2015 NBA Mock Draft 2.0

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We are just over a week away from the 2015 NBA Draft, and speculation from every angle is really starting to heat up. Agents are talking, players are cancelling workouts, and everyone is interested in everything. Draft season, got to love it. We’ll do one more mock draft a day or so before the June […]

NEW YORK, NY – JUNE 26: NBA Commissioner Adam Silver commences the 2014 NBA Draft at Barclays Center on June 26, 2014 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images)

Offseason Madness Starts With The Hope of The NBA Draft

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While others try mightily, through various means, only one team per season gets to the pinnacle of the NBA. Most recently, the Golden State Warriors and their plethora of talent, built mostly through the NBA draft, traveled to the mountaintop of the sport. Yet, that was so yesterday (or Tuesday). What have they done for […]

5 Rule Changes Made Necessary By The 2015 NBA Playoffs

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The 2015 NBA Playoffs are over, and frankly, they were forgettable in many respects. That first-round series between the San Antonio Spurs and Los Angeles Clippers remained the best playoff series over the next three rounds. That’s not the way things are supposed to go in May and June. Yet, while these playoffs were unforgettable […]

The Clippers And Bulls Didn’t Make The Finals, But Commanded Attention

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The Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers made the NBA Finals, and for that reason, they become two of the more fascinating teams to watch this next NBA season. However, one could make a very convincing argument that the two most fascinating teams in the Association for the 2015-2016 campaign are the Los Angeles Clippers […]

Cleveland’s Comfort: Everything’s About To Be In Place

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Cleveland sports fans will have to wait another year for that first NBA championship and that first pro sports title since 1964. Failing to win “The Big One” undeniably hurts to a certain extent, but to the good people of that fair city in northeastern Ohio, let’s acknowledge something you already know: This was not […]

Crossover Chronicles Podcast – Phil Taylor of Sports Illustrated

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I hadn’t talked to Phil Taylor in so long that I didn’t have an email address for him! Luckily, he hadn’t changed his number. Phil has written for Sports Illustrated for 25 years, much of which has been spent covering the NBA. We talked about the Finals, LeBron, Steph and the fact that Warriors won […]

during Game Six of the 2015 NBA Finals at Quicken Loans Arena on June 16, 2015 in Cleveland, Ohio. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of Getty Images License Agreement.

Golden Season, Golden Fortunes: The Warriors Were Lucky… And Really Good

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We really don’t need to spend much time detailing the fact — and it is a fact — that the 2015 Golden State Warriors were a very lucky basketball team. No Clippers. No Spurs. No Mike Conley for a game. No Tony Allen for a 2-2 Game 5. No Patrick Beverley in the Houston series. […]

CLEVELAND, OH – JUNE 16: The Golden State Warriors celebrate their 105 to 97 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game Six of the 2015 NBA Finals at Quicken Loans Arena on June 16, 2015 in Cleveland, Ohio. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images)

Game 6 – The Least Surprising Game of the Finals

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I felt there was really only one unanswered question going into Game 6 of the NBA Finals, that being whether LeBron James could use the emotion of the home crowd and the urgency of an elimination game to overcome having only one day to recover from Game 5. For most of the first half, the […]

during Game Six of the 2015 NBA Finals at Quicken Loans Arena on June 16, 2015 in Cleveland, Ohio. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of Getty Images License Agreement.

Warriors Erase 40 Years of Frustration

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This is hard to write. It’s hard to explain what 40 years of waiting for something means when that thing finally happens. As anyone who has read any of my pieces about the 1975 Warriors team knows, I have followed this team my whole life. I have not been one of the crazy people in […]

CLEVELAND, OH – JUNE 16: LeBron James #23 of the Cleveland Cavaliers reacts in the first quarter against the Golden State Warriors during Game Six of the 2015 NBA Finals at Quicken Loans Arena on June 16, 2015 in Cleveland, Ohio. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

Not a Failure: LeBron James Took Cleveland to Great Heights

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The NBA Finals are over. Golden State can now go celebrate its accomplishments , as Cleveland is left to wonder what might have been after a valiant effort fell two victories short of one of the greatest upsets in NBA history. That’s neither here nor there for the Cavs. If a person outside that locker room […]

during Game Six of the 2015 NBA Finals at Quicken Loans Arena on June 16, 2015 in Cleveland, Ohio. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of Getty Images License Agreement.

Andre Iguodala Wins NBA Finals MVP After His Selfless, Transformative Season in Golden State

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As Bill Russell congratulated Andre Iguodala on winning perhaps the most improbable NBA Finals MVP award in more than 30 years, I recalled Iguodala’s lone season in Denver two years ago, when he was eliminated prematurely by the younger version of a team that, two years later, would transform his career. The youngest iteration of […]

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