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Ricky Rubio & Kevin Love Hoping to Stay Healthy This Time
The Minnesota Timberwolves have been expecting to make the playoffs for the last couple of years, but it seems that injuries seem to keep getting in the way. Ricky Rubio and Kevin Love are starting a third season side by side, which might be the last if once again something goes wrong on the way to the postseason.
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NBA Players Most Likely to Be Traded in 2013-2014
Either being a misfit in the current system, too expensive to keep as teams keep shuffling to avoid the luxury tax or simply being a good player on a team that’s trying to rebuild with young and cheap newcomers, here are the 6 most likely to be traded NBA players during this season.
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Russell Westbrook Injury Means Kevin Durant is Under Too Much Pressure
Last season, the Oklahoma City Thunder were knocked out prematurely from the playoffs because of Russell Westbrook being injured, and Kevin Durant not being able to carry the team on his own. As the new NBA season approaches, at least the start of the year is going to look quite similar.
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Miami Heat – Greg Oden Practices For the First Time in 4 Years
In a low risk, potentially high-payoff move, the Miami Heat signed Greg Oden this season to give him the platform for his NBA comeback. As training camp for the 2013-2014 season begins, so does the former number one draft pick start his first practice sessions in over four years.
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Best Photos From Media Day Across the NBA
Before NBA teams actually begin training camps for the 2013-2014 season, each one has to step up in front of the cameras, microphones and fans on media day. Only after the necessary posing and formalities can they actually begin with their preseason preparations.
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Miami Heat – The Final Year of the Big Three?
There’s no way around the feeling that the incredibly successful project the Miami Heat undertook three years ago by creating the ‘Big Three’ as they added Chris Bosh and LeBron James to Dwyane Wade, isn’t going to last for much longer, and might be headed to the final season before the imminent breakup.
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Every Free Agency Comment LeBron James Makes Results in Wild Theories
There are three more years left on the contract LeBron James signed with the Miami Heat, but he can opt out of the deal next summer, creating the same kind of craziness there was around his potential free agent status three years ago, leading to the over analyzing of every thing he says about the subject.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Kobe Bryant Isn’t Changing Anytime Soon
The Los Angeles Lakers like to distinguish themselves from the rest of the NBA, by never thinking about taking a “year-off” in order to better prepare for the future. It’s always about the now, and nothing else. Kobe Bryant is perfect for the team in that respect, but his inability to change might be holding them back.
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NBA Rumors – Miami Heat Interested in Signing Roger Mason Jr.
Interested might be a strong word; open to the idea is a better description of the situation. The Miami Heat keep adding invitees to their training camp, including Roger Mason Jr., who had a small role to play for the New Orleans Pelicans last season, and will possibly add him to one of the final two spots on their roster.
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Indiana Pacers – Paul George Preparing for the Danny Granger Comeback
The Indiana Pacers are deeper than they were last season, but it’s going to take more than depth for them to take the next step, which means reaching the NBA finals. Maybe the most important change they’ll need for them to work out is Danny Granger returning, and having Paul George accommodate well to that “little” tweak.