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• Windhorst: Suns Are Going To Trade Kevin Durant In Offseason
The Suns continue to slide down the Western Conference standings, having lost nine of their past 11 games. After starting the season 8-1, Phoenix is currently just 27-31, two-and-a-half games behind Sacramento for the final play-in spot in the West. In addition to several blockbuster trades, including arguably the most stunning deal in league history, […]...2025
• Luka Doncic, Lakers show potential of team in how they beat Mavericks

With its recent win streak, Los Angeles is 35-21 and sitting in the No. 4 spot in the Western Conference standings....2025
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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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• Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic posts career-high 19 assists in Monday’s win vs. Pacers
Nikola Jokic keeps proving he might just be playing the best season of his career as he leads the Nuggets, who are third in the Western Conference standings. At the start of the week, the Serbian posted a career-high 19 assists, while adding 18 points and 9 rebounds to his impactful stat line. On Monday […] The post Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic posts career-high 19 assists in Monday’s w...2025
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• Game #58 Recap: Jackets, Marchenko outscore Stars 6-4
As the Eastern Conference playoff race tightens up, the Columbus Blue Jackets faced one of the Western Conference’s best teams, the Dallas Stars, before a critical home-and-home with the Red Wings. It was also Hockey is for Everyone night at Nationwide Arena, as the Jackets celebrated the inclusion and diversity of hockey. Here’s what happened. First Period Kirill Marchenko got t...2025
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• It's time that the Suns pivoted to a complete rebuild

The Phoenix Suns are 11th in the Western Conference. An offseason coaching change, which saw Frank Vogel lose his job and Mike Budenholzer step into the role, has failed to pay dividends....2025
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• Game #58 Recap: Jackets, Marchenko outscore Stars 6-4
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• Timberwolves injury update: Julius Randle, Donte DiVincenzo could return this week
On Sunday evening, the Timberwolves hosted the Thunder. Minnesota lost 130-123 and is now 31-27. That is seventh in the Western Conference. They are 4-6 in their last 10 games and have lost two straight. The Timberwolves are missing two key players in their rotation. Julius Randle and Donte DiVincenzo have been out since January. […] The post Timberwolves injury update: Julius Randle, Donte...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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• Preview: Winnipeg Jets @ St. Louis Blues
It has been over two weeks since we had the opportunity to cheer on the Winnipeg Jets, but thankfully Saturday will bring that dry spell to an end when they visit the St. Louis Blues. The Central Division rivals will clash at the Enterprise Center in Missouri (6 pm Central) as the majority of the players try to shake off the rust accumulated during their in-season holiday. Winnipeg (39-14-3) w...2025
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• Can the Spurs repeat history?

Brian Fluharty-Imagn Images Will the Victor Wembanyama injury allow Spurs to repeat their Tim Duncan lottery history? The 1996-1997 San Antonio Spurs limped, literally and figuratively, to a 20-win season. Standout center David Robinson missed the first 18 games of the season as he worked his way back from a back injury, and the Spurs began the year with a 2-13 record. Head coach Bob Hill ...2025
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• Spurs injury report: Victor Wembanyama (shoulder) will miss the remainder of the regular season
On Thursday, the Spurs will play their first game since the 2025 all-star break. San Antonio is 23-29 this season, 12th in the Western Conference. They are 3-7 in their last 10. Ahead of their game against the Suns, the Spurs received dreadful injury news. ESPN’s Shams Charania reported that Victor Wembanyama is dealing with […] The post Spurs injury report: Victor Wembanyama (shoulder...2025
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• Victor Wembanyama expected to miss rest of 2025 season

Cary Edmondson-Imagn Images The Spurs are expected to be without Victor Wembanyama for the rest of the 2025 NBA season Victor Wembanyama’s promising second NBA season has been cut short due to an injury, per reports. ESPN NBA Insider Shams Charania reported on Thursday that the San Antonio Spurs star will miss the remainder of the 2024-2025 season with a deep vein thrombosis in his right s...2025
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• LeBron James Out For All-Star Game Due To Ankle Soreness

Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James will miss the All-Star Game due to ankle soreness. James was set to take part in the All-Star mini-tournament as a part of Shaquille O'Neal's OGs. James said he had hoped to feel good enough to play, but decided it wasn't worth risking further injury. With the Western Conference playoff race so tight, the veteran forward is prioritizing being ready for the s...2025
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• Luka Doncic is already making magic, but the Lakers have bigger problems

Photo by Alex Goodlett/Getty Images Luka Doncic’s Lakers first impressions show a team that’s still deeply flawed Luka Doncic had not played basketball since Christmas day when the stunning trade that sent him from the Dallas Mavericks to the Los Angeles Lakers was announced around midnight days before the 2025 NBA trade deadline. Doncic’s nagging injuries and lack of fitness were a centra...2025
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• Handshake Tussle?

There was a bit of an interesting moment at the conclusion of a KHL game today. While there's always a winner and a loser thanks to the shootout, this one didn't need extra time or a skills competition, but it did need officials to ensure that scuffle during the handshakes didn't spiral out of control. Yes, you read that correctly - there was a dance during the friendly send-off between the two te...2025
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• Anthony Davis Bulks Up, Adds 12 Pounds of Muscle Ahead of 2015-16 Season
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"The 22-18 Lakers sit in sixth place in the Western Conference"

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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."

• The Warriors’ trio of centers will decide their fate in the NBA Playoffs
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• Doug Christie Called Meeting With Kings Starters To Address Concerns

After the Sacramento Kings blowout home loss to the Golden State Warriors on Friday, interim head coach Doug Christie called a meeting with his starters to address some concerns. Chief among Christie's issues was making sure his team understood the gravity of their situation. The Kings are battling for a spot in the Western Conference Play-In Tournament with several team. Christie also addressed t...2025
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• Can the Spurs repeat history?
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• Grizzlies GM shuts down Ja Morant trade rumors: 'I'm not going to give this nonsense further oxygen'

With Morant leading the way, the Grizzlies are currently the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference...2025
• Draymond Green Publicly Predicts Title For Warriors, A Message He’s Been Delivering Privately, Too

It’s safe to say Warriors forward Draymond Green is confident his squad will secure another NBA championship this season, following Golden State’s trade deadline acquisition of Jimmy Butler. Like, wildly confident. Despite the Warriors currently sitting at 28-27, holding the 10th seed in the Western Conference, Green expressed a bold prediction during Sunday’s All-Star broadcast [̷...2025
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• Warriors’ Draymond Green: ‘We’re Going To Win The Championship’

The Warriors currently hold the 10th seed in the Western Conference standings with a record of 28-27. If the season ended today, they’d have to win two play-in games just to claim the No. 8 playoff spot. However, Golden State’s trade deadline acquisition of Jimmy Butler has emboldened Draymond Green, who said during Sunday’s All-Star […]...2025
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• Draymond Green: Warriors Are Going To Win 2025 NBA Title

Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green made a big prediction about how his team's season is going to end. As part of TNT's All-Star Game coverage, Green predicted the Warriors would win the 2025 NBA Finals. "We're gonna win the championship," Green said to TNT's Adam Lefkoe, Jalen Rose and Vince Carter before the Sunday night events. "Say that one more time so that everybody can hear," Lefko...2025
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• LeBron James Out For All-Star Game Due To Ankle Soreness
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• If You Can't Beat Them...

You may have heard the reports today that the BCHL's Penticton Vees may be on the move. They won't be leaving Penticton, though, but they are making a jump up a level in the junior hockey world as there are swirling reports that the Vees will join the WHL next season. Before we get too deep into this discussion, I'll point out that no one from the Vees franchise, the WHL, or anyone with deep conne...2025
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• Windhorst: Suns Are Going To Trade Kevin Durant In Offseason
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• Luka Doncic, Lakers show potential of team in how they beat Mavericks
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• The Warriors’ trio of centers will decide their fate in the NBA Playoffs
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• Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic posts career-high 19 assists in Monday’s win vs. Pacers
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• Game #58 Recap: Jackets, Marchenko outscore Stars 6-4
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• Suns Move Bradley Beal Back Into Starting Lineup

The Phoenix Suns have moved guard Bradley Beal back into their starting lineup. Beal replaced guard Tyus Jones as a starter for the Suns game at the Chicago Bulls on Sunday. Ahead of the game, Phoenix head coach Mike Budenholzer said he still values Jones, who will play a big role off the bench. The Suns coach was simply looking for a way to get his team going, as they have slipped to 11th place i...2025
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• Kings’ Christie Meets With Starters After ‘Unacceptable’ Loss
The Kings‘ post-All-Star push for a playoff spot got off to a rocky start on Friday, as they lost at home by 24 points to a Golden State team that entered the day tied with Sacramento in the Western Conference standings. Within his recap of the game, Jason Anderson of The Sacramento Bee noted that […]...2025
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• Preview: Winnipeg Jets @ St. Louis Blues
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• Can the Spurs repeat history?
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• Game #58 Recap: Jackets, Marchenko outscore Stars 6-4
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• Handshake Tussle?
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• Allen Loses 9-3, Game Recap, A Look Ahead, Record Against Top Five, Monthly Record, Stats Spell Doom and More

Best of the Rest .422 - Rapid City .411 - Utah .378 - Allen - Just when you thought things couldn’t get any worse after Allen lost Wichita 7-3 on Friday night, Saturday night happened. The Americans scored the first goal of the game early in the first period (2:07) when a pileup in the blue paint ended up with the puck just crossing the red line. The referee immediately ruled no ...2025
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• Victor Wembanyama’s block without leaving his feet had Hornets announcers losing it

Only Wemby could block a shot like this. The San Antonio Spurs were one of the big winners of the 2025 NBA trade deadline by landing De’Aaron Fox, and that means Victor Wembanyama finally got the help he needed. The Spurs are still a couple games out of the play-in tournament in the Western Conference, and it’s setting up for an intense end-of-season battle between some desperate teams for the fin...2025
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• Recap: Avalanche dismantle Blues 5-0 at Ball Arena

John A. Babiak The game was over after 20 minutes of play. After a long trip in the east the new-look Colorado Avalanche returned home to face the St. Louis Blues and were looking to get back into the win column and make up ground in the Western Conference playoff chase. With a dominant 5-0 win over the Blues it is a good start on a short homestand to close out the final five games before ...2025
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• Opinion: Mikko Rantanen’s trade generates new generation of Avs hockey

Photo by Jonathan Kozub/NHLI via Getty Images The Avalanche have jumbled things up in a massive way. Holy smokes. The Colorado Avalanche traded Mikko Rantanen, sending shockwaves through the organization and the entirety of the NHL. In return, the Avalanche got Martin Necas, Jack Drury, a 2025 second-round pick, and a 2026 fourth-round pick from the Carolina Hurricanes. The Chicago Blackh...2025
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• Meet the 2025 NBA All-Star starters

Photo by John Fisher/Getty Images The starters for the 2025 NBA All-Star Game have been announced. The 2025 NBA All-Star has a wild new format, but nothing about the voting has changed. The All-Star starters are still determined by conference, with fan voting up 50 percent of the final tally, while player voting and media voting each take up the other 25 percent. After three rounds of fan...2025
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• Nikola Jokic’s blind assist needs to be seen to be believed

How did Jokic know Aaron Gordon was there? Nikola Jokic has strapped the Denver Nuggets to his back and carried them up the Western Conference standings this season. On the brink of his 30th birthday, Jokic has put together arguably the best season of his career despite already having three MVPs to his name. The Joker did it again on Friday night as the Nuggets traveled to take on the Miami Heat, ...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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• Windhorst: Suns Are Going To Trade Kevin Durant In Offseason
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• Game #58 Recap: Jackets, Marchenko outscore Stars 6-4
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• NBA Notes: Suns, Kevin Durant, Lakers, Pacers, Bennedict Mathurin

Suns The Suns are facing a tough reality as their season continues to unravel. Sitting 11th in the Western Conference with a roster that includes the likes of Kevin Durant, they’ve wildly underperformed and are now at a major crossroads. Basically, the Suns are dealing with a brutal schedule and struggling to find any consistency, […] The post NBA Notes: Suns, Kevin Durant, Lakers, Pac...2025
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• Biggest goal for every Western Conference team in home stretch: Playoff position, health, lottery odds, more

Six-and-a-half weeks remain in the NBA regular season, here's what each West team should be trying to accomplish...2025
• Mavs Viewed As Most Likely To Fall Out Of West Play-In Race

With Spurs center Victor Wembanyama’s season ending prematurely, the Western Conference playoff picture has suddenly turned into a mad dash. Right now, there are 11 teams vying for 10 spots, meaning one is going to be left out of the postseason party. Will it be the Mavericks? Anyway, while the top seven — the Thunder, […] The post Mavs Viewed As Most Likely To Fall Out Of West Play-In...2025
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• Dunc'd On: 15 in 60 (Western Conference 2.24.25)

DEN and LAL: The Lakers looked like a brand new team with a new strategy against Denver SAS: What now that Victor is out for the year? 17:49 GSW and DAL: The Jimmy Butler home debut was a rousing success for the Warriors 26:00 PHX: Is there even the slightest hint of a good team in here? 36:11 POR: How is Donovan Clingan looking as he ascends to the starting lineup? 43:46 MEM: Is Ja Morant ready t...2025
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• Suns Move Bradley Beal Back Into Starting Lineup
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• Kings’ Christie Meets With Starters After ‘Unacceptable’ Loss
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• The Warriors’ trio of centers will decide their fate in the NBA Playoffs
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• Victor Wembanyama’s block without leaving his feet had Hornets announcers losing it
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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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• LeBron James, Donovan Mitchell Named Players Of The Week

With the NBA world still buzzing about one of the biggest trades in Lakers history, LeBron James has been named the Player of the Week for the Western Conference, the league announced today (Twitter link). In four games from January 27 to February 2, James averaged 27.5 points, 10.0 assists, and 7.3 rebounds per night, […]...2025
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• LeBron James, Donovan Mitchell named Players of the Week

With the NBA world still buzzing about one of the biggest trades in Lakers history, LeBron James has been named the Player of the Week for the Western Conference, the league announced Monday. Over in the Eastern Conference, the Player of the Week award went to Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell....2025
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• Luka Doncic traded to Lakers for Anthony Davis in the wildest trade in NBA history

Jerome Miron-Imagn Images Luka Doncic is going to the Lakers. Anthony Davis is going to the Mavericks. This is a real NBA trade. Luka Doncic has been traded to the Los Angeles Lakers. Anthony Davis is going to the Dallas Mavericks. This is not a joke, and it just might be the wildest trade in NBA history. The Lakers are also receiving Maxi Kleber and Markieff Morris in the deal. The Maver...2025
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• Amen Thompson doesn’t need a jump shot to be an NBA star for Rockets

Photo by Brian Babineau/NBAE via Getty Images Amen Thompson is becoming a star on his own terms for the Rockets. It wasn’t hard to come up with a list of reasons for why Amen Thompson could bust in the NBA when he entered the 2023 draft. Amen and his twin brother Ausar took a novel path to the draft by bypassing college basketball for the upstart Overtime Elite league, where they played ag...2025
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• The NBA screwed Nikola Jokic out of one of the longest shots ever

Nikola Jokic’s shot was way further than 66-feet, and the NBA should correct it It feels like Nikola Jokic is doing things the NBA has never seen before on a nightly basis as he tries to carry the Denver Nuggets up the brutal Western Conference standings. After leading the Nuggets to their fourth straight win on Thursday night against Sacramento Kings, Jokic put his name in the record books for tw...2025
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• LeBron James has proven he’s definitively better than Michael Jordan in one specific way

Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images Michael Jordan may be 6-0 in the Finals, but LeBron has a far better record than MJ against another opponent: Father Time. Folks, it’s easy to get distracted, here at the end of time. The world is warming at an unsustainable clip, American politics writ large are totally fine and very normal, Timothee Chalamet is trying his hand at playing...2024
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• Jamal Murray ripped Lakers’ hearts out with buzzer-beater capping all-time NBA Playoffs collapse

Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images The Lakers collapsed, and Jamal Murray buried them. The Los Angeles Lakers led the Denver Nuggets by 20 points in the second half of Game 2 of their first round series in the 2024 NBA Playoffs. After nine straight losses to the Nuggets, it finally seemed like the Lakers would get the win they were due for, and in the process tie the series. Instead, ...2024
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