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Brooklyn Nets should celebrate signing of Irving despite obvious risk

Boston Celtics, Brooklyn Nets, NBA / Matthew Bowen / July 2, 2019

The decision will be met with its fair share of raised eyebrows after Irving’s most recent season with the Celtics turned out to be a disaster of epic proportions. However, Irving is one of the premier players and point guards in the league, as well as being a Brooklyn native, thus the argument can be made that for a team looking to break into the upper echelon of the NBA, Irving is the exact type of superstar to lead you there.

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Should Kevin Durant take the supermax with the Golden State Warriors?

Golden State Warriors, NBA, NBA Offseason / Dean Fitzgerald / June 26, 2019

As they rode off into the sunset the Warriors took stock of their losses, especially on their injury list. Klay Thompson tore his ACL in game 6, and the NBA’s pantomime villain Kevin Durant suffered a torn Achilles in game 5. A harsh sense of schadenfreude surrounded the Durant injury. After all, the prevailing opinion was that he had left the Oklahoma City Thunder to join a 73-9 superteam and ease to multiple titles.

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Knicks finally get something right with Barrett, can they do the same in free agency?

NBA, NBA Offseason, New York Knicks / Dean Fitzgerald / June 22, 2019

After years of mismanagement, poor front office decisions, underwhelming drafts, and offloading their brightest star for what may turn out to be low first round picks, the New York Knicks finally got something right when they drafted R.J. Barrett to play in Madison Square Garden for the foreseeable future.

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Golden State Warriors injuries leave them in unfamiliar territory for 2019/20

Golden State Warriors, NBA, Toronto Raptors / Sam Cox / June 14, 2019

Golden State Warriors lost the NBA Finals to the Toronto Raptors on Thursday. With Kevin Durant sidelined, Klay Thompson suffered a knee injury in the third quarter that was later revealed to be a torn ACL and will rule him out for most of the 2019/20 campaign.

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If Durant returns, how likely is a Warriors comeback in the NBA Finals?

Golden State Warriors, NBA, Toronto Raptors / Sam Cox / June 10, 2019

Kevin Durant practised with the Golden State Warriors for the first time since his injury at the weekend. Durant’s availability, or lack of, has been the story of the 2019 NBA Finals as the Toronto Raptors have taken a commanding 3-1 lead against the Warriors.

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