Terrence Jordan

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The Los Angeles Lakers exploded a megaton bomb on the NBA landscape when they traded Anthony Davis for Luka Doncic in February. The trade was so shocking that most people thought ESPN insider Shams Charania, who broke the news, had been hacked. Luka had his moments in his first half-season in purple and gold, but a meek first-round playoff exit confirmed that the Lakers still have a long way to go to be true title contenders.

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Years from now, it’s going to be difficult to believe that the NBA bubble even happened. Honestly, we’re only five years removed from it, and it doesn’t seem real now. Twenty-two NBA teams were crammed together all in the name of “the show must go on.”The bubble was a fascinating sociological and athletic event. Its unique conditions eventually saw LeBron James and Anthony Davis lead the Los Angeles Lakers to the title over Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat.

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What do you do when you’re up against one of the fiercest and most disruptive defenders in the NBA and you need to get a bucket? If you’re Kobe Bryant, whatever you possibly can, up to and including speaking a different language on the court. Tony Allen stopped by The OGs podcast this week, and as one of the premier defensive players of Kobe’s era, he was asked to share some stories of his legendary battles with the Lakers legend.

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Throughout his 17-year NBA career, Russell Westbrook has been known as a guy who goes all out all the time. There’s never been an off switch with Westbrook, not when he was averaging a triple-double and winning the MVP award as a member of the Oklahoma City Thunder, nor when he’s a super-sub for the Denver Nuggets. Westbrook’s nonstop motor, combined with his superlative athleticism and competitiveness, have allowed him to be an impact player for so long.

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To paraphrase Larry David from Curb Your Enthusiasm, Candace Parker put together a basketball career that was pretty, pretty, pretty good. The WNBA legend retired just over a year ago, but before that, she filled her trophy case with two NCAA championships and a National Player of the Year award, a WNBA Rookie of the Year award, 10 All-WNBA selections, two MVPs (one of which came in her rookie year), three rings and two Olympic gold medals. Parker could do it all on the court.