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NBA Rumors – Warriors Depend on Stephen Curry First; Draymond Green Comes Second
With the number 73 waiting for them on the finish line, the Golden State Warriors didn’t slow down or rest a bit before the NBA playoffs. They set Stephen Curry loose for one final time on his poor regular season victims, making it seem possible that they might also have the best postseason run in history.
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NBA Rumors – Golden State Warriors Changing History, Los Angeles Lakers Saying Goodbye to it
The last night of games in the 2015-2016 NBA Season also presents two teams on the opposite ends of a scale: The Golden State Warriors, maybe the best team to ever step on an NBA floor, chasing history and records. On the other end are the Los Angeles Lakers, saying goodbye to a huge piece of their history, and moving on to an unknown, but finally not weighed down kind of future.
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NBA Rumors – Chicago Bulls With a Big Jimmy Butler & Derrick Rose Problem
The Chicago Bulls have one more game before the season is over. They won’t make the playoffs for the first time in eight years. Fred Hoiberg failed to implement his offensive philosophy with a roster that doesn’t fit it. They seem to have too many big men in Pau Gasol, Joakim Noah and Taj Gibson. And there’s the Derrick Rose-Jimmy Butler elephant in the room.
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NBA Rumors – Dallas Mavericks & Houston Rockets Stepping Up, Utah Jazz Crash & Burn
Things change quickly in the Western Conference playoff picture. The Dallas Mavericks were on the path to clinching one of the two remaining spots and completed the job. The Houston Rockets remembered how to win in money time and the Utah Jazz showed a distinct symptom of loser-ism, which might leave them out of the postseason.
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NBA Rumors – Cleveland Cavaliers, LeBron James Finally See Kyrie Irving Playing Well
It’s been a weird season for the Cleveland Cavaliers, but another big performance from LeBron James clinches the top spot in the Eastern Conference for them. It gives the Cavs a chance to rest up on the final day of the season, and maybe consider Kyrie Irving finally back in the form they want him to be, putting his personal problems behind him for now.
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NBA Rumors – Utah Jazz Deserve Playoff Spot More Than Houston Rockets & Dallas Mavericks
Besides teams playing good basketball, there’s something appealing about a well-run basketball organization. There’s no one right way to build an NBA team, but when considering that factor into who to root for in the Western Conference playoff race, the Utah Jazz deserve one of the two remaining spots over the Houston Rockets and Dallas Mavericks.
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NBA Rumors – Golden State Warriors, Chicago Bulls Season Maintains Opposite Direction
The Chicago Bulls didn’t play on Sunday, but their fate on a couple of levels was determined by results. From a present day angle, they lost all hope of making the NBA playoffs due to the Indiana Pacers winning their game. On a historic, franchise level kind of angle, they no longer hold sole possession of the NBA record for most wins in a regular season, now sharing it with the Golden State Warriors.
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NBA Rumors – Dallas Mavericks Carried by J.J. Barea While Dirk Nowitzki Fades Away
Unless the Dallas Mavericks crash and burn in their final four games, they should be able to find themselves, just barely, making the NBA playoffs as J.J. Barea is playing like one of the best point guards in the NBA for the last few games, making up for Dirk Nowitzki who seems to have run out of fuel at the most important phase of the season.
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NBA Rumors – Philadelphia 76ers Pushing Out Sam Hinkie Doesn’t Mean Bad Years are Over
The moment the Philadelphia 76ers hired Jerry Colangelo to an unspecified role, it was clear Sam Hinkie wasn’t going to last for much longer. The great tanking experiment is over, but it doesn’t mean the rebuilding process is ditched, or that good times are waiting just around the corner for Hinkie.
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NBA Rumors – Los Angeles Lakers, Byron Scott Sorry for Kobe Bryant, Not Their Crappy Team
In another example of how distorted the thinking for the Los Angeles Lakers has been this season and for the last few years, Byron Scott keeps gushing about Kobe Bryant while the brand of basketball he’s responsible for keeps putting on embarrassing performances.