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• NHL Rumors: Maple Leafs’ Path to Top Available Free Agent Gets Clearer As Western Conference Contenders Pull Out of Race
While Toronto continues to figure out its roster, an insider has good news for them as the path to an important free agent becomes more clear....2025
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• Free agent SF Jalen McDaniels has signed with the New Orleans Pelicans
In 2024-25, the New Orleans Pelicans finished 21-61. That was 14th of 15 teams in the Western Conference. New Orleans has 14 of their 15 standard contracts signed for the upcoming season. NBA insider Shams Charania announced Monday morning that the Pelicans are signing a free agent SF. Jalen McDaniels could be on an Exhibit […] The post Free agent SF Jalen McDaniels has signed with the New ...2025
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• Five notable early-season Clippers games

After the NBA schedule release on Aug. 14, storylines bubbled to the surface for the Los Angeles Clippers (50-32), who finished fifth in the Western Conference last season. Here are five intriguing early-season games for the Clippers: Oct....2025
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• Two Teams Pose Biggest Threat to Thunder, Stephen A. Smith Says
The Oklahoma City Thunder stormed through the 2024-25 season with 68 regular season wins before outlasting the Indiana Pacers in seven games to capture their first NBA title. Now, with the entire core returning, OKC is favored to go back-to-back. But Two Western Conference rivals stand out as their toughest obstacles, ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith […] The post Two Teams Pose Biggest Threat to Thun...2025
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• RealGM Radio: Matt Moore On 2025-26 Western Conference Win Totals

Wes Goldberg and Matt Moore react to NBA Western Conference win totals for the upcoming season and make their picks for over/unders. Time Stamps0:00 Intro1:30 Mavericks5:58 Nuggets11:58 Warriors20:02 Rockets25:19 Clippers31:47 Lakers40:08 Grizzlies43:30 Timberwolves47:50 Pelicans51:08 Thunder54:53 Suns58:59 Trail Blazers1:00:55 Kings1:02:18 Spurs1:03:52 Jazz Subscribe to RealGM Radio on Apple Podc...2025
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• 2025-26 NBA schedule release: Top 10 must-see games from season opener to Lakers vs. Mavericks and more

Kevin Durant visits his old digs, Pacers welcome back (?) Myles Turner and a Western Conference finals rematch highlight the list...2025
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• NBA’s 3 most overrated and underrated teams, starring Celtics, Spurs, Nuggets, and more

Photo by Justin Ford/Getty Images Here are the most overrated and underrated NBA teams entering the new season. The dog days of the NBA offseason have set in. Just about the only thing hanging over the league right now is the frozen restricted free agent market keeping four young players from agreeing to new deals. It’s brought the rest of the NBA’s summer activity to a halt with it. There...2025
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• NBA’s 11 worst long-term team outlooks, ranked by who has the bleakest future

Photo by Tim Heitman/Getty Images Let’s rank the teams that just feel hopeless right now. Fortunes can change quickly in the NBA, and you only need to look at the two teams in the 2025 NBA Finals for proof. The Thunder ended the 2021-2022 season at 24-58 overall. The Indiana Pacers finished that season 25-57. Three years later, the two franchises played a Game 7 for the championship. That’...2025
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• Damian Lillard On Return To Portland: 'I Wasn't Expecting It To Happen So Soon'

Damian Lillard discussed his reasoning for re-signing with the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday, mostly focusing on his family. "Just knowing that I'm going to be back home for all parts of my life, with my kids, playing for the Trail Blazers, driving on the same streets that I've driven on pretty much my entire adulthood, my whole family being here, my mom, my brother, my sisters, all my friends ...2025
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• The Clippers built a 2017 NBA superteam in 2025

Photo by Gene Sweeney Jr/Getty Images The Clippers are going to be good next year. But they would have been unstoppable a decade ago. Chris Paul has indicated the 2025-26 season will be his final year in the NBA before retirement. The free agent guard has made a decision on where he’ll spend his last stop, and he’s going back to the place where he enjoyed the most success in his Hall of Fa...2025
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• 6 NBA teams stuck in purgatory

Nick Turchiaro-Imagn Images These six NBA teams are going nowhere fast. What does it mean to be stuck in NBA purgatory? The easiest definition is a team that isn’t good enough to win a playoff series, but also won’t be bad enough to get a crack at a franchise-changing prospect at the top of the NBA Draft. In fairness, the flattened odds in the draft lottery have consistently failed to rewa...2025
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• 7 NBA teams that got better this offseason, ranked by how much they improved

These teams are ready to make a leap next season. There’s still about three months left in the NBA offseason before teams report to training camp for the start of the 2025-26 season, but the championship picture is already starting to take shape. The Oklahoma City Thunder will enter the season as the favorites to repeat, and the Denver Nuggets and Houston Rockets look like their two biggest chall...2025
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• NBA Draft’s 5 biggest winners and 3 losers in 2025 class

Photo by Steve Freeman/NBAE via Getty Images Here are our biggest winners and losers from the 2025 NBA Draft. The biggest intrigue in the 2025 NBA Draft was settled with the lottery drawing. Cooper Flagg was the wire-to-wire No. 1 overall player in this class, and the only question was who would land him. The Dallas Mavericks were the lucky winners of the lottery, and on Wednesday night th...2025
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• Celtics Listening To Trade Offers On Jaylen Brown, Derrick White

The Boston Celtics have significantly reduced their payroll and luxury tax obligations while getting under the second apron with their trades of Jrue Holiday and Kristaps Porzingis on consecutive days before the draft. Boston reportedly would prefer to keep Jaylen Brown and Derrick White, but they also appear willing to listen to offers. "The Celtics prefer not to trade Jaylen Brown and Derrick W...2025
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• Celtics Have Received Significant Interest On Jaylen Brown Trade From Multiple Teams

The Boston Celtics have significantly reduced their payroll and luxury tax obligations while getting under the second apron with their trades of Jrue Holiday and Kristaps Porzingis on consecutive days before the draft. Boston reportedly would prefer to keep Jaylen Brown and Derrick White, but they also appear willing to listen to offers. "The Celtics prefer not to trade Jaylen Brown and Derrick W...2025
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• Jrue Holiday trade grades for Celtics-Trail Blazers deal with Anfernee Simons to Boston

Bob DeChiara-Imagn Images Let’s grade the Jrue Holiday trade between the Celtics and Blazers from both sides. The Boston Celtics acquired Jrue Holiday from the Portland Trail Blazers after he was dumped by the Milwaukee Bucks in the Damian Lillard trade two years ago, and he proved to be the team’s final piece to a championship puzzle. Now Holiday is returning to Portland like a lent libra...2025
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• Ranking NBA’s final 4 teams in 2025 Playoffs by most likely to win it all

Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images Let’s rank the four teams left standing in the 2025 NBA Playoffs. The Boston Celtics’ dream of repeating as champions is dead, the best player in the world has been eliminated, and the No. 1 seed the East is already on vacation. The second round of the 2025 NBA Playoffs was full of carnage, and no one could have anticipated the last four teams left standing....2025
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• Zach LaVine trade rumors may be back after comments from new Kings GM resurface

Photo by Rocky Widner/NBAE via Getty Images Zach LaVine probably shouldn’t get too comfortable in Sacramento. Zach LaVine feels like he’s been permanently stapled to the trade block during his NBA career. LaVine has already been traded twice in his first 11 seasons in the league: the Minnesota Timberwolves sent him to the Chicago Bulls after his third year as part of the Jimmy Butler deal,...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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• Preview: Avalanche look to ramp it up as NHL returns from Four Nations break

Photo by John Russell/NHLI via Getty Images The Avs return to action to visit the division rival Nashville Predators. After the remarkable success of the Four Nations Faceoff, which captivated the sports world in North America for the last 10 days, the National Hockey League is back in action Saturday, with 14 games occurring across the league. The Colorado Avalanche return to play with s...2025
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• Anthony Davis Bulks Up, Adds 12 Pounds of Muscle Ahead of 2015-16 Season
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"On the backs of Steph Curry and Jimmy Butler, the Golden State Warriors are headed to the NBA playoffs as the Western Conference's Number 7 seed to face the Houston Rockets."

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"The Thunder and Minnesota Timberwolves are all tied up in the Western Conference"

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

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"The Slovenian star has led Dallas to the Western Conference finals for the first time since 2011"

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"The Phoenix Suns recently overcame the Los Angeles Clippers in a 4-2 series victory in the Western Conference Finals to finally advance to the championship stage for the first time in 28 years."

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"The Dallas Mavericks-vs-Los Angeles Clippers Western Conference playoff series has indeed been filled with several controversies."

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"EL SEGUNDO – Los Angeles Lakers forward Anthony Davis has been named NBA Western Conference Player of the Week for games"

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"Western Conference-leading Golden State battles Oklahoma City, which has lost four straight games."

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"This will mark the NBA's first All-Star Game without a matchup between the Eastern Conference and the Western Conference."

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"The Miami Heat's Dwyane Wade and the Oklahoma City Thunder's Kevin Durant were today named NBA Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for games played Monday, Jan."

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"More than any one other player, Leonard is why the Spurs find themselves within two games of second place in the Western Conference."

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"They'll contend for the worst record in the Western Conference as they cope with injuries (Julius Randle) and an obviously flawed offensive model that relies too heavily on Bryant making something out of nothing like it's 2004."

• NHL Rumors: Maple Leafs’ Path to Top Available Free Agent Gets Clearer As Western Conference Contenders Pull Out of Race
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• Free agent SF Jalen McDaniels has signed with the New Orleans Pelicans
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• NBA's Next Copycat Trend Likely To Be Prioritization Of Depth

The NBA's more punitive salary cap system under the 2023 collective bargaining agreement has made team-building more perilous for any single bad decision and also has placed a greater importance on depth. "I think the copycat nature of the league will try to have teams focusing more on depth and having balance and a 'next man up' sort of mentality," an Eastern Conference scout said. "From that pe...2025
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• Austin Reaves Could Command $30M Per Season On Next Contract

Austin Reaves will be an unrestricted free agent next offseason after declining the Los Angeles Lakers' four-year, $89.2 million extension offer in June. The contract was the max the Lakers could offer at this time. Reaves is expected to re-sign with the Lakers in 2026. "I think he will get $30 [million] plus," one executive told ESPN, echoing multiple front office sources who were asked about the...2025
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• De'Aaron Fox, Spurs Agree To Four-Year, $229M Max Extension

De'Aaron Fox and the San Antonio Spurs have agreed upon a four-year, $229 million max extension. The Spurs acquired Fox before the 2025 trade deadline from the Sacramento Kings after his trade request. San Antonio was Fox's preferred destination. Fox, who is represented by Rich Paul, will be tied to the Spurs through the 2029-30 season as the last season of the deal doesn't contain a player option...2025
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• Dunc'd On: West Offseason Grades 2025

Nate and Danny hand out offseason grades for all 15 Western Conference teams, analyzing each front office's approach in free agency, trades, and the draft. They highlight Dallas' aggressive moves to build around Cooper Flagg, Denver's big move for Cam Johnson, and Golden State's crossroads as they navigate their aging core. The Rockets' eventful offseason, the Clippers' reshuffling around James Ha...2025
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• West Offseason Grades 2025

Nate and Danny hand out offseason grades for all 15 Western Conference teams, analyzing each front office's approach in free agency, trades, and the draft. They highlight Dallas' aggressive moves to build around Cooper Flagg, Denver's quiet summer and internal development strategy, and Golden State's crossroads as they navigate their aging core. The Rockets' eventful offseason, the Clippers' reshu...2025
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• NBA’s 3 most overrated and underrated teams, starring Celtics, Spurs, Nuggets, and more
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• Bulls Will Likely Keep Ayo Dosunmu Amid NBA Trade Rumors
The Chicago Bulls are expected to keep veteran guard Ayo Dosunmu despite various trade rumors this summer. The 25-year-old is set to enter his fifth NBA season in 2025-26. Bulls Had Substantive Trade Talks Involving Ayo Dosunmu The Bulls reportedly held “substantive talks” with a Western Conference playoff team regarding Dosunmu, but the two sides failed […] The post Bulls Will Likely Keep A...2025
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• NBA’s 11 worst long-term team outlooks, ranked by who has the bleakest future
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• Austin Reaves Could Command $30M Per Season On Next Contract
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• De'Aaron Fox, Spurs Agree To Four-Year, $229M Max Extension
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• Damian Lillard On Return To Portland: 'I Wasn't Expecting It To Happen So Soon'
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• Kayla Thornton and the Golden State Valkyries have been the perfect match

Photo by Ellen Schmidt/Getty Images After nearly a decade as a WNBA role player, Kayla Thornton finds herself an All-Star. At 32 years old, Kayla Thornton had only averaged double figures once in her WNBA career. Last year, she averaged 5.5 points and 2.6 rebounds in 20.3 minutes off the bench for the New York Liberty en route to the franchise’s first title. But when the Liberty had to p...2025
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• MHH Roundtable: Summer Checklist

Photo by Ashley Potts/NHLI via Getty Images Examining where the Colorado Avalanche stand in early summer. It’s been an unusual start to the 2025-26 league year as teams weren’t largely finished shaping their rosters by the July 4th holiday. Most teams were able to retain their free agents, and as a result, there have been fewer options on the market. The Colorado Avalanche were never big ...2025
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• Browns vs. Lions: 5 memorable games

SetNumber: X2219 Cleveland and Detroit have been playing each other since 1952. Here are 5 memorable games in the series. The Cleveland Browns will visit their personal house of horrors when they face the Detroit Lions in Week 4 of the 2025 NFL season. The Browns have won just one time in 13 tries as the road team against the Lions in a series that dates back to 1952. Detroit leads the all...2025
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• 5 best NBA Draft team hauls and 2 teams who didn’t do enough

Photos by Michael Gonzales/NBAE via Getty Images Here’s who helped themselves and who didn’t in the 2025 NBA Draft. The 2025 NBA Draft has been dissected from every angle by now. At this point, all that’s left is to watch how this incoming rookie class performs at Las Vegas Summer League before heading to training camp to start their NBA careers. Teams need to think about the future, not ...2025
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• Jabari Smith Jr., Rockets Agree To Five-Year, $125M Extension

Jabari Smith Jr. and the Houston Rockets have agreed to a five-year, $125 million contract extension. The contract will reportedly feature no team or player options. Smith is represented by Wallace Prather. Smith's future with the Rockets has been uncertain as they have evaluated major trade options and also acquired Kevin Durant. Smith was the third overall pick in the 2022 draft out of Auburn b...2025
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• Julius Randle, Wolves Agree To Three-Year, $100M Contract

Julius Randle and the Minnesota Timberwolves have agreed to a three-year contract worth $100 million. Randle will opt out for next season in order to sign the new deal with Minnesota. The contract will carry a player option for the 2027-28 season. Randle was acquired by the Wolves ahead of last season in the trade that sent Karl-Anthony Towns to the New York Knicks. The Timberwolves have now locke...2025
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• Damian Lillard On Return To Portland: 'I Wasn't Expecting It To Happen So Soon'
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• Let’s Chat: What’s your all-time favorite non-Seahawks sports moment?

Photo credit should read Michael Moore/AFP via Getty Images Let’s remember some good times as sports fans, but sans the Seahawks. Welcome to Casual Friday, the open thread where we veer away from Seattle Seahawks talk and get into some off-topic community discussions. Today’s theme is about sports but it’s not about the Seahawks. I’m fairly confident that most of our comments section watch...2025
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• Wolves’ Kevin Durant trade offer would be a huge overpay if true

Photo by Kelsey Grant/Getty Images The Wolves should be careful not to put too much on the table for Kevin Durant. Kevin Durant is going to be traded, and it could happen at any minute. The Phoenix Suns have been parsing through offers for the superstar scorer on the brink of his 37th birthday. Durant reportedly has a preference to go to the San Antonio Spurs, and he’s also interested in j...2025
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• Leadership biggest factor in success for Colorado Eagles

Ashley Potts/Colorado Eagles Veterans led the way for the Eagles to their first Pacific Division title in franchise history. The Colorado Avalanche ended their season on a sour note, getting eliminated in seven games against the Dallas Stars. At the same time, the Colorado Eagles enjoyed their most successful season in franchise history. Colorado had the best home record in the American Ho...2025
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• The Knicks want Jason Kidd as head coach, but Mavs hold all the cards

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images The Knicks know who they want for their next head coach, but the Mavs still hold all the cards. The New York Knicks’ head coaching search always felt like it was going to get weird after firing Tom Thibodeau following the franchise’s longest playoff run in 25 years. Whispers about Jay Wright and Jeff Van Gundy never really passed the smell test, and hiri...2025
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• We asked our team what their hottest WNBA take is 1 month into the season

Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images From MVP candidates to possible trade ideas, here are our staff hot takes from the month of May. If there is one thing the WNBA community loves, it’s a hot take. In that spirit, and because we are about a month into the 2025 WNBA season, we asked our team what their hottest WNBA take currently is. Dallas may need to field Arike Ogunbowale trade offers ahead...2025
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• Knicks coaching candidates: 4 favorites, 3 longshots to replace Tom Thibodeau

Photo by Eakin Howard/Getty Images Who could replace Tom Thibodeau as Knicks head coach? Here’s the list of likely candidates. Tom Thibodeau led the New York Knicks to back-to-back 50 win seasons for the first time in 30 years. He just led the Knicks on their longest playoff run of the 21st century by reaching the Eastern Conference Finals. Thibodeau inherited a club coming off seven strai...2025
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• Austin Ainge Says Jazz Won't Tank This Upcoming Season

Austin Ainge met with the media for the first time since being announced at the president of basketball operations for the Utah Jazz. One of the questions Ainge was asked about was if the Jazz would continue to manipulate playing time in an effort to tank for draft position. Ainge was concise, but clear in his answer. "You won't see that this year," Ainge said. Over the last three seasons, Utah ha...2025
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• Recap: Panthers rally to advance to third straight Stanley Cup Final

Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images The Hurricanes fought for their lives, but the Panthers chewed them up one last time to end their season in Game 5. The third time was the charm. Carter Verhaeghe scored the go-ahead goal off a feed from Aleksander Barkov with 7:39 left, and the reigning champion Florida Panthers advanced to their third straight Stanley Cup Final, defeating the Caroli...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 29, 2025

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Back in the win column. Noah Cameron has had a historic start to his career: In four starts, Cameron has posted a 1.05 ERA. He hasn’t allowed more than one run in any of his four starts. He has gone at least 6 1/3 innings in each of them, too. That makes Cameron just the second pitcher since 1893 with 6 1/3-plus innings and one run or less in his first f...2025
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• Kobe Bryant All That's Left of NBA's Greatest Draft Ever
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• Spurs Coach Gregg Popovich Praises Kawhi Leonard's 'Bored to Death' Demeanor
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• San Antonio Spurs Present Immediate Challenge to Golden State Warriors' Throne
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• Is Kevin Durant Still the NBA's Second-Best Player Behind LeBron James?
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• Golden State Warriors Are Primed to Reach Historic Echelon Next Season
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• Seth Curry to Kings: Latest Contract Details, Analysis and Reaction
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• Steve Nash Retires: Latest Details, Comments and Reaction
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• Durant, Wade named Players of the Week
The Miami Heat's Dwyane Wade and the Oklahoma City Thunder's Kevin Durant were today named NBA Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for games played Monday, Jan. 25 through Sunday, Jan. 31....2016
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• 4 winners and 3 losers from Luka Doncic, Anthony Davis trade for Lakers, Mavericks

Photo by Katelyn Mulcahy/Getty Images Here are our winners and losers from the big Luka Doncic, Anthony trade between the Lakers and Mavs. It’s still hard to believe the Luka Doncic-for-Anthony Davis trade between the Los Angeles Lakers and Dallas Mavericks is real. Trades like this only happen in fantasy basketball or NBA 2K dynasties; in the real world, 25-year-olds with five First-Team ...2025
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• Russell Westbrook Records 10th Triple-Double of Season: Highlights and Reaction
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• Five notable early-season Clippers games
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• 2025-26 NBA schedule release: Top 10 must-see games from season opener to Lakers vs. Mavericks and more
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• Christmas Day Schedule Includes Thunder-Spurs, Rockets-Lakers

The NBA’s highly anticipated Christmas Day schedule has been revealed, courtesy of ESPN’s Shams Charania (via Twitter). The slate of five games is heavy on Western Conference powerhouses, with just one game coming from the Eastern Conference, in a matchup of what is expected to be the top two teams in the Cavaliers and Knicks. […]...2025
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• Western Conference teams dominate NBA's Christmas Day schedule

The NBA’s highly anticipated Christmas Day schedule has been revealed....2025
• Thunder, Rockets, Lakers, Warriors Scheduled for Opening Night

The NBA will open its 2025-26 season on October 21 with two Western Conference matchups, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania. The night begins with the Houston Rockets visiting the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder. That means Kevin Durant, now part of Houston’s new-look roster, will be back in Oklahoma City on the same night the […] The post Thunder, Rockets, Lakers, Warriors Schedule...2025
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• Rockets/Thunder, Warriors/Lakers To Play On Opening Night
The 2025/26 NBA season will kick off on October 21 with a pair of Western Conference matchups, reports ESPN’s Shams Charania (via Twitter). The Rockets will go up against the 2024 title-winning Thunder to kick things off, followed by the Warriors against the Lakers. This means Kevin Durant, on the new-look Rockets, will be heading […]...2025
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• Austin Reaves Could Command $30M Per Season On Next Contract
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• NBA’s 3 most overrated and underrated teams, starring Celtics, Spurs, Nuggets, and more
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• Bulls Will Likely Keep Ayo Dosunmu Amid NBA Trade Rumors
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• Tim Legler believes Rockets’ Amen Thompson will be a ‘superstar’
After a 52-30 record in 2024-25, the Rockets finished second in the Western Conference. The team had a difficult first-round matchup vs. Steph Curry and the Warriors. Houston took Golden State to seven games but lost the series. With that, the Rockets made major changes to the roster. One piece they did move this offseason […] The post Tim Legler believes Rockets’ Amen Thompson will b...2025
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• LeBron James Trade Rumors: West Contender ‘Not Pursuing’ Lakers Legend Despite Rampant Speculation
LeBron James trade buzz intensifies, but one high-profile Western Conference team reportedly isn’t targeting the Lakers superstar....2025
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• 6 NBA teams stuck in purgatory
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• Damian Lillard Free Agency Rumors: 49-Win Contender Shockingly Predicted As Top Landing Spot For the NBA All-Star
An ESPN insider picks a Western Conference contender as the best fit for free agent Damian Lillard, who was shockingly waived by the Bucks....2025
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• Why the East vs. West talent imbalance may send LeBron James back to Cleveland

It's no secret the NBA's Western Conference has been better than its Eastern Conference for some time now, but how big is that imbalance? Tom Haberstroh and Dan Devine kick off this week's Big Number with a shocking stat: the East could win their next 1,318 consecutive games vs. Western Conference teams and STILL not be .500 vs. the their opponents in their head-to-head record since 20...2025
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• 5 best NBA Draft team hauls and 2 teams who didn’t do enough
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• Desmond Bane trade grades for Magic-Grizzlies on NBA’s first big summer deal

Cary Edmondson-Imagn Images The Magic went all-in for Desmond Bane. Let’s grade the trade between Orlando and the Grizzlies for both sides. The 2025 NBA Finals are in full swing, but trade season is already here. The Memphis Grizzlies and Orlando Magic agreed to the first blockbuster of the summer, with a massive deal that aims to push the Magic into the elite tier of the Eastern Conferenc...2025
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• The Knicks want Jason Kidd as head coach, but Mavs hold all the cards
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• Knicks coaching candidates: 4 favorites, 3 longshots to replace Tom Thibodeau
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• Oilers eliminate Stars again, head back to Stanley Cup Final

Jerome Miron-Imagn Images The path to redemption begins now. For the first time in 16 years, there will be a Stanley Cup Final rematch. The Edmonton Oilers defeated the Dallas Stars 6-3 to advance to the Stanley Cup Final. Edmonton struck early and often, and while Dallas fought back to try and avoid elimination, it wasn’t enough to prevent the series-clinching win for the Oilers. The ...2025
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• The Stars’ all-in Stanley Cup gamble is blowing up in their faces

Photo by Andy Devlin/NHLI via Getty Images The Stars collapse against the Oilers is bad. The future is worse. The Stars have disappeared at the worst possible time. On Tuesday night Dallas lost once more to the Oilers, their third in a row — and to rub salt in the wound they’ve been outscored 13-2 total during the series. Now down 3-1 and on the precipice of defeat this Dallas team is on t...2025
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