Steph Curry being the GOAT? Yeah we know he’s the greatest shooter ever. But Steph Curry, the Greatest Player of all time? No way. That’s crazy, right? No. Stephen Curry is a one of a kind player. The greatest shooter ever, and also the best player without the ball in his hands ever, Curry adds […]
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Kobe Bryant is a basketball legend and icon worldwide. We don’t even need to review the luster of his accomplishments – 5x NBA Championships, 2x Finals MVPs, 18 All-Stars, 9x All-Defensive teams, etc. In fact, some of Kobe’s accolades sell him short – he only has 1 MVP to his name, but many consider Kobe
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It’s funny how LeBron James, in the Eastern Conference, never lost in the 1st round (15 years). But in the western conference, he has lost in the 1st round 3x in 7 years. It’s funny how that works. It’s funny how LeBron made 8 straight Finals in the eastern conference from 2011-2018. But since going
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There are plenty of dumb takes that exist in the world of sports. This article is going to list some. LeBron would have won in 2017 if KD didn’t join the Warriors This one has always been a strange take, due to the confidence with which people say it. Many say it as if it
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There has been a lot of discussion about why the NBA All-Star game isn’t good anymore. It really comes down to the lack of passion and interest from stars, first and foremost. We can blame Adam Silver all we want, but the reality is that any of the recent changes to the All-Star game format
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Look at some of the guy who have won rings: Jordan, LeBron, Magic, Bird, Kobe, Shaq, Giannis, Duncan, Hakeem, Curry, Kareem, etc. They each have experienced winning championships as a number 1 option. They all have things in common. We’ll explain what that is in a minute. Generally speaking, there are three fundamental components that
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In the NBA, a wide variety of players exist (even though they all shoot threes nowadays ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ). Many of these players have made a name for themselves by being incredibly skillful – think LeBron James, Kawhi Leonard, Kevin Durant, James Harden, Anthony Davis, Wardell Stephen Curry – but despite all these players being great,
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Back in the 2020 bubble, Jimmy Butler put up an admirable performance, taking two games off the 2020 Lakers, who had Anthony Davis playing at the highest level in his career, and a still spry 35 year-old LeBron James. Many did not give Butler much heat for this series loss, because he managed to outclutch
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Generally speaking, rings are a reflection of a player’s greatness. (This mostly applies to the NBA, where an individual player does have a large, outsized impact on his team’s ability to win games, and also for NFL QBs, who also have an outlier impact on a team’s ability to win games.) We can call this
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The Boston Celtics just went out badly to the Heat. Naturally, people are going to wonder if big changes should be made to the team. Should they trade one of the two Jays? Get rid of Smart? Making the Finals last year seems to not matter to some. What should they do? Well the answer
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I’m going to list some contemporary all-time great players who have won rings, and I want you to figure out what they all have in common. Michael Jordan. Isaiah Thomas. Hakeem Olajuwon. Shaquille O’Neal. Dirk Nowitzki. Lebron James. Steph Curry. Kevin Durant. Giannis Antetokounmpo. Jimmy Butler/Nikola Jokic. What do they have in common? A lot
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Two of the brightest young stars in the NBA today are Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown of the Boston Celtics. But based on how the Celtics seasons have gone the last couple of years, and the way many NBA fans have reacted, you would think they are busts. Why? It seems like the big stinker
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