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NBA Rumors – Los Angeles Lakers, Byron Scott Destined to Keep on Failing
The Los Angeles Lakers are failing at giving their lottery draft pick the opportunity to experience mistakes in crunch time. Byron Scott says he’s about winning, not necessarily developing players, but he’s bad at both.
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NBA Rumors – Golden State Warriors Smarter, Better Coached Than the Los Angeles Clippers
The Golden State Warriors finally ran into a worthy opponent, but even the Los Angeles Clippers couldn’t stop the Dubs freight train from carrying on with its undefeated start to the season, this time doing it with guile and simply executing a better game plan in the final minutes, while the Clips had another late-game meltdown.
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NBA Rumors – San Antonio Spurs, LaMarcus Aldridge a Work in Progress
The San Antonio Spurs not scorching through their opponents and LaMarcus Aldridge settling in slower than some wanted him to with the new team doesn’t mean anything about what’s going to happen with this team once the real season, aka the NBA playoffs, begin.
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NBA Rumors: Oklahoma City Thunder, Kevin Durant Can’t Stop Russell Westbrook From Self-Destruction
The Oklahoma City Thunder were on their way to a home win against the Toronto Raptors, but then the fourth quarter arrived, Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook got back into the game to wrap things up, but then the Westbrook did what sometimes he can’t stop himself from doing: Ruin the game for his team.
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Charlotte Hornets – Jeremy Lin & the Opinions That Define Him
With the first win of the season out of the way for the Charlotte Hornets and Jeremy Lin, it’s a good opportunity to stop and think why there seems to be a big difference between opinions regarding Lin and his ability/potential between NBA fans and obviously the guys who are more important and influential when it comes to his career, his head coaches.
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NBA Rumors – Cleveland Cavaliers, LeBron James Succeed Through Frustration
What people will remember from the Cleveland Cavaliers beating the New York Knicks 96-86 is LeBron James ripping his sleeves and playing better for it, but there was the extra step the entire team took in the fourth quarter in order to do away with a pesky opponent.
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NFL Rumors – Cincinnati Bengals Hoping They Don’t Need Another Comeback
It’s hard to think of one thing the Cleveland Browns do better than the Cincinnati Bengals. But this is the NFL, and even an undefeated team needs to worry about something. Like the amount of time they’ve had to come from behind in order to win games this season.
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NFL Rumors – Seattle Seahawks Might be Having a Marshawn Lynch Problem
The Seattle Seahawks have come to rely on the running ability of Marshawn Lynch quite a lot over the last four or five seasons, but among their many problems, him slowing down might be a growing concern.
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NFL Rumors – St. Louis Rams Winning the Old Fashioned Way (Defense & Running)
It’s been a very long time since the St. Louis Rams have been in the playoff picture halfway through the season. They’re doing it with simple, smashmouth football. A great defense, and one unstoppable Todd Gurley at running back.
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NFL Rumors – Dallas Cowboys Can’t Get Caught Up in Tony Romo Practicing Again
Regardless of how good Tony Romo looks during practice, or simply the fact that he’s throwing the football again, the Dallas Cowboys can’t have him until November 22 in an actual game. It means Matt Cassel, or going back to Brandon Weeden, is the only way to stop this losing streak.