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Actually, Trae Young's dead stop play is basketball
It's not pretty, and free throws are boring. But wishing the play were illegitimate doesn't make it so.
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The Mavericks' red flag doubles as a matador cape
Dallas tried to upgrade the defense in the offseason. It ... does not seem to have worked.
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The Westbrook-Beal combo is not why the Wizards are 0-4
Washington has been good with Russell Westbrook and Bradley Beal on the court together. The problem is everything else.
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Tuesday scores and stuff
A brief Tuesday newsletter.
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Letting go of the Warriors we knew
Golden State looks awful to start the season. How do we come to terms with the next phase of Steph Curry?
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5 blow-outs underneath the tree
Christmas basketball was entertaining but anticlimactic.
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It's Christmas, watch some basketball!
A brief run through Friday's pentupleheader.
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The dumpster fire that is the Houston Rockets now engulfing other teams
James Harden breaks protocol and half the team go down due to COVID-19 exposure. The Rockets and Thunder's first game gets postponed as a result.
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Exactly the Paul George you want
In his first game that counts since the devastating ejection in the bubble, PG-13 gets aggressive and leads the Clippers to victory.
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What NBA expansion and realignment could look like
If the NBA expands, as Adam Silver has now indicated is on the table, Seattle and possibly Louisville should get teams. How do you realign divisions to make space?
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LaMelo, J-Will and stealing joy
When people are enjoying a highlight and you bring up the star's shortcomings, you are doing no one any favors.
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17 unimpeachable predictions for the 2020-21 NBA season
From the play-in tournaments to the first coach fired to the NBA champs, here's what I think on the eve of the regular season.