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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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Can Anthony Davis Bounce Back?

What’s going on with Anthony Davis? After an outstanding 2015, the fourth-year New Orleans big slumped last season, with major declines in his shooting percentage, block rate and all-around play. The Pelicans shut him down for the final 14 games of the season because of shoulder and knee injuries, and he missed a portion of […]

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Can Anthony Davis Bounce Back?

What’s going on with Anthony Davis? After an outstanding 2015, the fourth-year New Orleans big slumped last season, with major declines in his shooting percentage, block rate and all-around play. The Pelicans shut him down for the final 14 games of the season because of shoulder and knee injuries, and he missed a portion of […]

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Which NBA Team Is The Tallest?

The Golden State Warriors figure to be among the best in the league at a lot of things. But after an offseason in which they cleared out salary cap space for Kevin Durant by trading their starting center and letting both backup centers walk in free agency, the roster that has spent the last few […]

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Which NBA Team Is The Tallest?

The Golden State Warriors figure to be among the best in the league at a lot of things. But after an offseason in which they cleared out salary cap space for Kevin Durant by trading their starting center and letting both backup centers walk in free agency, the roster that has spent the last few […]

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