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The planets, the moons and the tinkering of the Nets, Lakers and everyone
Does anything but the state of the marquee stars really matter in the championship chase?
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Friday scores and links
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Jonquel Jones is the WNBA MVP
There are other worthy candidates, including Brittney Griner, Breanna Stewart, A'ja Wilson and Tina Charles. But Jones stands apart.
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Revenge of the 2020-21 James Harden Trade Rumors, Thy Name Be Ben Simmons
Daryl Morey shopped Ben Simmons in trying to trade for James Harden at the beginning of last season. Now Ben Simmons is following some version of Harden's trade demand playbook.
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The 2023 FIBA World Cup qualifiers are set. The system remains a nightmare
Qualification windows just don't work in high-level basketball. Bring back the summer tournaments.
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Surely this will fix the Blazers defense
Portland flips Derrick Jones Jr. and a pick for Larry Nance Jr. Plan the parade.
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It's Friday
Some notes, scores and links.
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On televised NBA coverage, ESPN and otherwise
Rachel Nichols is out, The Jump is over and ESPN has little reason to believe it should change its coverage.
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Not Acing the test
Las Vegas is the WNBA superpower struggling to beat the other WNBA superpowers. Reason to worry?
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Explaining all of the non-NCAA paths to the NBA Draft
It's getting complicated.
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The NBA will never shorten its season*
* Not unless it has to, as it did the last two seasons.
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Draymond Green, Kevin Durant and another slice of player empowerment
Dragging your bosses for fun and profit.