Five biggest losers of the 2020 bubble’s NBA playoffs
"The NBA playoffs were a positive experience for some. Plenty of others left earlier than they’d hoped with a dejected spirit weighing them down.
Having previously broken down the winners of the most unique undertaking in NBA history, it’s now time to move to the loser’s bracket of the 2020 NBA playoffs.
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After seeing the strong bond he has developed with his mom over the years, his teammates were overjoyed to see the pictures and the reaction Adebayo's present created.
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The 2021 trade deadline has yet to be finalized. The deadline is typically in early February, a week or two before the All-Star break, but this season's deadline will occur after March 3. That is the date when free agents who signed with their own teams for greater than a 20% increase from the previous season can be traded. -- Royce Young
In a memo sent to teams by the NBA Monday morning, the league laid out resting policies for the 2020-21 regular season -- including granting significant flexibility to teams resting players in non-nationally televised games, particularly at the start of the season.
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Houston Rockets coach Stephen Silas referred to superstar James Harden's absence from training camp as a holdout on Monday and said there is "no timetable" he is aware of for the perennial All-Star guard to report.
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New best friend Goran Dragic scored 27 flashy points of his own, shooting a whopping 60 percent from the field (including 40 percent from downtown) and knocking down all seven of his free throws. He also grabbed six rebounds and dished out five assists, hitting everyone with a friendly reminder of what it truly means to be a well-rounded point guard.
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Not only are the practices "far shorter" than what Vogel has done in the past during training camp, but he's already planned an off day Wednesday to get his players off their feet.
