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• Matthew Dellavedova named Australian Finals MVP

Former Cavaliers guard Matthew Dellavedova was named Australian Finals MVP, but not without some controversy. Dellavedova, 34, plays for the Melbourne United, which lost the Aussie NBL title to the Illawarra Hawks. Because of that, he actually tried to give the Finals MVP to Hawks standout Will “Davo” Hickey. “Davo, this really belongs to you,” […] The post Matthew De...2025
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• These 3 WNBA teams have the most national television games next season

Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images The Indiana Fever, Las Vegas Aces, and New York Liberty are slated to have the most national television-heavy schedule next season — in that order. The WNBA’s television broadcast schedules have been released, and Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever will play the most games on national television next season. A stunning 41 of the team’s 44 regular sea...2025
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• Chicago Sky star wins big-time award after strong rookie campaign

Photo by Gary Dineen/NBAE via Getty Images Kamilla Cardoso was named the Women’s Chinese Basketball Association’s International Player of the Year, beating out several other WNBA stars. Kamilla Cardoso has won the Women’s Chinese Basketball Association’s International Player of the Year award. She averaged 20.8 points per game on 64.7% shooting, 10.2 rebounds, and 3.3 assists in 31.4 minu...2025
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• Chelsea Gray Enters an Exclusive and Lonely Club After Winning Unrivaled Title With Roses BC and Finals MVP
Chelsea Gray was at her relentless best for Rose BC as she led the team to the inaugural Unrivaled title, becoming playoff MVP to create history....2025
• Unrivaled’s championship game proved one undeniable fact

Photo by Rich Storry/Getty Images Chelsea Gray showed the world that despite an injury-riddled season in the WNBA, she’s still one of the basketball’s best players. Chelsea Gray began Unrivaled with questions surrounding her standing in the WNBA as one of the league’s elite players. The Las Vegas Aces star finishes a champion — thanks to a dominant month of basketball that saw her explod...2025
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• The 'NBA Finals MVPs' quiz

The NBA began awarding the NBA Finals MVP in 1969. How many of the winners since then can you name in six minutes? ...2025

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• Unrivaled MVP, Defensive Player of the Year, Coach of the Year, and more: our selections

Photo by Rich Storry/Getty Images Napheesa Collier, Chelsea Gray, Kayla McBride, Angel Reese, Nola Henry, and other picks for Unrivaled awards. Unrivaled, the new 3-on-3 professional basketball league taking place in Miami this offseason, is just a few weeks away from completion, its inaugural season coming to a close on March 10th. As such, it’s time for end-of-year awards. Media member...2025
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• Unrivaled star’s exceptional play is great news for the Las Vegas Aces

Photo by Barry Gossage/NBAE via Getty Images Chelsea Gray has been exceptional of late, and that could spell success for the Aces in 2025. It’s no secret that 2024 was an off-year for Las Vegas Aces guard Chelsea Gray. The 32-year-old missed the first quarter of the season with a foot injury she suffered in the 2023 Finals, and her production was way down upon her return. After averaging ...2025
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• Meet the 2025 NBA All-Star Game reserves with full rosters announced

Photo by Catherine Steenkeste/NBAE via Getty Images Here’s the full 2025 NBA All-Star roster, explained after the reserves were announced. The 2025 NBA All-Star Game feels like a ceremonial passing of the baton from one generation of basketball superstars to the next. LeBron James, Stephen Curry, and Kevi Durant were each voted as All-Star starters, but there’s so much more young talent h...2025
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• Nikola Jokic’s bonkers triple-double stat obliterates every NBA team in just 3 quarters

Photo by Fernando Medina/NBAE via Getty Images This Nikola Jokic stat cannot be real. It shouldn’t have been possible for Nikola Jokic to take his game to an even higher level this season. The Denver Nuggets superstar had already won three NBA MVPs, one NBA championship, and one NBA Finals MVP entering the 2024-25 season. With Jokic firmly in his prime at age-29, it felt like the Nuggets w...2025
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• Caitlin Clark’s “Welcome to the WNBA” moment is not what you’d expect

Photo by Kenny Giarla/NBAE via Getty Images Clark revealed she suffered a gruesome injury after running into a screen in a June game against the New York Liberty. Caitlin Clark, appearing on the New Heights Podcast with Jason and Travis Kelce, revealed her “Welcome to the WNBA” moment. The Indiana Fever star shared that she ruptured her eardrum in a game against the New York Liberty afte...2025
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• NBA MVP candidates, ranked for 2025 by who should win the award right now

Photo by Jamie Schwaberow/Getty Images Let’s rank the candidates for the 2025 NBA MVP award. What makes an NBA MVP? For some, the award should go to the best player alive regardless of team performance. To others, MVP has a stronger narrative pull for players who elevated their team to new heights (see: Derrick Rose in 2011) or who broke through unthinkable glass ceilings (see: Russell Wes...2025
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• How a Liberty reserve and a halftime adjustment helped secure the WNBA Finals

Photo by Elsa/Getty Images Nyara Sabally was barely in the rotation just a few weeks ago. But in the deciding Game 5 of the WNBA Finals between the Lynx and the Liberty, she was the x-factor. BROOKLYN — Sabrina Ionescu shot an abysmal 1-19 from the field, while Breanna Stewart posted 13 points on just 4-15 FG. On paper, those Liberty shooting splits seemed likely to spell disaster for the...2024
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• Kawhi Leonard out ‘indefinitely’ with knee injury before Clippers season even begins

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images The season hasn’t even started, and Kawhi Leonard is already out indefinitely with a knee injury. When the Los Angeles Clippers open the 2024-2025 regular season on Wednesday against the Phoenix Suns, they won’t have their best player on the floor. At the moment, no one knows when Kawhi Leonard will return. Leonard is sidelined ‘indefinitely’ with inflammatio...2024
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• Nikola Jokic won NBA Finals MVP while looking like he just wanted to go home
Nikola Jokic won an NBA championship and reacted like he was forced to go to a work party. Nikola Jokic was the driving force behind the Denver Nuggets winning their first NBA championship in franchise history. The two-time MVP carried the Nuggets to the No. 1 seed in the regular season and helped them tear through the playoffs on the way to the 2023 NBA Finals. The Miami Heat never had a magic so...2023
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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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• WATCH: Steph Curry drops 62 points in pop-a-shot at daughter Riley's 10th birthday party
The reigning NBA Finals MVP is the greatest shooter ever, after all...2022
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• Durant has funny response to getting called a 'snake' by fans
Kevin Durant wants you to know that he is nourished by your hatred.In a recent appearance on Complex’s “Hot Ones” series, the Golden State Warriors forward had a funny remark about being pejoratively nicknamed a “snake” by fans. The term is often used in reference to Durant’s perceived betrayal of Oklahoma City when he signed with the Warriors in free agency.“I get the snake comment so many times,...2017
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• 2016 Basketball Hall of Fame Finalists Announced: Latest Comments and Reaction
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• LeBron James to Re-Sign with Cavaliers: Latest Contract Details and Reaction
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• Jimmy Butler's Emergence Can't Be Lost in Derrick Rose's Shadow
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"8% shooting for his career and was named both the Eastern Conference Finals and Finals MVP last season en route to securing the Celtics’ 18th championship."

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"After turning 30 earlier this month, Giannis already has two NBA MVPs, one Defensive Player of the Year Award, an NBA championship, and an NBA Finals MVP on his resume."

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"com/XfKe5ect53— NBA (@NBA) May 23, 2023 Jokic was named Western Conference Finals MVP."

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"The reigning NBA Finals MVP is the greatest shooter ever, after all"

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"Giannis Antetokounmpo wins 2021 NBA Finals MVP: Bucks star becomes youngest winner since Kawhi Leonard in 2014"

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"The Dubs were forced to trade the former Finals MVP to Memphis in order to create cap space to sign D’Angelo […] The post 3 players Warriors could acquire using their $17."

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"It will not begin as a signature deal, sources said, but Doncic can earn a signature deal through bonus clauses such as winning MVP or Finals MVP."

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"Basketball Hall of Famer and former NBA Finals MVP JoJo White, who spent the majority of his career with the Boston Celtics, has passed away at the age of 71."

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"As far as achievements go, hitting a last-minute 3-pointer to avoid going scoreless wouldn't figure to rank very high on the list of a player with a championship, a Finals MVP, 10 All-Star appearances and more than 26,000 career points to his name."

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"In addition to the above stats, Bryant is an 18-time All-Star, five-time NBA champion and a two-time NBA Finals MVP."

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"Since taking on the Number 24 with the Lakers, Bryant has won two more NBA titles, two NBA Finals MVP awards and one NBA MVP award."

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"Jordan made 14 All-Star teams, won five NBA Most Valuable Player awards and led the Bulls to six championships, winning the NBA Finals MVP award in all six."

• These 3 WNBA teams have the most national television games next season
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• Let’s remember Diana Taurasi’s best performance at UConn

Spoiler: It came during one of her many trips to the Final Four. And no, it didn’t come against Tennessee, but it helped cement Taurasi as one of the GOATs. It was the NCAA Tournament run that led Geno Auriemma to first speak the now iconic, yet simple phrase: “We got Diana and you don’t.” And that statement was perhaps never more true than in the 2003 Final Four against Texas. Diana Taurasi – if ...2025
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• Diana Taurasi’s retirement announcement comes at a perfect time

Photo by Kate Frese/NBAE via Getty Images Taurasi, who headlined the Phoenix Mercury for 20 years, leaves women’s basketball in a better place than ever. After an offseason of speculation, WNBA star Diana Taurasi has officially announced her retirement — hanging up her shoes after 20 seasons as one of the unequivocal faces of women’s basketball. She revealed her decision, which was widel...2025
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• Marina Mabrey’s trade request: how we got here and what might happen next

Photo by David Berding/Getty Images The Connecticut Sun guard wants out. She’s far from the first WNBA player in this position. Marina Mabrey wants the Connecticut Sun to trade her. Sun president Jen Rizzotti wants her to finish out her contract. The result? A standoff between a star player and one of the WNBA’s earliest, and winningnest, franchises. How Marina Mabrey’s trade request c...2025
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• Jaylen Brown wants to revive Oakland, and he’s putting his money where his mouth is

Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images The Celtics superstar is investing in a community that helped make him who he is today. OAKLAND, Calif. — It took less than a year for Jaylen Brown to fall in love with the city of Oakland. In 2015, the 18-year-old basketball player, a freshman at UC Berkley, frequently ventured south from his prestigious university, eager to explore the nearby c...2025
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• Kevin Durant: I Just Didn't Want To Be Traded Midseason, Nothing Against My Time With Warriors

Kevin Durant discussed his decision-making ahead of the trade deadline when he decided not to return to the Golden State Warriors when they essentially had a trade in place to acquire him from the Phoenix Suns. Malika Andrews specifically asked Durant to respond to comments made by Steve Kerr about what he believed led to his decision. "I don't blame Kevin one bit for not wanting to rerun things h...2025
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• Stephen Curry: 'No Hard Feelings, No Resentment' Toward Kevin Durant For Passing On Warriors' Return

When the Golden State Warriors were considering a trade for Kevin Durant ahead of the trade deadline, Stephen Curry spoke directly to his former teammate to gauge how he felt about leaving the Phoenix Suns for a reunion. Sources told ESPN that Durant indicated to Curry that a return to the Warriors didn't "feel right," that it "wasn't the time." "You need everybody to be all bought in no matter w...2025
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• Chennedy Carter and the 3 best WNBA free agents still available, ranked

Photo by David Becker/NBAE via Getty Images Most of the top available free agents have already signed — but there are a few standouts still available. The majority of the WNBA’s top free agents have been signed — with stars like Alyssa Thomas and Satou Sabally joining the Phoenix Mercury, Kelsey Plum heading to the Los Angeles Sparks, and Kelsey Mitchell and Nneka Ogwumike re-signing with...2025
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• Could a Warriors-Kevin Durant reunion be in the cards as trade deadline approaches?

Durant’s previous stint with the Warriors (2016-19) was marked by immense success. He helped the team secure two NBA championships and was named Finals MVP in both 2017 and 2018....2025
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• The best WNBA free agent still available could save one team’s offseason

Photo credit should read Altan Gocher / GocherImagery/Future Publishing via Getty Images Emma Meesseman is one of the most dominant women’s basketball players in the world — and someone who could instantly elevate the Connecticut Sun. Belgian forward Emma Meesseman didn’t play in the WNBA last season. But, the 6’4 star, who was the 2019 Finals MVP, could be returning to the league this Sp...2025
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• Chicago Sky star wins big-time award after strong rookie campaign
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• Unrivaled’s championship game proved one undeniable fact
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• Unrivaled MVP, Defensive Player of the Year, Coach of the Year, and more: our selections
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• Unrivaled star’s exceptional play is great news for the Las Vegas Aces
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• Jayson Tatum Doesn't Feel Appreciated, Believes He'll Eventually Win MVP

Jayson Tatum has been an All-NBA First Team selection each of the past three seasons and is on his way to make the team again this season after also winning a title with the Boston Celtics last season, but he continues to feel unappreciated. "Honestly, no," Tatum said when asked whether he feels appreciated for his accomplishments. "If you took the name and the face away from all my accomplishmen...2025
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• Jayson Tatum Opens Up About Not Winning 2024 Finals MVP: ‘They Voted For Somebody Else, Which Is Cool’
Jayson Tatum led the Boston Celtics in points, rebounds and assists in the 2024 NBA Finals against the Dallas Mavericks. The Celtics beat the Mavericks in five games for their 18th championship in franchise history, but it was Jaylen Brown — and not Tatum — who won the Finals MVP Award. “It’s the world we […] The post Jayson Tatum Opens Up About Not Winning 2024 Final...2025
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• Marina Mabrey’s trade request: how we got here and what might happen next
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• Jaylen Brown wants to revive Oakland, and he’s putting his money where his mouth is
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• Chennedy Carter and the 3 best WNBA free agents still available, ranked
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• Jaylen Brown wants to revive Oakland, and he’s putting his money where his mouth is
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• Caitlin Clark’s “Welcome to the WNBA” moment is not what you’d expect
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• Nikola Jokic and Magic Johnson’s highlight reel has stunning similarities

Photo by Garrett Ellwood/NBAE via Getty Images Nikola Jokic and Magic Johnson are linked by more than just triple-doubles Nikola Jokic had already firmly established himself as the best basketball player in the world heading into the 2024-25 season with three NBA MVP trophies, one championship, and one NBA Finals MVP already under his belt before he turned 30 years old. Jokic faced one of ...2024
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• How a Liberty reserve and a halftime adjustment helped secure the WNBA Finals
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• Kawhi Leonard out ‘indefinitely’ with knee injury before Clippers season even begins
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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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• A’ja Wilson is so much more more than just the WNBA MVP

Photo by Ian Maule/Getty Images Kelsey Plum said she’ll have conspiracy theories if A’ja Wilson is not the unanimous MVP. Wilson is just focused on being the best teammate she can be. UNCASVILLE, CONNECTICUT — It’s a Friday morning at the Mohegan Sun Arena, and A’ja Wilson and the rest of the Las Vegas Aces have just completed shootaround. They are a few hours away from a match-up against...2024
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• Derrick Rose Calls Kobe Bryant 'Our Generation's Michael Jordan'
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• Spurs Coach Gregg Popovich Praises Kawhi Leonard's 'Bored to Death' Demeanor
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• Kawhi Leonard: Latest News, Rumors and Speculation on Spurs Star's Future
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• LeBron James Says He's 'Probably the Best I've Been' Heading to 2015 NBA Finals
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• Dirk Nowitzki's Career Deserves Better Ending Than Dallas Mavericks Can Provide
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• LeBron named Finals MVP after historic series
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• 34% of Fans Think Current Michael Jordan Can Beat LeBron James According to Poll
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• Chelsea Gray Enters an Exclusive and Lonely Club After Winning Unrivaled Title With Roses BC and Finals MVP
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• Unrivaled star’s exceptional play is great news for the Las Vegas Aces
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• The best WNBA free agent still available could save one team’s offseason
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• Meet the 2025 NBA All-Star Game reserves with full rosters announced
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• A’ja Wilson, Caitlin Clark, and the 12 best WNBA players not playing in Unrivaled, ranked

Photo by Justin Casterline/NBAE via Getty Images Unrivaled, the new 3-on-3 basketball league launching in Miami next week, will feature 36 WNBA stars. Here’s who won’t be participating. Unrivaled, the new professional women’s 3-on-3 basketball league launching next Friday, Jan. 17th in Miami, doesn’t lack star power. The league, co-founded by two-time MVP Breanna Stewart and the 2024 Defe...2025
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• Jaylen Brown’s hot shooting caused Timberwolves broadcasters to have a meltdown

The Timberwolves announcers couldn’t believe Jaylen Brown was hitting so many shots after a cold start to the season. The Boston Celtics are rolling again to begin the new NBA season, and it’s happened despite a cold shooting start from the reigning NBA Finals MVP. Jaylen Brown had not been able to buy a bucket from the outside entering Sunday afternoon’s matchup with the Minnesota Timberwolves, s...2024
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• A’ja Wilson is the perfect basketball superstar for the modern era

Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images A’ja Wilson is turning into an all-time great, and she’s having fun doing it Basketball is a game, created to have fun inside when the weather limited opportunities for fun outside. Among the thousands of great professional basketball players in the world today, one truly embodies that spirit of fun inherent to basketball. Her name is A’ja Wilson, the cur...2023
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• The Jokic brothers tossing Mike Malone in the air was funniest part of Nuggets’ championship celebration
The Jokic brothers are ready to party. Nikola Jokic’s comically large older brothers are part of the Denver Nuggets’ extended universe. Nemanja and Strahinja Jokic were in the building to support their baby bro on Monday night as the Nuggets clinched their first championship in franchise history with a 94-89 win over the Miami Heat in Game 5 of the 2023 NBA Finals. Nikola Jokic was named NBA Fina...2023
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