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Jake Fischer
Jake Fischer joined Yahoo Sports as a senior NBA reporter in September 2022 after covering the league for Sports Illustrated and Bleacher Report. He lives in Brooklyn and is the author of "Built to Lose: How the NBA's Tanking Era Changed the League Forever."
Yahoo SportsNBA Finals: Nuggets swat away Heat to end Miami's Game 1 dominance
The visiting Heat were no match for Nikola Jokić, Jamal Murray and the rest of the Nuggets on Thursday night.
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How the Nuggets worked the margins to build a championship contender
The under-the-radar additions of Aaron Gordon, Bruce Brown and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope proved to be the perfect moves to build around superstar center Nikola Jokić.
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LeBron’s tired, Mazzulla’s staying & the Wizards might be tanking | No Cap Room
The No Cap Room is back and this time, they’re explaining why a lot of other people are wrong. The perception of LeBron James is wrong, the rumors around Joe Mazzulla are wrong, and the talk about legacies in the NBA is obviously wrong. Listen to find out why!
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Nothing will be easy for the Lakers this offseason
The Lakers are facing monumental challenges to improve — or even keep intact — a team that was swept in the Western Conference finals.
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Will wildest NBA coaching cycle in recent memory include Celtics' Joe Mazzulla?
It has become normal for coaches to wear the brunt of failed postseason expectations, but the Celtics could show patience with Mazzulla.
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Playoff Jimmy, Jokic vs. Hachimura & behind the scenes at the NBA Draft Lottery | No Cap Room
Jake and Dan are back with another fun episode of No Cap Room where they discuss “Playoff Jimmy” as a folk hero throughout time, Rui Hachimura as “The Jokic Stopper”, the best open head coaching jobs and Jake’s time at the NBA Draft Lottery and Combine.
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Bob Myers’ uncertain Warriors future, Wizards’ general manager opening remain top of conversation at NBA Draft Combine
The discussion surrounding league executives isn’t the only hot topic, as the strategies of the five teams searching for head coaches becomes just a little bit clearer.
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An inside look at the Spurs landing the right to take Victor Wembanyama and the lottery results that could spur an active offseason
San Antonio hit it big with the No. 1 overall pick, but it’s Charlotte and Portland moving up where the offseason intrigue begins.
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NBA playoffs: After making major splash with Kevin Durant, Suns head to offseason with limited avenues to improve
The Suns face personnel and salary-cap issues with few quality assets at their disposal.
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NBA playoffs: Nikola Jokić's absolute dominance sends Nuggets to conference finals, Suns to offseason of uncertainty
Jokić tallied 20 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists before intermission, building a 30-point halftime margin over the Phoenix Suns, as Denver cruised to a series-clinching victory.
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NBA playoffs: Knicks give home crowd something to cheer about as they force Game 6 in Miami
The Knicks rose to the occasion all evening long, responding to a 3-1 series deficit at large, responding whenever Miami threw a haymaker in New York’s direction.
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NBA playoffs: Nuggets crank up pressure in third quarter to take 3-2 series lead over Suns
Denver built an advantage as large as 21 and dug a hole so deep, by the fourth quarter, the Suns sent a five-man lineup of reserves to the scorer’s table with almost five minutes still remaining in the game.
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Sources: G League introducing new international draft program
The one-round virtual draft will be held June 28 for the 2023-24 season.
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James Harden’s varying brilliance sums up these NBA playoffs perfectly
Harden’s scoring binges and vanishing acts reflect a postseason that keeps surprising.
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Embiid’s flopping, Anthony Davis is the Lakers’ best player & Jimmy vs. MSG
Jake and Dan are back with another fun episode of No Cap Room, this time taking a deeper dive on all four playoff series before recapping Jake’s night at the NBA Replay Center with the most interesting man in basketball.
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How key plays were deciphered from the NBA Replay Center for the 76ers' Game 1 East semifinal victory
Here are the inner-workings of how the NBA Replay Center breaks down some of the most important plays of the league's most important games.
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NBA playoffs: Gabe Vincent sets tone to help Heat overcome ankle injury to Jimmy Butler
Vincent finished with 20 points and 5 assists in the Heat’s 108-101 Game 1 East semifinal victory over New York, leading all Miami players in plus-minus.
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NBA playoffs: Slowing down Jimmy Butler is Knicks’ No. 1 priority
Knicks-Heat has the makings of an old-school slugfest.
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Bucks’ epic flameout leads to questions about Mike Budenholzer’s coaching future
For Milwaukee to ultimately part ways with Budenholzer, who signed a three-year contract extension after the 2021 championship that runs through 2024-25, the Bucks will need something more than confidence that his replacement holds greater capability of piloting them through the postseason.
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Heat defeat Giannis & the Bucks, LeBron’s out of gas & what’s next for the Clippers
Jake Fischer and Dan Devine break down the news of the day, coming off a wild night of NBA Playoffs action where the Milwaukee Bucks were upset by the Miami Heat, Giannis talked about failure with the media and the Grizzlies beat up on the Lakers.