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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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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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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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This Week In 🏀 can only marvel at the NBA's early 30-game winners ... while never really diverting focus from what has already been an…
On the first Monday of 2025, as you would expect, there is lots of musing to dive into
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Sunday Best: All the latest on Jimmy Butler and more NBA trade topics
Cam Johnson updates are also featured in our usual around-the-league spin
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The cost of doing NBA business
Did the Nets get enough back in their trades that shipped out Dennis Schröder and Dorian Finney-Smith? The People's Insider explains why he believes…
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The People's Insider
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14 NBA Takes: Hopes and Fears for 2025
NBA Substack on what we're anticipating, for better and worse
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To be (traded) or not to be: All things De'Aaron Fox
A detailed assessment of the situation in Sacramento is a must with so much Fox chatter circulating and the NBA trade deadline now only five weeks away
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December 2024

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