shares share tweets pin sms send e-mail By HoopsHype | March 18, 2023 A movie star and one of the finest guards in NBA history, Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade form one of the most prominent power couples in the sports and entertainment industry. Together since 2009, they have been a constant presence at red-carpet …
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— Written by David Aldridge, James Edwards III and Josh Robbins The 2022-23 NBA Defensive Player of the Year race has plenty of deserving candidates. With only four weeks remaining in the regular season, who are the favorites for the award? To answer that question, The Athletic has assembled three of its writers who voted …
MIAMI — When Kevin Love took the floor for his pregame warmup, he made his way to center court to catch up with some of his former teammates. He and Darius Garland did their choreographed handshake that they used to do in Cleveland and hugged each other. Ricky Rubio and Donovan Mitchell both ran over …
Loren Woods didn’t discover acting until he was in college. By then, it was too late. He was already 7 foot 1, sturdy but athletic. Not only did he have size, but he also had talent — enough to start for a premier college basketball program. Woods’ path was almost pre-ordered. In high school, he …
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CLEVELAND — The Cavaliers coaches hatched the plan during the All-Star break, after Kevin Love was already gone. But it wouldn’t have mattered if he were still here. JB Bickerstaff and his assistants decided to increase minutes for the Cavs’ top players over the final 21 regular-season games so that they would be in shape …
The Eastern Conference can be split into three groups fairly easily. There are the top four seeds, all of whom have used much of their draft capital to improve their roster, who are trying to win at a high level right now: Milwaukee, Boston, Philadelphia and Cleveland. There are the bottom four seeds, teams with …
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February is the shortest month of the year, and even with the NBA All-Star break, there was plenty of action on the hardwood. And due to some trades, there are some new faces in new places. Besides Valentine’s Day treats (the Memphis Grizzlies and Minnesota Timberwolves, and Donovan Mitchell and Dillon Brooks probably didn’t exchange …
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The 2022-23 NBA Sixth Man of the Year almost certainly will be someone who has never won the award before. Jordan Clarkson and Tyler Herro, the two most recent winners, are now entrenched as starters for their respective teams. So who leads this year’s race? To answer that question, The Athletic turned to three of …
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Ladies and gentlemen, it’s time to watch some serious professional basketball again. Not the low-effort stuff that we saw during Sunday’s All-Star Game that truly isn’t even worth bringing up, but the end-of-season push we’re about to get from teams as the postseason approaches. We’ll discuss the teams you could count on doing some winning …
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There’s really just one reason I first started watching basketball: it was fun. That has colored why I kept watching the sport for the last [redacted] years — because it remained fun. Even now, while covering the NBA, it remains a driving ethos. So, this month, as everyone threw out their All-Star teams and snubs …
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