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Getty Image There was no one who expected the Dallas Mavericks to hold the 10th overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft, as they entered last season coming off of a Western Conference Finals appearance with a perennial MVP candidate in Luka Doncic leading the charge. While Doncic continued to produce eye-popping numbers (32.4 points, …
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Getty Image One of the most common rumors in the lead-up to the 2023 NBA Draft involved the No. 10 pick, which belonged to the Dallas Mavericks. Reports indicated that the Mavs were working the phones in an effort to find a deal for that selection, and right before they got on the clock, they …
Getty Image Entering the 2022-23 season, virtually no one expected the Oklahoma City Thunder to knock on the door of a playoff berth. Led by Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and head coach Mark Daigneault, the Thunder did exactly that, winning 40 regular season games and a Play-In game before falling one victory short of the No. 8 …
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Getty Image The Washington Wizards are the first team to commit to fully shaking things up this summer. Prior to their front office shakeup, the expectation was for them to look to run it back and shuffle up the supporting cast, but for the first time in a long time, Washington has decided to break …
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Getty Image The San Antonio Spurs fully embraced the tank in 2022-23, trading Dejounte Murray to the Hawks for three first round draft picks (and Danilo Gallinari, who they released) in the summer and sending Jakob Poeltl to the Raptors for another first round pick at the deadline. The result was a 22-60 record that …
Getty Image/Merle Cooper It was nearly three months into his junior year at the University of Iowa, and four games into his basketball season, when it hit Kris Murray that he was on his own. The Hawkeyes breezed through three blowout wins, but the matchup against Seton Hall was the first road game and started …
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Getty Image The Denver Nuggets are fresh off of winning their first NBA championship, but building out their roster this summer will require them to be able to add some players on smaller deals. The best way to do that is through the draft, but Denver came into the week holding only second round picks …
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Getty Image The Denver Nuggets’ NBA Finals celebration train will not stop anytime soon. After Nikola Jokic showed some slight hesitation about a championship parade, the Nuggets have fully basked in the celebration of their first championship, and rightfully so. Their parade featured Michael Malone getting impressively drunk, Jokic apologizing for not liking parades, and …
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Getty Image The NBA announced its long-anticipated suspension for Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant on Friday morning. In a lengthy statement released by the league that included remarks from Adam Silver, it was revealed that Morant will be suspended without pay for the first 25 games of the 2023-24 season for “conduct detrimental to the …
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Getty Image The Memphis Grizzlies learned how long they will be without the services of Ja Morant on Friday morning. Shams Charania of The Athletic and Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN reported that Morant, who was investigated by the NBA for a firearm-related incident that occurred back in May, will miss the first 25 games of …
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Getty Image Nikola Jokic capped an all-time great run in the NBA playoffs by leading the Denver Nuggets to the first championship in franchise history earlier this week. Unsurprisingly, this meant that Jokic was named NBA Finals MVP, and while there were plenty of players on the Nuggets who performed well in their series against …
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ESPN With the Denver Nuggets winning their first NBA championship on Monday night, Tuesday morning on sports television was all about reaction to Denver’s title and the always popular “way too early” look ahead to the 2023-24 season, despite the draft and free agency still weeks away. On First Take, this meant unleashing Chris “Mad …
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