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• Doc Rivers Inks $40M Deal with Milwaukee Bucks as Head Coach

The Milwaukee Bucks have made the highly-respected Doc Rivers their permanent head coach, a decision that has basketball fans around talking. This decision, first reported by TNT Sports’ Chris Haynes, comes after the unexpected firing of Adrian Griffin, despite a strong season start. Shams Charania of The Athletic and Stadium has revealed that Rivers’ new […] The post Doc Rivers ...2024
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• Are the Bucks better with Doc Rivers as coach?

Has the controversial decision to fire Adrian Griffin and hire Doc Rivers actually paid dividends for the Bucks?...2024
• Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo Says 2023-24 ‘Has Been The Hardest Season That I’ve Played’

During an interview with NBA reporter Sam Amick of The Athletic, Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo said 2023-24 “has been the hardest season that I’ve played.” The Bucks are in third place in the East with a record of 42-24. They started the season 30-13 under Adrian Griffin before the front office fired Griffin. Interim […] The post Bucks’ Giannis Antet...2024
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• Bucks’ Damian Lillard: Doc Rivers Is Running Plays For Me I Used With Blazers

After the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Los Angeles Clippers, Bucks point guard Damian Lillard told NBA reporters that his head coach, Doc Rivers, is running plays for him that he used with the Portland Trail Blazers. Lillard is averaging 22.2 points since Rivers replaced Adrian Griffin. Since arriving in Milwaukee, Doc Rivers has been running […] The post Bucks’ Damian Lillard:...2024
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• 6 NBA teams who can win 2024 Finals, ranked

Photo By Winslow Townson/Getty Images Let’s rank the championship picture in the NBA ahead of the stretch run. The 2023-2024 NBA season is 70 percent in the books. While parity has been a defining theme of this season, at this point the championship picture is fully starting to crystalize. The Boston Celtics are currently the only team in the league on pace to win 60+ games. The West has ...2024
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• Doc Rivers: I Don't Know If Bucks Can Win Title Today, When It's Time I Think That Answer Will Be Yes

The Milwaukee Bucks have struggled to start the tenure of Doc Rivers as head coach, but they have picked up a pair of road wins coming out of the All-Star break at the Minnesota Timberwolves and Philadelphia 76ers. Jon Horst believed Rivers was the right coach to help the Bucks achieve their ceiling compared to Adrian Griffin. "He had to jump on a moving train," a team source told ESPN. "And then...2024
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• 31 players most likely to be moved at the NBA trade deadline

Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports We went around the league to find the likeliest candidates to be dealt ahead of next week’s NBA trade deadline. With the Feb. 8 NBA trade deadline less than a week away, there seemed like no better time than to hop around the SB Nation NBA network and ask our local writers which player(s) they think each of the teams they cover and/or root for is most likely to...2024
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• How Giannis Antetokounmpo developed his post game to become even more effective

Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images The 2x MVP is still finding ways to get better. The Milwaukee Bucks have just entered clutch time against the feisty Houston Rockets on Dec. 17. They have led by double-digits for most of the game, but a three-pointer from Fred VanVleet cuts the lead to four points with just under four minutes remaining. Giannis Antetokounmpo takes center stage. He seals...2024
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• NBA MVP candidates, ranked for 2024 by who is most likely to win

Ranking 2024 NBA MVP candidates so far. The NBA MVP award is a snapshot of where the league is at and where it’s headed. Giannis Antetokounmpo won MVP in 2019 and 2020 before leading his Milwaukee Bucks to the championship in 2021. Nikola Jokic won MVP in 2021 and 2022 before leading his Denver Nuggets to the championship in 2023. Postseason success is the only thing eluding Joel Embiid to this po...2024
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• NBA Christmas games, ranked by watchability

Photo by Garrett Ellwood/NBAE via Getty Images Let’s rank the best NBA games on Christmas day. Christmas day isn’t just for spending time with family, sharing gifts with loved ones, and eating way too many treats: it’s also a day to watch high-level basketball from the afternoon until the moment you finally fall asleep. The NBA is back with another loaded Christmas slate, featuring five ga...2023
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• Every NBA team, ranked by their championship chances in 2023-2024 season

Let’s rank every team in the NBA by their championship chances for the 2023-2024 season. The NBA always feels like it’s at its best when there’s an elite tier of contenders. After two blockbuster trades to close the summer, it finally feels like that’s the case as the league enters the 2023-2024 season. The Bucks have added Damian Lillard to fix a struggling halfcourt offense in the playoffs. The ...2023
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• Damian Lillard trade has 3 big winners, and 4 real losers

Photo by Alex Goodlett/Getty Images Let’s give out winners and losers from the blockbuster Damian Lillard trade. Damian Lillard’s trade request was the NBA storyline that just wouldn’t end. For three months, Lillard’s trade request was stuck at the same crossroads: the superstar guard claimed he only wanted to play for the Miami Heat, but his Portland Trail Blazers had no interest in anyth...2023
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• Grading Damian Lillard trade for Bucks, Trail Blazers, and Suns after 3-team stunner

Photo by Abbie Parr/Getty Images Let’s grade the blockbuster Damian Lillard trade for the Bucks, Blazers, and Suns. Damian Lillard has been traded to the Milwaukee Bucks in a blockbuster three-team deal that sends shockwaves around the NBA just days before teams report to training camp. Lillard requested a trade from the Portland Trail Blazers on July 1, and hoped to land with the Miami H...2023
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• Giannis Antetokounmpo is soft launching his future trade request, and the Bucks are on notice

Photo by Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images for GE The Bucks star is putting his front office on the clock to build another championship roster. It feels like the NBA newscycle just got done with reckless speculation about Giannis Antetokounmpo’s future. The superstar’s impending free agency was the biggest story in the league around the time his Milwaukee Bucks were on the wrong end of a stunni...2023
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• NBA offseason grades for every team after free agency, trades, and draft
Let’s give out offseason grades for every team in the NBA. The biggest fireworks of the NBA offseason are still to come. Damian Lillard requested a trade from the Portland Trail Blazers only 24 hours into free agency, but there has been no real momentum on his desired deal to the Miami Heat. James Harden has also asked out from the Philadelphia 76ers, but the team is resolved to keep him unless th...2023
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"Bucks fire coach Adrian Griffin after 43 games, reportedly eyeing Doc Rivers as potential replacement"

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"Bucks to hire Adrian Griffin as next head coach, per report"

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"Lakers coaching search: Los Angeles requests to interview Raptors assistant Adrian Griffin, per report"

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"Lead assistant Adrian Griffin will return to the Toronto … Continue reading "Toronto Raptors hire Trevor Gleeson, Nathaniel Mitchell and Earl Watson as assistant coaches""

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"Raptors assistant Adrian Griffin thanked head coach Nick Nurse for giving him the "awesome" opportunity to take over the team for Wednesday's game vs."

2018
"Former Pelicans coach Monty Williams, Raptors G-League coach Jerry Stackhouse, Hawks assistant Darvin Ham, Thunder assistant Adrian Griffin, Clippers assistant Sam Cassell and Spurs assistants Ettore Messina and Ime Udoka are some of the other candidates that Milwaukee may consider, Kalbrosky adds."

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"The Thunder have added Adrian Griffin an assistant coach and also promoted Vin Bhavnani and Royal Ivey as assistant coaches."

2015
"Bickerstaff (Houston), Melvin Hunt (Dallas), Stephen Silas (Charlotte), Robert Pack (New Orleans), Randy Brown (Chicago), Ime Udoka (San Antonio), Ed Pinckney (Denver) and Adrian Griffin (Orlando)."

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• J.J. Redick slams Doc Rivers’ lack of accountability with Bucks

Doc Rivers’ history of excuses got lit up by J.J. Redick on ESPN Doc Rivers left his broadcasting job on ESPN last month to take over as the new head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks. The Bucks were 30-13 on the day they fired Adrian Griffin; under Rivers so far, Milwaukee is 3-7. No team faces more pressure to right the ship in the “second half” of the season than the Bucks. Rivers was making excuse...2024
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• 31 players most likely to be moved at the NBA trade deadline
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• How Giannis Antetokounmpo developed his post game to become even more effective
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• LeBron James has somehow faced 10 father-son duos in NBA career

Photo by Barry Gossage/NBAE via Getty Images This is the ultimate proof of LeBron’s longevity. LeBron James was on his way to another masterclass performance on Saturday night against the Golden State Warriors when ABC announcer Mike Breen put his historic dominance in a new light. As he faced off against Warriors rookie big man Trayce Jackson-Davis, the son of long-time NBA forward Dale ...2024
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• Doc Rivers, Bucks Agree To 3.5-Year, $40M Contract
The Milwaukee Bucks and Doc Rivers agreed to a contract through the 26-27 season worth approximately $40 million. As the current season is half over, Rivers will be paid at an annual rate of over $11 million over 3.5 seasons. The Bucks also owe money to former head coaches Mike Budenholzer and Adrian Griffin. Until Erik Spoelstra signed his extension with the Miami Heat, Monty Williams was the hig...2024
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• Massive Doc Rivers contract has Bucks currently paying three different head coaches

Rivers, stepping in for the fired Adrian Griffin, is reportedly signing a $40 million contract...2024
• Doc Rivers Reportedly Signing With Bucks Through 2026/27 Season
Doc Rivers’ new contract with the Bucks runs through the end of the 2026/27 season and will pay him approximately $40MM, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic (Twitter link). Rivers quickly emerged as the favorite for the Milwaukee job after Adrian Griffin was fired as head coach on Tuesday. A report yesterday indicated that […]...2024
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• Doc Rivers reportedly agrees to deal to become Milwaukee Bucks head coach

Doc Rivers has accepted an offer to become the head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks following Tuesday’s dismissal of Adrian Griffin only 43 games into his first season with the team, according to multiple reports. ESPN, where Rivers has worked this season an on-air analyst, confirmed that reporting on Wednesday morning. Interim coach Joe Prunty will coach the Bucks on Wednesday night when they host...2024
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• Bucks' Decision On Adrian Griffin More 'Accumulation Of Mini Red Flags' Than 'One Particular Thing'

The Milwaukee Bucks made the difficult decision to move on from Adrian Griffin just a few months after hiring him as head coach despite a 30-13 record. "I think the way it's been described to me is there wasn't necessarily something that sparked this or one particular thing," said Jamal Collier on The Hoop Collective podcast. "Clearly just an accumulation of a lot of mini red flags and signs over ...2024
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• Bucks’ Damian Lillard: Doc Rivers Is Running Plays For Me I Used With Blazers
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• Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo: ‘We Have To Stop Feeling Bad About Ourselves, I’m Tired Of This’
During an interview with NBA reporter Eric Nehm of The Athletic, Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo said he’s “tired” of the team feeling bad for themselves. The Bucks are 35-21. They are in third place in the Eastern Conference standings. However, the team is only 3-7 under Doc Rivers, who took over for Adrian Griffin. […] The post Bucks’ Giannis A...2024
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• The Bucks’ shocking decision, explained. Plus, baseball’s HOF class
This is the digital version of The Pulse. If you want it earlier, start every morning with The Pulse delivered to your inbox. Sign up here. Good morning! Maybe don’t hire that person as an informal adviser today. To read yesterday’s biggest sports story was to experience whiplash. First, the Bucks fired first-year coach Adrian Griffin just 43 games into the season. Then, a glance at the standing...2024
• Why the Bucks fired Adrian Griffin, explained

Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images Everything you need to know about why the Bucks decided to fire their head coach despite sitting in second place in the Eastern Conference. The Milwaukee Bucks made the (somewhat) shocking decision to fire first-year head coach Adrian Griffin on Tuesday, despite the team coming off of a win on Monday and holding a 30-13 record overall. The vibes had been ...2024
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• Bucks’ firing of Adrian Griffin stemmed partially from ‘flawed use of Damian Lillard’

The Milwaukee Bucks’ decision to fire first-year coach Adrian Griffin was the result of a number of factors that had been troubling the team for several weeks, per a report from Shams Charania, Sam Amick and Eric Nehm of The Athletic. “It was born out of months of underwhelming play, with internal concerns growing about […] The post Bucks’ firing of Adrian Griffin stemmed p...2024
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• NBA MVP candidates, ranked for 2024 by who is most likely to win
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• Giannis Antetokounmpo got ejected for the world’s softest taunting foul

Want to attract more viewers to NBA games? Don’t boot the superstars on weak taunting calls. The Milwaukee Bucks are still trying to figure out who they are in the early days of the 2023-2024 season as they attempt to integrate a superstar guard in Damian Lillard and a new head coach in Adrian Griffin. The Bucks somehow owned the worst defense in the NBA through the first six games of the season,...2023
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• 6 NBA teams who can win 2024 Finals, ranked
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• LeBron James has somehow faced 10 father-son duos in NBA career
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• Giannis Antetokounmpo On Bucks Coach: I Don't Make That Decision

Giannis Antetokounmpo was asked if the Milwaukee Bucks firing Adrian Griffin felt different because he was a part of Griffin's hiring. Antetokounmpo gave a candid answer about his relationship with Griffin, as well as his involvement in front office decisions. "Have I been in a position be asked "What do you think about that?" or "What do you think about this?" Yeah, many times," Antetokounmpo sai...2024
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• East Notes: Bucks, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Hornets, Heat, Terry Rozier

Bucks The Bucks’ decision to fire head coach Adrian Griffin after just 43 games had plenty to do with the players, including star forward Giannis Antetokounmpo, per Jim Owczarski of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “While there were games, or moments, to point to as improvement since that time, the overall tenor of the season was […] The post East Notes: Bucks, Giannis Antetokounm...2024
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• NBA Christmas games, ranked by watchability
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• Damian Lillard trade has 3 big winners, and 4 real losers
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• Giannis Antetokounmpo is soft launching his future trade request, and the Bucks are on notice
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• Giannis Antetokounmpo Reveals He Won't Consider Extension With Bucks Until 2024

Giannis Antetokounmpo has revealed that he plans on not signing a three-year, $173 million extension with the Milwaukee Bucks when it is offered this September. Antetokounmpo can make more money by signing an extension in 2024. "The real question's not going to be this year - numbers-wise it doesn't make sense," Antetokounmpo said. "But next year, next summer it would make more sense for both part...2023
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• Where Are All the Black NBA Coaches? Examining a Sudden, Silent Disappearance
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• Bucks to hire Adrian Griffin as next head coach, per report

Griffin has been an assistant coach in the NBA since 2008...2023
• Bucks fire coach Adrian Griffin after 43 games, reportedly eyeing Doc Rivers as potential replacement

Griffin, hired over the summer, had gone 30-13 before getting fired...2024
• Bucks hiring Raptors assistant Adrian Griffin as head coach: Sources
By Shams Charania, Eric Koreen and Eric Nehm The Milwaukee Bucks are hiring Toronto Raptors assistant Adrian Griffin as their head coach, league sources told The Athletic on Saturday. Here’s what you need to know: The Bucks parted ways with previous coach Mike Budenholzer on May 4. Griffin, 48, has never previously served as an NBA head coach. In the last 15 seasons, he has served as an as...2023
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• Report: Bucks fire head coach Adrian Griffin, Doc Rivers eyed

The reason for Griffin's dismissal wasn't immediately clear. Assistant Joe Prunty is expected to take over as the interim coach, per the report....2024
• The Major Role Giannis Played in Hiring Bucks’ New Coach Adrian Griffin
The Bucks are set to hire Raptors assistant Adrian Griffin as their next head coach and superstar forward Giannis Antetokounmpo played a major role in the hiring. The franchise was down to three candidates – Warriors assistant coach Kenny Atkinson, former Raptors coach Nick Nurse and Adrian Griffin – who has been the assistant at […] The post The Major Role Giannis Played in Hiri...2023
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• Why hiring Doc Rivers is a mistake for the championship-minded Bucks

The Bucks relieved Adrian Griffin of his duties as head coach on Tuesday...2024
• Sources: Bucks planning to hire Raptors' Griffin

The Bucks are beginning work on financial terms of a head-coaching contract with Raptors assistant Adrian Griffin and a deal is expected to be reached soon, sources told ESPN....2023

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• 6 NBA teams who can win 2024 Finals, ranked
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• J.J. Redick slams Doc Rivers’ lack of accountability with Bucks
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• The Bucks danced and played like a team happy Adrian Griffin is gone

The Bucks didn’t look too sad to lose Adrian Griffin. The Milwaukee Bucks made the surprising decision to fire head coach Adrian Griffin this week despite the team owning the second best record in the Eastern Conference. Griffin was canned because the defense was terrible, they had a point-differential of a team that would lose in the first round, and reportedly because Griffin lost the locker roo...2024
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• Bucks Hire Doc Rivers As Head Coach
The Milwaukee Bucks have hired Doc Rivers as head coach to replace Adrian Griffin. Rivers previously served as an informal consultant to Griffin at the prompting of the Bucks. Talks between Rivers and the Bucks on him becoming head coach began on Tuesday. The Philadelphia 76ers parted ways with Rivers after the 2023 playoffs after three seasons with the franchise. Rivers won The Finals in 2008 wit...2024
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• Why the Bucks fired Adrian Griffin, explained
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• Bucks Fire Adrian Griffin
The Milwaukee Bucks have fired Adrian Griffin as head coach. Milwaukee has a 30-13 record and are in second place in the Eastern Conference. Griffin was hired by the Bucks this past offseason after an extended run as an assistant coach with the Toronto Raptors. The Bucks parted ways with Mike Budenhozler after their first round exit in the playoffs last season....2024
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• Bucks fire Adrian Griffin as head coach, pursuing Doc Rivers as replacement

Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images Head coach Adrian Griffin has been fired in a stunning move from the Milwaukee Bucks. The Milwaukee Bucks have fired head coach Adrian Griffin halfway through his first season on the job, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The Bucks are 30-13 overall at the time of the move and currently hold the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference playoff pict...2024
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• Lillard to be back for Bucks' game against Celtics

Milwaukee coach Adrian Griffin said Damian Lillard will be available for Thursday's matchup with Boston after missing a game for what the team labeled as personal reasons....2024
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• Bucks GM: 'Urgency' to win led to Griffin's firing

Bucks general manager Jon Horst denied speculation that Adrian Griffin had lost the confidence of his players, saying Griffin's firing was motivated more by a desire to "maximize the talent of this group."...2024
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• Bucks To Dismiss Head Coach Adrian Griffin
The Bucks are making a head coaching change, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, who reports (via Twitter) that the team is dismissing Adrian Griffin. It’s a shocking turn of events for a Bucks team whose 30-13 record is tied for second-best in the NBA, and for Griffin, who is in his first year as a […]...2024
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• Giannis Antetokounmpo is soft launching his future trade request, and the Bucks are on notice
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• The NBA’s 8 spiciest revenge games on 2023-2024 schedule release

Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images These NBA games are going to be must-see TV next season. It was only a few months ago that the Denver Nuggets claimed their first championship in franchise history as superstar center Nikola Jokic officially stamped himself as the best basketball player in the world. Since then, the NBA has seen a staggering Bradley Beal trade to the Phoenix Suns, the arr...2023
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• 7 NBA sophomores way too good for Summer League
Lucas Peltier-USA TODAY Sports These seven players were way too good for Summer League. Be careful not to overreact too much to what you see at NBA Summer League. The performances at the NBA’s annual introduction to rookies and large-scale audition for young players trying to break into the league doesn’t exactly translate cleanly to the games that count, but history has taught us a few th...2023
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