LeBron James offered a thoughtful defense of Jason Kidd’s decision to put Cooper Flagg on the ball early in his rookie season, arguing that the discomfort was part of the …
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A Grudge That Never Fully Softened: Dirk Nowitzki’s Candor Reopens Defining 2011 Finals Moment
Fifteen years later, the fake-coughing episode from the 2011 NBA Finals still lands with the same edge, and Dirk Nowitzki’s recent comments are a reminder of why. Speaking with Dwyane …
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Mark Cuban has spent the past two years trying to clarify his place in the Dallas Mavericks’ new power structure. This time, there was no ambiguity. Speaking on the Intersections …
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Mark Cuban Admits He Regrets Hiring Former Dallas Mavericks GM Nico Harrison
There was a time when Nico Harrison looked like an admirable general manager. He brought in Dereck Lively II during the 2023 NBA Draft and landed Kyrie Irving midway through …
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Mark Cuban’s Giannis Admission Revisits One Of The Great Draft What-Ifs In NBA History
Mark Cuban has now publicly identified passing on Giannis Antetokounmpo in the 2013 NBA Draft as his biggest miss as an owner, a confession that instantly revives one of the …
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Jayson Tatum’s Return, Just 10 Months After An Achilles Tear, Is Remarkable On Its Own
For most NBA stars, an Achilles tear changes the clock. For Jayson Tatum, it seems to have accelerated it. On Friday night, Tatum returned to the floor for the Boston …
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Pablo Torre has added fresh fuel to one of the NBA’s oldest and most corrosive conspiracy theories: that the draft lottery can be “steered” when the league wants a certain …
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Kyrie Irving Sitting Out Makes The Most Sense For Him, And For What Dallas Has Become
The Dallas Mavericks made it official on Wednesday: Kyrie Irving will not return during the 2025–26 season as he continues recovering from the torn left ACL that ended his 2024–25 …
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D’Angelo Russell’s Wizards tenure may be over before it ever begins, and the most telling signal didn’t come from a press conference. It came in a three-word post that immediately …
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Dirk Nowitzki Not Sold On Dallas Trading Anthony Davis: “I Think AD And Cooper Flagg Was A Solid Combo”
The Anthony Davis experiment in Dallas, born out of the controversial trade that sent Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers, barely got off the ground. Ahead of the NBA …
