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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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• NBA’s most overrated and underrated players, based on ESPN’s top-100 list

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images These are the most overrated and underrated NBA players based on ESPN’s new top-100 list. Men used to build houses. Now they just rank NBA players on the internet. ESPN dropped its list of the top-100 players in the NBA this week with the 2024-2025 season right around the corner. It’s important to note that the list is based off “predicted contributions”...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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• Becky Hammon breaks down why Aces lost their edge: “You get distracted”

Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images The Aces hoped to become the first WNBA team to three-peat in 20 years. Now, they’re on the brink of elimination. BROOKLYN — There’s a reason why no professional basketball team has completed a three-peat since the Los Angeles Lakers did it in the early 2000s. After Tuesday night’s Game 2 loss against the New York Liberty, Las Vegas Aces head coach Becky...2024
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• No WNBA team has ever come back from an 0-2 deficit. Here’s what the Aces need to do to avoid it.

Photo by Evan Yu/NBAE via Getty Images A’ja Wilson and the Aces will look to avoid falling into an 0-2 hole for the Liberty when the two teams meet on Tuesday night. BROOKLYN — The New York Liberty host the Las Vegas Aces for Game 2 of the WNBA semi-finals on Tuesday night, in a rematch of last year’s finals. It’s one of the two remaining series in this year’s playoffs, and it’s a pivotal...2024
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• Kawhi Leonard out ‘indefinitely’ with knee injury before Clippers season even begins
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• Is a New York Liberty championship as inevitable as a Celtics title was?
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• Becky Hammon breaks down why Aces lost their edge: “You get distracted”
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• Liberty vs Aces Preview: 5 things to watch in Game 1 of the WNBA playoffs

Photo by Candice Ward/Getty Images Breanna Stewart, Sabrina Ionescu, and Jonquel Jones battle A’ja Wilson, Kelsey Plum, Chelsea Gray, and Jackie Young in Game 1 of the WNBA Semi-Finals. In a rematch of last year’s WNBA Finals, the New York Liberty host the Las Vegas Aces for Game 1 of the Semi-Finals, on Sunday at 3pm ET. The Liberty have been the No. 1 seed for most of the year, finishing...2024
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• Jackie Young is the X-factor in USA basketball’s dominant win over Australia

Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images On an Olympic team loaded with all-time talent, Jackie Young has emerged as a breakout star. She finished with 14 points, 5 assists, and 2 steals in her third consecutive start. On a team inundated with so much talent, how does one stand out? It’s a tall task, and on this U.S. women’s basketball team, the reality is that several all-time scorers are buried ...2024
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• A’ja Wilson, Breanna Stewart dominate in USA Basketball women’s 102-76 win over Japan in the Paris Olympics

Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images A’ja Wilson finished with 24 points, 13 rebounds, and 4 blocks and Breanna Stewart with 22 points as Team USA blew out Japan in the first official game of the Paris 2024 Olympics. Powered by Breanna Stewart and A’ja Wilson, a historically dominant U.S. women’s basketball program blew out Japan, 102-76, to win their first pool game of the 2024 Paris Oly...2024
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• Team USA women’s basketball will once again be anchored by Breanna Stewart, one of the greatest ever

Photo by Dylan Goodman/NBAE via Getty Images The Liberty’s Breanna Stewart ruptured her achilles, somehow got better, and is in the GOAT conversation. SB Nation is introducing each of the 12 members of the US Olympic Women’s Basketball team this week. Here’s what you need to know about Breanna Stewart, one of the most decorated players in the WNBA. Fast Facts Team: New York Liberty (21-4...2024
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• Everything you need to know about Chelsea Gray, the US Olympic basketball team’s Point Gawd

Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images At her best, Chelsea Gray is the best point guard in the WNBA — get to know one of the key cogs of the 2024 US Olympic basketball team. SB Nation is introducing each of the 12 members of the US Olympic Women’s Basketball team this week. Here’s what you need to know about Chelsea Gray, who’s consistently been the most prolific point guard in the WNBA. Fast...2024
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• Team USA is A’ja Wilson’s team and 2 more takeaways from big win over Germany

Photo by Paul Harding/Getty Images Team USA made sure their loss to the WNBA All-Stars over the weekend wasn’t the start of a streak, dominating Germany from start to finish in their final exhibition. Three days after they fell to the WNBA All-Star team, Team USA bounced back and defeated Germany in resounding fashion, 84-57. Here are three takeaways from Team USA’s second — and final — ex...2024
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• Meet the women’s U.S. Olympic basketball team that pretty much never loses

Photo by Joe Murphy/NBAE via Getty Images Team USA’s most dominant Olympic team is back with opotentially one of its best rosters ever — meet the 12 WNBA players that make up the team. The 2024 U.S. Women’s Olympic Basketball team has the potential to be one of the greatest assemblages of talent ever. The women’s program is among the most dominant in all ofsports, with a 70-3 all-time rec...2024
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• The Celtics’ rivals handed them a championship one bad trade at a time

Photo by Joe Murphy/NBAE via Getty Images The Celtics’ ripped off their rivals in trades all the way to a championship The West is a pecked-over, apron-strewn, parity-fest. The East has more superstar divas on first and second-round losers than it does 50-win teams. If 2023-24 turns indicative, it will be the Rest of the NBA vs. Boston for the next few years. Not only did the 2023-24 Bosto...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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"Melo shared his opinion on the Nuggets giving the reigning Finals MVP the Number 15 jersey."

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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."

• Kawhi Leonard out ‘indefinitely’ with knee injury before Clippers season even begins
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• NBA’s most overrated and underrated players, based on ESPN’s top-100 list
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• Joe Mazzulla and the Celtics have created a relentless culture of winning
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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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• Why the Celtics succeed, and the Clippers failed, with similar team builds

Photo by Adam Glanzman/Getty Images What the NBA can learn from Celtics’ championship and Clippers’ failure. The team is led by two wings. One was just named to the All-NBA First Team, and the other just won Finals MVP. Both are talents the likes of which define the NBA — shooters, defenders, initiators, cutters. They do it all. The team is a championship favorite, of course, coming into t...2024
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• Team USA women’s basketball will once again be anchored by Breanna Stewart, one of the greatest ever
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• Report offers update on Kevin Durant’s injury ahead of Olympics

Kevin Durant has been nursing an injury ahead of the upcoming Summer Olympics in Paris, but it sounds like the two-time NBA Finals MVP is trending in the right direction....2024
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• Jaylen Brown already lost his title ring and offers ‘big reward’ for whoever finds it
It seems that the NBA Finals MVP celebrated a bit too much after winning Boston‘s 18th league title last week, as he announced this Saturday on social media that he already lost his championship ring. According to the forward, he lost it during the team’s victorious duck boat parade that travelled through the city last […] The post Jaylen Brown already lost his title ring and off...2024
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• Celtics Notes: Brown, Horford, Mazzulla, Offseason
Even the fans who booed when Jaylen Brown‘s name was announced at a 2016 draft party have to admit the Celtics made the right choice, writes Gary Washburn of The Boston Globe. On his way to capturing an NBA title and the Finals MVP trophy, Brown faced plenty of doubters throughout his eight years in […]...2024
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• Is a New York Liberty championship as inevitable as a Celtics title was?
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• No WNBA team has ever come back from an 0-2 deficit. Here’s what the Aces need to do to avoid it.
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• Liberty vs Aces Preview: 5 things to watch in Game 1 of the WNBA playoffs
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• A’ja Wilson unanimously named MVP after historic WNBA season

Photo by David Becker/NBAE via Getty Images The Las Vegas Aces center becomes just the second player in WNBA history to win the award unanimously. Las Vegas Aces center A’ja Wilson was unanimously voted on as the WNBA’S Most Valuable Player, the league announced Sunday morning. Wilson averaged 26.9 points (on 51.8% shooting), 11.9 rebounds, 2.58 blocks, and 1.79 steals per game this seas...2024
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• Michael Jordan refused to place himself above two NBA legends in GOAT debate
Michael Jordan conquered six NBA championships, was selected 14 times as an All-Star, became the league-scoring leader in 10 occasions, was a six-time Finals MVP, five-time league MVP, once a Defensive Player of the Year and ended his career with 32,292 points. These are just some of the reasons why he’s widely considered the all-time […] The post Michael Jordan refused to place himsel...2024
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• A’ja Wilson is so much more more than just the WNBA MVP
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• Is retirement coming for Diana Taurasi?

Kirby Lee-Imagn Images The Phoenix Mercury point guard, widely considered one of the greatest basketball players in history, is finishing up her 20th season in the WNBA. For the past few weeks, the Phoenix Mercury have hinted on social media that retirement could be coming for Diana Taurasi, the all-time leading scorer in WNBA history and one of the greatest to ever play the game. The cam...2024
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• Lebron James serves as inspiration for Kahleah Copper: ‘That’s my GOAT’

Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images After Mercury star Kahleah Copper exploded for 29 points in a win over the Sky, she said that she hoped to continue improving as a passer and that she learned from Lebron James during the Olympics. Kahleah Copper is an Olympic gold medalist, a Finals MVP — and as it currently stands, the WNBA’s second-leading scorer this season. But, she’s nowhere nea...2024
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• Kawhi Leonard out ‘indefinitely’ with knee injury before Clippers season even begins
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• Becky Hammon breaks down why Aces lost their edge: “You get distracted”
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• Liberty vs Aces Preview: 5 things to watch in Game 1 of the WNBA playoffs
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• Jackie Young is the X-factor in USA basketball’s dominant win over Australia
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• Team USA women’s basketball extended their almost unbelievable Olympics streak in win over Belgium

Photo by Pool/Getty Images Team USA beat Belgium 87-74, powered by their unrivaled frontcourt of Breanna Stewart and A’ja Wilson, who combined for 49 points. When the U.S. and Belgium women’s basketball teams last faced off — in an Olympic qualifying game in February — it came down to the final possession. Breanna Stewart tipped it in to win the game for the U.S., securing a 81-79 win. T...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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• 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
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• Becky Hammon breaks down why Aces lost their edge: “You get distracted”
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• No WNBA team has ever come back from an 0-2 deficit. Here’s what the Aces need to do to avoid it.
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• 2024 WNBA Finals MVP odds: Breanna Stewart favored; Wilson second

While the WNBA regular-season MVP race seems all but finished, the Finals MVP award is still on the line. Check out the early odds, as the WNBA postseason begins Sunday....2024
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• A’ja Wilson is so much more more than just the WNBA MVP
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• Is retirement coming for Diana Taurasi?
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• Becky Hammon breaks down why Aces lost their edge: “You get distracted”
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• Pacific Notes: Leonard, Clippers, DeRozan, Roddy
Law Murray of The Athletic explores some offseason questions related to the Clippers, starting with the health of Kawhi Leonard. The six-time All-Star and two-time Finals MVP was removed from Team USA ahead of the Paris Olympics, leading to speculation about the status of his right knee, which has caused him issues over the years, […]...2024
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• Betting buzz: Underdog Doncic attracting most Finals MVP bets

More bets and more money has been risked on Luka Doncic's MVP odds than any other player at multiple sportsbooks....2024
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• Commanders overtake Raiders to capture Kliff Kingsbury

Scott Sewell-USA TODAY Sports Former Cardinals coach heads to D.C on a three-year deal to be the Commanders’ offensive coordinator Back in 2019 when Kliff Kingsbury emerged as an NFL head coaching candidate, his first interview was in New York with the Jets. Media reports at the time were that the Jets were keenly interested in hiring him, perhpas even on the spot. The Jets had drafted QB ...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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• Erik Spoelstra is the Heat’s biggest cheat code in NBA Finals
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• Kawhi Leonard addresses Uncle Dennis' reported illegal demands
Kawhi Leonard met with the media on Tuesday, a day ahead of his LA Clippers’ big game against the Los Angeles Lakers on Christmas. The reigning NBA Finals MVP, who is in his first season with the Clippers, was asked to address a report by Sam Amick published Monday that stated the NBA investigated alleged illegal demands made by Dennis Robertson (aka “Uncle Dennis”), who is one of Leonard’s repres...2019
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• Kevin Durant joining Knicks reportedly a ‘done’ deal
There has been an overabundance of speculation that Kevin Durant will leave the Golden State Warriors this coming offseason in free agency. Many insiders believe the superstar’s preferred destination is the New York Knicks. Now comes word that Durant joining the Knicks is a “done” deal. Bleacher Report’s Ric Bucher, making an appearance on “The Herd with Colin Cowherd,” laid out what he’s hearing ...2019
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