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Why the Hornets are still terrible 20 years after expansion
Is that just the Hornets, or is it how expansion team-building works in the NBA?
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The duality of the Zion-era Pelicans
A team that is the best in recent franchise history and yet appears to be not good enough to guarantee a playoff bid.
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The holes Paul George left in L.A.
The Clippers are going to be really weird without their star.
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What the Wembanyama-era Spurs can learn from Caitlin Clark's Fever
Moribund Indiana stayed ready to build around their wunderkind draft pick. The Spurs need to do the same.
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Someone's getting disrespected
The West is a viper pit. Most team fans won't need to look far for receipts.
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's different kind of miracle
And briefly revisiting the path James Harden took to the top.
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A few more thoughts on how the aprons impact the NBA's labor balance
This conversation went in interesting directions.
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Hardening the NBA salary cap is anti-labor
Hottest subject line of the year, right?
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Is watching NBA basketball getting cheaper yet?
The new media rights deal hasn't addressed every headache yet.
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In defense of Suns optimism
Devin Booker and Kevin Durant rekindled something special in Paris. Maybe there's more here than we think.
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Why the Lauri Markkanen extension makes the Jazz so fascinating
Utah isn't going to be good, but their situation is really interesting as a thought exercise on how it plays out.
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41 players who should be in the mix for Team USA in 2028
After 'The Avengers,' it's time for the program to get back to the blueprint.