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WNBA provides basketball pleasure than NBA

If you want the true basketball experience, the WNBA has more to offer than the NBA.
I never thought I would say this, but there’s a first time for everything, so here goes: The WNBA is better than the NBA.
Leslie Monteiro1 LIKES
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Constantine Polites
I agree soul hardly the wnba is better than the NBA
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deerock78
BIG MIKE!

10 Moves Leon Rose Made That Turned the New York Knicks Into an NBA Championship Contender

When "The Don" took over as President of Basketball Operations in March 2020, the franchise was 21–45 and the punchline of the NBA. Five years later, New York is ready to win it all.
There’s a Venn diagram making the rounds that shows two circles: teams with the most regular-season losses from 2000–2020, and teams with the most playoff wins since 2021. Exactly one franchise sits in the middle of both.
Lee Escobedo4 LIKES1 RESTACKS


Rob Knox
May 14

How the 1988 NBA Playoffs Closed One Era and Opened Another

The Showtime Lakers survived three straight Game 7s while the NBA quietly shifted into a new era beneath the iconic CBS basketball soundtrack.
When you heard that nostalgic, upbeat “banger” with its distinct jazz-fusion funk sound on Saturday or Sunday afternoons in April and May, followed by the unmistakable voices of Brent Musburger or Dick Stockton, you knew exactly where you needed to be: planted in front of the television for the NBA on CBS.
Rob Knox


ODE TO ‘91

The NBA Playoffs That Ended One Era and Started Another: A Six-Part Series from Everything Basketball
In the spring of 1991, three dynasties were dying at the same time.
Eric Newman4 LIKES



Kevin Durant and NBA Draft Combine Tests

KD became one of the NBA's best players despite testing as one of its worst athletes.
Brian McCormick2 LIKES
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Coach ND
Combine makes no sense for the NBA unless you just want them to take shots from spots and receive and deliver certain types of passes and then just talk to teams. The NFL at least feature game skills.


ilyass
May 16

AJ Dybantsa - or Washington’s watershed moment

In Stephen King’s time-travel epic 11/22/63, Jake Epping - a high school teacher from Boston - travels back in time in an attempt to prevent the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. King describes the assassination as a “watershed moment”: a single event capable of reshaping the future in profound and observable ways. At the heart of the novel li…
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The G League Used to Feed the NBA. Now It’s Feeding College Basketball. Here’s Why That Changes Everything.

By William Bestermann IV, Founder of Saturday's Best
Something genuinely unprecedented is happening in college basketball and almost nobody is writing about it with the depth it deserves. The pipeline that was supposed to take elite players from high school to the G League to the NBA is now running in reverse, sending proven professional players back into college basketball. The line between professional …
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William H Bestermann Jr MD
More great news I had never heard




NBA Europe

A true chess match for the entire continent - Regulatory Position, Expected Resolution, Stakeholder Impact
Executive Summary
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A Random, Interesting Q&A with Jacob Sutton

JSuttHoops on the NBA Draft, the Houston Rockets, and Jalen Green Island
If you’re not subscribed to JSuttHoops, you should be. Each week Jacob Sutton rounds up all the “NBA News and Rumors” you could possibly want “with pop-culture references, advanced stats, and a broken sense of humor.” It’s one of the best ways to keep up with the league.
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Former Wisconsin basketball star Sam Dekker lands SEC assistant coaching job

Former Wisconsin Badgers star Sam Dekker is returning to college basketball as an assistant coach at South Carolina under Lamont Paris.
For a lot of Wisconsin men’s basketball fans, Sam Dekker will always be remembered as the hometown hero who helped carry the Badgers to back-to-back Final Fours and a national championship appearance.
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Jane Laitinen
Yikes! That video and your article kicked up the unforgettable seasons Sam played with that great Badgers team under Bo. Indescribable. Happy and grateful that he's returned in the NCAA coaching capacity. Looking forward to watching his and Paris' team thrive in the SEC. Awesome!!
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37459 W Frascati Ave
I am very happy to have Decker back in the USSR, I have met him several times in Madison and
as a player I saw many of his games.. Im very happy that he is with a great Program in the SEC and wish him and his family a super successful career

One Day Away From the NBA Lottery

Can the Washington Wizards Hit the Jackpot?
May 10th, Mother’s Day, is a day dedicated to expressing a little extra gratitude to your mother, getting her flowers, buying her that one thing she’s been wanting, and going to get brunch together. To most, that’s a stress-free and enjoyable day, but to me, it’ll be the most stressful and anxiety-inducing day of the year. H…
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Dylan
Been waiting for this article since ‘02 - Christmas has arrived early for all NBA fans who need someone with a 3000 level basketball IQ to spoon feed them with expert level analysis

Pelicans Trade Targets and Free Agents

All the players I'd be gunning for if I was the Pels Head of Basketball Operations.
In making this list of desirable targets for the Pelicans this summer, I probably had a list of 30+ players that I’d target if I were them, and, lucky for you, I whittled it down to ten!
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Jeremy Keys
This Joe Dumars meme belongs in the NBA hall of fame
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sophie becker
i vote scotty