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• Celtics Notes: Centers, Horford, Kornet, Tatum, Draft
The Celtics should be in the market for center help this summer, Brian Robb of MassLive states in a mailbag column. Kristaps Porzingis is a prime candidate to be traded because of his $30.7MM salary for next season, while Al Horford and Luke Kornet are both headed to free agency. There’s no guarantee that Horford, […]...2025
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• NBA Insider Predicts Celtics Veteran Al Horford Could Sign With Major Contender Amid Free Agency Rumors
The Boston Celtics are among the few teams that prefer to maintain their current roster rather than turn it inside out. Until recently, fans loved their strong strategy, especially after winning the NBA championship in 2024. However, after falling short as defending champions this season, they began questioning the franchise’s direction. Amid all this, ESPN’s […]...2025
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• Celtics player spotlight: What does the future hold for Al Horford?
What does Al Horford's Celtics future look like? Let's analyze his 2024-25 season and how he might fit into the lineup for 2025-26....2025
• New York Knicks Free Agency Rumors: Al Horford Named Top Candidate
Speaking on a recent episode of ESPN’s “Hoop Collective” podcast, senior reporter Tim Bontemps suggested that Boston Celtics veteran center Al Horford could consider joining the New York Knicks this offseason since the five-time All-Star is a longtime buddy of Knicks big man Karl-Anthony Towns. “Al Horford is a free agent,” said Bontemps. “I don’t […] The post New York Knicks Free Agen...2025
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• Should the Warriors, Celtics, Cavs and Nuggets blow it up? Or continue to build?

Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images. Graphic by Anton Tabuena Let’s chart the biggest issues and likely next steps for the NBA teams that faced an early exit in the 2025 Playoffs. The last three teams to win NBA championships have all been eliminated early in the 2025 Playoffs. Joining them is a top-seeded title favorite, who despite their improvements and massive spending, only managed one w...2025
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• There's nothing left for Al Horford to prove

He will be 39 years old next season and is expected to decide whether to retire or keep playing in the coming weeks....2025

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• Celtics' Brown, Horford Led Crucial Team Meeting Before Game 5; Tatum Also Sent Encouraging Message

The Boston Celtics responded to both the loss of Jayson Tatum and the challenge of facing a 3-1 deficit by defeating the New York Knicks by a final score of 127-102 in Game 5. After losing Tatum to a ruptured Achilles in Game 4 on Monday, the Celtics held a team meeting between games on Tuesday. "They had a team meeting on Tuesday," said Brian Windhorst on Wednesday evening's Sports Center. "Befor...2025
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• How Jaylen and Horford rallied Celtics' locker room after Tatum's injury
Jaylen Brown and Al Horford stepped up to help get the Celtics in the right mindset entering Game 5 after Jayson Tatum's devastating injury....2025
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• Jaylen Brown On Jayson Tatum Injury: 'I've Got No Words Right Now'

Al Horford and Jaylen Brown expressed their concern for Jayson Tatum after he was carried off the floor with a right leg injury in the fourth quarter of the Boston Celtics' 121-113 loss to the New York Knicks in Game 4. "I mean, at this point, I'm concerned about Jayson," said Horford after the game. "That's the most important to me. ... The game stuff, we'll address it. But I'm just hoping that h...2025
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• Kenny Atkinson is the perfect coach for this Cavs moment

Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images Kenny Atkinson’s long basketball journey led him to the perfect place with this year’s Cavaliers. The day Kenny Atkinson was fired the Nets beat the shit out of the Spurs, 139-120. It was March 6, 2020. Brooklyn stood at 28-34 with 20 games left in the season (or so they thought), a playoff team in the East, respectable when you consider their recently si...2025
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• Jrue Holiday 'Did Everything' In Celtics Practices

Boston Celtics guard Jrue Holiday appears to be tending in the right direction with his strained hamstring. Holiday took part in practices this week, leading up to the Celtics opening their second round series against the New York Knicks on Monday. "He was able to do everything that we worked on. Getting better every day," Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla said about Holiday's participation this week. Ho...2025
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• Al Horford calls out Magic player over Jayson Tatum's injury

Jayson Tatum suffered an injury on a hard foul during Game 1 of the Boston Celtics' opening-round playoff series against the Orlando Magic on Sunday, and Al Horford does not seem happy about the situation....2025
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• NBA Playoffs teams ranked by their 2025 championship chances

Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images Ranking every 2025 NBA Playoffs team by their chances to win it all The 2025 NBA Playoffs are here with three big favorites and a pool of contenders ready to play the spoiler. The Boston Celtics are trying to become the league’s first back-to-back champion since the 2017-2018 Golden State Warriors. Boston ran over the league on their way t...2025
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• Daryl Morey throws AI under the bus for terrible Sixers season

No, not that AI. Artificial Intelligence, not Allen Iverson. | Photo by David Dow/NBAE via Getty Images The Sixers giving computers a vote on their personnel moves actually sort of explains their cursed season. There have been a lot of memorable AIs in Philadelphia 76ers history, from Allen Iverson, to Andre Iguodala, to Al Horford if you used an uppercase “I” in a typo instead of a lower...2025
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• 6 NBA teams who can win the 2025 Finals, ranked by their championship chances

Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images Only a handful of teams can realistically win the 2025 NBA championship. Let’s rank ‘em. The NBA is in its parity era, and it’s made the race of the championship more wide open than it’s been at any point in the league’s existence. NBA history is littered with dynasties, but those days might be over: no team has won back-to-back championships since Kevin ...2025
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• NBA Playoffs teams ranked by their 2025 championship chances
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• Erik Spoelstra is the Heat’s biggest cheat code in NBA Finals
Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images Erik Spoestra can’t lose. If you forced me to define what I think makes a good coach in this modern league, my answer would be “Rigid flexibility”. It’s a paradox that demands being able to hold two things in your head at the same time, to understand two conflicting ideas can be true. If you’re too dogmatic, you live and die by the same double-edged s...2023
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• Jae Crowder's Mixed Feelings About Boston Celtics Fans Should Be Mutual
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• DeMarcus Cousins Confronts Reporter over Column on Nightclub Incident
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• Deng, D-Wade, Understand Derrick Rose's Plight, and the Price Paid for Playing
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"What does the future hold for Al Horford?"

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"Men’s college basketball hasn’t seen a program win back-to-back national championships since Joakim Noah, Al Horford, and the Florida Gators accomplished the task in 2006-2007."

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"Marcus Smart began the possession guarding the 280-pound Joel Embiid and ended it by leaping over teammate Al Horford to pounce on a loose ball."

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"Celtics' Al Horford agrees to two-year, $20 million contract extension"

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"When the Sixers swapped Al Horford for Danny Green on draft night 2020, there were more positives than getting off Horford’s massive contract."

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"Could the Philadelphia 76ers and Detroit Pistons entertain a Blake Griffin for Al Horford trade?"

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"The Sixers may be without big men Joel Embiid and Al Horford against the Nets on Sunday night."

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"Spurs forward LaMarcus Aldridge was the last player chosen by Team LeBron, and Celtics forward Al Horford was the last pick by Team Stephen"

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"The post WATCH: Markieff Morris Confronts Al Horford Prior to Game 2 appeared first on SLAMonline."

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"But throughout the playoffs, the Australian point guard was at the center of several controversial plays involving Kyle Korver, Al Horford and Taj Gibson."

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" Beyond LBJ, the Atlanta Hawks' Al Horford, the Charlotte Hornets' Al Jefferson and the Bulls' Joakim Noah are all slated to be unrestricted free agents, while Dwight Howard has an early termination option with the Houston Rockets."

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• Celtics Notes: Centers, Horford, Kornet, Tatum, Draft
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• New York Knicks Free Agency Rumors: Al Horford Named Top Candidate
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• Should the Warriors, Celtics, Cavs and Nuggets blow it up? Or continue to build?
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• Al Horford Will Take Time To Decide On NBA Future

Major changes are expected for the Celtics this summer, and speculation has already started about whether they’ll include Al Horford‘s retirement, writes Jay King of The Athletic. Horford, who will turn 39 next month, is headed for free agency after the expiration of the two-year contract he signed in 2023. He has been a fixture […]...2025
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• Al Horford Will Take Time With Family Before Deciding On Future

Boston Celtics big man Al Horford is set to be an unrestricted free agent this offseason. After previously saying he didn't plan to retire, Horford said at this exit interview that "it's too soon" to talk about his future. The veteran center said he'd take some time with his wife and kids to talk about his future. Horford added that there's "still a lot for me to process" in the wake of the Celtic...2025
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• Kenny Atkinson is the perfect coach for this Cavs moment
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• Daryl Morey Has No Regrets About Trading Pick To Move Al Horford Contract

Philadelphia 76ers president of basketball operations Daryl Morey isn't afraid to look back at past moves he's made with a critical eye. Next week, Morey's Sixers could lose their first-round pick in the 2025 NBA Draft if they have some lottery luck go against them. Still Morey doesn't regret moving that top-six protected pick to the Oklahoma City Thunder to get off Al Horford's contract in 2020. ...2025
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• Daryl Morey throws AI under the bus for terrible Sixers season
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• What Teams Got In Return For Their Traded 2025 Draft Picks

The origins of 2025's most valuable draft picks - the ones that could turn into top-10 selections - are pretty widely known. It's no secret that the Spurs control Atlanta's first-rounder because of their Dejounte Murray trade or that the top-six protected pick the Sixers owe the Thunder stems from an Al Horford salary dump. […]...2025
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• Should the Warriors, Celtics, Cavs and Nuggets blow it up? Or continue to build?
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• Celtics' Brown, Horford Led Crucial Team Meeting Before Game 5; Tatum Also Sent Encouraging Message
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• Jaylen Brown Says Celtics Didn't Want To 'Go Out Like That' After Game 5 Win
The Boston Celtics beat the New York Knicks 127-102 in Game 5 to send the series back to Madison Square Garden on Wednesday night. "We didn't want to go out like that," said Jaylen Brown after the game. "We didn't want to make no excuses. We didn't want to come out and give up or just turn the season into what everybody else probably would expect." Brown finished the game with 26 points, 12 assist...2025
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• Jaylen Brown On Jayson Tatum Injury: 'I've Got No Words Right Now'
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• Kenny Atkinson is the perfect coach for this Cavs moment
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• Celts hail 'old reliable' Horford after rivalry win
Al Horford played 37 minutes -- his second-highest total of the season -- and put up 14 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists, all while being relentlessly hunted by the Lakers throughout what became a 111-101 Celtics victory Saturday night....2025
• 6 NBA teams who can win the 2025 Finals, ranked by their championship chances
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• Opponents deem Celtics one of the “most unselfish teams” in sports — here’s why

Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images JB Bickerstaff, Erik Spoelstra, and Doc Rivers are just a few of the NBA coaches struck by how a star-studded Celtics squad has embraced selfless basketball. BOSTON — Just how unselfish are the Boston Celtics? The standard numbers don’t pop out. The Celtics average 26 assists per game — good for 14th in the NBA. And only the Clippers have...2024
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• The Celtics aren’t spectacular. That’s just the way they like it.

Photo by Winslow Townson/Getty Images The Celtics fittingly snapped the Cavaliers' undefeated start to the NBA season with a three-point barrage — but don’t call it a statement win. TD GARDEN — Joe Mazzulla wasn’t going to overplay the significance of the Celtics’ 120-117 win over the previously undefeated Cleveland Cavaliers. “To me, I care more about, can we do it again in 72 hours?” s...2024
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• Al Horford Will Take Time With Family Before Deciding On Future
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• Jaylen Brown On Jayson Tatum Injury: 'I've Got No Words Right Now'
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• Kenny Atkinson is the perfect coach for this Cavs moment
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• Ageless Al Horford adds to his legend with Game 4 block party vs. Magic

Another playoff game, another Al Horford defensive masterclass. Chris Forsberg breaks down the Celtics veteran's latest turn-back-the-clock moment....2025
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• The Magic should go all-in at the NBA trade deadline, and there is 1 perfect target

Mike Watters-Imagn Images With an awesome team already and nearly all their own assets available to upgrade it, the Orlando Magic are ready to win now. The Orlando Magic should be on the cusp of something special. Before his oblique injury, Paolo Banchero looked like the next thing. And then before his own oblique injury, Franz Wagner looked like the next-next thing. Jalen Suggs might be t...2025
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• Opponents deem Celtics one of the “most unselfish teams” in sports — here’s why
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• 10 NBA takeaways after 10 games of the season, starring Nikola Jokic, Celtics, Knicks, and more

Photo by Cole Burston/Getty Images Here are our 10 biggest takeaways from the new NBA season so far. The 2024-25 NBA season is underway, and it’s already proven to be full of surprises. The Philadelphia 76ers and Milwaukee Bucks were supposed to be fringe championship contenders, but so far both are among the worst teams in the league. The Dallas Mavericks and Minnesota Timberwolves were s...2024
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• Joe Mazzulla and the Celtics have created a relentless culture of winning

Photo by Brian Babineau/NBAE via Getty Images Regardless of who has been on the floor, the defending champions have fittingly been the best team this preseason. BOSTON – Every now and then, confetti still falls from the rafters at TD Garden. In a Saturday night Celtics thrashing, a small piece of paper landed on Derrick White’s head. On Sunday, a few pieces were collected by an excited cou...2024
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• Is a New York Liberty championship as inevitable as a Celtics title was?

Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images Sabrina Ionescu and Breanna Stewart have powered a historically dominant team all year — do the Minnesota Lynx have a chance? BROOKLYN — To say that the New York Liberty dominated the WNBA season is a massive understatement. They finished the season with a 32-8 record, winning games by an average margin of 9.2 points. They boasted two win streaks of 8 ga...2024
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• Celtics' Al Horford receives Dominican Republic's highest honor

This past week, the 38-year-old brought the Larry O'Brien Trophy to the island nation, thinking he was just there to celebrate the occasion with his family and friends. However, he was in for a surprise....2024

• Kevin Durant's Return Is Just What The NBA Needs In 2015-16
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• NBA Players and Coaches Vote Matthew Dellavedova Dirtiest Player in the League
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• Entire Atlanta Hawks Starting 5 Named NBA January Players of the Month in East
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• DeAndre Jordan Proving Los Angeles Clippers Do, in Fact, Have a Big 3
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• Kevin Durant Rumors: Clippers Reportedly Informed Star Won't Sign with Team
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• After All the Conjecture, Playoffs Will Reveal What Matters Most to Kevin Love
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• NBA Insider: Iceman to Klay Thompson: Nice Shooting, Kid, but Record Still Mine
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• Al Horford Ejected from Game 3 for Flagrant-2 Foul on Matthew Dellavedova
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• Fantasy basketball 30: Al Horford turns back the clock, Ja Morant makes the leap

All the latest fantasy basketball news, buzz and trade rumors from around the NBA, including the impressive play by Al Horford and Ja Morant....2021
• Jerami Grant might be the most undervalued player in fantasy basketball
The fantasy basketball season is well underway and Hoops Rumors wants to help you make the playoffs in your season-long leagues as well as take down the competition in daily fantasy. Here are some observations and notes from around the league: The Undervalued Jerami Grant The list of players who are shooting at least 52.0% from the field while adding at least one block and one 3-pointer made per g...2019
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• Hawks Becoming Spurs of Eastern Conference and Tuesday NBA Takeaways
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• Do Atlanta Hawks Need a Trade to Fix Broken Bench?
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• Toronto Raptors 2014-15 Season Preview: Roster Breakdown, Win-Loss Prediction
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• Celtics player spotlight: What does the future hold for Al Horford?
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• Celtics' Brown, Horford Led Crucial Team Meeting Before Game 5; Tatum Also Sent Encouraging Message
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• Al Horford Would Like To Re-Sign With Celtics
As Brian Windorst of ESPN.com writes, the defending-champion Celtics were always going to be faced with difficult financial decisions this offseason no matter how they fared in the playoffs. But if they’re unable to dig themselves out of the 0-2 hole they find themselves in after unexpectedly blowing a pair of 20-point second-half leads, then […]...2025
• Kenny Atkinson is the perfect coach for this Cavs moment
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• Three best NBA player props, odds for Wednesday, May 7: Use Al Horford, Chet Holmgren in NBA Playoff picks

SportsLine's computer model has revealed three free NBA prop picks for Wednesday's games in the 2025 NBA playoffs after evaluating the latest NBA odds...2025
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• Daryl Morey Has No Regrets About Trading Pick To Move Al Horford Contract
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• Ageless Al Horford adds to his legend with Game 4 block party vs. Magic
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• Al Horford calls out Magic player over Jayson Tatum's injury
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• Should the Warriors, Celtics, Cavs and Nuggets blow it up? Or continue to build?
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• Al Horford Will Take Time To Decide On NBA Future
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• Kenny Atkinson is the perfect coach for this Cavs moment
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• The Celtics aren’t spectacular. That’s just the way they like it.
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• 10 NBA takeaways after 10 games of the season, starring Nikola Jokic, Celtics, Knicks, and more
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• 2024 men’s Final Four features a quartet of sensational storylines

Photo by Nicholas Muller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images While the spreads are high, the storylines for this year’s men’s Final Four are as stellar as ever. With UConn favored to beat Alabama by 11.5 and Purdue a 9-point favorite over NC State, the 2024 men’s Final Four is dangerously close to being the first in the history of the tournament to feature double-digit spreads in bot...2024
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• UConn’s road losing streak to ranked teams is men’s college basketball’s weirdest skid

Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images UConn men’s basketball can do anything but beat a good team on the road. Men’s college basketball hasn’t seen a program win back-to-back national championships since Joakim Noah, Al Horford, and the Florida Gators accomplished the task in 2006-2007. While several teams have come close over the ensuing years, it feels like these UConn Huskies might have t...2024
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• Kentucky, Duke, Kansas, Michigan State basketball showed who they really are at Champions Classic

Observations on Kentucky, Duke, Kansas, and Michigan State after the 2023 Champions Classic. CHICAGO — It was 10 years ago this week when I was credentialed to cover the Champions Classic at the United Center for the first time. There was, to steal a phrase, palpable buzz in the building. Duke vs. Kansas was a matchup of the top recruits in the country: Jabari Parker vs. Andrew Wiggins. Both play...2023
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• Every NBA team, ranked by their championship chances in 2023-2024 season

Let’s rank every team in the NBA by their championship chances for the 2023-2024 season. The NBA always feels like it’s at its best when there’s an elite tier of contenders. After two blockbuster trades to close the summer, it finally feels like that’s the case as the league enters the 2023-2024 season. The Bucks have added Damian Lillard to fix a struggling halfcourt offense in the playoffs. The ...2023
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