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fadeawayworld.net | Eddie Bitar
The Los Angeles Clippers' latest playoff failure was a flashing neon sign that this era is over. A 120-101 Game 7 beatdown at the hands of the Denver Nuggets exposed everything wrong with this team: they’re old, they’re slow, and their supposed stars can’t get it done when it counts. Steve Ballmer flew in hordes of "Clippers Wall" fans to Denver in hopes of shifting the energy.
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1 week ago | 
fadeawayworld.net | Eddie Bitar
The Toronto Raptors stand at a familiar crossroads. After finishing the 2024-25 season with a 30-52 record and missing the playoffs for the third straight year, the franchise is searching for its next defining move. The midseason blockbuster to acquire Brandon Ingram signaled that Toronto isn’t content to rebuild slowly around Scottie Barnes, who continues to blossom into a franchise cornerstone.
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1 week ago | 
sports.yahoo.com | Eddie Bitar
The Los Angeles Clippers' latest playoff failure was a flashing neon sign that this era is over. A 120-101 Game 7 beatdown at the hands of the Denver Nuggets exposed everything wrong with this team: they’re old, they’re slow, and their supposed stars can’t get it done when it counts. Steve Ballmer flew in hordes of "Clippers Wall" fans to Denver in hopes of shifting the energy.
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1 week ago | 
sports.yahoo.com | Eddie Bitar
The Toronto Raptors stand at a familiar crossroads. After finishing the 2024-25 season with a 30-52 record and missing the playoffs for the third straight year, the franchise is searching for its next defining move. The midseason blockbuster to acquire Brandon Ingram signaled that Toronto isn’t content to rebuild slowly around Scottie Barnes, who continues to blossom into a franchise cornerstone.
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1 week ago | 
fadeawayworld.net | Eddie Bitar
The Golden State Warriors leaned on their championship pedigree once again, riding Buddy Hield’s historic shooting and Stephen Curry’s late-game brilliance to a 103-89 Game 7 victory over the Houston Rockets and a spot in the Western Conference semifinals. Hield was sensational from the jump, drilling nine 3-pointers, an NBA record for a Game 7, and pouring in 33 points to give Golden State an early cushion.
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1 week ago | 
yardbarker.com | Eddie Bitar
The Golden State Warriors leaned on their championship pedigree once again, riding Buddy Hield’s historic shooting and Stephen Curry’s late-game brilliance to a 103-89 Game 7 victory over the Houston Rockets and a spot in the Western Conference semifinals. Hield was sensational from the jump, drilling nine 3-pointers, an NBA record for a Game 7, and pouring in 33 points to give Golden State an early cushion.
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1 week ago | 
fadeawayworld.net | Eddie Bitar
Since hoisting the Larry O’Brien Trophy in 2020, the Los Angeles Lakers have been caught in a revolving door at the center position and quietly sabotaged their championship ambitions ever since. Outside of Anthony Davis masquerading as a small-ball five before his blockbuster trade, the Lakers’ big man rotation has not been consistently great around LeBron James.
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1 week ago | 
fadeawayworld.net | Eddie Bitar
After years stuck in the basement, the Detroit Pistons shocked the league by leaping from a miserable 14-win season to a 44-win campaign, locking up the No. 6 seed and pushing the New York Knicks to six hard-fought games in the first round. Who was mainly responsible for this improvement? Their All-Star point guard. Cade Cunningham officially arrived as an elite NBA talent this year by earning his first All-Star selection and showing the poise of a future franchise cornerstone.
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1 week ago | 
sports.yahoo.com | Eddie Bitar
After years stuck in the basement, the Detroit Pistons shocked the league by leaping from a miserable 14-win season to a 44-win campaign, locking up the No. 6 seed and pushing the New York Knicks to six hard-fought games in the first round. Who was mainly responsible for this improvement? Their All-Star point guard. Cade Cunningham officially arrived as an elite NBA talent this year by earning his first All-Star selection and showing the poise of a future franchise cornerstone.
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1 week ago | 
fadeawayworld.net | Eddie Bitar
Just four seasons removed from hoisting the Larry O’Brien Trophy, the Milwaukee Bucks find themselves teetering on the edge of collapse. Their 2025 playoff exit, a humbling five-game defeat at the hands of the younger, hungrier Indiana Pacers, was bad enough. But the bigger blow came when Damian Lillard, their prized co-star, tore his Achilles during the series. At 34 years old, Dame is now staring down a year-long recovery, and his best days may be behind him.
