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NBA Rumors – Charlotte Hornets Taking Their Time With Frank Kaminsky
When the Charlotte Hornets drafted Frank Kaminsky as the ninth overall pick of the 2015 NBA Draft, one of the reasons was him being one of the more NBA-ready players in the draft class. A few months later, and he’s playing nine minutes per game.
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NBA Rumors – Sacramento Kings Can’t Afford to Fire Another Head Coach
The Sacramento Kings haven’t made the playoffs in nearly a decade. High expectations to start the last couple of seasons resulted in a very early reality check of where they stand, but once again firing their head coach (George Karl this time) seems counterproductive, even if things don’t look great now.
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NBA Rumors – Los Angeles Lakers, Byron Scott Ruining D’Angelo Russell
A bad rookie season doesn’t predict a bad NBA career, but it’s interesting to see a head coach almost purposely sabotage a player’s starting career, as the Los Angeles Lakers, through their brilliant head coach Byron Scott seem to be putting hurdles in front of D’Angelo Russell instead of helping him develop as their point guard for the foreseeable future.
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BA Rumors – Oklahoma City Thunder, Kevin Durant Show Washington Wizards They Don’t Care About Them
The Oklahoma City Thunder did beat the Washington Wizards 125-101 as if to show Kevin Durant what he’d be missing if he leaves, but an injury to the one-time MVP might make this blowout victory less than worth it.
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NBA Rumors – Cleveland Cavaliers, LeBron James Not Running Into Any Difficulties
The way the Cleveland Cavaliers have been coasting to the franchise’s best start in almost 30 years is incredible considering how the same team struggled so badly in the early goings last year. LeBron James is getting plenty of help from Kevin Love and Mo Williams, making the whole Kyrie Irving & Iman Shumpert injury seem miniscule at this point.
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NBA Rumors – Golden State Warriors Unstoppable Even When Stephen Curry Isn’t
It’s getting boring, or annoying, have your pick, to watch the Golden State Warriors. It’s simply not fair! The Detroit Pistons hold him to his worst night of the season, and the NBA champions still win by 14 points.
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NBA Rumors – Chicago Bulls Still Don’t Know Who They Are
A weird thing about the Chicago Bulls: Exactly the same team in terms of players with only one rookie addition, but a head coaching change makes things very different from a broader look, and it seems the team is still going through the motions trying to figure out where this is going.
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NBA Rumors – Indiana Pacers, Paul George Getting Surprising Help from George Hill
After a few seasons of being good and predictable, the Indiana Pacers sorta bottomed out last season and sorta hit the reset button. Paul George is back, which helps a lot after missing him for most of last season. But the changes made have also allowed George Hill to step up, maybe an addition that Frank Vogel and Larry Bird didn’t expect.
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NBA Rumors – Detroit Pistons, Andre Drummond Finally Putting Things Together
The Detroit Pistons are one of the hottest teams in the first couple of weeks in this NBA season, led by Andre Drummond, dominating like no other big man in the league, and putting up some impressive numbers that haven’t been seen in some time.
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NBA Rumors – Los Angeles Lakers, Kobe Bryant Keep Sinking to New Depths
A lot was made of Kobe Bryant playing his (possibly) final game at the Madison Square Garden. If this season was going to be about the Los Angeles Lakers giving him a farewell tour instead of actually trying to improve as a team and build something for the future, they should have told us earlier.