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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 Players Who Have Averaged 20 Points & 10 Assists In a Season
Looking back at statistical achievements in NBA history always sheds some light on interesting things. In this occasion, we focus on players with seasons in which they’ve averaged 20 points and 10 assists per game. Turns out only 11 have been able to do it. Out of the soccer team of talented point guards, only five have been able to do it more than once: Magic Johnson, Oscar Robertson, Kevin Johnson, Chris Paul and Isaiah Thomas.
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Top 10 NBA Finals Game Winners & Buzzer Beaters
With the 2015 NBA Finals set to start, it’s a good time to remember the most memorable shots in Finals history, including Michael Jordan and two other Chicago Bulls players winning championships at the last second, Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar with clutch hook shots and Garfield Heard with “the shot heard ’round the world”.
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Oldest NBA Players With a Triple Double
Early on in the 2014-2015 NBA Season, we’ve seen two dinosaurs of the game record triple doubles, something you don’t really expect from old and falling apart players. However, Tim Duncan and Kobe Bryant are special, putting themselves among a select few to get that 10-10-10 mark (or better) past the age of 36, joining the likes of Karl Malone, Magic Johnson and Jason Kidd among others.
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Los Angeles Clippers – Donald Sterling No More
It’s going to be complicated and difficult actually taking the franchise away from Donald Sterling, but his punishment delivered by Adam Silver means he has lost the Los Angeles Clippers. It might take some time, but eventually, it seems that everyone’s goal of taking the franchise away from him by forcing him to sell it will become a reality.
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Donald Sterling Scandal – Mark Cuban Smart, Mark Jackson Opportunistic
Until we get a verdict from Adam Silver on the whole Donald Sterling case, reactions from owners, players, coaches and anyone who has something to do with the Los Angeles Clippers and the NBA in general, are what we have to live on. Like Mark Cuban saying some smart things about how all of this should end, while Mark Jackson is mostly trying to give his team some sort of advantage in the playoff series.
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NBA Stars When They Were Kids
Those NBA stars making millions of dollars, winning NBA titles and MVP awards and deciding the fates of franchises? They all were kids once, including living legends like Michael Jordan and Magic Johsnon, or even someone known for being a destructive force of nature like Shaquille O’Neal and still active LeBron James.
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Players With Regular Season & NBA Finals MVP at the Same Time
By winning the NBA title, regular season MVP and NBA Finals MVP for a second consecutive time, LeBron James became one of the few players to win the awards in the same season more than once, joining Michael Jordan and Larry Bird, while Willis Reed, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson, Hakeem Olajuwon, Shaquille O’Neal and Tim Duncan did it once as well.
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Number One NBA Draft Picks Don’t Win NBA Championships
When you get that phone call during the NBA draft and realize you’re a number one pick, you might also get used to the fact that there isn’t much of a chance you’ll be winning the NBA title anytime soon, as only 8 of the last 35 number one draft picks went on to win a championship in their career, with LeBron James & the Miami Heat being the latest team to accomplish that feat.