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NBA Rumors: Bucks Interested in Signing or Trade for a Wing Player
The Milwaukee Bucks are going to be without Khris Middleton for six months or more after their leading scorer last season tore his hamstring. The Bucks are already calling up teams to see who is available, as the free agency market doesn’t really offer a proper solution.
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Washington Wizards Preview: Bradley Beal & John Wall Have to Get Along
The Washington Wizards are coming off a season in which they missed the playoffs, haven’t really improved their roster, and it seems like their two best players, Bradley Beal and John Wall, really don’t like each other.
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NBA Rumors: Milwaukee Bucks & New Orleans Pelicans Could Trade for Greg Monroe
The Milwaukee Bucks don’t seem too worried about not making the playoffs last season, but Greg Monroe arriving and maybe disrupting the chemistry from the year before could end up moving him to a different team. The New Orleans Pelicans might end up being the team he’s traded to.
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NBA Rumors: Boston Celtics & Toronto Raptors Might Trade for Kelly Olynyk
There are no talks right now between the Boston Celtics and the Toronto Raptors regarding big man Kelly Olynyk, but there’s a good chance that a bit later in the season the two sides will begin talking and even come up with a trade.
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Utah Jazz Preview: Playoffs or Bust
After four consecutive seasons of missing the playoffs, including one very close call in 2016, the Utah Jazz did the necessary changes in the offseason to put the team in an even better position to compete, adding Joe Johnson, Boris Diaw and George Hill to their core of Gordon Hayward, Rudy Gobert and Derrick Favors.
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NBA Rumors: Dallas Mavericks Counting on Deron Williams & Wesley Matthews to Bounce Back
Whether they actually believe it, or simply have no choice, the Dallas Mavericks rely heavily on a vulnerable backcourt consisting of Deron Williams and Wesley Matthews, with the point guard especially crucial to their plans, considering they didn’t go out and get someone who can push D-Will out of the lineup.
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Toronto Raptors Season Preview: DeMar DeRozan & Kyle Lowry Trying to Win an Unlikely Championship
After making the franchise’s first ever conference finals, there’s only one step further for the Toronto Raptors, hoping that the team built around DeMar DeRozan and Kyle Lowry, with all of the financial limitations it presents, can actually change what seems to be impossible to alter in the East.
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NBA Rumors: New York Knicks Optimism Infecting Everyone
At first it was Derrick Rose with his “superteam” declaration, which resulted in quite a few jokes at his and the New York Knicks expense. Now it’s Kristaps Porzingis, with his enthusiasm over playing next to Joakim Noah.
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Charlotte Hornets, Brooklyn Nets, Jeremy Lin & Steve Clifford Unable to Replace Him
The Charlotte Hornets had the opportunity to re-sign Jeremy Lin this offseason, but wouldn’t offer him the kind of money he wanted, and the number of minutes he needed, and so he left via free agency to the Brooklyn Nets. Head coach Steve Clifford seems to think his team got better in some ways and worse in others. Personally, I think Lin’s departure, along with other changes, only weakened the Hornets in both offensive and defensive aspects.
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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.