The Washington Wizards have perhaps turned a corner in their season. Winners of seven of their past 10 games and only a game and a half out of playoff contention, Washington is surging after a, shall we say, slow start to the year. Several players, in particular, are stepping up their game up of late. […]
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After beginning the season 6-17, the Washington Wizards were among the league’s most disappointing teams. Seemingly out of nowhere, they have now won seven of their last eight games. Washington is only a game and a half out of the Eastern Conference playoff picture. All of a sudden, the Wizards are meeting their preseason expectations. […]
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Three-point shooting is all the rage in the 2020-21 NBA season. Teams are shooting more threes than ever before, although that continues to be the case incrementally season-to-season. The Washington Wizards are no exception in following suit with three-point worship. As such, they re-signed the sharpshooting Davis Bertans to a five-year $80 million fully guaranteed […]
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On Friday night, Minnesota Timberwolves rookie guard Anthony Edwards unleashed the poster of all poster dunks on Yuta Watanabe of the Toronto Raptors. The play flooded the collective attention of the NBA’s greatest online community. NBA Twitter made ‘Edwards’ into a nationally trending topic. Highlight dunks are one of the few collective rallying cries of […]
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Believe it or not but the Washington Wizards are on a winning streak. Okay, it has only been two games. After spoiling John Wall’s return to DC on Monday and embarrassing the Boston Celtics on Sunday, Washington improved to an even 5-5 in their past 10 games. A catalyst in this upward trend is the […]
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Valentine’s Day is pretty much the Thanksgiving of fidelity. Both days are mellifluous occasions to express gratitude to your family or partner. Although for some folks, it is just a stupid mess. Likewise, when homegrown NBA All-Stars change teams and make anticipated returns to their former cities, it presents a night of gratitude or grotesque […]
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According to Shams Charania of The Athletic, the New Orleans Pelicans are angling to trade JJ Redick and Lonzo Ball before the March trade deadline. Both Redick and Ball have struggled this season, as New Orleans remains out of the playoff picture in the Western Conference. The Pelicans’ two best players are Zion Williamson and […]
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January 26, 2020 is a date that will live in infamy in the hearts and minds of basketball fans across the globe. The day of Kobe Bryant’s tragic passing in a helicopter accident which took eight lives, including his daughter Gianna, is one of those morbid ‘where were you when you found out’ kind of […]
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We are approaching the completion of the first quarter of the 2020-21 NBA season. In about two weeks, the majority of teams will have played at least 18 games, exactly a quarter of the condensed 72-game schedule. The playoffs will start before we know it. Time is creeping up on certain franchises. Then again, it […]
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Once, not long ago, Lonzo Ball was considered a ‘sure thing.’ The resume was immaculate. Ball followed his 2016 ‘California Mr. Basketball’ honors, with a unanimous All-American selection during his lone season at UCLA. He was selected second overall in the 2017 NBA Draft. A whirlwind of hype followed the soon-to-be rookie to the Las […]
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Hello, allow me to introduce myself. I am an NBA executive and my trigger finger is itching to make a splashy acquisition. I’m talking about a James Harden-to-Brooklyn type of splash. I want to flip the Vegas sports books and dominate the airwaves. Although the available market is slim-pickings for an impact player at this […]
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Success in the NBA is a simple formula. First, it takes at least three of the following ingredients: star talent, a good defense, health, and a scarcity of drama. Next, and arguably the key ingredient in each of the four components, success must have a date with Lady Luck. Otherwise, a derailment may occur at […]
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Bradley Beal was a man possessed on Wednesday night. The Washington Wizards guard matched a franchise single-game scoring record, tying Gilbert Arenas’ 60 point outburst against Los Angeles during the 2006-07 season. For Arenas, it took a 16 point onslaught in overtime to set the record. He won the game against a peak-Kobe Bryant no […]
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Prior to the start of the 2020-21 NBA season, the Washington Wizards sent John Wall and a protected first-round draft pick to the Houston Rockets in exchange for Russell Westbrook. The Wall and Westbrook trade made headlines across the league, however many analysts predicted its impact on both franchises was dubious at best. Kevin Pelton […]
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