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NBA Rumors – Chicago Bulls Playing Through Them
Since the moment the Chicago Bulls were knocked out in the playoffs last season, it seems like they’ve been pulled apart by the media, whether it has something to do with reality or not. A feud between Jimmy Butler and Derrick Rose? Their big men being traded? It’s all in a day’s work for the Bulls.
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NBA Rumors – Cleveland Cavaliers, Atlanta Hawks Best in the East Once Again
There’s no argument about the Cleveland Cavaliers being the best team in the Eastern Conference, with LeBron James being in decline or not. But who seems like the favorite to be their runner up in the regular season, and probably the playoffs as well? The Atlanta Hawks seem like a very good candidate.
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NBA Rumors – Golden State Warriors, Stephen Curry Only Need a Few Minutes
One of the most frustrating things about the Golden State Warriors and Stephen Curry is how only two or three minutes of good basketball from them turns an entire games around and finishes it. Frustrating to their opponents that is.
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NBA Rumors: Cleveland Cavaliers, LeBron James Over Their Mini-Crisis
For teams like the Cleveland Cavaliers, consecutive losses always mean some sort of crisis atmosphere, at least coming from the media. Their 101-97 win over the Phoenix Suns, a team with very different kinds of problems, helps pull them out of some troubled waters.
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NBA Rumors – Los Angeles Lakers, Philadelphia 76ers Don’t Know How to Rebuild
The two worst teams in the NBA this season and by quite a distance from any other underperforming team are the Philadelphia 76ers and the Los Angeles Lakers. Both have been terrible for quite some time, but they’re approaching their rebuilding/tanking purposes in different ways.
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NBA Rumors – Phoenix Suns, Jeff Hornacek Won’t Last the Crisis
It’s hard to call what’s happening to the Phoenix Suns anything but a complete collapse. Eric Bledsoe now being out for possibly the entire season is more bad news that makes Jeff Hornacek feel even more pressure, knowing that the day of him losing his job isn’t too far away.
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NBA Rumors – Chicago Bulls Expecting These Derrick Rose & Nikola Mirotic
The funny or maybe sad thing about the Chicago Bulls and their dependance on Derrick Rose is that it possibly was easier waiting for him to come back from injury than the wait for him to become a consistent, dominant point guard again, with the realization that it’s never going to happen still not completely sinking in.
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NBA Rumors – Cleveland Cavaliers Don’t Handle Christmas Disappointment Too Well
The Cleveland Cavaliers didn’t get a lot of time to bounce back from their loss to the Golden State Warriors on Christmas, so they completely fell apart a day later in Portland with a 29-point defeat against the Portland Trail Blazers, with two more games left to play on their Western tour.
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NBA Rumors – Cleveland Cavaliers, LeBron James Not Used to Seeing Everyone Healthy
The Cleveland Cavaliers didn’t have the easiest of time against the New York Knicks, but the relatively new notion of having the entire roster available with no injuries getting in the way is spreading some optimism and maybe even holiday cheer among the players.
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NBA Rumors – San Antonio Spurs Thriving Thanks to Kawhi Leonard
The San Antonio Spurs made some interesting changes and additions during the offseason in order to make another run at the NBA title. But the biggest reason for their success early this season has been the MVP-caliber play of Kawhi Leonard, no longer a promising, talented young player, but one of the best players in the league, period.