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Contenders and Pretenders: Who Will Rise in the NBA’s 2024-2025 Title Chase?
As the NBA 2024-2025 season tips off, the aura of excitement and anticipation could hardly be thicker. Fresh off their 18th championship victory, the Boston…
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Liberty vs. Lynx: Game 5 Showdown – The Final Battle for the WNBA Championship
The 2024 WNBA Finals between the New York Liberty and Minnesota Lynx have been a masterclass in grit and resilience. After four fiercely contested games, both teams now face a decisive Game 5. With everything on the line, expect a thrilling finale, where key players like Breanna Stewart and Bridget Carleton will be under the spotlight. Can the Liberty secure their first championship, or will the Lynx add another trophy to their storied history?
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Breakout Candidates to Watch in the 2024-2025 NBA Season
With the 2024-25 NBA season on the horizon, fans and analysts alike are buzzing with predictions and speculations about which players will make the leap…
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NBA Secures Long-Term Media Partnerships: 11-Year Deal with Disney, NBCUniversal, and Amazon Prime
The National Basketball Association (NBA) has exciting news for basketball fans as it renews its long-standing partnership with The Walt Disney Company and establishes new…
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Top 5 NBA Teams That Transformed During the 2024 Offseason
The 2024 NBA offseason has thus far brought exciting changes for several teams, as many made key moves to boost their chances for success. Through…
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Can Luka Doncic Win a Ring? Exploring His Playoff Journey
At just 25 years old, Luka Doncic has already delivered some unforgettable playoff performances and is now playing for the chance to be an NBA…
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The Best Basketball Hoops in 2024: In-Ground, Portable, and Poolside (Ratings/Reviews)
Basketball hoops are a great addition to any home or backyard. They provide endless entertainment for kids and adults alike and can even serve as…
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The Top 10 Best Outdoor Basketballs in 2024
Basketball is a sport that is loved by many around the world and can be played on a variety of court surfaces and in sometimes…
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NBA 1st Quarter Award Winners (at least for us)
I love doing quarterly awards. First-quarter awards are always the most enjoyable, too, since there’s usually some things that deserve acknowledgment but tend to fade…
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The Weekly 4-Point Play: Volume 6
Welcome back to The Weekly 4-Point Play, our new weekly column highlighting four of the biggest and most exciting stories in the association. In case…
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Is there a shift in the NBA Paradigm? 5 Overachievers in the 2023-24 Season (so far)
Nearly 30 games into the 2023-24 NBA season, we can get a good feel for what teams are going to make the postseason. Of course,…
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2024 NBA Draft Profile: Reed Sheppard
In a recruiting class that was ranked first nationally with several five-star prospects, not many saw the emergence of Kentucky’s Reed Sheppard as arguably the…
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Devin Booker is the Most Well-Rounded Guard in Basketball
Smart basketball people love to say that growth isn’t linear; that makes Devin Booker’s evolution as a player even more satisfying. It doesn’t necessarily show…
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Joel Embiid and The Free Throw Dilemma
Free Throws are the easiest points in the game- you stand right at the line with no defenders and *almost* all the time in the…
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The Kings Offense is Good, but it’s not Good Enough
The Kings were riding high after last season, which culminated in the team’s first playoff berth in a high school junior’s lifetime. They had a…
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In-Season Tournament Quarter-final recap: Celtics vs. Pacers
INDIANAPOLIS, IN–The Indiana Pacers beat the Boston Celtics 122-112 to advance to the semi-finals of the In-season tournament. The Pacers went on a 9-0 run…
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The Nurse Is Here: Exploring Philly’s Hot Start
The Philadelphia 76ers are in the midst of one of their most exciting starts to a season in franchise history. After trading James Harden just…
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The Weekly 4-Point Play: Volume 5
Welcome back to The Weekly 4-Point Play, our new weekly column highlighting four of the biggest and most exciting stories in the association. In case…
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NBA Rookie Ladder: 2023-24 Rookie of the Year Award Rankings
NBA Rookie Ladder: 2023-24 Rookie of the Year Award Rankings: December Update A little over a month into this NBA Season we’ve got a better…
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