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Why Nikola Jokic is the MVP
In a season in which no one has been themselves, the Nuggets have remained the Nuggets, which is why Jokic is the MVP.
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Steph Curry is in a battle to make the playoffs and the fans are the beneficiaries
Only a team as offensively challenged could drive Curry to shoot this much. The game has never demanded more from Curry and we are the winners as a result.
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Luka Doncic is blowing the doors of basketball wide open, picking up where Steph left off
If we connect Curry’s performance to Doncic’s shot, then maybe — just maybe — what Doncic did Wednesday will one day be normal. No, not normal — never normal — but normalized.
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Jamal Murray's torn ACL doesn't signal the end for the Nuggets' future
He just turned 24 this February, and with a core under the age of 27, this isn’t the end of the story for the Nuggets. The momentum has stopped for now, but there’s always another way to the cup.
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It’s a great time to join the Phoenix Suns bandwagon
The Suns are now the No. 2 seed in the West, a top-10 offense and defense that now demands the attention of their Western Conference foes, who are approaching them with a level of scrutiny and attention that they haven’t experienced before.
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Zion Williamson's football frame blended with basketball finesse could be next frontier
Williamson is combining two properties that basketball has treated as opposites: aggression and finesse. Basketball and football.
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This is the moment for the Clippers to make a push in the Western Conference
The Clippers are in a fragile, exciting moment. The climb is hard, and you can’t take anything, especially the inevitability of your own progress, for granted.
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Changed the Game: Kelly Krauskopf's decorated WNBA career propelled her to an NBA first
She is a Texas A&M women’s basketball team alum, a former WNBA executive, a WNBA champion with the Indiana Fever and the first female assistant GM in NBA history.
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Kyle Lowry remains a Raptor as Toronto needs him more than ever
Lowry remains a Toronto Raptor, mostly because no one needed him more than the Raptors. Or at least no one thought they did.
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LeBron James' absence exposes Lakers' deeper issue
The Lakers rely on spacing even when LeBron James is healthy, and his absence exposes one of their biggest weaknesses.
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Luka Doncic stuck with 'terrible' shot and created magic vs. Clippers
Luka Magic makes you realize they call him Wonder Boy not because he was a boy wonder but because he plays with the wonder of a boy, “play” being the operative word.
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How NBA fandom has changed due to COVID-19
Teams have gone to great lengths to connect fans to seats and debit cards to ATM portals, and fans are willing to go to great lengths to attend. But fandom, they’re learning, is different this year.
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What is the Elam Ending's future after the NBA All-Star Game?
The Elam Ending returned to the NBA All-Star Game with Damian Lillard's winning 3-pointer. We caught up with Nick Elam on the future of the gimmick.
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Are the Utah Jazz getting a fair shake from the referees?
Seerat Sohi looks at a few key plays in the final stretch of Wednesday’s game, reinforcing the most enduring cliche in sports: You can only control what you can control.
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How slipping gives NBA offenses more control in the pick-and-roll
There is a moment after every switch is called but before it’s executed that the pick-setter is configured between two defenders but guarded by neither. That’s when they can literally slip underneath the defense and cut to a juicy opening.
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LeBron James and listless Lakers are going through a rough spell
Maybe the climb will take them all the way to a championship. If it does, they will also one day know the malaise that has befallen these Los Angeles Lakers, for whom sweat feels more like a symbol of exhaustion. The Jazz dropped the listless Lakers on Wednesday night, who have now lost four straight.
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First-time All-Star Zach LaVine is transcending his reputation
The coaches — supposed gatekeepers of the game’s sanctity over fans who fancy high-flyers — voted in LaVine, whose earlier dabbles with All-Star weekend have been in the dunk contest. The coaches aren't always right, but it was just another sign of the nature of LaVine progression.
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T-Wolves hire a new coach, Dame vs. Luka and can Giannis be fixed?
Yahoo's Vincent Goodwill and Seerat Sohi join the show to discuss the T-Wolves new coach, why Dame isn't starting in the All-Star Game and if Giannis needs to give up on the 3-point shot.
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Projecting the NBA All-Star Game starters: LeBron James maintains top perch
LeBron James leads the superstar names who get the nod for Seerat Sohi's All-Star Game starter picks.
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Dazzle or disaster: How the behind-the-back pass became so common, yet unnoticed
Flash is rarely just flash. Style is rarely just an aesthetic. In a competitive ecosystem, nothing nonessential survives.