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LeBron James back to looking like a ‘freight train’ after last season’s foot injury
1 year, 2 months ago

LeBron James back to looking like a ‘freight train’ after last season’s foot injury

LA Times  

Lakers forward LeBron James, left, drives to the basket in front of past Nuggets guard Christian Braun during Game 3 of the Western Conference finals at Crypto.com Arena on May 20. He looks like third- or fourth-year LeBron.” James certainly didn’t look that way late last season after he returned following a serious foot injury. Like I said, he’s still …

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Pistons’ Cade Cunningham is back and ready for NBA stardom
1 year, 2 months ago

Pistons’ Cade Cunningham is back and ready for NBA stardom

New York Times  

The Cade Cunningham you might have heard about this summer, the one who, from all accounts, shined through the NBA’s rising stars as part of the U.S. Before there was “Flimsy for Wemby”, there was “Fade for Cade.” Teams were racing toward the bottom of the NBA standings to try and land Cunningham’s services in 2021. “He’s just been getting …

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Bam Adebayo is buckling under Celtics pressure. Heat need to fix this, and other problems, by Game 6
1 year, 6 months ago

Bam Adebayo is buckling under Celtics pressure. Heat need to fix this, and other problems, by Game 6

New York Times  

BOSTON – The Miami Heat find themselves in the uncomfortable position of needing to make serious adjustments to avoid unmitigated disaster in the Eastern Conference finals. “It’s on us to get him in better positions to score the ball, get it to him in transition and stuff like that,” said Butler, who scored 14 points and took just 10 shots. …

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Men’s college basketball transfer portal commits and their fits: Dickinson, Perry and more
1 year, 8 months ago

Men’s college basketball transfer portal commits and their fits: Dickinson, Perry and more

New York Times  

The men’s college basketball transfer portal continues to churn. The counting numbers may have been down by his standards — he averaged almost 22 points per game, still — but that’s just because he had a better team around him. He was Butler’s second-leading scorer in 2022-23, averaging 11.6 points on 10 shot attempts per game, including 37.8 percent from …

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2024 NHL Draft top prospects: Macklin Celebrini leads Scott Wheeler’s early ranking
1 year, 8 months ago

2024 NHL Draft top prospects: Macklin Celebrini leads Scott Wheeler’s early ranking

New York Times  

Welcome to my first official look at the 2024 NHL Draft class. Eiserman’s a dynamic shot creator who has taken whatever he has wanted all season at the NTDP this year, both with the U17 team, where he scored at a goal per game and chased down records at the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge, as well as more recently with …

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College basketball’s Top 50 newcomers for 2022-23: Nick Smith Jr, Tyrese Hunter and more
2 years, 1 month ago

College basketball’s Top 50 newcomers for 2022-23: Nick Smith Jr, Tyrese Hunter and more

New York Times  

The 2022-23 college basketball season tips off Monday, and there will be both new names to learn and familiar faces in new places. He’s a terrific distributor who gets everyone involved, finishing top-10 nationally in assists per game last season and within the top three of the Atlantic 10 each of the last three years. Broome averaged a double-double and …

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Re-drafting the NBA’s 2021 class: Is Cade Cunningham still No. 1? Where does Rookie of the Year Scottie Barnes land?
2 years, 7 months ago

Re-drafting the NBA’s 2021 class: Is Cade Cunningham still No. 1? Where does Rookie of the Year Scottie Barnes land?

New York Times  

The NBA regular season has come and gone, which means it’s a good time to dive into what happened with the rookie class this year. For example, while I thought Franz Wagner had a more complete all-around rookie season than Jalen Green, there’s no way I would take Wagner over Green in a re-draft over at this point, given the …

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