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• Alex Caruso Considered Firm Part Of Thunder Long-Term Core

Alex Caruso has cemented himself as a permanent fixture in long-term plans, with league sources identifying the veteran guard as an untouchable piece of the Thunder's core even as the franchise braces for a dramatic payroll surge in the coming seasons. Caruso, entering the second year of a four-year, $81 million extension, reinforced his value throughout the Thunder's playoff run in both leadersh...2026
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• NBA Notes: Knicks, Karl-Anthony Towns, Thunder, Alex Caruso, Spurs
Knicks The Knicks are headed to the NBA Finals, and according to the players, that was always the expectation. Back in January, Knicks owner James Dolan raised eyebrows when he publicly said New York “absolutely” needed to reach the Finals. At the time, the team was struggling through a rough stretch and critics questioned whether […] The post NBA Notes: Knicks, Karl-Anthony Town...2026
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• Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Scores 32 Points In Thunder's Game 5 Win To Take 3-2 Series Lead

The Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the San Antonio Spurs 127-114 to win Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals and take a 3-2 series lead. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander lead the Thunder with 32 points and nine assists, though he committed six turnovers in the win. "I always say we're a team out there," said Gilgeous-Alexander. "We don't get this far, I don't have this individual success, this team does...2026
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• Spurs vs. Thunder Game 6 Live Stream: Watch NBA Playoffs on Peacock

How to watch Spurs vs. Thunder Game 6 Tonight's Game 6 will be broadcast on NBC and is available to stream live on Peacock. Category Details Date Thursday, May 28, 2026 Tip-Off Time 8:30 PM ET / 7:30 PM CT Live Stream Peacock Venue Frost Bank Center, San Antonio, TX The Western Conference Finals return to Texas tonight, Thursday, May 28, for a high-stakes, do-or-die Game 6 as the San...2026
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• How Thunder's Alex Caruso is making an unprecedented case for Western Conference Finals MVP

Caruso's case recalls the Andre Iguodala Finals MVP debate, but the Thunder sixth man would be an even more unlikely winner...2026
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• LeBron James, Alex Caruso go viral for NSFW fight: ‘F—k that’

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• Alex Caruso, Isaiah Hartenstein Leave Thunder Win With Injuries
Alex Caruso and Isaiah Hartenstein both left the Oklahoma City Thunder's 103-100 win over the New York Knicks on Wednesday night with injuries. Caruso was diagnosed with a left hip contusion, with Hartenstein suffering from left calf tightness. "They were just ruled out for the rest of the game," Thunder coach Mark Daigneault said. "We'll evaluate them tomorrow, but when they went out, they weren'...2026
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• Thunder lose Alex Caruso, Isaiah Hartenstein to injuries in win vs. Knicks

The defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder keep winning. The injury hits keep coming, too. Veteran guard Alex Caruso and center Isaiah Hartenstein were both ruled out during Wednesday’s 103-100 road win over the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden. Caruso was diagnosed with a left hip contusion. Hartenstein exited with left calf tightness. Thunder […] The post Thunder lose Alex Caruso...2026
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• Caruso, Hartenstein exit OKC win with injuries
Alex Caruso (left hip contusion) and Isaiah Hartenstein (left calf tightness) were ruled out during the team's 103-100 victory over the Knicks on Wednesday night and will be reevaluated Thursday....2026
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• Nembhard, Walker lead Pacers past Thunder 117-114
Andrew Nembhard had 27 points and 11 rebounds, and Jarace Walker added a career-high 26 for the Indiana Pacers, who withstood a late rally to beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 117-114 on Friday night in a rematch of last season’s NBA Finals. Walker, whose previous high was 21 points, sank four free throws in the final 10 seconds to lift injury-riddled Indiana (11-35), which snapped a three-game skid...2026
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• Gilgeous-Alexander scores 40 points as short-handed Thunder roll past Bucks 122-102
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 40 points, 11 assists and seven rebounds and the NBA-leading Oklahoma City Thunder withstood multiple injury-related absences to trounce the Milwaukee Bucks 122-102 on Thursday night. The Thunder won for the seventh time in eight games despite playing without Jalen Williams (strained right hamstring), Isaiah Hartenstein (strained right soleus), Alex Caruso (strained ri...2026
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• 9 best NBA rookies at Las Vegas Summer League 2025, ranked

Photo by Logan Riely/NBAE via Getty Images Let’s rank the best rookies at NBA summer league. NBA Summer League doesn’t really matter, but still one of the most fun events on the league calendar. Team personnel and diehard fans converge in Las Vegas every year to get a first-look at rookies, check-in on second-year players, and gossip about the state of the league. Along the way, journeymen...2025
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• 6 NBA teams stuck in purgatory

Nick Turchiaro-Imagn Images These six NBA teams are going nowhere fast. What does it mean to be stuck in NBA purgatory? The easiest definition is a team that isn’t good enough to win a playoff series, but also won’t be bad enough to get a crack at a franchise-changing prospect at the top of the NBA Draft. In fairness, the flattened odds in the draft lottery have consistently failed to rewa...2025
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• NBA’s 10 best free agents still available on 2025 market, ranked

Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images Let’s rank the best NBA free agents who are still available. The NBA free agency was also destined to be a dud in the summer of 2025. The list of unrestricted free agents was topped by older veteran stars who were never going to leave their incumbent teams, and younger restricted free agents who were going to get squeezed due to the lack of availabl...2025
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• The NBA Playoffs are a different sport. This is how to win

Alonzo Adams-Imagn Images Here’s what it takes to win in the NBA Playoffs. It’s April 19, the second game of the playoffs, entering overtime of Game 1 between the former champions Denver Nuggets and their fearsome foe Los Angeles Clippers. The Clippers have outshot the Thunder, from two-point and three-point range, and Russell Westbrook committed a bizarre turnover to let the game go to ov...2025
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• Alex Caruso clarifies controversial Lakers bubble championship joke

Photo by Joshua Gateley/Getty Images Alex Caruso created quite a stir with his comments about the Lakers’ 2020 championship after winning his second ring with the Thunder, but he had a good excuse. Every year, the NBA ecosystem attempts to assign some sort of asterisk to that year’s champion, and 2025 will be no different. This year’s champion, the Oklahoma City Thunder, will face accusati...2025
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• Ranking NBA’s final 4 teams in 2025 Playoffs by most likely to win it all

Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images Let’s rank the four teams left standing in the 2025 NBA Playoffs. The Boston Celtics’ dream of repeating as champions is dead, the best player in the world has been eliminated, and the No. 1 seed the East is already on vacation. The second round of the 2025 NBA Playoffs was full of carnage, and no one could have anticipated the last four teams left standing....2025
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"Thunder's Alex Caruso says 'you're probably like a serial killer' if you don't feel anything ahead of Game 7"

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"The Bulls appear ready and willing to keep Alex Caruso if their large asking price isn’t met."

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"Since he’s played in the NBA for 20 seasons, LeBron has one of the best basketball IQ’s ever and his former teammate Alex Caruso has revealed how one of the GOAT’s exploits timeouts."

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"Bucks' Grayson Allen serenaded by boos in first game in Chicago since his flagrant foul injured Alex Caruso"

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"A new era of Bulls basketball: DeMar DeRozan, Lonzo Ball, and Alex Caruso join Chicago"

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"We sat down with Alex Caruso to talk about his path from going undrafted to being a key rotation player for the 19-3 Lakers."

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"Jordan Clarkson and Alex Caruso combined for 18 of the Lakers' 31 assists in a big win over New York."

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"Kyle Kuzma and Alex Caruso had the Lakers' offense humming off the bench."

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"The Thunder today signed guard Alex Caruso, center Kaleb Tarczewski and forward Chris Wright."

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• Keaton Wagler, Darius Acuff, Kingston Flemings Competing For No. 5 In 2026 NBA Draft

With AJ Dybantsa, Darryn Peterson, Cameron Boozer and Caleb Wilson forming a clear top tier, the next wave of NBA Draft prospects is dominated by a cluster of ballhandling guards competing for the No. 5 spot. Arkansas' Darius Acuff Jr., Houston's Kingston Flemings and Illinois' Keaton Wagler lead that group, with Louisville's Mikel Brown Jr. and Arizona's Brayden Burries also drawing support depen...2026
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• How two-way contracts have changed NBA roster building and produced some of the league's best role players

Alex Caruso, Austin Reaves, Jose Alvarado, Duncan Robinson and Lu Dort are some of the NBA's biggest two-way success stories...2026
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• Organizational Tug-of-War Between Lacob, Kerr Led To Jonathan Kuminga's Warriors Departure

Jonathan Kuminga's five-season tenure with the Golden State Warriors ended last week in a trade to the Atlanta Hawks, concluding what team sources described as a multilayered organizational failure rooted in misalignment between owner Joe Lacob and head coach Steve Kerr. The breakdown centered on fundamental disagreements about Kuminga's role and development. Kerr envisioned him as an energy wing ...2026
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• Arturas Karnisovas: Bulls Prioritize Youth, Flexibility After Aggressive Trade Deadline

Chicago Bulls vice president Arturas Karnisovas said Thursday the franchise executed seven trades before the deadline because the team was "not satisfied with being in the middle." The moves represented a dramatic shift for an organization stuck in mediocrity for four consecutive seasons. The Bulls deconstructed their roster in just a few days, trading top scorer Coby White, leading rebounder Niko...2026
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• NBA rumors on Josh Giddey, Jonathan Kuminga, and more restricted free agent negotiations

Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images There’s the latest on the Warriors, Bulls, 76ers, and Nets in free agency. The NBA offseason has hit a snag, and it’s left both the free agent market and trade rumor mill frozen in place. The initial wave of offseason trades and signings has been finished for weeks, but a few big names remain unsigned. The issue: there are no teams with av...2025
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• 9 best NBA rookies at Las Vegas Summer League 2025, ranked
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• Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Scores 32 Points In Thunder's Game 5 Win To Take 3-2 Series Lead
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• Spurs vs. Thunder Game 6 Live Stream: Watch NBA Playoffs on Peacock
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• Arturas Karnisovas: Bulls Prioritize Youth, Flexibility After Aggressive Trade Deadline
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• Nembhard, Walker lead Pacers past Thunder 117-114
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• Gilgeous-Alexander scores 40 points as short-handed Thunder roll past Bucks 122-102
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• NBA rumors on Josh Giddey, Jonathan Kuminga, and more restricted free agent negotiations
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• 9 best NBA rookies at Las Vegas Summer League 2025, ranked
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• The Thunder’s dynasty potential can break the NBA’s parity era

Photo by Logan Riely /NBAE via Getty Images The Thunder won an NBA championship, and they’re only getting better. Kevin Durant left the Oklahoma City Thunder on the Fourth of July, Russell Westbrook posted a picture of a plate of cupcakes the next day, and the future of the Oklahoma City Thunder hung in the balance. Sam Presti had drafted three future NBA MVPs to start his tenure in OKC, a...2025
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• Suns’ Devin Booker: Shot to beat Thunder a moment I’ll never forget

The Suns finally got one over the champs. Phoenix knocked off the Thunder, 108–105, on Sunday when Devin Booker drilled a 35-footer over Alex Caruso at the horn. It was the Suns’ first win over Oklahoma City in their last nine meetings and easily their most electric moment of the season. Booker didn’t shy away […] The post Suns’ Devin Booker: Shot to beat Thunder a moment I’ll ne...2026
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• Suns Notes: Booker, Goodwin, Allen, Green, Flight Delay, Bouyea
The Suns delivered their most thrilling win of the season on Sunday, knocking off the defending champion Thunder 108-105 on Devin Booker‘s 35-footer over Alex Caruso in the final second. It was their first win in their last nine matchups with Oklahoma City. Booker didn’t downplay the moment. It marked Booker’s eighth game-winner in the […]...2026
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• NBA rumors on Josh Giddey, Jonathan Kuminga, and more restricted free agent negotiations
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• NBA Finals Game 7 predictions for Thunder vs. Pacers winner-take-all showdown

Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images Let’s predict Game 7 between the Thunder and Pacers in the 2025 NBA Finals. The NBA Finals is going to a Game 7 for the first time in nine years, and just the eighth time since the NBA/ABA merger in 1976. The matchup between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers was immediately derided by the public for its small markets and lack of household-name ...2025
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• The best NBA Draft hauls in history, now including Thunder’s epic 2022 class

BRYAN TERRY/THE OKLAHOMAN / USA TODAY NETWORK The Thunder drafted Chet Holmgren and Jalen Williams in the 2022 lottery. Is it the best NBA Draft team class ever? The idea of the Oklahoma City Thunder winning their first ever NBA championship seemed like an impossible dream as the franchise entered the 2022 NBA Draft. The Thunder were coming off a 24-58 season that followed a 22-60 season. ...2025
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• Tyrese Haliburton is the gleeful villain the NBA Finals needs

Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn Images Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton used constant disrespect to fuel an anti-hero run that can’t be overrated. The ball touched his hands about 10 feet behind the half-court line with 6.4 seconds left to play in Game 1 of the NBA Finals. Cason Wallace picked him up at the logo with Alex Caruso cautiously watching to offer help if needed while staying with his assig...2025
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• Isaiah Hartenstein is the special type of good you only notice when it’s gone

For Knicks fans, watching Isaiah Hartenstein get his flowers during the Thunder’s NBA Finals run has been bittersweet, and it would never have happened if it weren’t for a former Celtics owner. Something any longtime Knicks supporter can tell you is that it’s important to maintain perspective, to not get too high off the highs or ruined by the lows, both in life and in sports, because we’ve seen i...2025
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• NBA Finals’ 17 best players ranked for Thunder vs. Pacers series

Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images Let’s rank the best players in the 2025 NBA Finals. The 2025 NBA Finals is a classic matchup of an elite offense vs. a historic defense. The Indiana Pacers vs. the Oklahoma City Thunder might not be the series anyone would have expected at the start of the season, but it should provide a thrilling NBA Finals showdown anyway. The Thunder were a popular preseason...2025
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• The NBA’s draft pick market has crashed

Photo by Glenn James/NBAE via Getty Images With fewer available future draft picks to trade but transactions that still need to get done, the value of the speculative capital cratered at the 2025 NBA trade deadline. Let’s take a time machine back one full week and ask ourselves a question. How many first-round draft picks is Luka Doncic worth? Six? Seven? All of them? Surely whoever is tra...2025
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• A new era of Bulls basketball: DeMar DeRozan, Lonzo Ball, and Alex Caruso join Chicago

It's safe to open your eyes and be bullish on the Bulls again....2021
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• Alex Caruso: How He Got Here
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• James, Caruso Guide Lakers To 6th Straight Win
LeBron James and Alex Caruso were instrumental in keeping L.A.’s winning streak alive, as the Lakers held on to defeat the New Orleans Pelicans Tuesday night in STAPLES Center....2020
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• Lakers' Second Unit Steps Up Against Utah

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• Bucks' Grayson Allen serenaded by boos in first game in Chicago since his flagrant foul injured Alex Caruso
Caruso hasn't played since Allen's hard foul in late January...2022
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• Lakers' Alex Caruso skips sister's wedding, stays in NBA bubble: 'We have worked too hard'
Caruso would have had to quarantine for close to 10 days if he left the bubble...2020
• Brilliance of Alex Caruso on full display in Game 2 win vs. Milwaukee

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• Alex Caruso Injury Update

Chicago Bulls guard Alex Caruso sustained a fracture of his right wrist in last night's game versus...2022
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• Predicting one breakout player for each NBA team in 2024: Eastern Conference Edition

Photo by David Dow/NBAE via Getty Images The start of the NBA season is here, so let’s predict one breakout player from each Eastern Conference team ahead of the 2024-25 campaign. Editor’s Note: This is the Eastern Conference edition of our series on breakout player candidates for each NBA team in the 2024-25 season. The Western Conference edition can be read here. Every year, each t...2024
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• Dr. A's weekly risers and fallers: Alex Caruso, Pascal Siakam make the list

Who are the fantasy basketball players on the rise? Whose fantasy value is falling? Steve Alexander lays it all out for you in his weekly look around the NBA....2023
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• Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Scores 32 Points In Thunder's Game 5 Win To Take 3-2 Series Lead
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• LeBron James, Alex Caruso go viral for NSFW fight: ‘F—k that’
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• Alex Caruso Sends LeBron James Warning Ahead Of Game 2

Alex Caruso knows better than most what makes LeBron James dangerous in the playoffs. Ahead of Game two between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Los Angeles Lakers, Caruso spoke about the challenge of facing his former teammate instead of sharing the floor with him. Caruso spent four seasons playing alongside James in Los Angeles and […] The post Alex Caruso Sends LeBron James Warning Ahead Of ...2026
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• Nembhard, Walker lead Pacers past Thunder 117-114
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• Suns Notes: Booker, Goodwin, Allen, Green, Flight Delay, Bouyea
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• NBA rumors on Josh Giddey, Jonathan Kuminga, and more restricted free agent negotiations
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• 9 best NBA rookies at Las Vegas Summer League 2025, ranked
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• 6 NBA teams stuck in purgatory
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• The Thunder’s dynasty potential can break the NBA’s parity era
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• NBA Finals Game 7 predictions for Thunder vs. Pacers winner-take-all showdown
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• Tyrese Haliburton is the gleeful villain the NBA Finals needs
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• Thunder’s ‘foul up 3’ strategy backfired in epic fashion vs. Nuggets in NBA Playoffs

Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post The Thunder helped the Nuggets steal Game 1 because of a terrible late game strategy. The Oklahoma City Thunder had the best defense in the NBA this season, but if the game was close late, the Thunder consistently opted not to trust it. Under head coach Mark Daigneault, OKC likes to foul when up three, refusing to yield a game-tying attempt to their...2025
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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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• 8 NBA teams that can win the 2025 championship

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images These are the only teams that can win the 2025 NBA championship. Defining success in the NBA always comes back to preseason expectations. Some teams are just trying to get better in the regular season and advance a round further in the playoffs, while others are hoping not to fall too far behind their rivals. There’s already a class of teams whose best c...2024
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