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NBA Rumors: 76ers Should Trade Jahlil Okafor, Nerlens Noel, or Both
The Philadelphia 76ers might be stalling, but it’s quite clear they won’t be able to carry on for much longer with five big men who all expect to be starters and be a meaningful part of the team. From the looks of things now, trading Nerlens Noel or Jahlil Okafor, if not both, makes the most sense.
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NBA Rumors: Rockets, James Harden Haven’t Changed That Much
Change the head coach, bring in new players. Some things can’t change, and any team with James Harden on board completely relies on his ability, and his motivation to change as a leader and basketball players. To make a long story short: Hold your horses on the Houston Rockets completely transforming, and doing a whole lot better than last season.
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NBA Rumors: Knicks & Derrick Rose Optimistic, Carmelo Anthony Realistic
The combination of having a good Olympics basketball tournament for Carmelo Anthony and the weird confidence of Derrick Rose is leading to some surprising optimism surge within the New York Knicks, while receiving mockery for it on the outside.
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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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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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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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NBA Rumors: Boston Celtics, Ray Allen, Stephen Curry & the Comeback Question
With not a lot happening in the NBA universe, the ‘will he or won’t he question’ involving Ray Allen is one of the biggest things around. One of the teams on the shortlist seem to be the Boston Celtics, but is Allen a good fit there? And it seems that Allen’s motivation for coming back could have a lot to do with Stephen Curry and the three-point record.