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Five Things To Watch: Portland Trail Blazers

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The 2012-13 season was not a kind one to the Portland Trail Blazers. Forget the NBA Rookie of the Year Award given unanimously for only the fourth time in history to Damian Lillard. Forget, too, the second straight All-Star nod for LaMarcus Aldridge. Also forget that Aldridge, Lillard, Nicolas Batum and Wesley Matthews comprised the top four-man lineup in the league. Portland finished the campaign on a franchise-worst 13-game losing streak and wasn’t competitive in a game for more than a month. This season is shaping

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Kotoch: Mock Draft 3.0: Noel to Cavaliers, Steven Adams on the rise

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Click banner to learn more about our SuperChat on Draft Night With the NBA combine and draft lottery officially wrapped up, we can now update our Mock Draft to officially represent the 2013 NBA draft. Cleveland won the lottery for the second time in three years and is primed to expedite its rebuilding effort with the first, 19th, 30th, and 33rd picks in the draft to go with tons of cap space and plenty of assets to pull

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SH Blog: Lacob promises championship at some point, Wade doubted career after surgeries

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Lets talk about the Golden State Warriors. How many people, before the season began, thought that this team could make the playoffs without a healthy Andrew Bogut anchoring its defense? If the number reads more than zero, then we have some liars in our hands because lets face it: no one thought that the Warriors would be good enough in the Western Conference if they couldn’t play defense. Without Bogut’s availability, there was no reason to assume that they would suddenly

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Five reasons to feel positive about the Portland Trail Blazers

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(This is another in a series of 30 guest columns that will run in October, when optimism reigns supreme across the NBA. The theme will be “Five Reasons to Feel Positive About … ” We encourage you to follow the authors on Twitter and visit their sites. – CS) Portland Trail Blazers fans had to endure one of the franchise’s worst meltdowns in the lockout-shortened 2011-12 season. Following an epic sell-off and housecleaning, the Blazers enter this season with a new

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Bernucca: Three new coaches have plenty of work to do

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There are three NBA teams with new coaches for the start of the 2012-13 season, and no one is expecting any of them to work miracles. In fact, ownership and management appear to be expecting just the opposite. The Charlotte Bobcats and Orlando Magic both are undergoing massive rebuilding projects and don’t seem overly concerned with winning. Both teams have hired inexperienced coaches with strong backgrounds in player development, which means they also have strong backgrounds in patience. It remains to be

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SH Blog: J.R. Smith expects championship, Shaquille O’Neal calls out Dwight Howard again

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As some of you may know, the site was down on Monday due to GoDaddy issues, but we’re back to fill you in on some relevant NBA news. See what Knicks guard J.R. Smith expects from his team this season, what Dwight Howard has to do to earn the respect of Shaquille O’Neal, what Dwyane Wade thinks of his jump shot and more below. Speaking of Wade, be sure to check out what he thought when Steve Nash was traded to

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SH Blog: Bobcats have plenty of options with No. 2 pick, Rockets hope to acquire No. 5 pick

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The 2012 NBA Draft is upon us and needless to say, rumors have dominated much of the afternoon. The Bobcats have been all over the news, as you will see below, along with the Rockets, Cavaliers, Celtics and more. You’ll also find news about Ray Allen, Steve Nash, DeJuan Blair, Lamar Odom and so much more in today’s news: David Aldridge reported that the Bobcats have plenty of offers should they choose to trade their pick: “Source: Bobcats have five legit offers they’re

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SH Blog: Friday’s News – LeBron James is clutch, Russell Westbrook is ripped by media

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Game 2 of the NBA Finals is in the bag, and here we are, left without a basketball game until Sunday night. Luckily, we have news for you to read about, from LeBron James’ clutch play, Russell Westbrook’s demise, Tony Parker’s brawl story and more. An epic battle has taken shape between LeBron James and Kevin Durant, writes Adrian Wojnarowski: “These are the Finals everyone wanted, the moments of truth for Durant and James that shape the sport’s history, that make

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