In the social media and first take era of the NBA the way that players are perceived by fans and media feels like it follows a rather predictable pattern where players get built up when they first get in the league to be these great superstars but then when they don’t reward their supporters with…

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One of the most common coping mechanisms that fans on the internet will deploy when they are upset that a certain team is getting too much good press is to find a way to put an asterisk on that team’s biggest accomplishments (which are usually championships). If you look back through the years people have…

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I’ve been listening to Bill Simmons pods for years and I generally enjoy them but this latest NBA pod felt like I was being assaulted by insane takes and it made me want to scream so I decided to write out my arguments to try to achieve some closure.  “You can always count on the…

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Just a year and half removed from crippling their franchise by making the worst trade of all time the Timberwolves look like one of the best teams in the league. Not only are they stacking regular season wins but they also pass the eye test when they match up against the best teams in the…

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Donovan Mitchell has never publicly demanded a trade and has never officially said that he only wants to play in New York but it is the worst kept secret in the league that he has every intention of eventually playing for the Knicks or (if he absolutely has to) the Nets.  Last year when the…

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This year the NBA has implemented new rules in an attempt to mitigate the amount of flopping that goes on in the league. When the refs judge that a player is flopping they will call a non-unsportsmanlike technical foul and award the other team a free throw. The players who are called for flopping will…

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In 2013 the newly minted Brooklyn Nets made one of the worst trades in NBA history. They gave up 3 future first round picks and a pick swap in exchange for Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett (and Jason Terry). The trade was immediately a disaster for the Nets as the three veterans that the Nets…

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The In Season Tournament is super competitive in the west! I’m not sure how the scheduling works but the Western Conference has played more Tournament games than the east so while some of the east groups won’t be decided until the last day of group play some of these western groups could be decided as…

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The NBA In Season Tournament group play is just 4 games for each team and after yesterday every single team in the NBA has played at least 1 group play game, most teams have played 2 and a couple have played 3.  When The NBA In Season Tournament was announced I was skeptical and the…

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As hard as it is to admit just 2 weeks into the season it appears I may have been wrong about a few things. Now when it comes to reacting to the first couple weeks of the NBA season you don’t have to believe everything that you see. Just last year the Nuggets and Kings…

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