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THE GAME NEEDS ME. WESTERN CONFERENCE 2023

Damn can you feel it? A new season is upon us, and all quarters are briming with excitement. Yes, even if your squad is a bottom feeder this year (I am a Spurs fan.) there is a jewel in the rough, one Victor Wembanyama, available as a consolation prize. The French yout has made such an impression, basketball pundits are scrambling to folklore books looking for a new mythical animal to classify him as. Adam Silver has had sent out a warning shot to teams, which is a first in my memory. There will be two races this year, one to the top and one to the bottom. If you haven't read the fun companion piece to this, the Eastern Conference article, do check in...

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THE GAME NEEDS ME. EASTERN CONFERENCE 2023

Excited for the new NBA season? The draft brought it's share of surprises from selection No. 1, and Steven A. Smith's meltdown was must see TV! Summer League and Pro-Am's were surprisingly ill! Superhero team ups. More please! Number 1, Paulo already got a target on his back, but shouts to the kid for being willing to compete with everyone! An Orlando/Hawks game (1st one Oct. 21, 2023) has now been penciled in on my calendar for curiosity... In the excitement for the coming season, thought it would be interesting to shine the spotlight on some of the missing pieces that might have been lost in our short term memories, and our 'hot take' attention spans. I'm talking about the cats that missed a...

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LA Lakers Report Card. NBA Finals 2020

Well congrats mofos. Ya'll ran ramshod through these playoffs and beasted on all. Sure it was the alternating Bron and AD show, but they wouldn't have won it so easily without the likes of Caruso, Rondo, Dwight (Mofo must be over the moon! Got a ring!), C-Pope etc. 

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Miami Heat Report Card. NBA Finals 2020

Decimated by injuries to key personnel, Goran Dragic, and Ban Adebayo, not to mention Jimmy Butler playing valiantly on who-knows-how-bad a twisted ankle. This series was close! 4-2 in the end but legitimately Game 4 could have gone either way! Let's put the Miami Heat under the microscope.

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