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Shitty games if you've ever played them.

Well, the game isn't horrendous, but the support is basically non-existent and the career mode is very broken in each year's version.
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Does Irving want out of Cleveland?

The word comes from Steven A. Smith, so take it with an entire salt shaker, but the stuff in the article is interesting.

It's no secret that the Cavs have a chemistry problem, but the article cites stats that show Kyrie might be a bigger problem than Love...
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Someone wants to leave that sports paradise? The hell you say.
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Where will Durant land this summer?

Top contenders:
1. Golden State
2. San Antonio
3. Boston
4. Oklahoma City
5. ?
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"I don't know why people are making a big deal out of it," he said, according to the Houston Chronicle. "I do it every game. It's not a big deal. I ain't tripping."

The Rockets have no PR handlers?
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Wrong thread.
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TheCatt wrote:
Wrong thread.
Fixed. To be fair, Cleveland sucks at most sports and it's easy to confuse one underachieving team with another.
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Is it 2010 again? Will he need another fucking infomercial to explain it?
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Because the Lakers were having a great season.
While it's unclear how the video became public, sources say the resulting tension in the Lakers' locker room in recent days was among the factors that contributed to L.A.'s limp showing in Salt Lake City on Monday night, when they absorbed a 48-point pounding from the Utah Jazz. The loss was the Lakers' worst in franchise history.
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Another article on that situation.

This one has links to backstory and even precedent, which also happened on the Lakers.
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76ers GM resigns.
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That dude tried doing a version of Moneyball in the NBA.

He was misguided and had some bad luck, but I don't ultimately think he was proven wrong.

A small market team that always struggles to be relevant should try the strategy next time.
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"I'm definitely in his head, that's for sure," Johnson said after a 107-90, Game 2 loss to the Cavs. "That's for sure."
According to ESPN Stats & Information, James has scored 15 points on 7-for-9 shooting against Johnson as his primary defender in the series. James was 6-for-6 against Johnson for 13 points on Wednesday.
Sure looks like you're in his head kid...

Its all sour grapes, the Pistons gave the Cavs their best shot and came up short. Good team with a bright future but they just can't play with the big boys yet.
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Not the NBA but...
What the gifted 6-foot-9 high school basketball player didn't reveal is his age, and according to the Windsor Star, Nicola is actually 30 years old.
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This shows everything you need to know about why James Harden, while an amazingly talented player, will never win a championship.

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Did you see the bench react when he hit that game winner Friday (or was it Thursday)? Most of the players had zero reaction like they were bummed because they just want the season to end.
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Curry is out two weeks, so you know everyone in Cleveland is rooting for ANYONE to knock out Golden State before he gets back.

Unfortunately, it won't be the Clippers who just lost CP3 for the season.
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