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RT @bballunlocked: The NBA communications page responds to Bruce Brown for saying the 2nd is only beneficial for max guys, new free agents…

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Kevin Durant shared that he was "a little sad" and surprised by Russell Westbrook's retirement

“I was a little sad. I thought Russ still had 5 or 6 more years left. He’s an athletic body that can still impact the game positively. Congrats to him on an iconic career.”

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LaMelo Ball starts smiling when a fan asks him if he’s seen the Jaden Newman leaks 😂

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"I think that LeBron James is going to win a fifth NBA championship. I think within the next two years, these two years that he's committed to Philadelphia...this season or next season, the Philadelphia 76ers are gonna win LeBron James his fifth NBA championship. That's the good news. Here's the bad: It still ain't six, baby. This man is the second greatest player of all time. He is not the GOAT"

-Stephen A. Smith

(h/t @ohnohedidnt24 )

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The Detroits Pistons reportedly told Jalen Duren that he is their fourth-best player during contract negotiations, per @VinceGoodwill

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Joel Embiid didn’t even try to jump for this lob 😭

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JUST IN: The New York Knicks “will not be negotiating contract extensions until later in the season and will remain solely focused on preparing for the start of the season”, per a team spokesperson.

(Via @ShamsCharania)

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Lebron on his first game with the Sixers:

“Every day is getting better. I’m gonna have some days where days will be better than others. I get to the facility when I’m on these guys, it definitely help. We got good energy, good spirit, obviously the basketball game what it brings to to all of us is a sense of like togetherness and fun. It’s fun to go to work...when I’m around these guys, locker room, plane rides, practices and the facility things, that definitely helps”

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Lebron throwing straight dimes in his Sixers debut 👀🔥

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Wemby’s taking ankles and hitting step back 3s 😭😭😭

NBA IS DOOMED

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LeBron’s first bucket as a 76er 👀🔥

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BREAKING: A’JA WILSON IS NAMED WNBA MVP

(Via Shams Charania)

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SGA says he’s the best player in the NBA:

“I think I’m the best player in the NBA. I think the production that I have night in and night out is best-player-in-the-NBA production. I think the efficiency that I do it at is best-player-in-the-NBA efficiency… I’ve done my fair share of winning in these past couple years.”

(Via @TIME )

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BREAKING: LeBron is planning to make his Sixers debut tonight vs the Brooklyn Nets

(Via @mcten )

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Nick Young tells Shannon Sharpe how he first learned about Kobe Bryant’s tragic passing, saying he couldn’t believe it and assumed it was just another social media account spreading fake news.

He also says nobody felt Kobe’s death more deeply than Michael Jordan. According to Young, Jordan cried the hardest at the funeral because, in his eyes, his only true rival was gone.

(h/t @pages_xq )

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Kyrie Irving reveals he had a grade 2 calf strain back in December that set him back 8 weeks during his recovery from a torn ACL

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Nick Young says he’d put DeMarcus Cousins in his all-time Top 75. Boogie gets excited and asks who he’d take him over.

Nick says Jokić… before the 3 MVPs. 😭

🎥 @GilsArenaShow

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Jonathan Kuminga was NOT happy to be called “Kumbucket” by a fan 😭

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Dylan Harper’s girlfriend has allegedly cheated on him with another man right before the season, per @BSO

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Jayson Tatum drops the trailer for his new YouTube web series, Summer of Jayson, and reacts to the news of Jaylen Brown’s trade to the Sixers