rumors – Cleveland Cavaliers Not Worried About LeBron James & J.R. Smith Still Unsigned
The Cleveland Cavaliers still aren’t done signing players or looking for trades to improve the roster. Both LeBron James and J.R. Smith remained unsigned, and the Cavaliers will probably hold off signing them until they make a trade or decide there’s nothing good enough out there for them.
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Team USA: Arrogant, & Lucky to Have Carmelo Anthony and Kyrie Irving
Thanks to Carmelo Anthony and Kyrie Irving, Team USA avoided losing their first game in over a decade, helping the 2016 version of the Dream Team escape Australia with a 98-88 win, only escaping in the final 7 minutes of the game, trailing for most of the first half.