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The lie of Adam Silver's Alley-Oop Diplomacy
Adam Silver talks up Kissinger and soft power diplomacy with a dude in a tank top surrounded by bobbleheads. This is the NBA.
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The 4 teams you meet in Vegas
Tyrese Haliburton at The Singularity, a Zion Williamson interregnum, another Giannis triumph and LeBron's war on time itself.
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All 16 possible NBA Cup championship games, ranked
Looking ahead to the hopefully thrilling conclusion of the In-Season Tournament.
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An Alex Caruso flaps his wings ...
The impact of a single result on narratives.
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Finally, maybe, it's the Pelicans' time
C.J. McCollum is back, Trey Murphy is soon to follow and Zion Williamson is dominating.
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Not all are built for The Cup
Joe Mazzulla, the Kings and others were forged for The Cup, forged by The Cup. Some were not.
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This might be the most Clipper loss of all-time
The ghosts of Clipset past come to haunt Los Angeles. PLUS: we have reached the thrilling conclusion of the inaugural NBA Cup group stage.
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The Bulls' nightmare is just beginning
Chicago's off to its worst start since 22-win 2018-19, and the schedule is about to get brutal. PLUS: Draymond Green hits maximal self-unawareness.
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A player spit out turkey and it wasn't the weirdest thing to happen on an NBA court on Wednesday
PLUS: Celtics vs. Bucks was almost exactly what everyone has been saying it'd be, Scott Foster vs. Chris Paul: Infinity War and we look ahead to Day 6 of the NBA Cup.
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You don't get the Cup
Sparks of intrigue in the ramp-up of the NBA season are good, actually.
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"Things are heating up in the NBA Cup!" is a sentence you will probably hear on TV tonight
Lakers vs. Jazz with the quarterfinals on the line. Huge games for the Pacers, Hawks, Cavaliers and Sixers. Three whole groups have the night off. It's the NBA Cup! Get hyped!
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And the Thunder shall inherit the Earth
OKC with a vicious finish in San Francisco. PLUS: when it's dark out you just need to light a little BEAM and Karl-Anthony Towns adds a game winner to the list.