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All the Trades of the 2015 Deadline
The 2015 NBA trade deadline was one of the busiest in recent history, with Goran Dragic joining the Miami Heat in a big three-team trade, Kevin Garnett re-joining the Minnesota Timberwolves, the Oklahoma City Thunder finding a way to get rid of Reggie Jackson and the Portland Trail Blazers making another move towards contending by adding Arron Afflalo.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Jeremy Lin Makes the Most of Byron Scott Decisions
The Los Angeles Lakers are hitting new lows with every game that goes by, as Jeremy Lin tries to somehow make the best of an awful situation in which he plays for a tanking team, a joke of a coach in Byron Scott and knowing that he still has more than 30 games of this s!#^.
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Portland Trail Blazers – Damian Lillard & LaMarcus Aldridge Teamwork Overcomes Huge James Harden
Even on a special night from James Harden, the Houston Rockets didn’t have enough to slow down the excellent Portland Trail Blazers with an efficient Damian Lillard and LaMarcus Aldridge leading the way to a 109-98 win.
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Memphis Grizzlies – Great at Ruining Beautiful Basketball
It turns out there’s a way to slow down the Atlanta Hawks and make their beautiful basketball style look bad: Simply beat them up. That’s part of the plan the Memphis Grizzlies used in a 94-88 win over the leaders in the Eastern conference.
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Oklahoma City Thunder – Kevin Durant is Scary When He’s Angry
The Oklahoma City Thunder are looking for some spark to lift their season into some sort of consistent success. Maybe a 131-108 win over the Los Angeles Clippers with Kevin Durant having one of his best shooting performances in a while will provide that kind of much needed boost.
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Cleveland Cavaliers – LeBron James Gets Something Out of Kevin Love
After hitting a low point in the previous game, Kevin Love enjoyed a concentrated effort from his teammates and especially LeBron James to get him involved and boost his confidence in an attempt that worked out very well with the Cleveland Cavaliers easily beating the tanking Los Angeles Lakers 120-105.
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Chicago Bulls: Jimmy Butler Playing Like an All-Star Again
It was Pau Gasol who scored the game winning dunk as the Chicago Bulls beat the Orlando Magic 98-97, but the best player on the floor for them was Jimmy Butler, who seems to be over whatever it was that dragged down his play last month.
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NBA Rumors – Los Angeles Clippers & Golden State Warriors Interested in Signing Kevin Garnett
This is the season of the buyout, and the Brooklyn Nets are trying to get rid of Kevin Garnett, or is he trying to worm his way out of his contract? Either way, once he become available, the Los Angeles Clippers and Golden State Warriors are tabbed as the premier candidates to sign him off the waivers.
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NBA Rumors – Atlanta Hawks & Cleveland Cavaliers Trying to Sign Ray Allen
We’re past the halfway mark of the NBA season and Ray Allen still doesn’t have a team. Almost every potential title and playoff contender is a potential landing spot for the future hall of fame shooter, but the Cleveland Cavaliers and now even the Atlanta Hawks are a bit above the rest when it comes to likelihood of signing him.
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Golden State Warriors – Stephen Curry Allowed to be Selfish
Without Carmelo Anthony playing, there was no real suspense in the game between the Golden State Warriors and the New York Knicks, ending in a 106-92 win for the Western conference leaders, as Stephen Curry led the way without dishing out a single assist and Steve Kerr looked quite smug and happy with himself for the decision he took this summer.