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• 2025 NBA Playoffs Preview: Efficiency Ranks Of All Eight Series

The 2025 NBA Playoffs have arrived with three clear powerhouses leading the charge: the Oklahoma City Thunder in the West, and the Boston Celtics and Cleveland Cavaliers in the East. While a Celtics-Cavaliers Eastern Conference Finals showdown seems inevitable, the Western Conference presents a far more unpredictable battlefield behind the top-seeded Thunder. Each playoff matchup brings its own fa...2025
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• NBA Playoffs teams ranked by their 2025 championship chances

Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images Ranking every 2025 NBA Playoffs team by their chances to win it all The 2025 NBA Playoffs are here with three big favorites and a pool of contenders ready to play the spoiler. The Boston Celtics are trying to become the league’s first back-to-back champion since the 2017-2018 Golden State Warriors. Boston ran over the league on their way t...2025
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• NBA Playoffs 2025: Bracket, start dates, TV times, matchups, and scores for first round

Here are the matchups, bracket, and schedule for the 2025 NBA Playoffs. The 2025 NBA Playoff picture is set, with 16 teams competing for the championship after the final four spots are determined by the play-in tournament. The Boston Celtics are dreaming of back-to-back championships, but it won’t be easy: parity is in full swing with a deep and talented field of contenders. The NBA has had a uniq...2025
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• 2025 NBA Playoffs: First-Round Matchups Set As Regular Season Concludes

The Oklahoma City Thunder secured homecourt advantage for the duration of the playoffs with their 68-14 record and NBA-best +12.9 Net Rating. The Cleveland Cavaliers and Boston Celtics were bunched together in second and third in both record and Net Rating. The best matchups of the first round figure to be the Los Angeles Lakers against Minnesota Timberwolves less than a year after Luka Doncic fac...2025
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• The NBA’s 11 best rookies this season, ranked

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Let’s rank the best rookies in the NBA this season. The 2024 NBA Draft class will not go down in history for the top-end talent it produced, and that’s okay. Not every draft class can be full of franchise pillars: talent ebbs and flows through the years, with especially strong drafts like 2026 being balanced out by weaker years like this rookie class. J...2025
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• Thunder Focused On Winning Title, Not Setting Records

The Oklahoma City Thunder are on the verge of setting a slew of NBA records. The Thunder could reach the 70-win plateau, are set to set a new record for point differential, and could set a record for net rating, as well. In addition, Oklahoma City has already set the mark for best record against the opposing conference, as the Thunder have gone 28-1 against the Eastern Conference with one game rem...2025
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• NBA Playoffs 2025: Bracket, start dates, TV times, matchups, and scores for first round
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• Meet the No. 1 seeds in the 2025 men’s NCAA tournament

Steve Roberts-Imagn Images Here’s everything you need to know about the No. 1 seeds in the 2025 men’s NCAA tournament. The NCAA Tournament bracket is now set, 68 teams set to do battle for the national championship trophy in the best month in sports. However, with this year being as chaotic as it was, four teams separated themselves from the pack, battling through injuries and loaded sche...2025
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• 6 NBA teams who can win the 2025 Finals, ranked by their championship chances

Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images Only a handful of teams can realistically win the 2025 NBA championship. Let’s rank ‘em. The NBA is in its parity era, and it’s made the race of the championship more wide open than it’s been at any point in the league’s existence. NBA history is littered with dynasties, but those days might be over: no team has won back-to-back championships since Kevin ...2025
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• 5 NBA teams that got better at trade deadline, and 3 that got worse

Photo by Noah Graham/NBAE via Getty Images Here are the teams who got better at the NBA trade deadline, and the ones who got worse. The 2025 NBA trade deadline will be remembered as one of the wildest in league history. The Luka Doncic-for-Anthony Davis swap between the Los Angeles Lakers and Dallas Mavericks is just starting to set in, while players like De’Aaron Fox and Zach LaVine have ...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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• Rudy Gobert and Julius Randle beefing on court made Wolves unravel vs. Raptors

Photo by David Berding/Getty Images The Wolves were pointing fingers at each other as they melted down vs. the Raptors. The Minnesota Timberwolves enjoyed one of the finest seasons in franchise history last year, winning 56 games and advancing to the Western Conference Finals. The Wolves were seen as a young and ascendant team behind 23-year-old superstar Anthony Edwards, but with a big lu...2024
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• The Warriors rediscovered their championship formula with a new crew around Stephen Curry

Photo by David Dow/NBAE via Getty Images The Warriors have reinvented themselves as an NBA championship contender once again The Golden State Warriors’ dynasty has been pronounced dead so many times over the years. It was dead when a 73-win team blew a 3-1 lead in the 2016 NBA Finals to LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers. It was dead when Kevin Durant and Klay Thompson each suffered ...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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• Jae Crowder's Mixed Feelings About Boston Celtics Fans Should Be Mutual
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• Everything That's on the Line in Miami Heat-Toronto Raptors Game 7
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• NBA Friday Roundup: Damian Lillard's 51 Points Trip History-Hunting Warriors
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• Will Golden State Warriors Have More Wins Than Philadelphia 76ers' Have Losses?
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• Meet Steph Curry, the NBA's Most Beloved Megastar
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• How Much Better Will the Detroit Pistons Be Without Josh Smith?
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• David Lee's Reserve Role Could Put Golden State Warriors over the Top
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"Jordan Poole and Kyle Kuzma are the NBA’s worst, funniest 1-2 punch"

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"Curry's 23-minute playoff gem puts Dubs up 2-0"

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"The Knicks’ offense has been one of the best in the league, and may still get better"

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"Hornets' youth movement a relative success so far this season"

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"NBA quarter-season awards: MVP race? It's a jump ball."

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"How Does the Warriors' 20-2 Start Compare to the Greatest Starts in NBA History?"

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• NBA Playoffs 2025: Bracket, start dates, TV times, matchups, and scores for first round
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• The NBA’s 11 best rookies this season, ranked
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• The Warriors’ trio of centers will decide their fate in the NBA Playoffs

Photo by Noah Graham/NBAE via Getty Images The Warriors centers can’t be placeholders if they’re to make another championship run The year is 2000. Planes haven’t fallen from the air, but people sure seem to be tumbling as the Indiana Pacers are facing the Los Angeles Lakers in the Finals. In Game 2, the Pacers’ starting Center Dale Davis fouls out. Backup center Sam Perkins fouls out. Thi...2025
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• 6 NBA teams who can win the 2025 Finals, ranked by their championship chances
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• 5 NBA teams that got better at trade deadline, and 3 that got worse
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• 4 De’Aaron Fox trade packages that actually make sense

Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images Four teams that could trade for De’Aaron Fox. The first rumblings that De’Aaron Fox could be traded by the Sacramento Kings this season surfaced only a month ago. A week after those initial reports, Sacramento fired head coach Mike Brown, replaced him with Doug Christie, and immediately went on a seven-game winning streak. As the Kings have come back down ...2025
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• De’Aaron Fox trade rumors are here, and the Spurs are the first hat in the ring

Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images De’Aaron Fox isn’t on the trade block yet, but the Spurs are already reportedly lining up. The Sacramento Kings have been one of the most frustrating teams in the NBA to start the 2024-25 season. Expectations were high for the Kings after acquiring DeMar DeRozan over the summer on a $76.7 million deal, but thus far the only thing Sacramento is doing cons...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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• LeBron James is losing to Father Time, and the Lakers are cooked

Photo by David Berding/Getty Images Only trades for more help can save the Lakers from falling off a cliff. The Los Angeles Lakers’ first 14 games provided a fleeting moment of hope that perhaps a new head coach really could fix all their problems. Since then, the Lakers have descended into the cold reality of their long-time mediocrity, slipping down the Western Conference standings as th...2024
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• Florida is going to win March Madness, and here are 3 reasons why

Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images 3 reasons the Florida Gators will conquer March Madness and win the 2025 national championship The Florida Gators are among the proudest and most accomplished programs in men’s college basketball over the last 35 years. Going back to 1990, Florida has two national championships in 2006 and 2007, three other Final Four appearances in 1994, 2000, and 2014, an...2025
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• Russell Westbrook has finally silenced the critics by playing totally unlike Russell Westbrook

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images The Nuggets are the first team to not “let Russ be Russ,” and it’s working. When Voltaire published the novel Candide in 1759, he likely didn’t expect it to meet so much resistance — and for so much time. It was banned almost immediately in Paris. Within a few years, the Roman Catholic Church banned it. But the real shocker was the banning of Candide i...2025
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• Meet the No. 1 seeds in the 2025 men’s NCAA tournament
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• The NBA Media is about to give the MVP to the wrong guy… again

Photo by Jamie Schwaberow/Getty Images The race between Nikola Jokic and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has a clear winner, it’s just not the one NBA media is acting like it is. The MVP race should be over. In fact, it probably is over… for the wrong person. It’s been known for months that this year’s race is between two stars: Nikola Jokic and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. All available polls, bettin...2025
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• The Warriors’ trio of centers will decide their fate in the NBA Playoffs
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• Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Moves Ahead Of Nikola Jokic In Latest NBA MVP Straw Poll
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is ahead of Nikola Jokic in ESPN's latest MVP straw poll. Gilgeous-Alexander received 70 first place votes and thirty second place votes. Jokic, who was first in the previous straw poll, received 30 first place votes, 69 second place votes and one third place vote. The two players are 122 points apart as the MVP race is now down to Gilgeous-Alexander and Jokic. Giannis Ante...2025
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• Florida is going to win March Madness, and here are 3 reasons why
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• Russell Westbrook has finally silenced the critics by playing totally unlike Russell Westbrook
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• De’Aaron Fox trade rumors are here, and the Spurs are the first hat in the ring
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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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• LeBron James is losing to Father Time, and the Lakers are cooked
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• Rudy Gobert and Julius Randle beefing on court made Wolves unravel vs. Raptors
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• The misunderstood brilliance of Jose Alvarado

Photo by Rich Storry/Getty Images There’s more than meets the eye with Pelicans guard Jose Alvarado. Ask an NBA fan about Jose Alvarado, and chances are the first thing they bring up is his defense. And for good reason. The Puerto Rican guard who’s generously listed at 6-feet tall has made a name for himself in the basketball world over the past half decade as one of the sports’ preeminen...2024
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• Joe Mazzulla and the Celtics have created a relentless culture of winning
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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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• Spurs Coach Gregg Popovich Praises Kawhi Leonard's 'Bored to Death' Demeanor
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• Entire Atlanta Hawks Starting 5 Named NBA January Players of the Month in East
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• Metta World Peace: Latest News, Rumors and Speculation Surrounding Free-Agent SF
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• How Warriors Front Office Built the NBA's Most Potent Team
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• The Case for LeBron James to Win NBA MVP Yet Again
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• How Does the Warriors' 20-2 Start Compare to the Greatest Starts in NBA History?
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• LeBron James: Tristan Thompson 'Should Probably Be a Cavalier His Entire Career'
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• Even Minus a LeBron, Hawks' Clutch Play Says They Can Make Deep Playoff Run
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• Kristaps Porzingis Already Challenging Carmelo Anthony As Knicks' Best Player
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• Monday NBA Roundup: Kevin Durant's Return Propels Thunder Back to Elite Status
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• Crowded NBA Western Conference Is Just a 4-Team Race
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• Sacramento Kings Playing a Dangerous Game with DeMarcus Cousins
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• Anderson Varejao's Injury Should Expedite Cavaliers Hitting Trade Market
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• Dallas Mavericks Need Monta Ellis as Much as He Needs Them
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• Fantasy Basketball 2014: Top 10 Rankings and Sleepers at Each Position
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• Breaking Down Cleveland Cavaliers' Point Guard Position for 2014-15 Season
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• 2025 NBA Playoffs Preview: Efficiency Ranks Of All Eight Series
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• NBA Playoffs 2025: Bracket, start dates, TV times, matchups, and scores for first round
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• 2025 NBA Playoffs: First-Round Matchups Set As Regular Season Concludes
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• The NBA’s 11 best rookies this season, ranked
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• Thunder Focused On Winning Title, Not Setting Records
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• Florida is going to win March Madness, and here are 3 reasons why
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• Shannon Sharpe: The Thunder, A Boost Mobile Bundle, WWE Royal Rumble...Lakers In 5
Lakers in 5. In recent weeks, Shannon Sharpe has went viral on multiple occasions for his 'Lakers In 5' meme that he's been using for years. Notably, Sharpe has been teasing fans of the Oklahoma City Thunder ahead of a potential NBA Playoffs matchup between the team and the Los Angeles Lakers. Currently, the Thunder are the number one seed in the Western Conference while the Lakers are the fifth s...2025
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• Russell Westbrook has finally silenced the critics by playing totally unlike Russell Westbrook
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• Meet the No. 1 seeds in the 2025 men’s NCAA tournament
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• The Warriors’ trio of centers will decide their fate in the NBA Playoffs
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• 5 NBA teams that got better at trade deadline, and 3 that got worse
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• De’Aaron Fox trade rumors are here, and the Spurs are the first hat in the ring
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• The Cavs and Clippers both face huge, similar questions in the NBA playoffs

Art via Thilo Latrell Widder, original photos via Getty Images The Cavaliers and Clippers, more alike than you may realize, face similar questions as they enter the NBA playoffs. Before we go anywhere else, I am not comparing Jarrett Allen and Michael Olowakandi, nor Cavaliers Shawn Kemp to Clippers James Harden, but there’s something to be said about how similar the Cavs and Clippers hav...2024
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• The Chicago Bulls aren’t good, but they are clutch as hell

Photo by Alex Goodlett/Getty Images Nobody in the NBA is more clutch than the Chicago Bulls. The Chicago Bulls can’t stop winning clutch games. The Bulls beat the Utah Jazz, 119-117, on Wednesday night in Salt Lake City to keep the team’s incredible clutch alive. The Bulls have been a sub .500 team all year — they’re currently 26-28, ninth in the Eastern Conference — but they have an incr...2024
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• Alex Caruso’s genius is being wasted on hopeless Chicago Bulls

Photo by Melissa Tamez/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Alex Caruso deserves better than the Bulls. It is almost impossible to successfully defend Kevin Durant. Even at 35 years old, the superstar forward has one of the most advanced scoring arsenals in the league, a near 7-footer with deep range and soft touch on his jumper who can shoot over defenders with a hesi pull-up jimbo whenever h...2023
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• Cavaliers 'Absolutely' Will Keep J.B. Bickerstaff As Head Coach Next Season

The Cleveland Cavaliers reaffirmed they will retain J.B. Bickerstaff as head coach next season. "End that speculation. Yes. Absolutely. Absolutely. There's no question about that," Koby Altman told cleveland.com and one other outlet when asked if Bickerstaff would return for the 2023-24 campaign during a private conversation following his 40-minute end-of-season press conference at Cleveland Clini...2023
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• Jaylen Brown Remains Vital to Celtics Despite Inconsistent Rookie Season
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• Carmelo Anthony, Courtney Lee Comment on Knicks' Struggles After Loss to 76ers
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