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If Kawhi Turns His Back To The Basket, Watch Out

Kawhi Leonard just might be the most complete, adaptable and technically precise basketball player in the world. He drills threes, draws fouls, gobbles rebounds, manipulates pick and rolls and places whomever he’s defending in a vice grip with Defensive Player of the Year-caliber intensity. Not only does the ball shrink into a peach pit whenever […]

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Why Have NBA Offenses Been So Good In The Bubble?

In the days leading up to the resumption of the NBA season, there was one school of thought about the quality of basketball we would see. “It’s gonna take time for your offense to come,” said TNT analyst Reggie Miller during the first quarter of the ragged Lakers-Clippers bubble opener on July 30. “And that’s […]

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Who Made The Most Of The NBA Restart?

The NBA playoffs finally started in earnest on Monday, though most of the league has been in a Disney World bubble since July for the season restart (which included eight games for every team, plus a play-in contest for the Portland Trail Blazers and Memphis Grizzlies). And what did we learn from that sample of […]

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