* * * Will the Lakers’ path to The Finals in 2021 be easier or harder than in 2020? * * * Steve Aschburner: Harder. This league is all about continuous improvement, unless it happens to be about injury. That’s the mode Golden State was in this season, gone ghost by the injuries to Klay …
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* * * Will the Lakers’ path to The Finals in 2021 be easier or harder than in 2020? * * * Steve Aschburner: Harder. This league is all about continuous improvement, unless it happens to be about injury. That’s the mode Golden State was in this season, gone ghost by the injuries to Klay …
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Thunder guard Chris Paul says there are still many unknowns about the 2020-21 season. Chris Paul fully understands that these are imperfect times. And that means perfect solutions for issues that the NBA and its players are dealing with, he said, aren’t likely to be found. Paul, the president of the National Basketball Players Association …
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To date, Stephen Curry has amassed two Kia MVPs, set numerous 3-point shooting records, made six All-Star teams and been an All-NBA performer six times as well. Some might argue Curry’s 2015-16 season — the one in which he was the first unanimous MVP winner in NBA history — was perhaps the peak of his …
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Cleveland’s John Beilein, the only new-to-the-league coach this season, actually got a jump on his 29 rivals in one department. To better familiarize himself with the Cavaliers team he was taking over, Beilein broke from the tradition that has assistant coaches working the sideline at NBA Summer League. When the situation arose in a game …
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Boston Celtics point guard Kemba Walker will be back in the lineup against the Brooklyn Nets tonight (7 ET, ESPN), the team announced. #NEBHInjuryReport update: Kemba Walker and Daniel Theis have been upgraded to available. — Boston Celtics (@celtics) November 27, 2019 Both Walker and center Daniel Theis will play, but former Celtics guard and …
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Kevin Love knows change could be coming. A couple of years ago, uncertainty might have been something that stressed him out, triggered the sorts of feelings like the ones that manifested themselves in the form of an in-game panic attack in 2017, rendered him unable to compete as efficiently as he wanted. Not this time. …
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Kevin Love knows change could be coming. A couple of years ago, uncertainty might have been something that stressed him out, triggered the sorts of feelings like the ones that manifested themselves in the form of an in-game panic attack in 2017, rendered him unable to compete as efficiently as he wanted. Not this time. …
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For the first time in Oklahoma City Thunder history, one of team’s uniforms will pay tribute to the state itself. Passion. Pride. Innovation. . | https://t.co/XDjG5YChMu pic.twitter.com/mgA6DjVQHu — OKC THUNDER (@okcthunder) November 16, 2020 The Thunder’s new City Edition uniforms were unveiled on Monday and they feature the word “OKLAHOMA” embroidered across the chest of …
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It’s become part-tradition and part-cliche: A player returns to the city in which he once played and receives a combustible reaction from the crowd, either positive or negative. It’s now Anthony Davis’ turn and you can best believe the celebration Wednesday night in New Orleans (9:30 ET, ESPN) won’t exactly be on a Mardi Gras …
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