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Los Angeles Lakers – Jeremy Lin Deserved the Starting Job a Long Time Ago
For some reason, it took Byron Scott way too long to announce Jeremy Lin will be the starting point guard for the Los Angeles Lakers this season, or at least for the opening game before things get re-evaluated.
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San Antonio Spurs, Repeat Champions – It’s Now or Never
Five time NBA champions, but never back to back. The San Antonio Spurs enter the 2014-2015 season as the defending title holders, as the growing, evolving and improving core around Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili, orchestrated by Gregg Popovich, will try to finally accomplish the one thing that’s avoided the most successful NBA franchise in the last 15 years.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Jeremy Lin With His Best of the Preseason
The Los Angeles Lakers lost (again), playing their last preseason game, 92-93 to the Sacramento Kings. Jeremy Lin once again came off the bench, and was the best player on the court excluding DeMarcus Cousins. Unless Kobe Bryant tries to steal the show too much during the season, Lin is likely to have more games like this very soon.
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Chicago Bulls – Can Win the NBA Championship, But Will They?
The Chicago Bulls aren’t giving up on building a championship team around Derrick Rose. The addition of Pau Gasol to the improving Joakim Noah, Taj Gibson and Jimmy Butler make for the best supporting cast assembled around the former MVP since he won the award. Now all that’s left is actually staying healthy and carrying on his preseason form into the NBA’s regular season.
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NBA Rumors – Cleveland Cavaliers Starting With Anderson Varejao
Earlier in the preseason, it was reported that the Cleveland Cavaliers are going to start Tristan Thompson in the lineup while Anderson Varejao comes off the bench. After a few preseason games, things have changed, and the Brazilian center will once again be part of the starting five, probably due to his familiarity with LeBron James.
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NBA Season Predictions: Which Team Will Win the Championship?
The 2014-2015 NBA season is about to begin, and the title contenders are easy to spot: The defending champions, the San Antonio Spurs will duke it out in the West with the Oklahoma City Thunder and Los Angeles Clippers, while the Eastern conference will be decided once the dust settles from the skirmishes between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Chicago Bulls.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Jeremy Lin Taking Over, Steve Nash Close to Retiring
It should come as a surprise to no one that Steve Nash is out for the season with back problems again. This means Jeremy Lin, as he deserves, will be the starting point guard for the Los Angeles Lakers, and for one of the best point guards in the history of the game to announce his retirement very soon.
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10 Oldest NBA Players Heading Into the 2014-2015 Season
A new NBA season begins with five new faces on the list of the 10 oldest players in the league, joining those who are quite used to this distinction of being elderly – Vince Carter, Kevin Garnett, Tim Duncan, Andre Miller and Steve Nash.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Jeremy Lin & Julius Randle Will be Very Fun to Watch
The Los Angeles Lakers beating the Portland Trail Blazers in a preseason game doesn’t say anything about the usefulness of Kobe Bryant in the setup, but it did provide another example of just how good it is for them to have Jeremy Lin on the floor, especially when teaming him up with Julius Randle at the same time.
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Golden State Warriors – Misleadingly Good in the Preseason
Without Chris Paul and Blake Griffin on the floor, there was nothing surprising about seeing the Golden State Warriors beat the Los Angeles Clippers 125-107 in a preseason game, led by Stephen Curry, completing four-for-four in preseason games against teams from the city of angels.