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Marc, if you would please ask how Trae Young is persona non grata with Team USA despite his very public desire to participate.

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Good idea. Will try to get some answers ...

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Hey Marc, what's the best way to view the warm up matches? Thanks

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I’m afraid there is no one place to find listings for exhibition games. Think you kinda have to rely on word of mouth via NBA Twitter on the day of the game. I suspect on Wednesday someone will figure out where the Slovenia stream is and it will be tweeted out all over the place.

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Marc, Gut feeling on any big trades made before start of regular season? Above or below 50%?

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I am purely using gut feel on this but I do think at least one trade goes down before camp starts.

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sounds like Nunn may be headed to Greece

https://twitter.com/matty_vanpersie/status/1686077321495658500

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👀

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The grandfather clause for wearing #6 was not limited to players who played in 2021-22, technically! Kenneth Lofton Jr and Jaylin Williams were assigned the number prior to their rookie season last year, so at the time of the NBA's announcement they'd yet to appear in a game.

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As a committed southpaw, please include in your "world’s most authoritative annual All-Lefty Team" only lefties, i.e., none of those ambidextrous types who try to play it both ways (I'm looking at you, Mason Plumlee).

One deserving member is Goran Dragic. Another, of course, is Manu.

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It’s my yearly team as opposed to an all-time team … so Dragon and Manu aren’t candidates. Brunson, Harden, etc. Who else should be considered?

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Aug 1, 2023·edited Aug 1, 2023

Ah, I skipped right by the "annual" part. Poor reading comprehension... but Plumlee is still dq'ed. Cam Payne (the sideways lefty), Julius Randle + Brunson + Barrett, Killian Hayes.

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