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Jokic's limit does not exist (a thread)

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We can't celebrate the NBA's Jalen era without honoring the NBA's Dick era

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BTW: The #Pels are currently 1.5-point favorites vs. the Lakers, despite LA going 3-1 vs. them this season, including a 16-point win on Sunday.

Maybe the sports books think they’ll tank, too.

https://t.co/SzrJ40Txq9

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The #Lakers should delay #Denver as long as possible (an thread)

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You can argue it’s risky to tank today because the second play-in becomes a win or go home endeavor, but you can also argue the Lakers’ season is over if they have to play the Nuggets.

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[READ: Basketball Hall of Fame’s criteria, process need a serious overhaul]

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If the argument is the 5 rings … Steve Kerr, Derek Fisher, Robert Horry, Horace Grant, John Salley, Kurt Rambis and Ron Harper all deserve a look.

A club loses aura when exclusivity becomes second to being nice. The sport’s only true HOF e is irreversibly broken because of this

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That is a role player who was a good/great defender. If that’s the bar now, that means Ron Artest, Mark Eaton, Tyson Chandler, Marcus Camby and Marcus Smart all have the game’s highest honor in their future.

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Michael Cooper’s career NBA stats:

8.9 PPG, 3.2 RPG, 4.2 APG, 0 All-Star Games, 0 All-NBA teams, 4 First-Team All-Defense teams, 1 DPOY, 5 rings, solid college career at a mid-major

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The 2024 #Basketball Hall of Fame class was announced this weekend.

The #NBA list was Vince Carter (fine), Chauncey Billups (ok), Walter Davis (eh) and Michael Cooper, who’s induction must tank any faith you might’ve had left in the seriousness of this sham of an institution.

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The floodgates are open (a #nbanews thread)

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From the gung-ho market manipulation -- which was never not going to get flagged -- to the extremely obvious execution by Porter, the No. 1 takeaway here is the bad-sports-movie level of comedic mishap.

Read more: https://t.co/RyZI2P63pG

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The Jontay Porter story is hilarious, unfortunately (a thread)

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Occam’s razor: Porter told a bunch of people to flood the zone with bets against him, then left each game for good almost immediately after checking in for reasons that can’t possibly be coincidences.