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Can Nets-Bucks Live Up To The Hype?

tchow (Tony Chow, video producer):NBA fans, we’re back with our NBA postseason chats! On the heels of the defending champions’ elimination, I’ve asked Jared Dubin, Andres Waters and Louis Zatzman to join me to discuss what in the world happened to the Knicks, how the Bucks match up with the Nets’ Big Three, who’s best-positioned […]

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The Bucks Remade Themselves For The Playoffs. Are They Ready For The Nets?

On first glance, the Milwaukee Bucks might have looked like a lesser version of themselves coming into the 2020-21 playoffs. They still sport two-time MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo, of course, whom they signed to a supermax extension in December. But their winning percentage and net rating dropped precipitously from last season, driven by a spike in […]

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Jrue Holiday Has Delivered For The Bucks, And They Delivered For Him

When the Milwaukee Bucks acquired Jrue Holiday from the New Orleans Pelicans for a package that included three unprotected first-round picks and swap rights on two more, it was not difficult to foresee a massive contract coming Holiday’s way. Over the weekend, Holiday got exactly that when he and the Bucks agreed on a reported […]

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Ringless NBA Teams Should Love Their Chances This Season

If you take a gander at the past few decades of NBA champions, you’ll see a lot of familiar names. The Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers traded titles for most of the 1980s, while the Chicago Bulls hardly turned it off for the next decade. And from 1999 through 2010, nine out of 12 […]

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