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Jared Greenberg: ‘Kings Can’t Trade Cousins For Fear Of Fan Backlash’
Despite what you’ve read or heard in the last 24 to 48 hours, DeMarcus Cousins will still be a Sacramento King after the NBA Draft on Thursday. That’s what NBA-TV analyst Jared Greenberg thinks, at...
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Pete Gillen: ‘Lakers Can’t Pass On Okafor’
Forget what you’ve heard about D’Angelo Russell, forget you’ve heard about Kristaps Porzingis, and forget what you’ve heard about possibly trading the pick. The Los Angeles Lakers are going to take...
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Vincent Bonsignore: ‘Russell Pick Makes Lakers More Attractive To Aldridge’
Seemingly everyone thought the Los Angeles Lakers would take Jahlil Okafor with the second overall pick in the NBA Draft on Thursday. Well, seemingly everyone was wrong. As it turned out, the Lakers...
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DA: Phil Makes Knicks Fans See Red, Not Zen
The video of the young Knick fan crying and booing at the NBA Draft last night is perfect. It’s short and visceral and hysterical, perfect for going viral. It’s also completely accurate of how most New...
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Ken Berger: ‘A Foregone Conclusion Aldridge Leaves Blazers’
Ken Berger typically doesn’t like jumping to conclusions, but he feels pretty good about this one. LaMarcus Aldridge, who has spent all nine of his NBA seasons in Portland, has likely donned a Trail...
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Sam Amico: ‘Kevin Love Will Sign Back With The Cavs’
Kevin Love has said that he will return to the Cleveland Cavaliers next season, but a lot of athletes say a lot of things that don’t always come true, either intentionally or unintentionally. So while...
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Ethan Skolnick: ‘Knicks Can’t Sell Tradition Like The Lakers Can’
The New York Knicks and Los Angeles Lakers are two of the most storied franchises in NBA history. They were also two of the worst teams in the league last year. The Knicks went 17-65 and finished last...
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Hector Ledesma: ‘Popovich Guaranteed Aldridge He Will Coach At Least Five...
The Los Angeles Lakers, as we all know, failed in their sales pitch to LaMarcus Aldridge. Twice. The San Antonio Spurs did not. Aldridge, the big fish in this year’s free-agent pond, signed a max...
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Howard Beck: ‘Clippers Are Done As Western Conference Title Contenders’
While the Dallas Mavericks are elated to have added DeAndre Jordan this offseason, the Los Angeles Clippers have to be sick to their stomachs that they lost him. Jordan is the best defensive big man in...
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Bill Michaels: ‘Uneducated Masses Of Media Have Presented Bucks Arena...
There was so much optimism in Milwaukee this season. The Bucks made the playoffs with a young team, they had solid players who could develop into really good ones, and the future looked bright. Only...
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Celtics Reporter: Players Happy Isaiah Thomas Gets All Star Game Nod
Isaiah Thomas, one of the most underrated players in the NBA, is finally getting his due. The Boston Celtics point guard, who is averaging 21.5 points and 6.6 assists per game, has been named an...
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DA: The Top 5 NBA Teams of the Last 30 Years
At an obscene 52-5 (.912) through Friday, the Warriors are blowing apart history with the vigor of gale force winds. So where do the Dubs rank? There’s still playoff basketball left (a different...
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Jared Greenberg Says Kobe’s Final Game Not In Same Stratosphere As Warriors
Kobe Bryant gave us one final, lasting memory Wednesday night, dropping 60 points on the Utah Jazz in a 101-96 Lakers win. It wasn’t the best game of Bryant’s career, but it had to be the best final...
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DA: Kobe’s Transformed Public Persona More Impressive Than 60
History will fondly remember the dramatic 60 points Kobe Bryant scored in his final game, a flurry of 50 shots from all over the court. History will replay his deep jumper from the right side, down...
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DA: Duncan Was A Rockwell Painting on Snapchat
For twenty years Tim Duncan has been perfectly comfortable in an increasingly uncomfortable world. The Big Fundamental was one of the greatest players in a swagger-soaked sport, playing in most of the...
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Spurs Reporter: Best Offseason Situation They’ve Been In Since 2003
Given that the Spurs were exposed in the second-round of the playoffs and that Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili are likely retiring, it’d be easy to think that dark days are ahead in San Antonio. Well, not...
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Matt Moore: Several Execs Would Prefer #2 Pick In Draft
Technically, the Philadelphia 76ers won the NBA Draft Lottery on Tuesday, but the Los Angeles Lakers may have been the real winners. That’s because the Lakers, who received the No. 2 pick, don’t have...
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DA: Old Guys Criticism of the NBA Doesn’t Hold Up
Gary Payton’s argument is staggered and frenetic, the same way he played. One of the greatest defensive players in the league’s history has gone on the offensive about the MVP voting, and it’s...
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Scot Pollard: Warriors Have Cheat Code
As we’ve seen – and heard – more than a handful of times this season, the Golden State Warriors’ style of play is not for everyone. Some people dislike, even hate, the pop-a-shot manner in which Golden...
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Cavs Writer: LeBron Bothered By Curry’s Popularity
Intellectually, the Cleveland Cavaliers probably would have preferred to play the Oklahoma City Thunder in the NBA Finals. After all, they’ve had great success against the Thunder and they would have...
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