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2015-16 NBA Preview: The New-Look Spurs Are Gonna Be Really Good

We’re inaugurating our NBA player projection system, CARMELO, with 2015-16 season previews for every team in the league. Check out the teams we’ve already previewed here. Learn more about CARMELO here. The San Antonio Spurs, hoping to make another title run, loaded up on talent in the offseason. They landed coveted free agent LaMarcus Aldridge […]

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2015-16 NBA Preview: The Mavericks Are On A Treadmill of Mediocrity

We’re inaugurating our NBA player projection system, CARMELO, with 2015-16 season previews for every team in the league. Check out the teams we’ve already previewed here. Learn more about CARMELO here. The Dallas Mavericks failed to make it past the first round for the fourth consecutive time last season, and now they’re sprinting on the […]

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2015-16 NBA Preview: The Mavericks Are On A Treadmill of Mediocrity

We’re inaugurating our NBA player projection system, CARMELO, with 2015-16 season previews for every team in the league. Check out the teams we’ve already previewed here. Learn more about CARMELO here. The Dallas Mavericks failed to make it past the first round for the fourth consecutive time last season, and now they’re sprinting on the […]

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2015-16 NBA Preview: The Pistons Could Stop Being Terrible

We’re inaugurating our NBA player projection system, CARMELO, with 2015-16 season previews for every team in the league. Check out the teams we’ve already previewed here. Learn more about CARMELO here. It’s been a rough few years — really, almost a decade — for the Detroit Pistons, who haven’t had a winning season since the […]

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2015-16 NBA Preview: The Pistons Could Stop Being Terrible

We’re inaugurating our NBA player projection system, CARMELO, with 2015-16 season previews for every team in the league. Check out the teams we’ve already previewed here. Learn more about CARMELO here. It’s been a rough few years — really, almost a decade — for the Detroit Pistons, who haven’t had a winning season since the […]

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