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Jeremy Lin Needs to Start Playing the Kemba Walker Basketball the Charlotte Hornets Love so Much
A game against the Phoenix Suns is an excellent opportunity for teams to pick up an easy win and for players who thrive against weak, unintelligent defenses, like Kemba Walker, to bulk up their stats. Is Jeremy Lin in the same category? Without a head coach willing to give him too many minutes or a big enough role, it doesn’t really matter.
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NBA Rumors – Houston Rockets Keep Getting Worse
The Houston Rockets might still make the NBA playoffs this season; they are still 8th in the West despite winning just four times in their last 13 games. But considering who they’re going to face in the first round of the playoffs if they actually make it, maybe it’s better to just go for the lottery pick and start doing some retooling instead of that feared word, rebuilding.
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NBA Rumors – Cleveland Cavaliers & Oklahoma City Thunder Fighting for Nothing
After three losses in four games, the Cleveland Cavaliers, with LeBron James this time, are back to winning. Following four losses in five games, the Oklahoma City Thunder tasted victory again. But does it matter? When at the end of the rainbow there’s a Golden State Warriors waiting, it sometimes feels all this is in vain.
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MLB Rumors: Reds & Brewers Still Trying to Trade-Dump Bruce and Lucroy
The Cincinnati Reds have been able to trade almost everyone they’ve wanted, except for Jay Bruce. But they’re not giving up. Neither are the Milwaukee Brewers, who are hoping to find a team to deal with for Jonathan Lucroy by the end of Spring Training.
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MLB Rumors – Washington Nationals & Texas Rangers Succeed While Ian Desmond Misses Out on a Lot of Money
One of the more interesting tales about knowing how to read the map of free agency is how Ian Desmond declined a big extension from the Washington Nationals, rejected the qualifying offer and then had to settle for a one-year deal worth almost half the money, signing with the Texas Rangers.
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NFL Rumors – Miami Dolphins & Los Angeles Rams Being Forced to Use the Franchise Tag
Unless something very surprising happens in the coming hours, both the Miami Dolphins (with Olivier Vernon) and the Los Angeles Rams (with Janoris Jenkins) are going to use the franchise tag, despite not really wanting to, in order to try and keep these two pretty unsatisfied players.
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NFL Rumors: Denver Broncos Having a So-So Re-Signing Period
The Denver Broncos had three contracts that were more important than anything to them heading into the offseason: Von Miller, Malik Jackson and Brock Osweiler. It hasn’t been easy getting any of those deals done so far.
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NBA Scores & Standings
A relatively uneventful Monday of NBA action had the Cleveland Cavaliers going back to their winning ways behind a LeBron James return. the Milwaukee Bucks scorching the Defense-less Houston Rockets and the Oklahoma City Thunder venting their frustrations against the Sacramento Kings.
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens Has a Little Philadelphia Eagles Easter Egg
Just like George R.R. Martin made some New York Giants, New England Patriots and Bill Belichick references in his A Song of Ice and Fire books, the Sound Editor on the latest Star Wars film, also incharge of inventing alien dialect, just had to insert players names from his favorite team into his bit, which means the Philadelphia Eagles will always be intertwined with the most successful movie ever made.
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NBA Rumors – Golden State Warriors Not Falling Apart, Despite Everyone Wanting Them Too
One of the problems with the Golden State Warriors is that the only reason to hate them is that they’re winning. Draymond Green might be a borderline negative personality at times for the media to riff on, but overall, unless you’re looking really hard, it’s hard to find a logical reason to dislike them.