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Why Do Fans Love College Basketball Tournaments?
Basketball is a sport that’s played between two teams trying to score points against each other by shooting balls in a high hoop. Many fanbases…
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Nic Claxton’s Game Has Grown With His Muscles
Before Wednesday’s loss to the Chicago Bulls (who, weirdly, are 6-1 against Eastern heavyweights Boston, Brooklyn, and Milwaukee, and 11-20 against everyone else), the Nets…
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The Top 10 Best Canadian Basketball Players of All Time
Basketball is a beloved sport in Canada, and the country has produced some incredibly talented players over the years. From the sport’s early days to…
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Analytics in the NBA: How Data is Driving Strategy and Decision-Making
As the 2022-2023 NBA season gets underway, the use of analytics and advanced statistics in modern NBA strategy and decision-making continues to be a hot…
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Context Is Overrated
Donovan Mitchell dropped 71 points last night, forcing me to shelve my column about the Brooklyn Nets (12 straight wins!) until at least Friday, at…
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2023 NBA Draft Christmas Wish List for Tanking Teams
Is your team tanking? Well if they are I have the list for you. I’m going to show you the current top 3 projects at…
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4 Stats Explaining the Knicks’ Win Streak
The Knicks’ eight-game win streak finally gave up the ghost against the reeling Toronto Raptors, but it may have saved some jobs. On December 3rd,…
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The Chicago Bulls Should Not Be This Bad
At the beginning of the year, many NBA fans had the realistic expectation that the Chicago Bulls would be a playoff team in the Eastern…
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Kawhi And The Clippers Are Waking Up
The Los Angeles Clippers are used to lurking in the shadows. Despite Ballmer’s limitless Microsoft money, despite having two of the biggest names in the…
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The New York Knicks Are… Winning?
That’s right. As of December 20, the New York Knicks hold the longest active winning streak in the NBA. The Knicks captured their seventh consecutive…
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Every Would-Be Contender’s Biggest Flaw
We have two clear frontrunners in the NBA title race in Boston and Milwaukee. After that, there’s a jumble of teams trying to convince themselves…
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The Chicago Bulls are losing games on the court the same way they are losing games off the court
We are 27 games into the season and the Bulls currently sit at 11-16 and are in 11th place in the Eastern Conference. On paper,…
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Judah Mintz 2023 NBA Draft Profile
Despite a rocky start to the season for the Syracuse Orange, Freshman guard Judah Mintz is making a name for himself and climbing up draft…
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One of these rookies will win a playoff game
This year’s rookie class doesn’t quite have the highs of last year’s crop (Paolo excepted). But unlike in most years, players are filling essential roles…
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The Pelicans Shouldn’t Be This Good… Or Should They?
On Sunday, the New Orleans Pelicans took home their second straight win against the Phoenix Suns. The overtime thriller wasn’t necessarily anything significant on the…
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5 Stats Explaining the NBA Season Thus Far
958 34-year-old Kevin Durant leads the entire NBA with 958 total minutes played. Right behind him, in second, is teammate Royce O’Neale. Despite all the…
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DaRon Holmes II 2023 NBA Draft Profile
The freshmen class is part of what makes the 2023 NBA Draft so special. The group of returnees is super solid too, though – I…
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2023 NBA All-Stars: 5 Players That’ll Debut in the 2023 All-Star Game
As the NBA season gets underway, new first-time All-Star players will emerge. Aside from the starting five, the NBA handpicks qualified players to make it…
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Making Sense of the Pelicans’ Shockingly Good Defense
The Pelicans are killing fools on the backs of the league’s third-best defense, and it makes sense. With Brandon Ingram and Trey Murphy firing from…
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