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Oklahoma City Thunder – How Much Better Can Kevin Durant Get
The Oklahoma City Thunder were the favorites to beat the Miami Heat in the NBA finals, but failed after winning the first game. The reasons? More than one or two that can be pointed out, but one of them is Kevin Durant not taking his game to another level, like LeBron James did. If the Thunder want a title, that’s what they need from him this year.
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Kevin Durant & LeBron James – Playoff Rivals, Preseason Friends
In a few years time, the LeBron James – Kevin Durant duo might be one of the greatest individual rivalries in the history of the NBA, if we’ll get to see a few more Heat – Thunder Finals series. But there’s hatred or grudge off the court between these two, choosing to train together during the off season once again.
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Miami Heat – LeBron James to PF, Chris Bosh to Center
If it works, don’t try to fix it. Playing small-ball in the NBA Finals worked pretty well for the Miami Heat, who never really relied heavily on whoever has been playing center before the switch, which means LeBron James will continue to play as the team’s power forward while Chris Bosh continues his transition into a full time center.
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13 Most Hated NBA Players
Whether it’s by NBA fans in general or simply by other players around the league, some players are easier to hate and criticize than others, sometimes without any reason at all. Being a Lakers player makes you a prime candidate anytime – just ask Kobe Bryant, but LeBron James, Kevin Garnett and Russell Westbrook get their fair share of hatred and critique around every corner.
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LeBron James – Road To The 1st Ring
A week after winning Olympic gold, LeBron James finally has some time to rest, and it gives a bit of an opportunity to look back at his road to his first NBA title, which began as the most coveted high school basketball talents, since, well, forever, onto his years with the Cavaliers and the painful (for Cavs fans) departure to the Miami Heat, and the two NBA finals with one sad and eventually, a happy ending.
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LeBron James – Joining the Michael Jordan & Scottie Pippen Elite Club
With his second gold medal, LeBron James became one of fifteen NBA players to win the Olympic basketball tournament twice. More impressively, he joined a special and elite club that now only he, Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen are members in, of players who have the NBA title and the Olympic title in the same summer.
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NBA Players With 2 Olympic Gold Medals
The gold medal won by Team USA after a 8-0 sweep of the competition added Carmelo Anthony, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Chris Paul and Deron Williams to the list of NBA players who have won two Olympic gold medals, joining Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, David Robinson, Gary Payton, Patrick Ewing, Chris Mullin, Charles Barkley, Karl Malone, Jason Kidd and John Stockton.
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Kevin Durant Carries Dream Team to the Gold Medal (USA vs Spain)
For the second straight time, Spain made it very hard for the American team to touch that gold medal. Once again, the Americans had too much talent to overcome all of their problems throughout the game in the crucial fourth quarter moments, this time ’round being LeBron James and mostly Kevin Durant, scoring 30 points en route to his first Olympic gold medal.
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Miami Heat – Even Better than the Championship Season?
While LeBron James is clocking impossible triple doubles in the Olympic games (only second time it’s ever happened), the Miami Heat are slowly but surely getting ready for the new NBA Season, hopefully a third NBA final and in general a much better title defense campaign than the one from six years ago.
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London 2012 – Dream Team Can’t & Won’t Lose
After seeing Team USA make a laughing stock of Argentina, usually one of their tougher, in their 126-97 win, completing the group stage with a perfect 5-0 record, it’s pretty safe to say that the 2012 version of the Dream Team, with LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant and Carmelo Anthony won’t have any more problems on their way to the gold medal.