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This Week In 🏀 can only marvel at Nikola Jokić ... and listen intently when Michael Malone talks about Jokić
The Nuggets and their MVP favorite dominate the Monday Musings
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Jake Fischer Latest: Lots more of the latest NBA trade talk
On Trade Season machinations to monitor in Detroit, Toronto, Denver and more
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The People's Insider
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Sunday Best: All my NBA Trade Season latest on Jimmy Butler and beyond
There is lots percolating leaguewide with just a few Sundays to go until the Feb. 6 trade deadline
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Marc Stein
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Jake Fischer latest: Tons of NBA trade talk
Featuring items on the trade ambitions for numerous teams ... along with updates on headliners like Brandon Ingram and Cam Johnson
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The People's Insider
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15 Takes: What We Love and Hate about NBA Trade Season
NBA Substack on the joy and pain of The Transaction Game
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Four NBA trades down ... now for what comes next
Our latest tag-teamed look at the league's trade landscape with exactly three weeks to go until the Feb. 6 in-season trade buzzer
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The People's Insider
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It's an NBA Power Rankings Tuesday
The Committee (of One) is back with a pulse check spanning more than 4,000 words as we approach the regular season midpoint
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Marc Stein
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The crumbled chemistry beneath Jimmy Butler's trade request
A seven-game suspension in Year 6 in Miami reflects the franchise's frustration with Butler, but the Heat don't have the same team they once did around…
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The People's Insider
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Sunday Best: All the latest trade talk -- Jimmy Butler and otherwise -- from around the NBA
With three weeks and change to go until the NBA's Feb. 6 trade deadline
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"We love you, LA"
Watching what has happened in Los Angeles throughout the week has been "beyond heartbreaking" ... as Spurs executive RC Buford aptly put it
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Marc Stein
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Jake Fischer Latest: All the latest on the Jimmy Butler trade stalemate
The whole NBA knows where Butler wants to end up. The obstacles to making it happen, however, remain plentiful
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The People's Insider
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Dirk Nowitzki is a rookie all over again
The Hall of Famer speaks exclusively to The Stein Line about trading basketball for microphone as an NBA studio analyst with Amazon Prime Video
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Marc Stein
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