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NBA Free Agency Diary: How Good Are Kawhi’s Clippers?

Keep track of the chaotic NBA offseason with our Free Agency Diary. Dear NBA Diary, Well, so much for the speculation that Kawhi Leonard would join the Los Angeles Lakers (or stay with the Toronto Raptors). After the Los Angeles Clippers stunned the NBA by signing Leonard and trading a massive haul of picks for […]

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Kawhi Leonard, Paul George And The Clippers Stun The NBA

One of the most seismic moves in Los Angeles basketball history came early Saturday morning, when reports emerged that superstar Kawhi Leonard would not only sign with the Clippers, but that he’d also be joined by Paul George, who will pack his bags in Oklahoma City to team up with Leonard as part of a […]

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The Big Questions Facing The Big Four In The East

gfoster (Geoff Foster, senior sports editor): The first-round of these NBA playoffs was widely viewed as a small appetizer (an amuse-bouche?) before the real meal begins in the conference semifinals. That has largely held true, particularly in the East, where the four teams that won — the Bucks, Celtics, Sixers and Raptors — lost a […]

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Let’s Overreact To First-Round NBA Playoff Games

  This week on Hot Takedown, we’re reacting to a series of upsets in the first round of the NBA playoffs. The Los Angeles Clippers pulled off the biggest comeback in playoff history, but we don’t necessarily think the Warriors should be too worried for the rest of the series. Other upsets included the No. […]

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