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• James Harden is quietly putting together a monster season

James Harden has been carrying a heavy workload over the first half of the 2024-25 NBA season and has responded in a big way....2025
• Clippers show Lakers all the things they aren't in first Intuit Dome rivalry game

Norman Powell, James Harden and Ivica Zubac each score more than 20 points to lift the Clippers to a 116-102 victory over the Lakers at Intuit Dome....2025
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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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• All-time NBA scoring list: James Harden passes Dominique Wilkins for No. 15
James Harden continues to cement his legacy as one of the best players to ever grace a basketball court. The Clippers veteran dropped 21 points this Wednesday and climbed up the all-time scoring ranks, over legend Dominique Wilkins, to place himself in the list’s 15th position. This occurred during Los Angeles’ 126-67 blowout win over […] The post All-time NBA scoring list: Jame...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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• 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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• NBA playoffs: Clippers dismantle Mavericks with Kawhi Leonard in street clothes

Vintage James Harden and a stifling Clippers defense help lead Los Angeles to a dominant win as Leonard watched from the sideline with a lingering knee injury....2024
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• Russell Westbrook has found perfect, chaotic harmony with the Clippers

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images Russell Westbrook is fitting in by being himself in the exact way the Clippers needed. Move over, Myers & Briggs, you had a good run, asking NBA fans to visualize a league without Russell Westbrook is, to my mind, a more psychologically telling exercise. Some will immediately picture that ‘Society If’ meme, a utopia of crystalline towers, green spa...2024
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• Rockets offered Jalen Green, draft picks to Nets for Mikal Bridges, but were turned down

Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images The Nets made a massive mistake turning down Rockets trade offer involving Jalen Green and Mikal Bridges. The Houston Rockets reportedly offered the Brooklyn Nets a blockbuster deal that would have sent Mikal Bridges to Houston and returned Jalen Green and draft picks to Brooklyn. The Nets turned down the offer at the trade deadline, according to NBA inside...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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• Chris Bosh Turned Down Houston Rockets to Avoid More Big 3 Pressure
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"The NBA hasn’t seen a guard this productive since prime James Harden in Houston, but in many ways the Thunder star’s peak may already be higher."

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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."

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• Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is NBA MVP, and he could be so much more than that
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• Every NBA All-Star candidate in 2025, and the 24 players who should actually make team
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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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• WWE’s The Miz takes jab at Clippers’ James Harden during in-game interview

Even away from the squared circle, the former WWE champion is always looking to pick a fight — especially a verbal one — with someone else he deems worthy of being a foe....2025
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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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• Russell Westbrook is writing a perfect closing chapter with the Nuggets

Photo by Garrett Ellwood/NBAE via Getty Images Russell Westbrook is redefining himself on the Nuggets by doing the little things. Nikola Jokic typically doesn’t get involved in the Denver Nuggets’ business at the ownership and front office level, so it raised a few eyebrows to see the three-time MVP go to bat for a free agent addition during an otherwise morbid offseason in Denver. As the ...2024
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• Kawhi Leonard out ‘indefinitely’ with knee injury before Clippers season even begins
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• Stephen Curry joins NBA’s most exclusive career earnings club with only 2 other players

Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images Stephen Curry is the third player in NBA history to earn more than $500 million on the court. Stephen Curry, LeBron James, and Kevin Durant led the charge to help the United States finish on top of the podium in men’s basketball team at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The three superstars also have something in common when it comes to their bank accounts — and no o...2024
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• Clippers show Lakers all the things they aren't in first Intuit Dome rivalry game
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• All-time NBA scoring list: James Harden passes Dominique Wilkins for No. 15
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• Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is NBA MVP, and he could be so much more than that
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• Nets suffer worst loss in franchise history after 126-67 rout to Clippers

Kawhi Leonard scored 23 points, James Harden added 21 and the Los Angeles Clippers had the largest margin of victory in franchise history, routing the Brooklyn Nets 126-67 on Wednesday night....2025
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• The Pistons dug out of the NBA’s worst situation and finally gave their fans hope
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• Jimmy Butler wants out of Miami Heat, according to Shams
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• Russell Westbrook is writing a perfect closing chapter with the Nuggets
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• Harden now 2nd on NBA's all-time 3-pointers list
LA Clippers star James Harden passed Ray Allen for second on the NBA's all-time 3-pointers list Sunday night during a 116-105 win over the Utah Jazz, and he finished the victory with 20 points, 11 assists and 6 rebounds at Intuit Dome....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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• 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
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• 9 NBA teams in the Cooper Flagg sweepstakes for 2025 draft, ranked by tiers
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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
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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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• The Clippers went all-in, and it’s paying off

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Forget a two-timelines approach. They Clippers are showing the value of going all-in. The Los Angeles Clippers have yet to enjoy the success they envisioned when Kawhi Leonard and Paul George returned to their Southern California roots in 2019. Despite having two complimentary superstars in the prime of their careers, they are one of only five teams to ha...2024
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• Best Reactions to Harden Skipping Embiid’s Wedding to Eat Burgers, Hit the Club
James Harden was nowhere to be seen at Joel Embiid’s wedding, and this is a man who usually loves an excuse to party. Additionally, around the same time as the wedding, Harden was posting Instagram stories of himself hitting up some burgers deep in the club. Harden really skipped Embiid’s wedding to eat burgers and […] The post Best Reactions to Harden Skipping Embiid’s Wedding t...2023
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• Nets’ biggest mistake at the 2022 NBA Trade Deadline
When the Brooklyn Nets traded James Harden to the Philadelphia 76ers for Ben Simmons, the basketball world stopped for a moment. Everyone was aware that both Simmons and Harden need to be moved. However, no one expected a deal to be made so fast. Reports of Harden’s frustration with the franchise left the Nets stumbling […] The post Nets’ biggest mistake at the 2022 NBA Trade Deadline ...2022
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• Rockets’ Russell Westbrook speaks out on James Harden’s defense after crucial Game 7 stop
James Harden came up big for the Houston Rockets on a key defensive play in the dying moments of their Game 7 battle against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday night. Harden blocked a Lu Dort three-point attempt that would have put the Thunder up by two points with less than five seconds remaining on […] The post Rockets’ Russell Westbrook speaks out on James Harden’s defense...2020
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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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• All-time NBA scoring list: James Harden passes Dominique Wilkins for No. 15
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• Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is NBA MVP, and he could be so much more than that
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• Clippers Season Preview: Title Hopes Rest On Fragile Knees Of Kawhi Leonard and Fading Star Of James Harden
Clippers Preview A look at the Los Angeles Clippers entering the 2024-25 season … New Faces: Derrick Jones Jr., Nicolas Batum, Kris Dunn, Kevin Porter Jr., Mo Bamba, Cameron Christie Key Losses: Paul George, Russell Westbrook, Mason Plumlee, Daniel Theis, Brandon Boston Jr. Overview Kawhi Leonard hasn’t finished a playoff run with the Clippers since 2020, and […] The post Cli...2024
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• Stephen Curry joins NBA’s most exclusive career earnings club with only 2 other players
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• Clippers Expected To Keep PJ Tucker Into Camp, Season

The Los Angeles Clippers are preparing as if disgruntled forward P.J. Tucker will remain on the roster when training camp begins in a little more than a month, per Law Murray of The Athletic. Murray rode the bench for much of last season after coming over in the James Harden trade with the Philadelphia 76ers […] The post Clippers Expected To Keep PJ Tucker Into Camp, Season appeared first on...2024
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• Jimmy Butler wants out of Miami Heat, according to Shams
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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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• James Harden With 41 Points vs the Denver Nuggets (VIDEO)
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