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NBA trades are not competitions
Trades in the NBA don't have to result in winners and losers, because "winning" trades is not the point. Winning games, now or later, is the point.
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The unthinkable has happened: John Collins has finally been traded
After literally years in the rumor mill, the Hawks finally ship off Collins for ... a player they probably won't keep and a pick they might not use.
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The $256 million question in Minnesota
Naz Reid is sticking around the Timberwolves. Will Karl-Anthony Towns?
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No Poole Parties in the new NBA labor deal
The Warriors hit the escape hatch on Jordan Poole as the new collective bargaining agreement arrives. Adding talent to the team in the Curry era becomes more difficult.
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Is that all Marcus Smart meant to the Celtics?
Set aside sentimentality and gaze in wonder at how Boston decided what guard to move. And for what.
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Draft players, not archetypes
If Brandon Miller is better than Scoot Henderson, so be it. But in the NBA talent reigns over positional value.
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Draymond Green vs. an unstable market
PLUS: Chris Paul reveals that Isiah Thomas is definitely helping to run the Suns.
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An un-Beal-lievable end
Bradley Beal goes to Phoenix for less than a song. (What's the song's cap number?)
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Let's make a Beal
The Wizards and Bradley Beal are reportedly (finally) open to looking at trades if the team decides to rebuild.
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What the Spurs do now
With Victor Wembanyama en route, San Antonio's biggest need is at point guard. Is patience or boldness on the menu?
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Every champion is a snowflake
There's no building a new Nuggets, because there's no one quite like Nikola Jokic out there.
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Down in the mud, a mile high
The Denver Nuggets are NBA champions.