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NBA Rumors: Cleveland Cavaliers & Minnesota Timberwolves Interested in Signing Norris Cole
Surprisingly still without a team this close to the beginning of NBA training camps, Norris Cole does has some options. After player for the New Orleans Pelicans this last season and a half, he might end up joining the Cleveland Cavaliers or Minnesota Timberwolves.
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Miami Heat – A Very Good Start to a New Era
No more big three, and it’s fine. Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade did very well without another big star to help them out, leading the Miami Heat to a 107-95 win over the Washington Wizards, getting some significant contribution from Norris Cole, who feels right at home with his new role as the starting point guard.
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Celtics Over Heat – Rajon Rondo Enjoying the LeBron James Absence
The Boston Celtics aren’t a very good team, but once in a while they can do a bit better than everyone expects of them, as Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh weren’t enough to carry the Miami Heat through a game without LeBron James, while Rajon Rondo looked like a point guard worth keeping for the future.
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Miami Heat – Big Three Like They’re Supposed to Be
When the Miami Heat built the big three concept and assembled it, this is what they had in mind. LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh all scored in the 20’s, leading the NBA champions to a 114-107 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers that somehow got a lot more complicated than it should have been.
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Miami Heat – LeBron James Gives His Bench the Credit
The Miami Heat needed some time to get into championship shooting form on their opening night of the 2013-2014 NBA season, but even without an outstanding performance from either LeBron James or Dwyane Wade, they had enough outside shooting and ball movement, courtesy of Ray Allen and Shane Battier, to make it out of the opening game with plenty of reasons to smile about.
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Miami Heat – LeBron James Needs Erik Spoelstra More Than Ever
No more excuses, and no more losses. The Miami Heat are on the verge of leaving the NBA finals empty handed for a second time in three seasons, and if there was ever a time for LeBron James to not only rise and bring out his absolute best but to get the same from his coach, Erik Spoelstra, it’s now.
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Miami Heat – LeBron James Finds Answers by Lowering His Head and Grinding it Out
It’s been well established that for LeBron James and the Miami Heat to succeed in the playoffs and win NBA titles (which they’ve already done once), they won’t be able to turn away from winning by scoring in the paint. Dwyane Wade only started helping in the fourth quarter, but it was enough to put a lid on the Eastern conference semifinals series, closing it out in five games, as the big three advance to their third conference finals in three years.
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Miami Heat – Chris Bosh Makes Life Easy for LeBron James
It’s true that almost nothing good ever happens for the Miami Heat without LeBron James being involved, but there’s more to this team than just the MVP. Chris Bosh usually takes less of what he used to in the offensive game, but when he does make the most of the opportunities and take the chances that are given to him, the Heat are much better for it.
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Miami Heat – The Turn of Dwyane Wade to Step Up
It’s not always about LeBron James when it comes to the Miami Heat. Dwyane Wade might be playing second fiddle in this show, but he can take the lead once in a while, which doesn’t make the NBA champions any less of a team. In a game in which they needed a little bit of a different spark, Wade was the one to provide it as they took a 2-0 in their first round series.
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Miami Heat – LeBron James Makes the NBA Look Unfair Sometimes
When LeBron James is this good, you really do wonder if there is any parity at all in the NBA, as he didn’t even need Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade, instead getting a bit of scoring help from Norris Cole and Ray Allen, but not too much, as the Miami Heat continued their late-season cruise towards securing home court advantage all through the playoffs.