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Tuesday was Cade Cunningham’s night as the Detroit Pistons received the No. 1 pick in the 2021 NBA draft. Cunningham has been the favored top pick since the midway through the college season and all signs point to Pistons picking Cunningham on July 29. BetMGM has him as the favorite at -2000 odds.  The Pistons
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The Los Angeles Clippers erased 2-0 deficits in the first two rounds of the playoffs, but this feels different. Playing without Kawhi Leonard, whose return from a right knee sprain to the Western Conference finals remains in serious doubt, the Clippers had to win Game 2, and they had it won on multiple occasions —
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The Suns escaped with a win in Game 2 of the Western Conference finals thanks to a perfect tip-in from Deandre Ayton. (AP/Ross D. Franklin) Deandre Ayton came through at the perfect time on Tuesday night to lift the Phoenix Suns to a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference finals. Ayton, with just 0.9 seconds
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The San Antonio Spurs are visiting the NBA Draft Lottery in consecutive seasons for the first time in more franchise history, and while it’s an exciting time for a rebuilding franchise, the lottery process can be confusing for even the most die-hard basketball fans. Check out my quick explanation on how it works and which
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Authoring miracles had seemingly turned into Kevin Durant’s occupation over the last couple weeks, but when his oversized feet were tapping the 3-point line in the closing moments of regulation Saturday night, it would be unfair to expect more. Durant had nothing left to give in overtime, but he drove home a necessary point even
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3:40 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN The idea that Philadelphia 76ers star Ben Simmons will spend the offseason improving his shooting stroke has become an annual discussion in Philadelphia. That certainly will be the case again this offseason, after Simmons melted down at the foul line — and disappeared from Philadelphia’s offense — as the 76ers
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NBA Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal isn’t pulling any punches … literally … with his assessment of Philadelphia 76ers guard Ben Simmons following Simmons’ rough performance in Game 7 on Sunday. O’Neal ripped into Simmons, criticizing the guard’s hesitancy to shoot the ball in a big game. O’Neal later said that if he was Simmons’
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The Philadelphia 76ers have a Ben Simmons problem, and it smacked them dead in the face as yet another opportunity was wasted in the playoffs. Championship windows don’t stay open long in today’s NBA, and it seems like three years have been squandered with the Simmons experiment, people talking themselves out of what they see
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