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NBA Rumors – Miami Heat & San Antonio Spurs Interested in Signing Caron Butler & Danny Granger
After the trade deadline passes comes the buyout and free agency period. Contending teams like the Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs are looking to sign free agents who can help them win an NBA championship, while players like Caron Butler and Danny Granger are trying to get a buyout from their current teams in order to join a team they can win with.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Embarrassing, No Matter How You Try to Spin It
Great teams and franchises can have off years, but the decline of the Los Angeles Lakers and the way they’ve set themselves up to not succeed through a 3-4 year stretch is an excellent example of a once excellently run club that has simply lost its way.
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Portland Trail Blazers – Damian Lillard Can Carry Them Alone
The Portland Trail Blazers are still missing LaMarcus Aldridge, but that isn’t stopping or slowing down Damian Lillard, leading his team to a third consecutive win, this time 100-95 over the Denver Nuggets on the road.
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Minnesota Timberwolves – Kevin Love is Delight to Watch
Playoff team or not, the Minnesota Timberwolves are one of the more fun to watch in the NBA, beginning with Kevin Love who can do it all on offense with another great night, Ricky Rubio who hit a close to impossible layup and even Shabazz Muhammad, coming to life all of a sudden with his best game of his rookie season.
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Chicago Bulls – Offense We’re Not Used to Seeing
The Chicago Bulls are a lot of things, but a great offensive team isn’t one of them. However, the fast pace the Atlanta Hawks forced them into didn’t throw them out of rhythm and through some solid defense in the fourth quarter and another great game from Joakim Noah, they pulled off a 107-103 win.
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Houston Rockets – James Harden Explosion Means Jeremy Lin Left With Garbage Time
It’s hard to complain about anything James Harden does when he scored 43 points en route to a 129-103 win for the Houston Rockets over the Sacramento Kings, leaving Jeremy Lin to get his minutes and most of his numbers in the long garbage time of the fourth quarter.
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Los Angeles Clippers – Jamal Crawford Isn’t Slowing Down
It’s quite known that the Los Angeles Clippers are struggling in improving their problematic defense , but they’ve found a way to make up for that by simply scoring at a pace almost no one can keep up with at the moment, especially with Jamal Crawford playing some of his best basketball.
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Golden State Warriors – Stephen Curry Doesn’t Always Have to Score
If 19 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists is considered to be a slow day from Stephen Curry, than the Golden State Warriors have a lot to feel good about. However, their 104-96 win over the Detroit Pistons was an example of being more than just a team that relies on the scoring of their star player.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Can’t Be Playing Less Than Patrick Beverley
Not everything makes sense in the world of the NBA, and one of them is the Houston Rockets starting and playing Patrick Beverley more minutes than Jeremy Lin. Maybe it worked out one game with a rare game winning shot, but over the long run it has been and will be proven that they’re simply making a mistake.
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Mavericks Over Knicks – Carmelo Anthony Wastes Another Great Night
The New York Knicks continue to look like a team that’s going nowhere, including losing their best player very soon. Carmelo Anthony had another huge game which wasn’t enough because the Dallas Mavericks were just as good as a team offensively, and got Dirk Nowitzki, like in the good ol’ days, to provide the finishing touch with a lucky buzzer beating game winning shot.