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NBA Rumors: Orlando Magic Hope Counting on Serge Ibaka Defense Taking Them to the Next Level
Not everyone around the Orlando Magic is in love with their addition of Serge Ibaka. However, trading for him has undoubtedly turned them, on paper at least, into a much better defensive team, maybe even good enough to make the playoffs.
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NBA Rumors: Atlanta Hawks, Dennis Schroder & Jeff Teague Trade Regret?
The Atlanta Hawks made a big shift in their direction this offseason, putting Dennis Schroder in the starting point guard position for the first time in his career, after three successful years of being a backup. But it’s not exactly a guaranteed slam dunk.
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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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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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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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NBA Rumors: Toronto Raptors, Kyle Lowry & the Extension Question
The Toronto Raptors are having the most successful period since the franchise’s inaugural season 21 years ago. With success come players wanting to be paid, and Kyle Lowry is going to be a big headache when it’s time to hand him a new deal.
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NBA Rumors: Golden State Warriors, Stephen Curry Motivated by Finals Failure
It’s hard to imagine Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors having an even better regular season than last year, but maybe using their collapse and eventual defeat in the NBA Finals as a motivational source can actually push them to new heights.
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NBA Rumors: Boston Celtics Not Planning to Give Tyler Zeller More Playing Time
The Boston Celtics had some hard choices to make about re-signing some players this offseason. They chose to keep Tyler Zeller, but retaining him doesn’t mean he’ll be getting more minutes in 2016-2017.