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The Chris Paul Conundrum

Few point guards in NBA history have the résumé to go toe-to-toe with Chris Paul of the Los Angeles Clippers. So how can it be that he’s never played in the conference finals? The battle lines on the topic of Chris Paul are well defined. On the one side, you have supporters of Chris Paul, […]

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The Chris Paul Conundrum

Few point guards in NBA history have the résumé to go toe-to-toe with Chris Paul of the Los Angeles Clippers. So how can it be that he’s never played in the conference finals? The battle lines on the topic of Chris Paul are well defined. On the one side, you have supporters of Chris Paul, […]

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There’s Still Hope For Last Season’s Worst NBA Rookie

There is little reason for the casual NBA fan to pay attention to the Denver Nuggets this season. They are a bad-to-mediocre team with a ceiling of mediocre-yet-interesting. Where they fall along that spectrum will probably depend on what becomes of Emmanuel Mudiay. Mudiay, who skipped college ball in favor of getting paid as a […]

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There’s Still Hope For Last Season’s Worst NBA Rookie

There is little reason for the casual NBA fan to pay attention to the Denver Nuggets this season. They are a bad-to-mediocre team with a ceiling of mediocre-yet-interesting. Where they fall along that spectrum will probably depend on what becomes of Emmanuel Mudiay. Mudiay, who skipped college ball in favor of getting paid as a […]

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There’s Still Hope For Last Season’s Worst NBA Rookie

There is little reason for the casual NBA fan to pay attention to the Denver Nuggets this season. They are a bad-to-mediocre team with a ceiling of mediocre-yet-interesting. Where they fall along that spectrum will probably depend on what becomes of Emmanuel Mudiay. Mudiay, who skipped college ball in favor of getting paid as a […]

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