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• 2025 NBA Playoffs Western Conference set: James Harden takes over OT, sends Warriors to play-in
The red-hot Clippers will face the Nuggets in a banger of a first-round series....2025
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• Clippers beat Warriors and get fifth seed in NBA playoffs

James Harden scores 12 points in overtime as Clippers beat Warriors and will face Denver in first round of NBA playoffs....2025
• NBA awards picks for 2025 MVP, Rookie of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, and more

Photo by Joshua Gateley/Getty Images Here are our NBA awards picks for the 2025 season. The 2024-2025 NBA season will mostly be remembered for something that happened off the court. Luka Doncic getting traded from the Dallas Mavericks to the Los Angeles Lakers will never make sense no matter how many times fans see him in purple and gold. Dallas’ epic collapse in the wake of the deal will ...2025
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• Nikola Jokic Makes History in Double-OT Loss to Timberwolves

It’s hard to argue that Nikola Jokic isn’t the MVP after this one. In the Nuggets’ 140-139 double-overtime loss to the Timberwolves, the Joker made history by posting the third 60-point triple-double in league history. He joins elite company alongside Luka Doncic and James Harden, the first two players to achieve the illustrious feat. Jokic […] The post Nikola Jokic Makes H...2025
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• Rutgers’ Dylan Harper, who’s drawn comparisons to James Harden, declares for draft

Rutgers guard Dylan Harper, to the surprise of no one, has declared for the NBA Draft. Harper is listed in multiple mock drafts as the No. 2 overall prospect, behind only Duke star Cooper Flagg. Harper made the announcement on ESPN’s NBA Today. “I’ll remember all the life lessons this season,” Harper told ESPN. “The […] The post Rutgers’ Dylan Harper, who&...2025
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• James Harden Gets Snubbed by His Own Former Teammate for 13x NBA All-Star
Find out where former NBA star Chandler Parsons stands on the ongoing comparisons between James Harden and Dwyane Wade....2025
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• NBA awards picks for 2025 MVP, Rookie of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, and more
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• Why Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s free-throw grifting is actually good for the NBA

Photo by Zach Beeker/NBAE via Getty Images The Oklahoma City Thunder MVP candidate is making the NBA more watchable, one free throw at a time. Is Shai Gilgeous-Alexander unstoppable because he shoots a ton of free throws, or does he shoot a ton of free throws because he’s unstoppable? SGA is second in the NBA with a healthy 8.9 free-throw attempts per game and that has become the subject o...2025
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• Luka Doncic rubbed his sweat all over the ball and grossed out the ref so badly

Nobody like his sweaty ball. Luka Doncic isn’t above playing a little gamesmanship, but against the Clippers he did it in the grossest way imaginable. James Harden was shooting free throws in a close battle when Luka picked up the ball, rubbed his head sweat all over it, and tossed it to the referee. She was not pleased. Luka rubbing his sweat all over the ball made the ref so mad pic.twitter...2025
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• Dylan Harper Drawing Comparisons To James Harden

Dylan Harper is drawing comparison amongst NBA talent evaluators to a young James Harden, reports ESPN's Jonathan Givony. Harper is currently projected to go No. 2 in ESPN's latest mock draft. Harper recently returned from injury to score 28 points to go with six rebounds and five assists in a win against Illinois. "The 18-year-old's combination of size, shot-creation prowess, passing creativity, ...2025
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• NBA trade deadline instant grades for every 2025 major deal made as they happen

Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images Let’s give out instant grades for the big moves at the 2025 NBA trade deadline. The 2025 NBA trade deadline will forever be remembered for a deal that took place a few days before the buzzer. The Los Angeles Lakers and Dallas Mavericks completed the trade of the century by exchanging Luka Doncic for Anthony Davis over the weekend. The NBA has been on fire...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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• Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is NBA MVP, and he could be so much more than that

Photo by Zach Beeker/NBAE via Getty Images Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has a legendary NBA future ahead of him with Thunder Shai Gilgeous-Alexander zoomed past Jarrett Allen for his first bucket of the night in the highly anticipated rematch between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday night. He got Georges Niang on a switch, stopped on a dime, and flowed into a beauti...2025
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• Every NBA All-Star candidate in 2025, and the 24 players who should actually make team

Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images Here’s a big list of deserving NBA All-Star candidates, plus our picks for the players who should make the team. It feels like the NBA is stocked with more elite talent than ever before. That’s going to lead to a lot of hard feelings as it relates to the 2025 NBA All-Star Game. There are only 12 spots on the All-Star roster in the Eastern and Western Con...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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• The Pistons dug out of the NBA’s worst situation and finally gave their fans hope

Photo by Kelsey Grant/Getty Images There’s hope for the Pistons for the first time in a long time. The Detroit Pistons came home from Christmas a year ago looking like one of the most pathetic teams in NBA history. Detroit fell to 2-28 on the season when it lost to the Brooklyn Nets the day after Christmas as part of an eternal losing streak that tied a league record for consecutive defeat...2024
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• Why Oklahoma City Thunder Are the NBA's Most Unsolvable Puzzle
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• Chris Bosh Turned Down Houston Rockets to Avoid More Big 3 Pressure
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"Simmons will head to Los Angeles to team up with Kawhi Leonard and James Harden"

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"This is the funniest thing to happen this season Throughout his career, Los Angeles Clippers guard James Harden has never been known for his defense."

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"76ers guard James Harden and Nets center Nic Claxton were both ejected from Thursday’s Game 3 in Brooklyn."

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"The Nets are trading James Harden to the 76ers for Ben Simmons, Seth Curry, Andre Drummond and two first-round draft picks, sources tell ESPN."

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"James Harden and the Brooklyn Nets had a frustrating 2020-21 NBA season."

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"NBA Star Power Index: LeBron James, Anthony Davis peaking for Lakers; James Harden fading in fourth quarters"

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"The Rockets will file a protest of Tuesday's loss to the Spurs due to a James Harden dunk that should've counted, sources told ESPN."

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"Houston's James Harden, Trevor Ariza and Gerald Green pushed into the LA Clippers' locker room Monday night looking to confront Austin Rivers after the Rockets' 113-102 loss, league sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski."

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"The post James Harden And Mario Chalmers Scuffle in Grizzlies Win appeared first on SLAMonline."

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"Kobe Bryant scored 35 points in his third-to-last game, but James Harden responded with 40 to lead Houston past the Lakers."

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" Thompson also said Chicago's Jimmy Butler and Houston's James Harden were in the mix for best shooting guard in the league."

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"Houston Rockets star James Harden needed some help to get past three defenders on the court while blindfolded."

• NBA awards picks for 2025 MVP, Rookie of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, and more
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• Rutgers’ Dylan Harper, who’s drawn comparisons to James Harden, declares for draft
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• Dylan Harper Leaves Rutgers For 2025 NBA Draft
Dylan Harper has declared for the 2025 NBA draft, leaving Rutgers after his freshman season. Harper is the projected No. 2 pick in the draft. "I'll remember all the life lessons this season," Harper told ESPN. "The ups and downs and good and bad. Staying leveled." Harper averaged 19.4 points, 4.6 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 1.4 steals while shooting 33.3 percent on three-pointers and 75.0 percent fr...2025
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• Clippers Star James Harden Drops 3-Word Reaction to Maxx Crosby’s $106.5 Million Extension With Raiders
NBA superstar James Harden took to social media to congratulate his friend, Maxx Crosby, on his record-breaking contract extension....2025
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• Houston Texans News: Texans projected to land former draft steal in free agency

Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images Your one-stop shop for Houston Texans, local sports, and news from around the league for Tuesday, March 4, 2025. Houston Texans News Houston Texans after the NFL combine: What we learned about priorities, free agency and the draft (Houston Chronicle) Expert Predicts Houston Texans to Land Massive Draft Steal (Sports Illustrated) Six possible fits for...2025
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• 5 Kevin Durant trade destinations that make sense for NBA’s next summer blockbuster, ranked

Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images Kevin Durant is going to be traded this summer. Let’s rank his most likely suitors. The Phoenix Suns are about to miss the 2025 NBA Playoffs with the highest payroll in league history. The team’s bold trade for Kevin Durant hours after Mat Ishbia gained control of the franchise has been an unmitigated disaster, and now the worst kept secret in the NBA is t...2025
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• Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Parts Ways With Agents, Will Represent Himself On Supermax

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has parted ways with Thaddeus Foucher and Joe Smith as his agents, sources tell Chris Haynes. Foucher and Smith are agents with Wasserman. Gilgeous-Alexander, who will become eligible to sign a four-year, $294 million supermax extension during the 2025 offseason, will represent himself for his standard NBA contracts. Gilgeous-Alexander will become the first player to earn a...2025
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• 3 winners, 2 losers from NBA All-Star weekend

Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images Steph Curry and Mac McClung came away as the weekend’s biggest winner. Fans of basketball largely left disappointed. SAN FRANCISCO — NBA All-Star weekend has come and gone, and with it, so has another weekend of the NBA really hoping players take things seriously before rolling out a subpar product that largely angers its fanbase. This tim...2025
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• NBA All-Star Game 2025’s weird new format and rosters for 4-team tournament, explained

Explaining the new NBA All-Star Game tournament, including the rosters and prize pool. The NBA All-Star Game has a history of tinkering with the format. The league did away with the traditional Eastern Conference vs. Western Conference game in 2017, instead opting to do an All-Star draft with the leading vote-getters. In 2020, the NBA changed the end of the All-Star Game from a running clock to a ...2025
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• Sixers Explored Signing Ben Simmons After Buyout

Ben Simmons signed with the Los Angeles Clippers following his buyout agreement with the Brooklyn Nets. Simmons also received interest from the Cleveland Cavaliers and Houston Rockets. Jake Fischer reports that the Philadelphia 76ers also had some level of interest in signing Simmons. The Sixers traded Simmons at the 2022 trade deadline for James Harden. Simmons had a prolonged holdout in hopes of...2025
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• Clippers beat Warriors and get fifth seed in NBA playoffs
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• NBA awards picks for 2025 MVP, Rookie of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, and more
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• Dylan Harper Leaves Rutgers For 2025 NBA Draft
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• Why Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s free-throw grifting is actually good for the NBA
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• James Harden Passes Moses Malone For 11th On NBA’s All-Time Scoring List
Los Angeles Clippers superstar James Harden passed Moses Malone in scoring and moved up to 11th on the NBA all-time scoring list during Sunday night’s 103-101 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder. Malone, the three-time MVP who won a championship with the Philadelphia 76ers in 1983, retired with 27,409 points across his 21-year career. James […] The post James Harden Passes Moses Malone F...2025
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• James Harden scores 30 as red-hot Clippers pick up their fifth straight win

James Harden finished with 30 points and nine assists as the Clippers dominated the Memphis Grizzlies 128-108 to pick up their fifth consecutive victory....2025
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• Kings/Bulls Notes: DeRozan, White, LaVine, Huerter, T. Jones
Forward DeMar DeRozan became the 27th player in NBA history to record 25,000 career points on Thursday, writes Jason Anderson of The Sacramento Bee. As Law Murray of The Athletic notes, DeRozan joins LeBron James, Kevin Durant, James Harden, Russell Westbrook and Stephen Curry as active players who have scored at least 25,000 points. However, […]...2025
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• James Harden and Clippers dominate Hornets for third straight win

James Harden finishes with 31 points as the Clippers pick up another win heading into a challenging stretch of games against Cleveland, Memphis and Oklahoma City....2025
• Alperen Şengün threw NBA’s best assist, and Nikola Jokic’s fingerprints are all over it

Alperen Şengün’s wild assist is full of Nikola Jokic’s influence. The Houston Rockets are one of the best stories of the NBA season. When the franchise hired head coach Ime Udoka ahead of last season, Houston was coming off three horrendous campaigns where they won 17 games, 20 games, and 22 games respectively. Udokda was hired to accelerate their post-James Harden rebuild, and he’s done that desp...2025
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• James Harden and Kawhi Leonard lead Clippers to victory over Knicks

James Harden finishes with 27 points and Kawhi Leonard scores 20 as the Clippers hold off a late bid by the New York Knicks in a 105-95 win....2025
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• Alperen Şengün threw NBA’s best assist, and Nikola Jokic’s fingerprints are all over it
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• Where Will Kevin Durant Finish On All-Time Scoring List?
Kevin Durant recently joined esteemed company by becoming the eighth player on the all-time scoring list to reach the 30,000 point mark. It’s a moment to appreciate for all basketball fans as the only other active player to have hit that mark is LeBron James. James Harden (13th overall) is the next closest with 26,949 […] The post Where Will Kevin Durant Finish On All-Time Scoring List...2025
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• The best and worst 2025 Super Bowl commercials

Photo by David Buono/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Mayonnaise, coffee, and a whole lot more commercials are premiering to big money in 2025. It’s finally time for the biggest event of the year. No, we don’t mean the Super Bowl between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles. We don’t mean the Kendrick Lamar halftime show. We don’t mean the pot of jambalaya or Philly cheesest...2025
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• Why is the National Baseball Hall of Fame the most revered among sports?

Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images Very well might be a question without an answer. On Tuesday, the National Baseball Hall of Fame will announce its newest class of inductees. Here at Royals Review, our writers took a look at the ballot and voted a few weeks ago. That’s just one of—what?—hundreds, if not thousands, of articles across the land about the Hall of Fame and who will get the call. Like...2025
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• The Magic should go all-in at the NBA trade deadline, and there is 1 perfect target
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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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• 9 NBA teams in the Cooper Flagg sweepstakes for 2025 draft, ranked by tiers

Photo by Juan Ocampo/NBAE via Getty Images The 2024 NBA Draft lacked excitement from the very start of the cycle due to the absence of a consensus No. 1 overall player. The 2024 class wasn’t terrible, but it always felt more like a role player draft than one with future franchise cornerstones. The fact that this was the draft that immediately followed Victor Wembanyama’s class made it seem...2024
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• Chris Paul, the NBA’s mercenary fixer, is ready for another postseason run

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images Chris Paul enters another postseason run with the Golden State Warriors ready to yell, scream and execute his way as far as he can, even if it is (again) unlikely to end in a championship. People are incomprehensible. A basketball play is a simple thing, with simple objectives. You draw up a plan and you execute. You teach fundamentals, principles t...2024
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• 6 NBA teams who can win 2024 Finals, ranked

Photo By Winslow Townson/Getty Images Let’s rank the championship picture in the NBA ahead of the stretch run. The 2023-2024 NBA season is 70 percent in the books. While parity has been a defining theme of this season, at this point the championship picture is fully starting to crystalize. The Boston Celtics are currently the only team in the league on pace to win 60+ games. The West has ...2024
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• The Clippers shed their loser branding, and finally look like a real NBA team

The Clippers’ new rebrand is a big improvement. The Los Angeles Clippers don’t exactly strike fear into their opponents, historically-speaking. The franchise that was founded as the Buffalo Braves in 1970, became the Clippers in a move to San Diego in 1978, and then landed in LA in 1984, has never reached the NBA Finals. The franchise’s all-time winning percentage for both regular season and posts...2024
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• Klay Thompson Says He and Steph Curry Are the Best Guards in the NBA
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• 76ers’ James Harden, Nets’ Nic Claxton ejected from Game 3
76ers guard James Harden and Nets center Nic Claxton were both ejected from Thursday’s Game 3 in Brooklyn. Here’s what you need to know: Harden was assessed a Flagrant 2 and ejected late in the third quarter after appearing to hit Royce O’Neale in the groin while trying to dribble past him. Claxton received a second technical foul early in the fourth quarter for taunting after c...2023
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• Is Kevin Durant Still the NBA's Second-Best Player Behind LeBron James?
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• Kevin Durant Says He Believes He Is the Best Basketball Player in the World
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• Kevin Durant's Return Is Just What The NBA Needs In 2015-16
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• Stephen Curry Reportedly Wins MVP Award for 2014-15 NBA Season
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• Dwight Howard Reportedly Unhappy Playing Alongside James Harden
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• Kevin Durant Helps Blindfolded James Harden Score in Commercial
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• Is Kevin Durant Bound for Golden State? Not If He Remains True to Himself
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• Russell Westbrook Records 10th Triple-Double of Season: Highlights and Reaction
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• Clippers beat Warriors and get fifth seed in NBA playoffs
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• NBA awards picks for 2025 MVP, Rookie of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, and more
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• Why Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s free-throw grifting is actually good for the NBA
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• Is it time for the Clippers and James Harden to part ways? | The Kevin O'Connor Show

With the Clippers' playoff dreams hanging in the balance, questions around James Harden's fit and future are surfacing....2025
• 5 Kevin Durant trade destinations that make sense for NBA’s next summer blockbuster, ranked
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• Sixers Explored Signing Ben Simmons After Buyout
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• NBA trade deadline instant grades for every 2025 major deal made as they happen
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• Meet the 2025 NBA All-Star Game reserves with full rosters announced
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• Back at full strength, Clippers have no problems beating NBA's worst team

With Kawhi Leonard, James Harden and Norman Powell back in the lineup, the Clippers cruised to a 110-93 victory over the struggling Washington Wizards....2025
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• Select Answers: Kenny Omega, WWE, CM Punk, more
Welcome to Select Answers, a short feature that provides some of the answers to questions that were posed to Sean Ross Sapp in the most recent Fightful Weekly Q&A Podcast. The show drops every week on Fightful Select for subscribers. These answers are from the first week of January on Fightful Select. If you aggregate these stories on websites, link back to us. If you aggregate them on social medi...2025
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• Select Answers: Kenny Omega, WWE, CM Punk, more
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• Jimmy Butler wants out of Miami Heat, according to Shams

Photo by Eric Espada/NBAE via Getty Images A Christmas tradition unlike any other Jimmy Butler reportedly wants out of Miami, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania in a Christmas Day report. There is some delicate phrasing in Charania’s story, saying that Butler has not ‘formally requested’ a trade, but he is believed to be ‘ready for his exit.’ This follows a report from two weeks ago, via ...2024
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• Joel Embiid hinted he could be next NBA superstar to request trade with cryptic comments
Joel Embiid put 76ers on clock by hinting at trade request. Joel Embiid is firmly in the prime of his career. The superstar center finally won NBA MVP this past season after consecutive second place finishes. He will turn 30 years old in March. There’s only one thing missing on Embiid’s resume at this point: an NBA championship. Embiid’s lack of success in the NBA Playoffs is hard to ignore. He’s ...2023
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• Is Kevin Durant Bound for Golden State? Not If He Remains True to Himself
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• Bleacher Report's Official 2015-16 NBA All-Star Ballot
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• Dwight Howard: Latest News, Rumors and Speculation Surrounding Rockets C
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• Kevin Durant's Return Is Just What The NBA Needs In 2015-16
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• The Case for LeBron James to Win NBA MVP Yet Again
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• Russell Westbrook's 2015 MVP Case Growing Louder by the Day
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