The NBA season kicks off this week! It’s time to make predictions for the new NBA season. Prediction articles can be so unpredictable. Wild predictions. Conservative predictions. Betting odds. Sometimes, all of these combined. The parity in the NBA has made the wild predictions seem tame. I would not have guessed that last year’s NBA […]
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On the eve of the latest NBA season, the people are curious. They have witnessed the offseason maneuvers. The paydays. The surgeries. The NBA Draft and Summer League. The Olympics. The rosters were meticulously organized for training camp and preseason games. Now it’s time for NBA predictions! All of those so-called experts need to provide […]
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Devin Booker is the best shooting guard in the NBA. The theory goes if you have the best player at a position, you’re a title contender as soon as you add complementary pieces around him. The Phoenix Suns did just that by adding future Hall-of-Famer Kevin Durant to the team. A combination of Booker, Durant, future Hall-of-Famer Chris Paul, and Deandre Ayton washed […]
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The Miami Heat, fresh off a 2023 NBA Finals run as an 8th seed, were seen as the boogeyman of the Eastern Conference. Then the 2023-2024 NBA season started. Star forward Jimmy Butler arrived at the NBA media day with a disturbing emo haircut and piercings. The Heat had enough health issues that fielding a team to play every […]
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After the 2018 NBA Finals, superstar and future Hall of Famer LeBron James left his original team, the Cleveland Cavaliers, to join the Los Angeles Lakers. The public took the Cavs for dead, much like the last time James left them in 2010 (#1 overall pick in three out of the four years he was gone). The […]
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The Milwaukee Bucks made the biggest splash of the offseason last year. They traded away Jrue Holiday, a cornerstone of their 2021 championship team, to win the Damian Lillard lottery. The thought was to pair a future Hall of Famer in Lillard with franchise player and future Hall of Famer Giannis Antetokounmpo, and they should hit pay dirt. The […]
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The spotlight shines on the Los Angeles Clippers as part of my NBA worry-wart series. The Clippers’ recent history has been entertaining if nothing else. A drama series on Hulu is based on the franchise. This season, however, features a different drama unfolding. Superstar Paul George took his talents to Philadelphia as part of an epic franchise rinsing. Former NBA […]
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The Denver Nuggets were on top of the basketball world a year ago. They won their first-ever NBA championship with the best player in the world, Nikola Jokic. Jokic dominated LeBron James and the LA Lakers in the Western Conference Finals and then throttled the Miami Heat in the NBA Finals. With an average roster age of […]
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The 2024 Paris Olympics have been an absolute thrill to watch. The storytelling has been impressive, from the captivating Celine Dion opening to the current track and field events. The coverage surpasses that of the 2021 Tokyo Games, which Covid and a problematic Peacock Network rollout marred. There’s plenty to write about, too. I could […]
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The 2024 NBA Draft is one of the hallmark events of the NBA schedule. For the draftees, it represents the culmination of all their hard work, blood, sweat, and tears. It sometimes overwhelmed them, as several burst into real tears alongside their family on live television. For the NBA, it signifies where the league is […]
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The Boston Celtics, a force to be reckoned with all season, proved their dominance in the playoffs, handling their opponents professionally and securing the 2024 Championship. Now, as the hunters try to defend their title for next season, they’ve also found themselves in a new role: the hunted. An increased competition demonstrates that transition, with […]
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Nikola Jokic doesn’t campaign for awards. He doesn’t follow the daily arguments on social media and the major networks. He feigns surprise that he is even in consideration, let alone selected for awards, especially the historically coveted NBA MVP Award. Future first-ballot Hall-of-Famer LeBron James has four MVP awards. Michael Jordan, arguably the greatest basketball player of all time, […]
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A veteran coach is the ideal salve for any roster wounds. With head coach Rick Carlisle at the helm, an NBA team overcame a series deficit to win the Finals. It’s a storybook ending against an all-time great team. Oh, wait a minute; that was in 2011 when Carlisle was in Dallas, and the Mavericks, a team full […]
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3% odds for anything are minuscule odds. It means if an event were to happen 100 times, it would only happen a certain way three times (on average) in 100 tries. The Atlanta Hawks are in the correct multiverse because they won the NBA Draft Lottery on Sunday afternoon! The NBA Draft Lottery provides all […]
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