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2 Narratives Heading Into the Play-in Tournament
As the NBA embarks on a possible evolution (for now, it’s an experiment) of its postseason format, the beginning of the 2021 NBA playoffs in the form of the 1st Play-in Tournament offers us 3 media/player narratives that will be shaped or destroyed in the next few days. Stephen Curry and the playoffs. When the […]
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LeBron James Post-China Drama is Still One Incredible Basketball Player
It’s easy to forget with all the political and economic drama the NBA is involved in since the infamous Daryl Morey tweet about the Hong Kong protests and China’s reaction to it all, that the league is actually about to start very soon. There are preseason games going on. Rookies getting their first real tastes […]
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Los Angeles Lakers – Michael Beasley’s Next Last Chance
With a one-year, $3.5 million, Michael Beasley joins the Los Angeles Lakers, re-teaming with LeBron James and making it his 7th stop in his NBA career, which began a decade ago and never lived up to the expectations created from his sensational fresham season in Manhattan playing for Kansas State.
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LeBron James Free Agency – Where Can he Sign?
Whether there’s a foundation of truth to it or not, LeBron James is the hot name in NBA circles right now (when isn’t he), with everyone trying to guess where he’ll end playing next season. Very few people believe he stays with the Cleveland Cavaliers.
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NBA: Focus on the Fun Things, Like Damian Lillard
One of the problems in a league that everyone seems to know how it’s going to end is maintaining interest during the regular season, which everyone thinks is too long. The solution for neutral fans, or those who support teams that aren’t gonna come close to winning anything in 2018, is to focus on the fun. You know, something that Damian Lillard is all about.
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Briante Weber Ejected for Friendly Trash-Talk With DeAndre Jordan
There’s no such thing as a friendly moment of trash talking in the NBA according to the officials, as Briante Weber of the Los Angeles Lakers learned in the preseason game against the Los Angeles Lakers.
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NBA Rumors: Despite Tampering Fine, Los Angeles Lakers Still Favorites to Sign Paul George in 2018
The NBA punished the Los Angeles Lakers for making comments regarding their interest in Paul George with a hefty tampering fine of $500,000. This doesn’t change the fact that they remain the favorites to sign the small forward, who will spend his contract year with the Oklahoma City Thunder.
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NBA Rumors: Lakers, Knicks, Bulls & Heat Interested in Dion Waiters
Last season was exactly the kind of year Dion Waiters needed to rebuild standing in the NBA. It’s not surprising to find him weighing offers from a number of teams, with the Miami Heat (who he played for last season), Los Angeles Lakers and New York Knicks all waiting to hear from him, while the Chicago Bulls are also hovering somewhere in the background.
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NBA Rumors: Los Angeles Lakers Might Finally be Able to Rule the City Again
Since Chris Paul became a Los Angeles Clipper in 2011, the Los Angeles Lakers have failed to finish above their city rivals, something that rarely happened during the Clippers stay in L.A. up to that point. And with Paul leaving the Clippers to the Houston Rockets while the Lakers seem to be trending upwards, it won’t be much of a surprise to see the old order restored in the city of Angels.
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NBA Rumors: Chicago Bulls & Indiana Pacers Considering Trading Away Their Biggest Stars
As we approach the final 24 hours before the trade deadline is behind us, the two biggest names that still to seem be on the board are Jimmy Butler of the Chicago Bulls and Paul George of the Indiana Pacers.